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How to reduce cash-on-delivery in Middle East e-commerce

At a roundtable hosted by PayPal last week, representatives from some of the region’s biggest e-commerce players gathered to discuss the r...

cash-on-delivery Payment Gateways E-commerce

New TV show ‘Generation Entrepreneur’ to launch tomorrow night on OSN

Those interested in meeting the Arab world’s next generation of entrepreneurs will want to catch a new TV show tomorrow night that will c...

Layalina TV Entrepreneurship shows Reality TV

Startup news ticker: Frootapps launches Islamic app; Oasis500 brings startups to the US; ArabNet Developer Tournament in Lebanon; eBay acquires Braintree

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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Morocco's FollowLetter: an alternative to Google Reader for newsletter lovers?

Trying to collect and read news during the day is often an essential part of work, and yet it can also be massively distracting; an email,...

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Yellow Pages Egypt opens avenue for low-cost, high-quality marketing videos

Many television commercials and videos produced by startups are of low quality due to new entrepreneurs’ often-limited funds, o...

Egypt Digital Marketing

Interact Egypt offers affordable social media marketing courses for entrepreneurs

Egyptian entrepreneurs can finally attend professional training courses on key topics related to the marketing of their own startups at...

Egypt Workshops Digital Media

Egyptians discuss technology and social development at Social Good Summit

CAIRO, Egypt The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) hosted last week the Social Good Summit: a discussion about new media and...

Social Change Egypt Social Entrepreneurship

India's largest IT company outsources to women in Saudi Arabia

Forget outsourcing to India. India’s largest IT company is now planning to outsource to Saudi Arabia, debuting its first “all-female ser...

Employment Saudi Arabia Government

Addy raises $320K in Silicon Valley, launches address system for Middle East e-commerce

When we last checked in with Addy last summer, the startup was generating buzz after debuting at Stanford’s StartX Demo Day for its...

Addressing Mobile E-commerce

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A look at the winners of the 2013 Gulf Business Industry Awards

Gulf Business, a leading news portal in the Middle East, hosted their annual Gulf Business Industry Awards last night,...

Free zones Gulf Business Industry Awards Awards

Startup news ticker: Baidu partners with Silicon-based Cooliris to boost mobile penetration

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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Can e-commerce site Cazamoda overcome the challenges of family business?

As a market for e-commerce builds in the region, many offline retailers are considering going online to launch their own e-commerce...

Challenges Logistics Namshi

Did Apple miss a major opportunity with the new iPhone 5c?

Although some have joked that the “c” in Apple’s new plastic iPhone 5c stands for “cheap” (it really stands for “colors”) the device f...

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Uber vs. Careem: as Goliath storms Dubai, can David own Saudi Arabia?

When Careem announced $1.7 million in investment from STC Ventures last week, it seemed like a timely response to the entrance of its...

Rivalries Car Service Transportation

How is the Arab world using smartphones? [Infographic]

Two phones out of five in the Middle East are smartphones, according to new data from the International Data Corporation. But how...

NGO connects young Iraqis to international art scene

When war descends, art is often one of its first casualties. As gallery spaces close down and funding dries up, artists often have little...

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YouTube turns on local domains, ad streams in the Gulf: who will benefit?

Original video content is exploding in the Middle East and North Africa. As we discussed last week in our first new Wamda...

Iran reblocks Twitter and Facebook; local entrepreneur says it wasn't a glitch

Last night, several social media users reported that Twitter and Facebook were unblocked in Iran, making it possible to post directly to...

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Startup news ticker: TA Telecom wins Mobile Merit Awards and Google acquires Bump

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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A look at Twitter's IPO: what will change?

Twitter’s IPO, which it announced last week, is one of the most hotly anticipated IPOs since Facebook. After announcing via tweet that t...

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Tenmou’s Entrelab nurtures startups ranging from Bahraini Instagram to popcorn delivery

Tenmou, Bahrain's first business angels company, and the U.S. Embassy recently concluded Entrelab: the region’s first entrepreneurship l...

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What’s next for Glowork after its $16 million acquisition by SAS Holding

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How to reduce cash-on-delivery in Middle East e-commerce

New TV show ‘Generation Entrepreneur’ to launch tomorrow night on OSN

Startup news ticker: Frootapps launches Islamic app; Oasis500 brings startups to the US; ArabNet Developer Tournament in Lebanon; eBay acquires Braintree

Morocco's FollowLetter: an alternative to Google Reader for newsletter lovers?

Yellow Pages Egypt opens avenue for low-cost, high-quality marketing videos

Interact Egypt offers affordable social media marketing courses for entrepreneurs

Egyptians discuss technology and social development at Social Good Summit

India's largest IT company outsources to women in Saudi Arabia

Addy raises $320K in Silicon Valley, launches address system for Middle East e-commerce

A look at the winners of the 2013 Gulf Business Industry Awards

Startup news ticker: Baidu partners with Silicon-based Cooliris to boost mobile penetration

Can e-commerce site Cazamoda overcome the challenges of family business?

Did Apple miss a major opportunity with the new iPhone 5c?

Uber vs. Careem: as Goliath storms Dubai, can David own Saudi Arabia?

How is the Arab world using smartphones? [Infographic]

NGO connects young Iraqis to international art scene

YouTube turns on local domains, ad streams in the Gulf: who will benefit?

Iran reblocks Twitter and Facebook; local entrepreneur says it wasn't a glitch

Startup news ticker: TA Telecom wins Mobile Merit Awards and Google acquires Bump

A look at Twitter's IPO: what will change?

Tenmou’s Entrelab nurtures startups ranging from Bahraini Instagram to popcorn delivery

What’s next for Glowork after its $16 million acquisition by SAS Holding

iMENA invests $8m in HelloFood; why it is and isn't like Rocket Internet

Beirut's SMEX launches an aggregator to support Arabic content online

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