Wamda

Activists Plan Blackout to Protest ICT Censorship in Jordan

In hopes of discouraging the government from passing amendments that enable censorship, digital activists in Jordan are staging a...

Censorship

UPDATED: Rocket Internet Exits Turkey, Mizado, Expands Amazon Clone in Egypt and Morocco

[UPDATED: We have received confirmation that Rocket is launching Jumia, an Amazon clone, in Egypt, extending a site initially launched in...

Rocket Internet Trends E-commerce

Looking Back to LivingSocial's Exit from MENA: What Went Right, What Went Wrong?

In the aftermath of the news that LivingSocial is leaving the MENA region, many have reflected this weekend on what this means for...

Daily Deals Exits and Sales

Meet New Beirut Workspace and Social Venture Hub AltCity

Entrepreneurs looking for a good casual workspace in Beirut can now turn to AltCity, which is opening its doors this August to become the...

Coworking Spaces Crowdfunding

Algeria

Algerian Team Takes Microsoft's Global Stage to Fight Diabetes

This July, three Algerian college students became the first team from the Middle East and North Africa to place as finalists in the cloud...

Competitions Health Mobile Apps

i360 Hub Launches Traveling Accelerator for Idea Stage Entrepreneurs in MENA

Continuing the accelerator boom in the region, i360 Hub has launched a new seed funding program that pledges to take entrepreneurs from...

Accelerators Innovation Investment

LivingSocial Confirms Closure of Middle East Operations [Exclusive]

Early this morning, LivingSocial has confirmed its rumored exit from the Middle East and North Africa to Wamda. In a statement, the...

Exits and Sales Daily Deals

Revolutionizing Egypt's Oldest Bank with Cloud Computing

This week, OMS won an award for their role in a different kind of Egyptian revolution, one that took place in its oldest commercial bank....

Technology Software Cloud Computing

Internet Censorship Called A Black Eye for Jordan's Tech Sector

As Ramadan comes to an end, controversy is building in Jordan over potential internet censorship. After Jordan's Ministry of...

Censorship Jordan

LivingSocial Rumored to Pull Out of the Middle East: Comment From Competitor On Regulation

The National has reported today that global daily deals company LivingSocial is priming to sell its assets in the Middle East and shut down...

Trends

SeedStartup Demo Day in Dubai

SeedStartup, Dubai-based international startup accelerator and seed fund, announced details of the Startup Demo Day event to be held at...

Investment

Challenges And Opportunities For Start-Ups

"Challenges And Opportunities For Start-Ups" is a round table event organized by the INSEAD Alumni Lebanon and hosted by Bader. During the...

Workshops

A Look at Turkish E-Commerce Site Lidyana.com's $3M Investment from Ru-net [Wamda TV]

As in almost all emerging economies, Turkey’s e-commerce market is presenting very attractive growth opportunities. In 2011, with a growth r...

E-commerce Investment

Can Facebook Spice Up Place Reviews? Jeeran Launches Social Update

Today, Jeeran is making location reviews in the Arab World a more social experience, by launching an updated iPhone app and website that...

Ratings Sites Endeavor

Announcing Wamda's Ramadan Daily Video Series [Wamda TV]

Beginning this Ramadan, Wamda will be launching a video series, offering daily videos of our footage from this year's Arabnet...

GameTako Launches Online Game to Benefit Syrian Refugees

This Ramadan, Saudi gaming studio GameTako is launching a new game to assist donation to Syrian refugees. The goal of Kubba, an online...

Gaming

Facing the Legal Challenges of an Art Startup: Draw Me a Song

When Lebanese entrepreneur Nour Tohme started posting musical illustrations of songs for fun on her blog, she had no idea that she was...

Competitions Design MITEF Arab Business Plan Competition

Endeavor Launches in Saudi Arabia

Endeavor has announced the launch of a new office in Saudi Arabia that will bring its global support for high-impact entrepreneurs to the...

Endeavor

Lebanese Entrepreneur Invents Lego For Electronics, Raises $3.65M from US VCs

Lebanese entrepreneur Ayah Bdeir will now be able to bring snap-together electronics toys littleBits to a wider audience, thanks to a new...

Investment

Silicon Valley Fund 500 Startups Invests in Jeeran

Silicon Valley-based seed fund and accelerator 500 Startups has today announced investment in Jeeran, the popular Amman-based user review...

Investment Endeavor

Animated Superhero Series The 99 Launches in the Middle East for Ramadan

This Ramadan, Islam-based superhero series THE 99 is finally launching in its region of origin, the Middle East. Starting on the...

Animation

Jeeran Co-Founder Leaves to Venture into Product Reviews

Ever since co-founder Laith Zraikat left Jeeran earlier this year, the Jordanian tech scene has been curious what he’ll do next. He’s not...

Mobile Mobile Apps

YouTube Launches Ramadan Channel, Bringing Favorite Series Online

In Cairo today, YouTube announced the launch of a new Ramadan-dedicated channel that will feature 50 premium shows during the...

Digital Media Google

Can Entrepreneurship Bring Change Where the Arab Spring Has Not?

Gathered together around a wide table, the group of entrepreneurs in Dubai for this year's MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Business...

Social Entrepreneurship Wharton

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