5 Simple Ways Startups Can Defend Against Hackers The hacking of the Lebanese government websites two weeks ago, for the second time in two months, as well as the discovery of the Flame... Fernande van Tets • 02 July, 2012
Egyptian Mobile App Dokani Links Shoppers to Offline Deals For the mobile app-savvy shopper in Egypt, Dokani offers the chance to a check information online about new products and sales... Maya Rahal • 01 July, 2012 Mobile Apps
Winners of the MIT Enterprise Arab Business Plan Competition '12 Announced The winners of the MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Business Plan Competition '11-'12 have been chosen. After winnowing the top 50 teams down to... Nina Curley • 28 June, 2012 MITEF Arab Business Plan Competition
How a Dubai Entrepreneur Built and Funded the Year's Hottest Hardware Innovation Garage Style "It's hard to be a tech entrepreneur in the Middle East," says Ahmad Zahran of Infinitec. Yet by shutting down his previous... Nina Curley • 28 June, 2012
An Old Soldier's Advice on Leadership and How to Conquer Your Challenges British Army Rt. Major General Tim Toyne Sewell not so secretly known as Big Tim to his subordinates at the Royal Military Academy... Knowledge @Wharton • 28 June, 2012 Wharton
Does Peace in the Middle East Need Bombs? A Look at Game Cooks' New iPhone Game Brothers Lebnan and Arz Nader, half of the team behind this year's biggest gaming success Birdy Nam Nam, are releasing a new iPhone game... Nina Curley • 27 June, 2012 Gaming Mobile Gaming
Moroccan Web Entrepreneurs Gather, Pitch Ideas at g|maroc Following a promising first edition of the g|Maghreb event organized in 2011 in the Moroccan capital, Rabat, Google returned to Morocco... Karim Jazouani • 27 June, 2012 Conferences Google
7 Ways to Create a Healthy Indoor Environment at Your Business Perhaps the first thing that comes to mind when someone says “air pollution” is the image of car exhaust filling the streets, industrial chi... Shaima Alhaj • 26 June, 2012 Environment
Women and Gaming in the Middle East In April 2012, 1600 women gathered in Saudi Arabia for the second annual all-female Gaming Convention. “There was huge demand and many said ... Fernande van Tets • 26 June, 2012 Gaming Women
Bringing Middle East Freelancers the Job Search They Need: Nabbesh For freelancers looking for work, the Middle East can be a tricky market. While several sites, allow you to search for freelance work, only... Nina Curley • 25 June, 2012 Job Recruitment
Zawya Acquired by Thomson Reuters On the heels of rumors in April that Zawya was preparing for a multimillion dollar acquisition, majority shareholder Saffar Capital... Nina Curley • 25 June, 2012 Acquisitions
Egyptian E-commerce Site OpenDayz Helps Small Businesses Sell Products Online A shopping trend that’s been growing in Egypt recently is the “Open Day.” Someone, usually a female, buys or creates a batch of niche ... Omar Aysha • 25 June, 2012 Accelerators
Building a 2020 Vision of Entrepreneurship in Lebanon There is an emergency in Lebanon. Not the emergency you may think; beyond the political debates and divides, beyond the clashes and the... Antoine Abou-Samra • 24 June, 2012 Ecosystem Trends
Demystifying E-Commerce: How to Offer Competitive Customer Service A customer service strategy for an online store is as critical as it is for a brick and mortar. Some may start with the misguided... Nader Museitif • 24 June, 2012 Demystifying E-Commerce E-commerce
Lebanese-Egyptian Entrepreneur Fadi Chehade to Lead Internet Expansion as New ICANN CEO It may come as no surprise to entrepreneurs in the Arab World that a successful Lebanese-Egyptian IT entrepreneur will now lead the... Nina Curley • 24 June, 2012 Trends
A Good Deal: Dubizzle Seeks to Dominate the Middle East's Online Classified Market Like the thousands of expats who find their way to this glitzy sheikhdom, Sim Whatley and J.C. Butler came to Dubai several years ago... Knowledge @Wharton • 21 June, 2012 E-commerce
3 Things that Investors and Entrepreneurs Can Do to Avoid An Eternal War Apple is the most valuable company around the world. Google is the search titan and the innovative platform in the tech industry. Microsoft... Ayman Abou Hend • 20 June, 2012 Investment
Foota Towels - Making Egyptian Towels Famous Egypt is famous for its cotton. The best towels in the world are also manufactured here, but there isn’t a recognised Egyptian towel b... Omar Aysha • 19 June, 2012 Design Marketing Fashion
Daily Deals Site SuperDeal Stands Out by Supporting Social Programs As the global rise of daily deals sites found its way to Morocco last year, SuperDeal.ma became the third daily deals platform to... Maya Rahal • 19 June, 2012 Daily Deals Superdeal.ma
Jordanian Gaming Studio Wizards Productions Pivots into Mobile 2012 marks a new era for Wizards Productions, which today announced a publishing agreement with 6waves, a leading international social and... Nina Curley • 19 June, 2012 Gaming Mobile Mobile Gaming
My Heart Is In the Work [Pic of the Week] Some of you may have read this card and felt like it defined you. Others may be having one of those days where you know you love what you... Wamda • 18 June, 2012 CoE Cards Pic of the Week
It Suits Her: Lebelik Brings Lebanese Design to Your Doorstep Louise Doumet seemed to have it all; she had just finished her degree and a coveted job offer from financial services firm J.P. Morgan. But... Fernande van Tets • 18 June, 2012 E-commerce
How Egypt Is Discussing the Presidential Elections on Facebook and Twitter Wamda is not a place for political debate. But the entrepreneurial ecosystem does not live in a separate universe, however much we... Omar Aysha • 17 June, 2012 Digital Media Social Media
Why E-Commerce Startups Can’t Ignore Pinterest This series by Mohannad Ghashim of ShopGo.me is part of our Demystifying E-Commerce series. It will explore various technical... Mohanad Ghashim • 14 June, 2012 Demystifying E-Commerce E-commerce