Wamda

AstroLabs+Google announce plans for Dubai coworking space

At San Francisco’s TechCrunch Disrupt conference this week, the entrepreneurship platform AstroLabs announced their collaboration ...

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How 5 teenagers built one of Algeria's biggest websites

The story of Algeria’s eighth most visited website started eight years ago when police showed up to shut down a suburban street market. F...

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Bahrain

Bahrain women win innovation award at 2014 Microsoft Imagine Cup [Wamda TV]

Every year since 2003, the Microsoft Imagine Cup has invited student teams from around the world to compete for gold and glory, while...

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What can a Dubai fashion startup teach you about social entrepreneurship?

“There’s a story behind the clothes we wear. Do you know what the story is about? More often than not, it’s about modern day slavery, child...

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Egypt

Will this be the year of Egypt's $100M deal?

Confidence is rising amongst Egypt’s early-stage investors as both venture capitalists and angel investors begin to leverage the...

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Stars of Science returns for Season 6 to showcase young Arab innovators

During a press conference organized at Qatar’s National Convention Center (QNCC) in Doha, which Wamda attended earlier today over Google H...

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Lebanon

Could password woes go out the window with new Lebanese app?

“I woke up one morning and my digital world had fallen apart,” says Priscilla Sharuk. Inspired by the traumatic...

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Telr and Innovate Payments merge to boost e-commerce in global emerging markets

Telr, the payment gateway for emerging markets based between Dubai and Singapore, has announced that it will merge with Innovate Payments,...

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The story behind Cairo's first coworking success

Coworking spaces are no longer news for entrepreneurs in Egypt, but no one in Cairo did it before The District, which launched three years...

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Diaspora key to making Lebanon more business friendly, says Nokia's Ramzi Haidamus

In the early 1980s, at the age of 17, Ramzi Haidamus migrated from his war-ravaged home of Lebanon, leaving his family behind....

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Regional

How do Arabic speakers use mobile apps? [Infographic]

Last time we checked in, Khaled Swilat’s startup App Mahal, a search engine for Arabic apps, had 40,000 downloads, 39,000 of...

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Announcing the Mix N' Mentor Competition Amman finalist

1, 2, 3, startup! at Mix N' Mentor Amman. We’re ready to announce the winner of the Mix N’ Mentor Competition Amman edition: RedTroops, the ...

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Starting up, getting acquired, and shutting down: GoNabit co-founder's advice on the entrepreneurial journey

Yesterday, we published the first article based on an interview with Dan Stuart, the co-founder of the MENA’s first daily deals site, G...

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Iran

Iran startup scene gears up with new startup accelerator Avatech

A year ago, Mohsen Malayeri told us in a Wamda community post that the election of Iranian President Rouhani meant things were...

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Online obituary service born in Egypt

Given the extent to which the digital world has become an essential part of our everyday lives, many of the region’s industries have been f...

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Can smartphone tracking tools revitalize brick-and-mortar retail?

Whether on a shopping mission or merely killing time before a meeting, your wandering around the shops has more of an impact that you...

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Starting up, getting acquired, and shutting down: GoNabit co-founder's advice on the entrepreneurial journey

In a startup ecosystem as young as the Arab region’s, there are only a few founders that have completed the full entrepreneurship cycle, f...

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Lebanon

Lebanese youth benefit from Zoomaal funding

Shhhhhhhhhh. It seems that the determination of youth in the Lebanese city of Tripoli is steadfast in the face of political and security...

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Turkey’s Prisync has its eye on the Middle East

The growth of e-commerce has brought with it a surge in the choice of products and suppliers at customers’ fingertips. It has never been e...

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'Tinder for trivia': SwypeOut, Lebanon's newest mobile game

As the Arab world has become home to the world’s most active gamers, it has increasingly been eyed as a potential hotbed for game d...

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Regional

New fund to offer support for creative coworking spaces in the MENA

After working for several years on a global scale, international development organization Hivos is launching its first program to support...

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Can this app streamline medical care in the MENA?

Egypt

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AstroLabs+Google announce plans for Dubai coworking space

How 5 teenagers built one of Algeria's biggest websites

Bahrain women win innovation award at 2014 Microsoft Imagine Cup [Wamda TV]

What can a Dubai fashion startup teach you about social entrepreneurship?

Will this be the year of Egypt's $100M deal?

Stars of Science returns for Season 6 to showcase young Arab innovators

Could password woes go out the window with new Lebanese app?

Telr and Innovate Payments merge to boost e-commerce in global emerging markets

The story behind Cairo's first coworking success

Diaspora key to making Lebanon more business friendly, says Nokia's Ramzi Haidamus

How do Arabic speakers use mobile apps? [Infographic]

Announcing the Mix N' Mentor Competition Amman finalist

Starting up, getting acquired, and shutting down: GoNabit co-founder's advice on the entrepreneurial journey

Iran startup scene gears up with new startup accelerator Avatech

Online obituary service born in Egypt

Can smartphone tracking tools revitalize brick-and-mortar retail?

Starting up, getting acquired, and shutting down: GoNabit co-founder's advice on the entrepreneurial journey

Lebanese youth benefit from Zoomaal funding

Turkey’s Prisync has its eye on the Middle East

'Tinder for trivia': SwypeOut, Lebanon's newest mobile game

New fund to offer support for creative coworking spaces in the MENA

Can this app streamline medical care in the MENA?

A Forbes 30 under 30 shares some home truths about entrepreneurship

300% growth demands expansion for Moroccan sports site

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