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New Citizen Journalist Program Trains Jordan’s Storytellers

After the Arab Spring, new media has gained tremendous traction, as internet penetration grows, and users look to track the...

Film Citizen Journalism Jordan

How to pitch in 12 minutes: Tips from Omar Sati of Dash Ventures

As an Endeavor Jordan Venture Corp member, I was asked by the team to share some insights and provide tips to startup founders pitching...

Pitching Advice Angel Investment

Jordan

Tired of Guitar Hero? Try Quirkat's new game for Oud

So you've gotten good at Guitar Hero? How would you fare on oud or tabla? For those who want to duke it out with friends over more...

Quirkat

Bahraini Startup Boosts IT Security in Saudi Arabia

As a tech-savvy 15-year old with a dial-up internet connection in the late 90s in Bahrain, Ahmed Husain didn’t expect to make a career out o...

IT Security Tenmou Bahrain

Palestinian Platform Helps Arab Students Find International Scholarships

Improving education is the goal of every government in the Arab world today. Yet rather than wait for governments and political situations...

Education

Investors in Egypt: Who's Hot, Who's Not

This piece does not represent the opinions of Wamda; it is based on a survey of over 200 entrepreneurs conducted by Contributor...

Can User Experience Design Help Egyptian Startups Find Success?

While most digital startups in the Arab World focus on their revenue and technology, perhaps they don't focus on user experience as much...

User Experience Design

Reviving Egyptian Waqf to Catalyze Social Change

Change starts when citizens start asking questions to solve local issues, and themselves try to find new alternatives to traditional work...

Social Change Social Entrepreneurship

A Reality Check for Game Developers in the Arab World

This week's Game Development panel at ArabNet touched on a few counterintuitive themes which, whether you agree with them or not, are...

Ecosystem Mobile Gaming Arabnet

Why Digital Music Services Have Yet to Disrupt the Arab Market

One of the most heated panels at ArabNet last week was the Mobile Music panel, which brought together 3 major music streaming services in...

Music Mobile

7 Co-working Spaces in Cairo

Tired of the corner coffee shop, many entrepreneurs in Cairo are choosing to join a coworking space to get their startup off the ground....

Coworking Spaces

Weekly Wrap-Up: March 17-21

The month of March has been really exciting so far, with the kick off of our Mix N' Mentor 2013 in Cairo, and our Angel Network Event with...

Weekly Wrap-Up

U.A.E

Can Indian Review Site Zomato Satisfy the Gulf?

India's market of over 1 billion has been enough to sustain most of its tech startups, including success story FlipKart, the online book...

f&b Reviews Expansion

Tips for Incorporating Your Startup, A Cheat Sheet for Lebanon

This piece is coauthored by Adib Tohme, the founder of Citizen L, a law firm with offices in Lebanon, Riyadh, Dubai, Paris and New ...

Incorporation Legal

Making Humor Profitable: A Look at Egypt's Sarcasm Society

Egyptians are known for their sense of humor, often using sarcasm and irony to describe and get through tough situations. But what if...

Crowdsourcing Egypt Animation

Can Women Entrepreneurs Have It All? Conclusions from Our First W4Women Rountable

Can women entrepreneurs in the Arab world really have it all? This was the question we asked some of Egypt’s most outspoken female f...

W4Women Wamda for Women Entrepreneurs Women

10 Questions to Assess if Your Career is on the Right Track

Every now and then it’s a good idea to sit back and take stock of your career to analyze if you are where you want and need to be. If y...

Tips Advice Team

Mobile App Snapze Helps Egyptians Find Entertainment

Startups often emerge from a founder’s frustration. Cairo-based Snapze is one such startup that has built a mobile app to help people find t...

Bader Entrepreneurship Program Launches in Egypt, Announces Business Plan Competition

Since the 2011 revolution, Egypt has been witnessing a boom in new projects fueled by the enthusiasm of young people, a renewed sense of...

egyt Competitions Social Entrepreneurship

What's Hot at ArabNet This Year

When ArabNet kicks off tomorrow, it will be a new conference.We've all come to know and love the Beirut-based tech and entrepreneurship...

Technology Arabnet Conferences

15 Tweetable Tips from Mix n' Mentor Cairo

At Mix n' Mentor Cairo, entrepreneurs and mentors discussed 3 major issues faced by Egyptian entrepreneurs. We've compiled a few of the key...

Mix n Mentor Advice Mentorship

Job Interviewing 101: How to Succeed in Any Situation

It's become hard to land a job these days, but it helps if you write a good job pitch, leave these items off of your résumé, and present y...

Job Recruitment

5 Apps for Managing Your Files in the Cloud

Many entrepreneurs today need to store, edit and sometimes share their digital files across multiple platforms;...

Cloud Computing Mobile

YouTube Enables Monetization for Egypt, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia: What It Means for Entrepreneurs

YouTube has opened its Partner Program in Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia today making it possible for casual users to...

Video Advertising YouTube Digital Advertising

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