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Egyptian startup makes it easier to consume audio content in Arabic

Although podcasts have became popular the world over, they haven't taken off in Arabic, perhaps thanks to a lack of options for hosting...

Instabeat, the heart rate monitor for swimmers, wins Wearable Technologies award

Instabeat, the heart rate monitor for swimmers developed by Lebanese entrepreneur Hind Hobeika, is continuing to win accolades. The...

Technology Instabeat

Regional

Discover the first Arabic e-book on website SEO

The web is full of articles and videos that explain how to buy a domain, build a website and make it SEO-friendly. However, the...

Book affiliate marketing SEO

Celebrities suit up with online tailoring from Dubai

“We’re effectively ‘stealing’ from the Brooks Brothers and Jos. A. Banks of the world,” says Tarig El Sheikh, cofounder of bespoke online s...

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Why a post-IPO Twitter needs Saudi Arabia, in 3 graphs

[photo from SUSTG.com]. After selling 70 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange last week, Twitter's future is looking...

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Startup news ticker: Russian news website launches regionally; MAKE Ignition announces the winning startup

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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13 North African events to attend during Global Entrepreneurship Week

Each year, an entire week is dedicated to celebrating entrepreneurship. For its fifth edition, Global Entrepeneurship Week will be hold in ...

events

Rise Up Egypt, the country's first entrepreneurial summit, is coming

In two weeks, Cairo will host the "first-ever entrepreneurship summit in Egypt" a stone's throw from Tahrir Square. Rise Up Egypt,...

Ecosystem

4 reasons to join a hackathon

A week ago, I ventured off on a special roadtrip: StartupBus Europe, a trans-European 3 day-long hackathon on wheels. In the...

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Regional

MarkaVIP launches new platform, mobile apps, hints at new verticals to come

MarkaVIP, a leading regional flash sales site, has announced the launch of its new iOS and Android mobile applications, also debuting...

MarkaVIP E-commerce

What it takes to build a billion dollar tech company, and what it means for startups in the Arab world

Yesterday, Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures took an honest look at what it takes to build a billion dollar company in Silicon...

Investment Trends

Global

Google launches Helpouts, a real-time how-to video platform over Hangout

Today, Google announced the public launch of debuted Helpouts, a platform designed to help people learn from experts over Google...

Online video How-Tos Google

Online sports community Duplays launches new software platform, enters non-expat markets

If there's one thing Brian Sigafoos loves as much as sports, it's software. A 6'10" former professional basketball player, he's managed to...

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Wamda's Mix N' Mentor is coming to Jeddah!

Fresh off the heels of a successful event in Beirut, the Mix N’ Mentor Roadshow 2013 next heads to Jeddah to continue our tour across the M...

Mix n Mentor Mentorship

Boris Johnson announces £100 million tech fund for Middle East startups

In a move designed to bring booming tech ecosystems in the UK and the Middle East closer together, London mayor Boris Johnson...

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Startup news ticker: Jobzella secures a first funding round; Mooda.com celebrates UAE National Day

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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Whatsapp goes down worldwide; can it stay on top in mobile messaging?

As of an hour ago, app messenger Whatsapp went down around the world; at time of print, it had just started working again. The outage...

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12 initiatives working to empower women in the Middle East

Bahraini women weaving. Photo courtesy of Sophie Middleton. Women’s economic integration and empowerment is a global issue that has a...

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Women's portal HawaaWorld spins out new iPad recipe magazine

HawaaWorld is one of the oldest and most popular user-generated content portals targeting women in the Arab region. The platform,...

Food & Beverage

New accelerator Juice Labs will offer in-depth, software-focused mentorship to Cairo's startups

Hanan Solayman contributed reporting to this article. Nearly everything Tarek Nasr has been involved in since January 25, 2011 has...

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Ex-employee explains Yahoo's closure: 'the natural result of instability'

In the aftermath of Yahoo's closure of its Cairo office two weeks ago, many have noted that it wasn't an isolated incident, since...

Failure

Could Middle East e-commerce benefit from Pinterest?