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Wamda 4 Women hosts roundtables in Doha, Amman, and Riyadh

This May, Wamda for Women Entrepreneurs (W4Women) is coming to 4 cities! Manama, Amman, Doha, and Riyadh! Join us for two-hour roundtable di...

W4Women Wamda for Women Entrepreneurs Mix n Mentor

Think Science Fair Unites Technology Talents in the Emirates

The Sunday before last, Dubai witnessed the launch of the biggest national science innovation fair for youth in UAE. The "Think Science"...

Science Emirates Foundation Sustainability

Swiss Platform Works to Boost the Arab Film Industry

Arab cinema is gaining popularity across the Arab world, as many young documentary and short film producers are making names for...

Entertainment Arabic Content

Egyptian Brothers Innovate Recycling Technology in the Emirates

Many residents in the UAE simply don’t understand recycling, several recycling companies have said over the past few years. In Abu Dhabi, w...

Recycling Sustainability Environment

Are Employees in the Arab World Satisfied with their Jobs? [Infographic]

A wide majority (75%) of employees in the Arab world would leave their current job for a competitor if offered a higher salary, according...

Team management Team Programme

GameTako Announces the Winners of the 3rd Annual Game Zanga

This week, GameTako announced the winners of their 3rdannual Game Zanga, which drew over 325 developers to compete across the region to...

Competitions Gaming

Mohammed Al-Ayouti: Vodafone Egypt's Intrapreneur

"I don’t even believe in the value of a formal education. What drives me is the desire to build," says Mohammed Al-Ayouti, the Senior M...

vodafone xone vodafone Incubator

Oslo Business for Peace Award Honors Five Global Business Leaders

The 2013 Oslo Business for Peace Awards recently celebrated the role of economic growth in peace, awarding five business leaders ...

Awards Abraaj Social Change

Saudi Arabian Company Proposes Shift to Friday-Saturday Weekend

In Saudi Arabia, a major industrial company may be leading the way towards changing the entire country’s weekend to Friday-Saturday, to b...

Policy Government

Social Media Awards Beirut Honors Lebanon's Bloggers, Startups, and Celebrities

“The most powerful weapon in the Middle East is not sarin gas or nuclear weapons, it’s your smartphone,” asserted Britain’s Ambassador to L...

Social Networks Social Media Competitions

5 Lessons from the Indian Entrepreneur Who Built a Multi-Million Dollar Company in Jordan

The fact that you haven’t heard of Aspire.jo isn’t an accident. “I’ve kept the company very low profile,” says founder and CEO Kaushal Shah,...

India Outsourcing

Egyptian Startup Signs First Game with International Publisher Chillingo

Mobile gaming is on the rise in the region, and the newest startup to join the mobile gaming frey is Spyros Entertainment from...

Mobile Gaming Gaming

Alex Balloon Set to Take Flight in Egypt After Competition Win

Coming soon to a sky near you (if you’re in Egypt) is “Alex Balloon,” otherwise known as the Alexandria Balloon Project. To boost to...

Egypt Competitions

Which OS Dominates the Arab Mobile Market? [Infographic]

Android continues to be the world's favorite operating system, accounting for 64% of smartphone sales in the first quarter of 2013. As of ...

Infographic Mobile

TV Goes Social in the Arab World: 3 Trends

With the growing popularity of social media, TV has become increasingly social. People now communicate and interact extensively about TV...

SmartTV Video On Demand

12 Key Statistics on How Tunisians Use Social Media [Infographic]

Did you know that Tunisia is the second most connected country in Africa in terms of internet penetration rate? UM Digital Tunisie, a...

Infographic Social Networks Facebook

Egyptian, Jordanian Startups Take the Day at MITEF Arab Business Plan Competition Awards

Last year, the MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Business Plan Competition awarded first place to Hind Hobeika of Instabeat, a heart rate...

MITEF Arab Business Plan Competition Competitions

Algeria Hosts the First All-Women Startup Weekend

The latest in Startup Weekend's new women-focused events, Startup Weekend Algeria was the first event of its kind to feature a...

Startup Weekend Women

Local Experts Team Up To Support E-Commerce in Saudi Arabia

Six e-store owners have teamed up in Saudi Arabia to form Ittejar, an alliance of e-commerce specialists seeking to help e-commerce...

E-commerce

Weekly Wrap-Up: April 21-25

We've just come back from our second stop of the Mix N' Mentor 2013 roadshow, Doha. This event was in partnership with Silatech and the MIT...

Weekly Wrap-Up Mix n Mentor

Gengo Secures $12 million Investment by Intel Capital, Atomico, STC Ventures, Others

On the heels of STC Ventures’ investment in Acadox last week, Gengo, a global translation platform, has secured $12 million in i...

Translation STC Ventures Investment

The Next, and Overlooked, VC Opportunity: The Middle East

This piece was originally published on the Harvard Business Review on April 17, 2013. Venture capital is ignoring the Middle East for all...

Ecosystem Angel Investment Investment

Disruptive Entrepreneurship Part II: Key Takeaways from the Skoll World Forum

After performing my annual pilgrimage to the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship at Oxford University, UK — which gathered almost ...

Social Change Conferences Social Entrepreneurship

Disruptive Entrepreneurship Part I: We’re Going to Change the World

For just three days once a year, I don’t have to explain myself. The notion that business and social impact are in fact m...

Social Change Conferences Social Entrepreneurship

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