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Egypt's Weladna launches an e-commerce portal for educational kids' games

“When you do not know your roots you get lost,” says Fatima Azmy, an Egyptian entrepreneur who became frustrated with the lack of cultural ...

kids Egypt Design

Arab Heroes can now battle on the iPhone in Falafel Games' new mobile MMO Knights of Glory

“We’re the only game where the Arabic player can identify with his own culture, his own history, and say ‘I’m one of the heroes’ instead of...

Mobile Gaming Mobile Gaming

Qordoba translated its 5 millionth word. Here's how it manages a distributed team

Global translation platform Qordoba has just translated its 5 millionth word, hitting the mark last April on a Mandarin translation job,...

Dubai Translation Team management

Startup Cup Round 2 in Egypt

Innoventures, in cooperation with MECSBE and the support of the Global Entrepreneurship Program (GEP), is organizing the second Startup C...

Conferences Innovation Competitions

7 French startups that are hot right now

For those entrepreneurs curious about what's going on in other ecosystems, the French startup scene has a lot to offer. Here are 7 French...

3D Sharing Economy Accelerators

A chat with HungerStation, an online delivery platform for Saudi Arabia [Wamda TV]

Fast food market sales in Saudi Arabia are expected to grow to $4.5 billion by 2015. Although Saudi youth are increasingly inclined to make...

Delivery Mobile

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...

collaborative economy crowdinvesting Funding models

2013 Orange Price for Social Entrepreneurs in Africa Deadline

Orange is launching the 3rd edition of its Prix Orange de l'entrepreneur social en Afrique. This award is promoting the development of...

Competitions

Swipe-A-Service seeks to solve home repair troubles in Saudi Arabia [Wamda TV]

The business of home maintenance and repairs in Saudi Arabia is an archaic morass. The current system is utterly unorganized and a task as...

Startup Services Mobile

Why last year's rise in unemployment for Saudi women might be a positive trend

For Saudi women, unemployment rates are climbing, while they’re dropping for Saudi men and non-Saudi workers, according to government d...

Why the Arab world needs an education system that creates entrepreneurs [Report]

By 2020, between 80 and 100 million jobs need to be created in the Middle East and North Africa just to maintain current unemployment...

Social Entrepreneurship Education Social Change

Wamda Asks: What would a UAE Skype ban mean for startups?

Two days ago, media sites in the UAE reported that using some of Skype's services, such as making phone calls, could land users in jail...

Skype VOIP Quick Comment

Namshi raises $13m, its third round in 8 months. Is it burning cash or stockpiling?

Namshi, the Dubai-based fashion retail company launched by Germany’s Rocket Internet, has announced another $13 million in investment f...

Summit Partners Namshi Rocket Internet

How two companies innovated to resuscitate tourism in Tunisia and Morocco

Over the past few decades, tourism has been an increasingly important source of revenue for both Morocco and Tunisia. Both countries are...

Tourism

Cairo University Tech Transfer Competition

The Cairo University Technology Transfer Office is organizing a competition for existing and new startup concepts with the potential for a...

Competitions

FOO launches the first mobile matchmaking app for Facebook in the Middle East

It might not surprise you that one of Lebanon's earliest mobile app development companies was built by two AUB graduates. It's almost...

Social Networks Facebook Mobile

Lebanese Government and Intel overhaul education by putting tablets in the hands of students

Intel and the Lebanese Ministries of Telecom and Education are hoping to make students' backpacks lighter this year, by offering them new...

Public-Private Partnerships Government Education

What are the most popular mobile phones and operating systems in the UAE?

While Android is still the most popular operating system in terms of global sales, followed next by iOS, Nokia is dominating the biggest...

Mobile

Izdehar, SME Exhibition & Conference - Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

On May 19-21, Izdehar, the Saudi SME Exhibition & Conference, will be held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia at the Jeddah Hilton Hotel. Izdehar ...

Conferences

MarkaVIP Announces Deal with PayPal; Will Consumers Warm to Online Payment?

E-commerce may be one of the fastest-growing and most promising startup sectors in the Middle East, but it still poses several challenges....

Flash Sales MarkaVIP PayPal

Entrepreneurs Take on the Arab World's Water and Energy Challenges

This piece was originally published on the Huffington Post on April 3, 2013. With the Middle East and North Africa's water and...

Green Energy Environment

Bnooki Offers a One-Stop Shop for Bank Products in Lebanon: Can it Expand?

Figuring out what banks offer in Lebanon is notoriously difficult, says Elie Bou Jaoude. “There are more than 600,000 searches on G...

Financial management

Lebanon’s Game Cooks Releases Mobile Multiplayer Title NERDS

On top of their recent release, Captain Oil, Game Cooks studios in Lebanon just launched new mobile game NERDS on both...

Mobile Gaming Gaming

Trends in Internet Usage in the Arab World [Report]

Did you know that 28% of Arab internet users prefer social media as their main source of news? Individuals worldwide are downloading...

Social Networks Social Media Mobile

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