Wamda

Moroccan Craigslist Competitor Soukaffaires.ma Announces $500K Investment from Maroc Numeric Fund

Soukaffaires.ma, a Moroccan portal for online classified ads, has announced today that it received 4.2 dirhams (~US $500,000) in investment...

Global Entrepreneruship Week Kicks Off Today!

Get ready for events in your city that promote and empower entrepreneurs. For general information about GEW, head to...

Beyond the Arabic Content Gap: How Google is Empowering Startups in the Middle East

The Arabic online content gap looms large as a myth traversing the Middle East today. Versions of a statistic are recited by many startups...

Intern at a Lebanese Startup Creates the Coolest Music App You'll Download this Year

If you’re tired of hoping a free streaming radio app will make it to the Middle East, the wait is over. You can thank Rony Fadel, a 2...

The 5 Mistakes that Caused a Jordanian Startup to Fold [Updated]

Updated: Elias Jaber has confirmed that his startup recently closed. Elias Jaber founded a company that offers comprehensive maintenance...

Failure

Global Businesses in Egypt Quietly Hope for Change

As tensions continue to simmer in Egypt following the revolution, the image of cohesion presented at Tahrir no longer holds. The...

Mina-Tripoli Carfree Day Promotes Environmental Awareness

Mina-Tripoli Carfree Day, a day promoting environmentally friendly culture in these two cities in Lebanon, kicks off this Sunday, November...

4 Tips from iLevel on Shopper Marketing Strategy

The best ways to improve your sales- by tweaking a poster here or a moving a product shelf there- can seem intuitive, and yet the delicate...

Investors See Turkey as Pilot Market for Western Companies to Enter the Middle East

Without a doubt, there has been a boost in entrepreneurship over the last two years in emerging markets. We’ve witnessed the launch of s...

5 Arab Branding Clichés to Avoid

Debunking the Myth of the One-Man Team

Successful companies are often represented by a figurehead that embodies the values of the company and acts as a public figure. That was...

Sharakeh Shares 5 Tips for Pitching to Angel Investors

I am in the business of introducing entrepreneurs seeking funding to investors. Being based in Amman, I have met many highly motivated...

Groupon Fuels Hype with $700 Million IPO

After some drama, and some back-and-forth over its valuation, Groupon has today gone public and begun trading on the NASDAQ at a record IPO...

Arabic Type Enters the Modern Era at Kashida Design

In the wake of revolutions this spring and summer, discourse about modern identity in the Arab World seems to have translated into a...

5 Website Designs that Keep Users Coming Back

Now that I’ve given you an introduction to User Experience Design (UXD) is and the qualities that a User Experience Designer should h...

User Experience Design

Wamda Announces Commitment to Follow On Funding for Oasis500 Startups

Today, Wamda is announcing a strategic partnership with Oasis500, Jordan’s entrepreneurship accelerator. Through the Wamda Fund (yes there i...

Regional

Arabic SEO Part One: Content Optimization

Building on my first post on Wamda, “SEO 101 for startups,” which gives a quick summary of search engine optimization, this...

Analytics SEO

Mentorship Helps Design Agency Get Out of its Comfort Zone

Boudy and Walid Nasrala are two brothers who own one of Beirut’s most successful and well known creative agencies, WonderEight. A n...

Startup Weekend Dubai Draws Women, Empowers Emirati Youth

Last weekend, on October 20th, the first sparks of an entrepreneurial revolution were ignited in Dubai. More than 350 participants from...

Startup Weekend

How Arabia Weddings will Transform Wedding Planning in the Middle East

Arabia Weddings has launched a new wedding planning website catering to brides in Jordan, and eventually the Arab World. The site, launched...

Wedding Industry

Why the MENA Region Needs Better Research

Sindibad released its first business report on internet and technology startups in the Arab World this past week, aiming to provide the...

Can a Syrian Internship Initiative Solve Youth Unemployment?

The issue dominating every conversation on the table in the Middle East today is omnipresent enough to have a band named after it: Job...

7 Must-Dos Before You Build Your Website

As a new business owner, an entrepreneur or even the owner of an established business looking to launch or change its website, it...

Digital Marketing

twofour54 Abu Dhabi and Ubisoft Debut Arabic Video Game Studio

Investment vehicle twofour54 has announced the opening of the first major video game studio in Abu Dhabi, in partnership with French video...

Gaming Mobile Gaming

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