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8 companies from the Arab world join the Endeavor Network

At Endeavor’s 51st International Selection Panel a couple of weeks ago, the support network accepted 28 entrepreneurs from 20 companies i...

'Arab Inspire' hopes to make entrepreneurship a way of life for youth and artists

Artists and youngsters have one thing in common: they could use some help from professionals to take the leap, start a company, and make...

tunisia Artist Entrepreneurs Mentorship

Rocket Internet and MTN to boost digital startups in the Middle East with 300 million euro fund

While the past two years have seen e-commerce companies in the Middle East secure the majority of funding invested in startups, primarily...

Rocket Internet

7 things that entrepreneurs need to succeed, from the World Entrepreneurship Forum

Abdul Baset Al Janahi, CEO of Dubai SME At the World Entrepreneurship Forum last week in Dubai, leading figures came together to discuss...

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TEDxCarthageWomen celebrates Tunisian women's past, present, and potential

Fresh off the success of its September installment, TEDxCarthage held its latest edition, TEDxCarthageWomen on December 8th, 2013 at...

Spark TEDx Women

The Middle East's most-searched terms of 2013, from Google Zeitgeist

Never has watching an organization pat itself on the back been more fun than Google Zeitgeist. The search engine that has become a part of...

middle east search search terms

5 tips for getting your content on Google's In-Depth Articles search result

Whenever Google introduces a new feature to search results, smart businesses will sit up and take note of the new opportunities they might...

in-depth articles SEO Google

How to increase your company's productivity? Give your employees a break

In the most widely revered startup creation myth, there’s not a lot of sleep happening. Every entrepreneur we know works around the clock a...

productivity working hours

5 internet trends for the next 10 years, from LeWeb Paris

What will the web look like in 10 years? That was the theme of LeWeb, Europe’s largest tech event, based in Paris, for its 10th a...

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Startup news ticker: Lebanese search engine replaces reviews with tips and hashtags

Welcome to Wamda's weekly startup news ticker, which will offer quick announcements and stories relevant to the region. If you have a quick...

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4 technology predictions for the Middle East in 2014

“As we move into 2014, work is no longer a place, it’s something you do wherever inspiration strikes,” says Johnny Karam, regional vi...

2014 citrix Predictions

PayPal brings new mobile payment option to rapidly developing East Africa

M-PESA, a mobile payment scheme launched in 2007 by Kenyan mobile network operator Safaricom, has fundamentally changed the way Kenyans...

mobile payments Payment systems Kenya

Aliqtisadi partners with Harvard Business Review to offer management content in Arabic

Aliqtisadi, the Arabic business news portal launched out of Damascus, is continuing to expand despite the challenges of the Syrian...

Aliqtisadi Content Portals Arabic Content

Are you driven by your heart, brain, guts, or luck?

What drives you professionally: your heart, your brain, your guts, or your luck? Tony Tjan, a serial entrepreneur-turned-VC, gave his test...

entrepreneurship Expert Advice LeWeb

Africa: an untapped opportunity for Middle Eastern startups

Cellular penetration in Africa is growing at a rate of around 4.2 percent – a rate unequalled anywhere else in the world. In terms of m...

africa Mobile messaging Mobile Penetration

UrbanBuz announces Series A round of investment for its customized loyalty program

Most of the time, when customers become loyal to a business, it’s not because they’ve been offered benefits via a loyalty card or shown up...

Series A Loyalty Programs

Nuqat Creative Conference creates 'culture shock' in Kuwait

When I arrived in Kuwait and settled into a chair at the Nuqat Creative Conference last month, the young man next to me immediately turned,...

Ecosystem

Turbines bring winds of change to the West Bank

In 2010, Fadi Quran came back to Palestine during winter break from his senior year at Stanford University, where he was studying Physics...

independent wind west bank palestine

MySportner founder Kenza Bennani on her greatest challenges, and big plans for the future

The New Work Lab, a Moroccan co-working space based in Casablanca, recently held the first edition of Pitch Lab won by MySportner....

mysportner new work labs morocco

Gaza's startups offered outside acceleration and funding for the first time

For the first time ever, startups from Gaza have been accepted to receive mentorship and seed investment from regional accelerators. After...

Gaza palestine Funding

Can Bitcoin transform Africa?

If there is one thing to know about payments in Africa, it’s that digital money is poised to disrupt transactions on the continent. Now t...

Bitcoin

Global Entrepreneurship Week Benghazi goes ahead despite unstable situation

For the first time, the Libyan city of Benghazi participated in the Global Entrepreneurship Week between November 18th and 24th, despite...

GEW

Gamification startup KidzWeekend wins Startup Weekend Dubai

Startup Weekend Dubai is quickly becoming a rite of passage for many serious startups, who come to the weekend like a band of travelers...

Startup Weekend

Looly's takes home Startup Cup Maroc

It’s official: the Moroccan startup of the year is Looly’s! At least, it’s the startup that won the first edition of Maroc Start...

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