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Can Free Seed Money Build a $1 Billion Company? Welcome to Start-Up Chile

To me, Chile is not just a country located in South America; it’s also one of the biggest startups in the world. The Chilean government has ...

Government Ecosystem Startup Communities

9 Stats on Facebook Use in Lebanon [Infographic]

If you are looking to connect with your community on social media, build relationships and interact with them on a...

Social Networks Facebook Social Media

5 Tips for Writing a Good Job Pitch

I’m sure every employer in the region has seen an e-mail like this: Dear Sir/Madam, I learned about you from a reliable source. I want to o...

Tips Programme

Advice from One of Saudi Arabia's Most Famous Web Entrepreneurs

“Developing for another sevice, like Twitter, is often a non-permanent profit business model”, says Saleh Al Zaid, the founder of Lun...

Technology Social Networks Social Media

Apply Before April 19: HCT-Wharton Innovation Tournament 2021

The Higher Colleges of Technology in the UAE and Knowledge@Wharton have teamed up to host the second edition of the “Innovation Tournament 2...

Social Change Environment Wharton

10 Trends Shaping the Future of Business in the Arab World, from Fadi Ghandour

At the MENA ICT Forum in Jordan this past week, Fadi Ghandour, Vice Chairman and founder of Aramex, and Chairman of the Board at Wamda,...

Predictions Trends

How to Optimize Your Facebook Presence for Graph Search

Facebook is gearing up to release its new Graph Search technology. Currently in beta for English speaking users, this will help people find...

Graph Search How-Tos Facebook

Jordan's MENA ICT Forum: Bigger, Bolder, Now with Mentorship

Organised by int@j, the MENA ICT Forum returned bigger and bolder this year, to bring many of the region’s tech movers and shakers to t...

big data Jordan Cloud Computing

Wamda Announces Partnership with Google for Mix n’ Mentor 2013

Google for Entrepreneurs and Wamda are excited to announced our partnership to foster entrepreneurs in the Middle East and North Africa...

Corporate Entrepreneurship Responsibility Mix n Mentor Ecosystem

Tiger Global Takes Cobone Over from Jabbar

UPDATE: We have confirmed that Cobone has closed down Abu Dhabi and its product line and thus laid off several employees in Dubai in what...

Tiger Global Jabbar Daily Deals

Keystone: Saudi Arabia’s First Idea Translation Lab

Within the barren hills of oil-rich Dhahran in the Eastern province of Saudi Arabia, a unique structure is slowly reaching high into the...

Ecosystem Accelerators Innovation

Weekly Wrap-Up: March 03-07

Looking forward to forging new connections at Mix N' Mentor? We're definitely looking forward to connecting with all of you. Check out this...

Wamda for Women Entrepreneurs Announces Roundtable Series, Starting in Cairo

This month, Wamda for Women Entrepreneurs (W4WE) is launching a roundtable series to bring women from all stages of the entrepreneurial...

Women W4Women

Regional

10 Tips for Getting the Most out of Mix n’ Mentor

We're hitting Cairo next on February 21st with our first Mix N' Mentor of the year 2015! Apply here to secure your seat. Mix n’...

Mix n Mentor Mentorship

Nintendo Game Zelda is Now Arabic, Thanks to This Moroccan Developer

Arabic digital content providers, from children’s story developer Kids Love Arabic to game reviews site DvLZGaME, are working to expand o...

Developers Gaming

How to Manage Your Public Image on Social Media

The widespread use of social media has made it easy to access a variety of information about others, such as political views,...

Facebook Social Media Social Networks

World Bank Pledges $70 million to Boost Jordan's Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurship in Jordan is now getting international support. Yesterday, The World Bank launched a new project to foster job creation...

Business Development

The Benefits of Doing Business in Casablanca

In Morocco, a huge percentage of the country’s production comes out of the area known as “Greater Casablanca,” which includes the city itsel...

Egypt

How to Invest in Egypt: Tamkeen Takes a Holistic View

There are quite a few people in the Egyptian investment community who talk without delivering results; not so...

Financial management Business Development Expansion

Think Science Competition Encourages UAE Youth to Pursue a Science Major

The Emirates Foundation for Youth Development is gearing up to launch the Think Science Competition for three days, starting April...

Competitions Social Change Social Entrepreneurship

Jordanian Developer Harlem Shakes Your Website

If you haven’t seen the Harlem Shake meme, you’ve been working too hard on your startup. It’s not just that Lebanese incubator Seeqnce made...

Art Developers

First Startup Weekend Byblos Welcomes Pitches from Lebanon, Jordan, and Cyprus

On March 1-3, Startup Weekend came to Byblos, Lebanon for the first time, bringing together participants from across Lebanon, Jordan, and...

Startup Weekend

Wamda's Mix n' Mentor Launches Fresh Format Across the Arab World: Register Now

Forget sitting in plenary halls listening to the same sound bites from the same people. Wamda’s Mix n’ Mentor roadshow is bringing a com...

Mix n Mentor Mentorship

9 Platforms that Enable Your Search in the Arab Region

Arabic content is often not well indexed on the web, and suffers from poor rankings on Google and other standard search engines orginally...

SEO Top Lists

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