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Stars of Science launches fifth season with more women: 'innovation knows no gender'

Stars of Science, the hit pan-Arab science and technology reality-TV competition, returns this Friday, Sept 13 on MBC 4 (8pm KSA), for its...

Science Stars of Science Competitions

Startup news ticker: Google partners with edX; Apple releases iOS 7 Golden Master; Globe Express Services expands in Turkey;

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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Lebanon

What the new Lebanese Army mobile app is really designed to do

After visiting their offices, I was surprised that Lebanese app company apps2you never made it big in the media. Powered by...

Security Mobile

LinkedIn reaches 1 million users in Saudi Arabia, bets on mobile growth

Just before its announcement yesterday that it plans to sell $1.15 billion in stock to raise capital, LinkedIn reached one million users...

Scaling LinkedIn

Digital agency Intigral launches new incubator to help startups reach the Saudi market

Ready for a new incubator? Dubai-based digital media company Intigral launched one today, to support startups building digital products...

STC Incubator Saudi Arabia

What entrepreneurs learned at Oasis500's Beirut bootcamp

As part of their regional expansion, Oasis500, the region’s biggest startup accelerator, held its second bootcamp outside A...

Incubator Investment Oasis500

Microsoft acquires Nokia's phone division, patents for $7.2 billion: will it target the Middle East for sales?

Today, Microsoft has agreed to buy Nokia’s devices and services unit for 5.44 billion euros (US $7.2 billion), its first foray i...

Flat6Labs debuts a new model; will it set the tone for regional startup acceleration?

Accelerators in the Arab world are all the rage lately. For every one that has shut down since we last listed the Top 10...

Accelerators

Wamda announces Mix N’ Mentor Beirut with a new format

Kicking off the second half of the Mix N’ Mentor Roadshow 2013, Wamda next heads to Beirut to continue our tour across the Middle East and ...

Mix n Mentor Mentorship

Startup news ticker: SearchinMENA.com launches on Eureeca; Fotosoora goes live in Egypt; Brate releases new version

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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Egyptian online pharmacy Agzakhana secures investment from Vodafone

Note: photo submitted by Agzakhana, credit: Batool Al Daawi Late last week, Agzakhana, Egypt’s first online pharmacy, announced ...

Lebanon

Wixel Studios launched Little Heroes, Big deeds; will it bring them long-awaited success?

“To make a successful game, you need to have a good product and a lot of money to market it,” says Ziad Feghali, one of the...

Education Gaming

Egyptian startup Instabug chosen as a finalist in The Next Web's USA Mobile Rally

Egyptian startup Instabug is quickly becoming one of the region's major fledgling success stories this year, despite the country's...

The Next Web Developers MITEF Arab Business Plan Competition

How the Arab startup ecosystem grew in 2012 [Videographic]

In the past year, the startup ecosystem in the Arab region took a leap forward, with several new launches, a few major acquisitions, and a ...

Acquisitions Investment

Here's how Google Palestine was hacked; local root server confirms repair

As other outlets are reporting, Google.ps, Google's landing page was hacked yesterday, to protest the naming conventions on Google Maps....

Hackers Hacker Culture

Uber launches in Dubai, gives Riz Khan a ride

UPDATE #2: Uber has now announced its launch in Dubai, on August 27th, by offering Riz Khan a ride in a BMW 7-series. UPDATE: A...

Transportation

Startup news ticker: ALSHOP.com celebrates 5th anniversary and Egypt's KarTag shines at global competition

This is the first installment of Wamda's new startup news ticker, which will offer quick announcements and stories relevant to the region....

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Supporters crowdfund a reward for the Palestinian developer who hacked Facebook

A Palestinian white hat hacker became a hero in his village yesterday for hacking Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook page to reveal a critical b...

IT Security Developers Security

Egypt loses two of its leading entrepreneurs: A tribute

We don’t write about politics on Wamda, but we do write about humanity. Two of Egypt’s leading lights in technology and entrepreneurship wer...

Tragedy Goodbyes

ShopGo makes it easier for any e-commerce company to manage logistics with Aramex

This month, e-commerce solution ShopGo (a Wamda portfolio company) has released Aramex Suite, a new module that allows e-commerce stores to...

Logistics E-commerce

Lebanese mobile game reaches Top 5 in US, Middle East App Stores

Ever since Birdy Nam Nam launched in August 2011, to reach 100,000 downloads on its first day, 450,000 times in its first month, and 1.5...

Mobile Gaming Mobile Gaming

Edfa3ly secures Series A investment from Tamkeen Capital, plans regional expansion

Living in Egypt is hard. Even having a high disposable income brings its own difficulties because you see a plethora of enticing products...

Series A Investment Logistics

Why an Emirati mobile services company chose to expand into Thailand

When considering expansion, many entrepreneurs in the region are turning their eyes towards Asian markets, which are seen as promising...

Mobile Gaming Mobile

Is 3G really coming to Algeria in December, or is it another empty promise?

Algerians will finally have 3G starting on December 1st, the country's Post and ICT Minister Moussa Benhamadi has promised. But Algerians...

4G 3G

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