Wamda

What Do Entrepreneurs in Tunisia Need Most? Legal Reform

“Entrepreneurs are people that bring things together. Nothing in entrepreneurship is done alone,” said Hernando De Soto on the last day of t...

Legal

MITEF Arab Business Plan Competition Announces Top 50 Teams

The MIT Entreprise Forum announced the Top 50 Semifinalists in its Arab Business Plan Competition yesterday. In the competition, conducted ...

Ranking MIT MITEF Arab Business Plan Competition

How to Increase Your Social Media Influence With Klout

Last month I compiled a list of The 100 Most Influential Arabs on Twitter based on scores from social media influence tool...

Jordan

Marketing with Animation: Yebab.com and Kharabeesh Launch Emirati Wedding Cartoon Series

Startups looking to launch a viral video campaign can now look to the example of Emirati weddings directory Yebab.com, which recently...

Wedding Industry

Meet Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year Finalists in Jordan

Twelve entrepreneurs representing ten companies were shortlisted in the Ernst & Young Jordan Entrepreneur Of The Year Award 2011 this...

Competitions

Going Mobile: Are You Ready to Put the “m” in “www”?

Looking for recent movie information? If you go to imdb.com on a smartphone to research this information, you’ll be welcomed by a mobile o...

Mobile Mobile Apps

Egyptian Location-Based Mobile App Nasy Increases Civil Society Engagement

The Middle East has, undoubtedly, seen some changes in the past few months. One of the most noticeable changes is engagement with local...

Mobile Apps

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

Rumor: Saudi Game Platform Kammelna Acquired by Peak Games for $10 million?

Today we heard a rumor that Saudi multiplayer card gaming platform Kammelna was acquired by Turkish game developer Peak Games. The...

Gaming Investment

The DubaiSME 100 Complete List

DubaiSME has released the DubaiSME 100, its list of the top 100 small and medium enterprises in Dubai according to its criteria. Read about...

Ranking

DubaiSME Announces Top 100 Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Dubai

DubaiSME has announced the release of the DubaiSME 100, its ranking of the top 100 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Dubai, with the...

So What Are Entrepreneurs and What Do They Do?

We came accross an interesting picture on Uncrunched today and wanted to share it. Let us know what you think about it and if you as an...

The Middle East Daily Deal Site Boom: Healthy Market or Just Fashionably Late?

Daily Deal sites in the Middle East region show a staggering growth of 42 % over the last 6 months of 2011. Is it simply a case of a...

E-commerce

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

Family Firms in the Middle East: The New Rules of Engagement

When Shaker Group, a Saudi Arabia-based air conditioning supplier, lists 30% of its shares in an initial public offering (IPO) in Riyadh...

Wharton

Launching an E-Commerce Platform on the Power of the Saudi Arabian Market

Saudi entrepreneur Abdulaziz Aljouf admits that he took the long path to success when building his e-commerce...

E-commerce

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

N2V Invests in Saudi Gaming Platform GameTako

Investment and incubation platform N2V announced investment in Saudi gaming portal GameTako yesterday, in a move designed to boost the ...

Gaming

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

The MENA 100 Business Plan Competition: Promoting Innovative Entrepreneurship

Launched in 2009, the MENA 100 Business Plan Competition is now accepting applications for its third competition, with a deadline of...

Competitions

Oasis500 Secures Over $3 million in Investment for Run2Sport and Madfoo3atCom

Today tech-focused incubator Oasis500 has announced that two of its startups, Run2Sports and Madfoo3atCom, attracted investment following...

Building the WebMD of the Arab World in Jordan

When Lebanon-born, Amman-raised entrepreneur Jalil Allabadi first decided to put his father’s Arabic medical dictionary online, he focused o...

Medical Endeavor

Regional

What Are Employers in the Middle East Looking For?

Applying for jobs? Or thinking of hiring more staff at your own company? You may be wondering what your employers (or peers who are also...

Programme Job Recruitment Job Creation

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