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Egypt's green startups get a boost from mentor meet-up

While the startup industry is booming in the Middle East, it’s a nascent sector that still needs plenty of babysitting. Sometimes this g...

Training Egypt Mentorship

Umniah, Plug and Play launch program to bring Jordanian startups to Silicon Valley

Startups in Jordan now have a new opportunity to receive support from Silicon Valley. Umniah, a Jordanian...

Incubator Accelerators Competitions

Iran's startup community weighs in on new 'national email service'

A week ago, Iran announced a new “national email service” that will require all citizens to register in order to “safely” communicate with ...

Wamda Asks Internet growth

Egyptian startup Instabug accepted into Google for Entrepreneurs program in Silicon Valley

UPDATE: Cairo-based startup Instabug, a Flat6Labs graduate, has been accepted into the first Google for Entrepreneurs program,...

Mobile

7 tips for entrepreneurs from Mix N’ Mentor Casablanca

The weekend before last, Wamda's Mix N' Mentor landed in Morocco for the very first time, to a warm welcome. Although Morocco seems...

Team management Mix n Mentor Pitching

Jordanian education leader pioneers online university, Arabic web encyclopedia

Amid recent buzz about higher education going online, one of Jordan’s leading education institutions has launched an online education p...

EdTech Education

Kuwaiti entrepreneur builds sports apparel startup in Britain

Who would have thought a British-educated dentist from Kuwait would open his own cheerleading apparel design startup? It...

Apparel Sports Innovation

Global

Is startup cloning sustainable in the Arab world? The good, the bad and the ugly [Reader Poll]

To say that replicating globally successful ideas in the Arab world is not a sustainable practice wouldn’t be an accurate statement....

Cloning Innovation

Meet the British entrepreneur teaching yoga to children in Bahrain

Kate Bartram-Brown, founder of Mini Me Yoga, brings an inventive approach to helping children become spiritually whole and grounded human...

Sports

Why the employment process in the Arab world is broken, and 4 ways to fix it

This piece was originally published on the Huffington Post on July 9, 2013. Let me state the obvious: the employment process is...

Job Creation Youth Government

Mobile payment solution launches in Kuwait, looks to region

Finding the right platform for online and mobile payment continues to be one of the top challenges for Arab startups selling online. Over...

Payment Gateways Mobile E-commerce

Weekly Wrap-Up: July 7-11

Wamda launches in French! This week, we were especially thrilled to announce taking the French version of the platform live. In addition to...

Weekly Wrap-Up

Egyptian startups stranded by HSBC account closures

As if Egypt’s current political situation hasn’t done enough to disrupt business as usual for the country’s growing Small and Medium Enter...

Banks Financial systems Egypt

Wamda asks: could a sudden ban on unlimited 3G in Morocco actually help entrepreneurs?

This month has been surprising for the subscribers of Maroc Telecom, the leading Moroccan mobile phone carrier. After a few weeks of...

3G Internet growth

How the Arab world uses Facebook and Twitter during Ramadan [Infographic]

During Ramadan, netizens tend to spend more time surfing the web, especially on social media channels. Engagement with regional brands in...

Digital Advertising Social Networks Social Media

5 Arabic health platforms that help users stay healthy during Ramadan

Do you have plans to maintain a healthy lifestyle during Ramadan? Those who are can find advice on a variety of Arabic online portals and...

Arabic Content Mobile

Car service Careem expands to Doha, Riyadh, discusses Uber

UPDATE: After hinting that this would be the case, Careem is also now live in Riyadh. Its initial fleet consists of SUVs, and...

Scaling Expansion

6 tips from a French entrepreneur for launching in the Arab world

This piece is part of a new series on expat entrepreneurs. We've recently discussed how some European entrepreneurs have moved...

Retail Expatriate entrepreneurs

Cairo's Startup Cup put on hold; what's next for its semifinalists?

Where can you find a team of 20-year-old Space Studies graduates working on an organic waste processing plant to improve a...

Egypt Competitions

Turkish startups CloudArena, HemenKiralik and Evim.net set to expand after securing millions in investment

Turkish startups CloudArena, HemenKiralik, and Evim.net recently secured millions in investment from Istanbul-based 212 Ltd. Ventures and...

Venture Capital Expansion Investment

Can Wrapp’s success be replicated in the Middle East? Just Gift It expands social gifting

If you’re hoping to launch a startup that will grow quickly, Sweden’s Wrapp is one to look to. After launching in Sweden in November 2011, ...

Social Gifting E-commerce

Egyptian author finds a new solution with digital publishing

Gone are the days when an author’s hard work goes unpublished or unnoticed because a large publishing house seals their fate with a ‘no.’ N...

Translation

Can this Facebook clone become the biggest social network in Yemen?

Could the Arab world's next social network come from... Yemen? Why invent the wheel, the cofounders argue. “We created a design very s...

Social Networks Facebook Social Media

Why we need better arts education in the Arab world

“If the Arab world continues to under-value arts education, it risks falling even further behind developed countries in preparing students ...

Art Design Education

Thought Leadership

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