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Kids Love Arabic: A New Educational Arabic iOS Story Platform for Kids

Many parents, including myself, invest time and money trying to find an educational application for their children, to keep them from...

Arabic Content Education Mobile Apps

BorsaLink: Bringing the Social Media Paradigm to MENA Financial Markets [Wamda TV]

Ahmad Helal, CEO of Omnivoyance, a software services company dedicated to building financial tools for investors, speaks to Wamda...

Acquisitions Egypt

Meet the Winners of the Harvard Arab Startup Pitch Contest

On November 8-11, the 6thHarvard Arab Weekend brought Arabs from around the world together to network, collaborate, and discuss the future o...

Conferences Competitions

Can Kuwait Learn from Ghana? Lessons from the Second Startup Q8 Event

The startup scene in Kuwait is gaining momentum. On the 7th of November we had the 2nd StartupQ8 event and it was a lot of fun. Over 50...

Accelerators Advice Ecosystem

Nabbesh Wins du's The Entrepreneur, Looks to Expand Regionally

After two months of tense competition, we now know who took home the 1 million AED cash prize after winning reality TV competition...

Competitions du Investment

NYUAD Hackathon for Social Good Deadline November 30th

The NYU Abu Dhabi Department for Computer Science, in collaboration with the NYUAD Institute, is hosting the 2013 NYUAD Annual Hackathon: Bu...

Accelerators

54 Hours Inside Bahrain’s Emerging Tech Startup Scene

Having already touched 200 cities worldwide, the global grassroots Startup Weekend movement recently came to Bahrain’s burgeoning tech s...

Competitions Innovation Startup Weekend

Planting an Eco-Friendly Coworking Space in Cairo

New coworking space icecairo launched this month as the third installation of icehubs, an international coworking space brand...

Coworking Spaces Egypt Environment

Training the Next Generation of Leaders in Jordan with Photography

While entrepreneurship is one tool for helping young people in Jordan find new opportunities, empowering a generation can begin with...

Social Entrepreneurship

SocialWire Launches Optimized Ads for Facebook, Announces $2m in Investment

Online advertising has yet to be proven very effective. Yet SocialWire, a company started in Istanbul by a Turkish entrepreneur, is out to...

Digital Advertising Advertising Social Networks

PayPal Launches Middle East Operations with Aramex Partnership

PayPal, which is already an active payment platform in the region, has announced the official launch of its operations in the Middle East...

Payment Gateways E-commerce Delivery

Think of the People, Not the Money [Pic of the Week]

During episode two of Wamda's Mix N' Mentor in Beirut last Saturday, November 10th, one word kept coming up at the discussion tables...

CoE Cards Pic of the Week

Social Media to the Rescue: Egypt's Splinter Makes Résumés Obsolete

“A year and a half ago my brother asked me to design and update his CV and I remember telling him, this is the social era man, I'm sure we w...

Digital Marketing Egypt Innovation

Wamda and Endeavor Partner to Support Entrepreneurs Globally

Wamda has been busy supporting entrepreneurs on all fronts this fall. Not only has Wamda Capital announced ten investments this year, but...

Endeavor

Anghami Sees Surge in Downloads, Partners with Orange

Just a week after launching, Anghami is taking steps to monetize. Yesterday, the team announced a partnership with Orange, a Jordanian ...

Business Development Innovation Reviews

Social Media Opens New Frontiers For Arab Youth [Report]

The Dubai School of Government recently released “Social Media, Employment and Entrepreneurship: New Frontiers for the Economic Emp...

Ecosystem Social Entrepreneurship Social Media

RihlaPrime/TravelerVIP Debuts Luxury Travel Deals Sites In The Middle East

UPDATE: RihlaPrime has changed its name to TravelerVIP. "A bad hotel experience can ruin an otherwise perfect trip", says...

Daily Deals Travel

Ex-Sukar CEO to Launch Fab.com Clone for the Middle East

UPDATE: Desado went live today, Monday, December 10th. Their press release states that Desado is now the "largest platform...

Design E-commerce

Founder Institute to Open Startup Accelerator in Alexandria, Egypt

Interested in bringing a startup acceleration program to Alexandria, Egypt? The Founder Institute is currently testing demand for opening a...

Accelerators Ecosystem Egypt

What's New at Google in the Arab World? [Wamda TV]

Ever since Google launched Maps with Navigation in beta in the Middle East (in Egypt, the UAE, Saudi, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Lebanon, ...

Google Technology

World Bank’s Doing Business 2013 [Report]

The World Bank Doing Business has released it's 2013 report designed to assess the regions and economies making the biggest improvements f...

Ecosystem Government Infographic

The Most Active VCs in the Arab World in 2012

This week we highlight the Arab world’s most active venture capital funds. These VC’s are targeting startups at different stages in their de...

Ecosystem Investment Top Lists

Sign Up to Spend Three Days with Geeks on a Plane in Jordan

As you've seen, Silicon Valley investors Geeks on a Plane are coming to our Mix 'n' Mentor event in Amman. After the event, they're also...

Investment Mentorship

Lebanon’s Anghami Launches the First Music Streaming Platform for the Middle East: PROMOCODE Included

Forget Spotify. Anghami is here! Launching today for iPhone, the platform is bringing the Arab world its first mobile and web music...

Mobile Mobile Apps Music

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