Wamda

Desado announces investment from iMENA Holdings; how does it stack up in flash sales?

It’s been said that there needs to be more linguistic creativity when it comes to branding in the Arab world. The announcement of D...

Flash Sales Scaling Investment

LeWeb says the sharing economy is going to change everything

Every year, the European startup scene awaits the new theme of LeWeb, the popular two day web conference based in Paris, that now boasts a...

Sharing Economy

AUC launches new incubator for startups across Egypt

“In Egypt, we need to create 800,000 jobs every year, but you have to start somewhere,” says Dr. Sherif Kamel, Dean of the American Uni...

Incubator Egypt Accelerators

What does a Saudi investment firm look for in a startup?

While most startups in the Arab world are aiming to enter the Saudi market, its own entrepreneurial scene is slowly emerging. One of the...

Venture Capital Investment

Global

How creating a collaborative culture could benefit your startup

Cross-posted from the Oui Share on April 16, 2013. Building a collaborative culture at your startup is a great way to enhance...

collaborative economy

Meet the Moroccan smartphone apps that won the Méditel Apps Challenge

In 2012, only 16% of Moroccans owning a mobile phone had a smartphone. And yet, smartphone penetration grew 30% from 2011 to 2012,...

Social media usage in the Middle East [Infographic]

Facebook is far and away the most popular social network in the Middle East, with 58 million users, around 18% of the total population of...

Social Infographic Social Networks

Weekly Wrap-Up: June 9-13

Throughout your entrepreneurial journey, you will notice that the strength of your business lies in its people. Your co-founder, partner,...

Weekly Wrap-Up

Scaling a lean startup in Iraq: how Easy Bites took Erbil by storm

Restaurants and fast food outlets are booming in Kurdistan. According to one official in Erbil, Kurdistan’s capital now boasts close to 5...

Addressing Online delivery Scaling

Why the Arab world needs more women in the workforce

When female participation in the workforce in the Arab world still ranges between 17% and 27% of the female population, something has to...

W4Women Wamda for Women Entrepreneurs Women

American Express launches banking app in Saudi Arabia; will it take off?

Global credit card giant American Express just launched an Arabic and English iPhone app for Saudi Arabia, offering...

After Mix n’ Mentor Riyadh, Astrolabs is traveling the region to help startups scale

On the heels of their first “Scaling Online Startups” weekend in Dubai and their workshop at Mix N’ Mentor Riyadh last month, Astro...

Mix n Mentor Advice Mentorship

What women want at work in Qatar: conclusions from W4Women Doha

Photos by Bilal Khalifeh of Silatech. May was a busy month at Wamda; we powered through 4 Mix N' Mentor events in one month, in Bahrain,...

W4Women Wamda for Women Entrepreneurs Women

Will this Egyptian startup be the next Pinterest of the Middle East?

With women making up 70% of worldwide Pinterest users, and 97% of Pinterest’s Facebook fans, one image-sharing social network s...

Social Networks Social Media Fashion

A global startup stock exchange platform just launched. Is it a good bet for Arab startups?

A new stock exchange focused on startups went live yesterday, to help small companies go public and sell shares to investors from around...

IPOs Investment

Wysada announces investment from MENA Venture Investments; here's how it plans to build loyalty

Wysada, a flash sales site based in Amman, Jordan, has announced investment from MENA Venture Investments (MVI), a Jordan-based angel...

Flash Sales Scaling Marketing

You left us so soon! To Karim Jazouani, Champion of Moroccan entrepreneurship

I was getting so excited to finally see you again at Mix N' Mentor Casablanca after the time we met in 2009. At the time, I was working on...

Goodbyes Leadership

Qordoba launches social media translation service as Arabic web use grows [Infographic]

Arabic is the fastest-growing language on the internet. Not only are the majority of users (22 million out of 44 million) in the Arab world...

Qordoba Translation

A look at Mediaquest’s acquisition of AME Info: is advertising alone a viable model?

As various sites have reported, UAE news portal AME Info, along with sister site SME Info, have been acquired by Dubai-based media...

Acquisitions Digital Media

How to run a crowdfunding campaign: 10 Tips from entrepreneurs who succeeded and failed