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Startup Weekend Nablus

StartUp Weekend is coming to Nablus, on March 29, 30 and 31, at Al Qasr Hotel.Startup Weekend is an intense 54 hour event which focuses on...

Startup Weekend

African Startup Launches SMS Marketing Platform For Businesses

Three months ago, African entrepreneur Natalino Mwenda launched Rasello, the first platform allowing African small businesses to...

Mobile Marketing SMS

Wamda Capital Announces Investment in Translation Platform Qordoba

Wamda Capital, the early stage funding arm of Wamda, has announced investment in crowdsourced translation platform Qordoba. Qordoba, which...

Investment

Advancing Arabic Content for Women: Maroc Numeric Fund Invests $300K in Majalatouki

The Maroc Numeric Fund (MNF) announced last week an investment of 2.6 million Moroccan dirhams (around US$ 300K) last week in Majalatouki,...

Investment Women

Uniqueauction.ae Launches; Will Online Shoppers in the UAE Enjoy Online Bidding?

A new online auction site, Uniqueauction.ae, has launched today, to bring the Middle East daily discounts on big-ticket items. As...

E-commerce

Open Diversity: Using tech to help you access the world of media

David Haddad and Valencio Cardoso will be holding an educational workshop about tips and ideas on how to use the web to spread the word...

Digital Media

Looking to Get a Story Out? PressPass Can Help

Businesses and citizen journalists looking to break a story now have a new resource in their arsenal (aside from Wamda, that is!)....

Digital Media

DIA-style.com Launches First Fully Arabic Luxury e-Commerce Site

DIA-style.com's launch yesterday marked a coup in luxury goods e-commerce. The site has launched not only as the exclusive portal for...

E-commerce Fashion

Jordanian Fashion Site eCloset.me Announces Competition Winners

Amman-based fashion website eCloset.me has revealed the winners of its mix-and-match fashion curation competition today. The competition,...

Fashion

Arabic e-Learning Portal Nibras.com Launches, Offering Online Business Education

E-Learning portal Nibras.com launched in beta today, bringing online education to the Arab World with a series of short, accessible...

Education

Maroc Numeric Fund Invests 3.5 Million Dirhams in Energy Optimizing Startup Meolink

Maroc Numeric Fund (MNF) has added a fourth tech startup to its portfolio this month, announcing investment of 3.5 Moroccan million dirhams...

Four Bahraini Startups Graduate from Local Accelerator

Tenmou, Bahrain's first Y Combinator-style accelerator, has announced the graduation of its first round of startups, focusing on IT...

Teams Pitch Ideas for the People at the Second Startup Weekend Cairo

“Is it better than the original?” That’s the first question we normally ask about the sequel. Startup Weekend Cairo, held from the 19t...

Startup Weekend

Egyptian e-Commerce Site books.com.eg Launches Social Bookstore

On the anniversary of the first massive protest in Tahrir Square, Egyptian e-commerce company books.com.eg is making it easier for readers...

E-commerce

How Women Entrepreneurs Are Driving Business in the Middle East

Reema Bint Bandar Al Saud is an Arabian princess with an entrepreneurial streak. As president and CEO of ALFA International and AL HAMA...

Women Wharton

Saudi E-Commerce Startup Finds Success Selling Apple Products

Almost exactly a year ago, three young Saudi entrepreneurs started e-commerce website iPhady to sell only iPhones, iPads and their a...

E-commerce

‏Dubai‪'‬s top 100 SMEs to be announced in February

‏Showing recognition and full support for their great achievements‪,‬ Dubai‪'‬s top 100 SMEs will be announced by Dubai SME in a first‪-‬e...

How a Self-Taught Young Iraqi Developer Hit #1 in Saudi Arabia

When young Iraqi developer Ammar al Issa first started building iPhone applications for kids in his free time, he didn't expect...

Mobile Apps

Big Idea Start-up Challenge 2012

Big Idea Start-up Challenge 2012 competition will be taking place this February the 16th at the Dubai Knowledge Village Auditorium. Dubai...

How the Arab World "Amazon for Moms" is Proving the Value of E-Commerce

Shortly after becoming a mom, Mona Ataya felt the frustration, confusion and challenges most moms and moms-to-be face while trying to...

Women E-commerce

‏An innovative camp in ‪7iber Labs‬

‏‪7‬iber Labs are hosting an innovative camp on Friday 10 and Saturday 11 February at the Amman Gallery ‪-‬ Ras El Ayn‪,‬ Jordan, in the pur...

Volunteer Platform Nakhweh Launches Campaign to Promote Social Change in Jordan

Aspiring social entrepreneurs in Jordan now have another reason to push their ideas out the door. Nonprofit Nakhweh, which promotes...

Regional

Soraya Salti: Celebration of life

Soraya Salti. (Image via Skoll.org) "Passionate, energetic, humble, selfless, happy, positive." These are some of the few words people use...

soraya salti Injaz al Arab

Regional

StartUp Maroc Championship

StartUp Maroc Championship is a disruptive event designed to bring together new and experienced entrepreneurs with investors, mentors, ...

championship startup maroc entrepreneurs

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