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What Uber’s leaked financials say about its surge pricing model

Uber’s revenues were leaked on ValleyWag this month, revealing that the car service company is potentially making far more than i...

Uber

8 tech conferences in the Middle East to attend in 2014

Tech conferences in the Middle East have contributed to the success of several startups Wamda has covered over the past few months,...

Conferences

Sohati wants to break the taboo of online medicine

Many entrepreneurs in are now trying to find solutions to make healthcare more accessible throughout the Middle East, a region facing...

Media Health Medical

HAXLR8R co-founder on what hardware trends to expect in 2014

HAXLR8R, the hardware-focused startup accelerator based between San Francisco and Shenzhen, China, hosted its third demo day...

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El Mashrou3, Egypt's first competitive reality show for entrepreneurs

It seems that entrepreneurship has not only impacted the Middle East economically, but in pop culture as well. Egypt recently celebrated...

Egypt

Nakhweh opens its social initiative to the crowd

If 2013 was the year of crowdfunding, 2014 shows no signs of slowing when it comes to startups leveraging the power of...

Nakhweh

Weekly Wrap-Up: December 30 - January 02

Wamda's favorite stories of 2013 Looking back at our stories from 2013, we can’t help but feel a sense of pride in what the Arab startup ec...

Weekly Wrap-Up

Instabeat raises Series A round from Wamda Capital, Jabbar Internet Group, and angel investors

Instabeat, the heart rate monitor for swimmers, has secured a Series A round of investment from Wamda Capital, Jabbar Internet Group, and...

Instabeat Series A

Office supplies platform Stationery.ae launches in Dubai to beat brick-and-mortar stores

Stationery.ae, a new graduate of the i360 accelerator in Dubai, launched yesterday to provide stationery and office supplies to the UAE...

i360 Accelerators

8 New Year's Resolutions for entrepreneurs

December is always an important time for reflection, tying up loose ends, and planning the chapters we hope to write. While some of us...

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Wamda's favorite stories of 2013

As we look back at 2013, it's been a pivotal year for entrepreneurship in the Middle East. We've seen several software and hardware...

Can rewards platforms save daily deals? A look at AdvanTag's expansion

It seems that the last thing that startups in customer loyalty want these days is to be called a loyalty program. Echoing UrbanBuz, a...

Loyalty Programs

Innovative business model hopes to spark artistic creativity in Palestine

“If you live as a victim you stay as a victim,” says Rami Khader, a founding member and manager of Bethlehem’s Diyar Dance Theatre. “The h...

arts culture dance

Mashroo3i business plan competition teams meet their mentors

Several aspiring young Bahraini entrepreneurs met their mentors at the kick-off of the 2nd Mashroo3i business plan competition. Mashroo3i,...

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8 tips for revitalizing a family business

Entrepreneurship isn’t always the creation of something out of nothing. Sometimes, it’s a light bulb turning on in a young, ambitious min...

WamdaCard

Friendshippr regulates informal P2P international shipping; secures $670,000 USD Series A round

Asking friends to ship or bring back an item from overseas is a practice as popular as it is tricky. Especially in this region, with its...

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Personal skills are the focus of Mowgli's new entrepreneur mentorship program

Entrepreneurs are often advised to choose their partners carefully, as they may end up spending even more time with them than they do with...

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How Lebanese gaming portal At7addak is building an online empire with user-generated content

As I drove up to the town of Mansourieh overlooking sprawling Beirut, I wondered how such a successful online company could operate in...

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4 steps for imagining better solutions at your startup

At Wamda Media, we’re working on running a tighter ship in 2014. That means being more in touch with what you, our readers, want to read, ...

Weekly Wrap-Up: December 22-26: How to unplug

A note from our Editor in chief Here at Wamda, we've had a huge 2013, and it's not over yet. Christmas is over, but this holiday weekend,...

Weekly Wrap-Up

Why e-commerce site Namshi stopped using 'Sukar' as a keyword

In an e-commerce sector that is increasingly competitive in the Middle East, online retailers of all sizes are seeking to enrich their...

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The future is mobile: here are the 3 things you need to build an app

According to mega-successful VC Bill Gurley, “we are in the midst of a critical platform transition,” from browsers to mobile app...

VC Mobile

Can AskNative save Egypt's tourism industry?

AskNative, a tourism service that works like a social network, is up against serious odds in Egypt, where both tourism and e-commerce are...

AskNative Tourism Egypt

8 companies from the Arab world join the Endeavor Network

At Endeavor’s 51st International Selection Panel a couple of weeks ago, the support network accepted 28 entrepreneurs from 20 companies i...

Thought Leadership

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