Wamda

Dubai-Based Gaming Studio Piranha Byte Launches Its Brainchild: Peek!

Piranha Byte, a game development studio based in Dubai, just released its first title Peek!, inspired by the most successful photo sharing...

Gaming

AltCity's Open House & Barcamp

Join AltCity on Friday, September 28th for their first “Open House” from 6-8pm, and on Saturday September 29th for a barcamp entitled “Me...

Startup Communities

Startup Tob Turba Wins Fikrati Competition in Egypt

Tob Turba Madghout (Madghout stands for compressed) won the first prize in the 'Fikrati' (my idea) competition organized by the...

Competitions

Analyzing Interest in MENA Investments: Pamir Gelenbe of Hummingbird Ventures [Wamda TV]

Pamir Gelenbe, a partner at Hummingbird Ventures, discusses the challenges facing new startups in MENA and gives his take on the...

Investment

The Cairo Angels Are Looking For a Few Good Startups

The Cairo Angels are here. No, it’s not a local remake of Charlie’s Angels (can you imagine), but a group of business angels based in Cairo ...

Angel Investment Investment

OPIC and Abraaj Capital Commit $150M to Boost SMEs in MENA

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Egypt now have even more opportunities to for growth, as Sunday the Overseas Private...

Government Investment

Goodbye Mizado, Hello Jumia: Inside Rocket Internet's Newest Gamble in Egypt

Jumia, the new online mall, launched with little fanfare in Egypt just over two months ago, the progeny of the German behemoth...

Rocket Internet Egypt Ecosystem

Startup Weekend Mount Lebanon

Do you want to turn your idea into reality? Then brace yourself for Startup Weekend Mount Lebanon. The event will follow the Startup...

Pitching Startup Weekend Workshops

Lebanese Telecoms Minister Interviewed by Wamda on Twitter - Here is How It Went

On Friday, Wamda hosted a Twitter interview with Lebanese Telecoms Minister Nicolas Sehnaoui to discuss entrepreneurship, innovation, and...

Government

Teshkeel Media Group Equity Stake Acquired by Crescent Enterprises

Crescent Enterprises, a subsidiary of the UAE-based Crescent Group, announced the acquisition of an equity stake in the Teshkeel Media...

Acquisitions

Wizards Productions Continues to Go Global, Announcing Partnership with Tapjoy, Acceleration with YetiZen

After announcing a pivot into mobile gaming and a deal with leading international publisher 6waves, Wizards Productions is continuing to...

Gaming Mobile Mobile Gaming

Cairo Workspace The District Celebrates Six Months of Success

Six months is usually too soon to celebrate a birthday, but things had been going so well for The District recently that celebrations were...

Accelerators Coworking Spaces

Iraq to Be Reborn as Art & Science Hub Through Baghdad Hackerspace

A young leader is bringing his passion for collaboration to create a hackerspace in Baghdad this October. Bilal Ghalib, an expat who...

Trends

Sawari, Union Capital Announce $1.2m Investment in Egyptian Financial Services Company

Sawari Ventures and Union Capital have announced $1.2 million in investment in Financial Services Company (FSC), an Egyptian company that...

Investment Loyalty Programs

Building Government-Startup Alliances [Pic of the Week]

Entrepreneurs and governments are often at odds, leery of working with each other and afraid to reach out to build an uncommon alliance....

Government Startup Communities Pic of the Week

Agzakhana Offers Egyptian Pharmacists an Online and Mobile Pharmacy Platform

Agzakhana.com is about to launch a new electronic system to manage Egyptian and Arab pharmacy sales and orders. Designed by a group of...

Medical

Fadi Ghandour's Next Investment: Building a Future for Arab Social Entrepreneurship

Fadi Ghandour's name has been synonymous with Arab entrepreneurship. In 1982 he established Aramex as an express operator for the Middle...

Investment Social Entrepreneurship Wharton

Are You Ready for the Digital Revolution? [Infographic]

Did you know that 37% of customers are influenced by word-of-mouth, and 10-25% use social media to help them make purchasing decisions? Or...

Digital Marketing

A Growing E-Commerce Opportunity in MENA

In a recent study, eMarketer estimates that while the Middle East and Africa is still the least developed region in e-commerce, sales in...

E-commerce

Abraaj Capital Art Prize Announces Winners for 2013

This week, the Abraaj Capital Art Prize announced the winning artists for its fifth addition, including winners from Lebanon, Egypt,...

LinkedIn to Enter Middle East Market in September

On the heels of news that LivingSocial is leaving the region, an email circulating the region reveals that LinkedIn is priming to open an...

Social Networks Technology Trends

RoundMenu Announces $730K Round of Funding to Expand into New Markets

After launching just over a month ago, RoundMenu has closed its first round of investment, for US $730,000, led by HoneyBee Tech Ventures,...

Food & Beverage Mobile Apps Technology

Provide Structure and Freedom for Innovation [Pic of the Week]

This week, activists participated in a blackout to protest ICT censorship in Jordan, a move aimed to prevent two amendments from...

Government Pic of the Week

Seeqnce Launches 8 Web Startups at 2012 Accelerator Program Finale

LivingSocial's recent exit made for good small talk, but hardly daunted budding web entrepreneurs in Lebanon this past Saturday night, as a...

Accelerators Competitions Investment

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