Wamda

Crowdinvestment takes off with a bang in the Middle East: Nabbesh raises $30,000 in 24 hours on Eureeca

It’s 10am in Nabbesh’s offices in Dubai. The team is a bit speechless. “We’re at 29%,” someone says excitedly. Founder Loulou Khazen sounds...

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Scaling a lean startup in Iraq: how Easy Bites took Erbil by storm

Restaurants and fast food outlets are booming in Kurdistan. According to one official in Erbil, Kurdistan’s capital now boasts close to 5...

Addressing Online delivery Scaling

Global

How to run a crowdfunding campaign: 10 Tips from entrepreneurs who succeeded and failed

Any entrepreneur who doubts the power of crowdfunding can simply look to the example of Hind Hobeika, a Lebanese engineer who recently...

Crowdfunding Investment

How a Palestinian band crowdfunded their coming album

In the Middle East, indie musicians often struggle to find consistent income in a small and fragmented market. It can be difficult...

Artist Entrepreneurs Music Crowdfunding

Predictions for technology, media, and telecoms usage in 2013 [Report]

Do you know how to safely navigate the internet? 90% of user-generated passwords, even those considered strong by IT departments, are...

crowdinvesting Telecommunication Crowdfunding

Maghreb

Is the Arab World ready for a collaborative economy? This Syrian student says yes.

Would you be ready to carpool? Lend your house or your hammer to someone you don’t know? Give a few hours of your time to teach someone? C...

Sharing Economy Hacker Culture Crowdsourcing

Eureeca, the first global crowdinvesting platform, exits beta, focuses on the Middle East

Following the general success of crowdfunding platfoms around the globe, several crowdinvesting platforms are now launching to offer a new...

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Lebanon's Presella Targets the Globe with an E-ticketing and Event Crowdfunding Platform

Watching people entering the We Were Evergreen concert in Beirut a few weeks ago was certainly a show. People were excited to show their...

Crowdfunding E-commerce

8 Hackerspaces Changing the Arab World

Lately, it seems as though we often hear about a revolutionary new DIY idea like the Raspberry Pi Do-it-Yourself computer, or a...

Hacker Culture Social Change Crowdfunding

Jordan

Jordanian gaming startup bets on crowdfunding for first title

“Most people who work at gaming companies rely on the orders of their CEO, but can never be a leading part of the game they are creating,” a...

Crowdfunding Gaming beladcom

Can a Hackerspace in Beirut Spread Do-ocracy? A Look at Lamba Labs

“I reject thinking like that,” Bilal Ghalib said to me when I first met him. I had just arrived in Beirut and was visiting Lamba Lab...

Art Coworking Spaces Crowdfunding

New Investment Platform Shekra Supports Startups in Egypt

New joint investment concept "Shekra" is drawn from the Arabic phrase "sherik fekra" in Arabic, which means "share an idea." The platform...

Crowdfunding

Exclusive Sneak Peek at the Middle East’s Newest Crowdfunding Platform: Zoomaal

For entrepreneurs in the Middle East seeking investment, a new platform is launching in February to offer crowdfunding for creative...

Crowdfunding Investment

Kiva, Silatech Launch Microsite for Micro Lending in the Arab World

After partnering to create Kiva Arab Youth in April of this year, Kiva and Silatech have just launched a “microsite” in Arabic alongside a ...

Arabic Content Crowdfunding Demystifying E-Commerce

Weekly Wrap-Up: October 14-18

This week, our Weekly Wrap-Up features posts ripe in e-commerce information. Learn from others' experience is an especially sound piece of...

Angel Investment Animation Arabic Content

Crowdfunding Platform Yomken Makes Launching Products Easy in Egypt

While concern in Egypt rises over courting investment and international partnerships intended to improve Egypt’s economy, one initiative h...

Crowdfunding Egypt

Will an Arab Crowdfunding Platform Ever Be Born?

Hundreds of young men and women are spreading ideas, enriching the Arab entrepreneurial arena, developing the community, serving society...

Crowdfunding

Is Equity Crowdfunding a Viable Model in MENA? A Look at Eureeca

As the Arab world warms up to the concept of crowdfunding, where individuals pool their resources to donate to others’ entrepreneurial i...

Crowdfunding Investment

Weekly Wrap-Up: September 09-13

The season of entrepreneurship events is just around the corner, so make sure you catch up on the latest news, and check out what...

Crowdfunding Food & Beverage Health

Dubai's Aflamnah Offers MENA-focused Crowdfunding

Crowdfunding is the latest buzzword making the rounds in the entrepreneurial world, and a UAE initiative is out to show there’s more to it t...

Crowdfunding Investment

Meet New Beirut Workspace and Social Venture Hub AltCity

Entrepreneurs looking for a good casual workspace in Beirut can now turn to AltCity, which is opening its doors this August to become the...

Coworking Spaces Crowdfunding

Sprowd: Crowdfunding for Startups Around the Globe

The idea is simple: if you have a great idea for a business, why should you wait for a VC to take a leap of faith to invest in you? Why not...

Crowdfunding Investment

Lebanon

Zoomaal Meetup in Lebanon: Crowdfunding for Social Good

Zoomaal, Lebanon's leading crowdfunding platform, is organizing an informative session about crowdfunding this Saturday at the UK Lebanon ...

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U.A.E

Crowdfunding Hackathon by Zoomaal at Dubai SME

Crowdfunding has been gaining traction in the Arab world over the past few years, where an increasing number of platforms have...

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