Wamda

Global

Five reasons why you should adopt cloud computing

We all know that cloud computing has revolutionized the way business is done at Google, Amazon, Apple, and other IT giants. It...

Cloud technology Cloud Computing startups

Turkey

Turkish startup turned machine failure into a business model

Airways and railways have been conservative and difficult sectors for startups due to safety and security issues. But this is changing,...

Delphisonic predictable maintenance turkey

Lebanon

After fablabs and makerspaces, startup studios debut in Beirut

Accelerators, incubators, coworking spaces, hackerspaces, makerspaces, fablabs, and living labs, all constitute a crowded ecosystem lexica...

Startup studio Sqwirl Lab Ziad Jreidini

Global

Startup Watch: Uber’s new era, a computer that can smell and wealth secrets

The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your...

Startup Watch Uber AI

U.A.E

Truck service startups are on the rise in the UAE

While truck companies have been around for decades to transport large shipments of goods, the UAE is now seeing a rise in truck service...

uae startups Delivery

Kuwait

4 Kuwaiti family businesses using innovation to stay ahead

This article is a crosspost from Nuwait. As we enter the age of information, more businesses are now better able to understand and...

kuwait Innovation family businesses

Regional

AI is taking roots in the MENA

Even though Artificial Intelligence (AI) is developing at a blistering pace, outside academia and engineering, it remains a bit of a...

AI Investment Technology

Regional

SourceNow: A digital solution that redefines the industrial services marketplace

For several years, the UAE has consistently topped regional rankings of entrepreneurship and innovation. Most recently, the 2017 Global...

GE SourceNow IT solutions

Regional

You are what you wear, 2.0

Wearable smart devices are rapidly changing the face of technology in the 21st century, and the MENA is no stranger to that evolution....

GITEX Future Stars Wearable devices Technology

Regional

Hiro Tamura of European fund Atomico analyzes tech ecosystems [Podcast]

During an event for Wamda Capital’s investors and partners earlier this year, Hiro Tamura gave a presentation on global emerging...

Hiro Tamura Wamda Capital podcast

Egypt

Digital services for cash strapped Egyptian SMEs

Starting a business in Egypt is not easy, in large part because of the hassle involved in registering a new establishment and obtaining the...

Training Cloud Telecommunication

Lebanon

Is 3D printing the future of prototyping? [Wamda TV]

Doumit Raidy, of the Raidy Printing Group, and Guillame Credoz, of Ghouyoum, are two innovators building their businesses on new 3D...

3d printing ArabNet Beirut 2017 Innovation

Morocco

Morocco's trash spotting app

The rise of smartphone penetration and the emergence of digital tools is turning crowdsourcing into a popular business model. It enables...

climat déchets écologie

Morocco

Reinventing Whatsapp for sailors in Morocco

For Soremar Group, the Moroccan company specialized in maritime radio since the 1980s, improving communications and expanding their...

boats seafarers Technology

Lebanon

The UK Lebanon Tech Hub accentuates R&D financing in Lebanon [Wamda TV]

Despite its vast intellectual and academic capital, Lebanon still falls behind developed countries in terms of research. Its gross...

UK Lebanon Tech Hub Nadim Zaazaa Elie Akhras

Tunisia

Cyberesa improves e-tourism in Tunisia

Despite the regional instability and tourism shakiness, Tunisian e-tourism is actually witnessing bright days and is not affected by the...

Tourism technologies Cloud

Syria

Votek and Loujee secures $1M investment

Votek Inc, developer of Arabic speech recognition software, governmental intelligent assistants and the first Arabic smart toy (Loujee)...

Votek AI syria

Regional

What do MENA telcos want to be when they grow up? Part II

This is the second article of two about telecom companies in MENA and how they should be adapting. The first is here. In this part we are...

Telcos du anghami

U.A.E

What do MENA telcos want to be when they grow up? Part I

This is the first article of two about telecom companies in MENA and how they should be adapting. In the opening sequence of...

Telcos du anghami

Saudi Arabia

A journey to the cloud, Arabsea

Being able to keep up with the latest technologies is a good advantage for a company but not easy. Launched in Saudi Arabia in 1980,...

Arabsea SMACC Cloud

Saudi Arabia

Gorfah and the seven business models

What do you do when you don’t know which business model suits you? This is what Gorfah faced, a Saudi startup working in an $8...

Saudi Arabia ksa Gorfah

Saudi Arabia

Uxbert proves startups can make it in Saudi Arabia

The UAE is considered one of the most important startup hubs in the region. Yet the Saudi Nadeem Bakhsh decided to move his user experience...

Saudi Arabia Uxbert UX

Jordan

Jordan and 3D printers: a battle close to an end

After a series of inconsistent government policies, 3D printers are allowed to enter Jordan thanks to a decree issued in November....

3d printing Mixed Dimensions 3rd Reality

Jordan

The food chain of mobile: how VoIPs are devouring telcos

If you think maintaining your long distance relationship is a private matter, you are most certainly wrong; telcos and governments are...

Telecommunication VOIP OTT

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