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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

A Look at Egypt's ICT Sector: Growth, Strategy, and Impact on Startups

Note: this piece has been adapted from the Arabic original. To help the Egyptian economy recover from the revolution, the Egyptian...

Advertising Egypt Mobile

Looking to Boost Your Career? Here’s What to Do (And What Not to)

When looking for a new job, or trying to advance in your current career path, there are a few do's and don'ts to keep...

Tips Programme

A Look at Entrepreneurship in Morocco: Where Can Startups Turn for Help?

Entrepreneurs in Morocco today face several challenges: meeting mentors and investors, finding a suitable office space, building...

Mentorship Ecosystem Coworking Spaces

Google Acquires Wavii for $30 Million, a Startup Founded by a Lebanese Entrepreneur

In Silicon Valley, the race is on to build a better mobile news summarizer. Google is the latest to make a move, with its...

Mobile Google

How Social Media is Affecting the Arab World [Infographic]

Social media is a force for empowering entrepreneurs, say 86% of those polled in a study by the Dubai School of Government (DSG). Drawn fr...

job Social Networks Social Media

InstaBug in Egypt Makes Bug Reporting Easy for Mobile App Developers

Ask most users what they hate most in any kind of app, and the answer is usually “bugs”. But as even the best developers in the world ...

How Gaming Startups Can Measure the Success of a New Release

Game developers across the Arab world are picking up steam, but recent releases by mobile developers in Lebanon, Jordan, and Egypt show...

Mobile Gaming Marketing Mobile

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