Wamda

Istikana Inks Groundbreaking Deal to Offer Videos on Samsung Smart TVs

It remains to be seen whether there is a viable market for video-on-demand services in the Middle East, like those that Hulu provides in...

Digital Media Video On Demand

Vodafone Egypt Launches EGP 20m Investment Fund and Incubator

We've received word that Vodafone Egypt is launching an EGP 20 million (US $3.3 million) investment fund that will focus on small, web and...

Investment

Vote for the Future You Want

In the Sustainable Development Dialogues, or Rio+20 Dialogues, over 10,000 experts, stakeholders, and academics from a variety of ...

Ecosystem Social Entrepreneurship

7 Tips and Confessions from Day 2 of CoE E-Commerce

CoE E-Commerce, our CoE event focused on the E-Commerce sector, concluded yesterday after a second day jam-packed with "Wamdat" talks and...

CoE E-Commerce E-commerce COE

Links Are Not Answers: Cairo's Kngine Launches App to Revolutionize Search

Operating with the tagline, "Links are not answers," intelligent search company Kngine (pronounced “kin-gin”) has launched beta versions of ...

Mobile Apps

The Way Forward for Women Entrepreneurs in Egypt

The fundamental role of women in Egypt’s revolution and growing its economy was the focus of the event “Co-Creation: Women and Ent...

Ecosystem Education Women

MBC Ventures Launches, Invests in Falafel Games, Aranim, Supermama

MBC Group announced early this week the launch of a new venture capital arm, MBC Ventures, which will invest in media and entertainment...

Investment

Jordanian Entrepreneurs Launch Startup Enabling Global Access to Healthcare

"We want to export U.S.-quality healthcare to the rest of the world," says Ayman Sharaiha, explaining his startup, Clinical Fellows. The...

Medical

Facebook to Target Ad Revenue with New Dubai Office

As we predicted in February, Facebook is indeed entering the MENA region, planning to open an office in Dubai now that its IPO...

Facebook Social Networks

TEDxTanta Delivers Energy and Passion

As a Cairean I tend to think there’s little of interest in Egypt outside Cairo, and maybe Alexandria. So I was pleased to have my p...

Ecosystem Innovation Social Entrepreneurship

Yahoo! Acquires a License to Yamli’s Technologies

Today marks an important milestone in the life of popular Arabic language startup Yamli, as Yahoo! announces its acquisition of a license...

Innovation

Striving for Funding: Confessions from Dubai's CareZone

Editor’s note (NC): Sometimes a good idea does not find funding in an appropriate time frame. It could be a failure of execution, o...

Investment

Middle East Social Entrepreneurship Faces Challenges, but No Shortage of Volunteers

The Arab Spring brought tumult to the Middle East, but the demonstrations have also ushered in new aspects to civil life in Arab society....

Social Entrepreneurship

Tech Entrepreneurs Prepare for a New Egypt

Sometimes you attend an event expecting one thing, but end up gaining insight into something completely different. Or at least in something...

Conferences Ecosystem Startup Communities

How To Prepare for CoE E-Commerce Day 1: Mentorship And Unconference Sessions

Get ready for Day 1 of CoE, where you will experience a unique, attendee-driven agenda.1. First we will have “Lunch with Mentors.”During the...

CoE E-Commerce Conferences COE

Beirut's The Dream Matcher Demonstrates the Value of a Niche Social Network

I was recently invited to a second dream matching event in Beirut by The Dream Matcher, an ambitious project that aims to improve the p...

Social Networks

Speed Mentoring in Cairo: A Step Towards a Mentorship Framework?

Finding a business mentor is a lot like finding a date. Physical attractiveness is important for dates, professional attractiveness for...

Conferences

Maroc Annonces: Pioneering Online Classified Ads in Morocco

Created 12 years ago, by founder Tadjne Filali, Maroc Annonces was the first online classified ads company in Morocco. Once a pioneer and...

E-commerce

Wamda Announces Partnership with Flat6Labs

During Flat6Lab’s Demo Day in Cairo, CEO Ramez Mohammed announced the accelerator’s partnership with fellow entrepreneurship hub Wamda. Wam...

Accelerators Investment

Turkish Gaming Entrepreneur Pivots into Mobile in MENA, Launching Bhalamir

The co-creator of one of Turkey's biggest web gaming platforms, Sanalika, has now launched a demo of his first iOS mobile game, Bhalamir,...

Gaming

Get Ready for CoE E-Commerce: Speakers and Program Announced

Get ready for CoE E-Commerce. Here's the breakdown: the first day will have a fully attendee-driven agenda. You'll get the chance to...

CoE E-Commerce COE

Arabic Medical Portal AlTibbi Launches Breakthrough Symptom Checker and Social Network

Arabic medical portal Altibbi.com has just launched two major improvements to its comprehensive diagnosis platform: the first Arab...

Social Media Endeavor Medical

Moroccan Entrepreneur Finds Opportunity in Web Hosting

Moroccan internet service Genious Communications has relaunched this week, bringing new cloud-based services to Morocco, and soon, the Arab...

tasmeemME Continues Palestinian Museum Logo Design Competition

Update: the deadline has now been extended to May 31st! Submit now. It’s probably been a minute since you’ve heard from creative community ...

Design Digital Media

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