Wamda

Could a Sharing Economy Transform Saudi Arabia?

In recent articles, various Wamda contributors discussed the rise of the sharing economy. Gulay Ozkan discussed the potential of...

Sustainability Ecosystem

What the UAE's New Home Shipping Service Means for E-Commerce

In my very first post for Wamda one year ago, I spoke about shipping concerns as one of the five major infrastructure needs for regional...

Delivery E-commerce

Jordan’s Nakhweh Relaunches as a Regional Hub for Social Ventures

Nakhweh has long been one of Jordan’s darlings in the social entrepreneurship space, a scrappy NGO trying to make volunteerism popular (or a...

Ecosystem Scaling Social Change

Egypt's Tourism Gets Back on Its Feet at Rouqayah's Ranch

You think you're driving into the middle of nowhere, then thoughts of classic horror plots jump to mind. But once you arrive through...

Egypt Environment Food & Beverage

Two Skills that Separate True Innovators from the Rest of Us

Legendary innovation gurus are both “legendary” and “gurus” for good reason. In 2011, Clayton Christensen, Jeffrey Dyer and Hal Gregers...

Advice Innovation

PR 101: A Guide for Startups

I am regularly approached by businesses, some on the cusp of existence, others barely launched, and a few even celebrating their ten year...

Advertising Marketing Media

Weekly Wrap-Up: January 06-10

If you've ever stayed up late wondering how to enhance the services or products your startup offers, if you've spent hours browsing through...

Advice Competitions CSR

Entrepreneurship is an Attitude [Pic of the Week]

“Think positively, you can do it!” is a fairly cliché way to encourage others. But in reality, people generally do think negatively and ha...

CoE Cards Failure Pic of the Week

MyMetroTalks Brings Community-Focused Venue Recommendations to Dubai

I was feeling pretty relaxed the other night, channel surfing on my own, but I felt like being outdoors without having to get all dressed...

Crowdsourcing Ratings Sites

Namshi Receives Investment from Summit Partners

On the heels of its $20 million investment round from J.P. Morgan and Blakeney Management this past September, Dubai-based fashion...

Rocket Internet Investment Namshi

212 Capital Partners Invests in Turkish Supply Chain Design Company Solvoyo

212 Capital Partners, one of Turkey’s leading early stage venture capital funds, has announced its first investment of the year in Solvoyo, ...

Investment

First Book Exchange Social Network Launches in Egypt

On December 27, 2012, Badl Kitabk officially launched the first book exchange social network in Egypt, offering their service for...

Book Reviews Egypt

TEDxAUC's Idea Bakers Celebrates Egyptian Entrepreneurship

TEDxAUC held its second event “Idea Bakers” at the American University of Cairo (AUC) New Cairo campus, at the end of December. The ev...

Wellnesia to Indulge Dubai with New Spa and Beauty Hub

In the Arab world, the web has been buzzing lately with sites offering flash sales, low prices and online booking, often for restaurants,...

Digital Marketing Ecosystem Health & Beauty

HUB Dubai Set to Launch UAE's Newest Co-Working Space

On 12/12/12 12:12 PM and precisely 12 seconds Dubai time, HUB Dubai launched virtual operations; the physical space is expected...

Coworking Spaces Startup Communities

5 Easy Steps for Setting Up an E-Commerce Store in the Middle East

This series by Mohanad Ghashim of ShopGo.me is part of our Demystifying E-Commerce series. It will explore various technical...

Demystifying E-Commerce E-commerce Payment Gateways

How to Build a Startup Community: Do's and Don'ts

Since I returned to Kuwait after living abroad, I have been asking myself how we can build a startup community in Kuwait. We lag behind...

Startup Communities Startup Q8

Save Paper at Your Startup, Part 2: Invoices

In the first part of the series, I wrote about digitizing your business cards. This article, the second in our series on saving paper (and...

Environment

5 Tips for Writing Posts on Wamda

A few weeks ago, we launched our blogging platform so that you can openly share your thoughts and insights on entrepreneurship with the...

Ideas Advice Competitions

7 Essential Tips for E-Commerce SEO

If you’re looking to optimize an e-commerce website for search, there are plenty of simple ways to ensure that your products are ranked w...

Analytics SEO E-commerce

3 Key Lessons for Creative Entrepreneurs from Pixar

Art and design remain among the most sought after skills in the Pakistani market, which is experiencing a boom in sectors such as media,...

Advice Animation Design

New Media Channel for Egypt's Sinai Fights Global Stereotypes

Apart from popular narratives about weapons, terrorism, smuggling, tunnels, the desert and the Bedouin life, what do you really know about...

Digital Media Media

Facebook Use by Companies in the Middle East and North Africa [Infographic]

Those looking to advertise on Facebook will be interested in this new infographic from SocialBakers that reveals Facebook trends for c...

Data Technology Social Networks

Jordan vs. Kenya: What Sets the Two Entrepreneurship Ecosystems Apart

In my last post, we started to explore some of the similarities between the rising ‘Silicon Savannah’ and “Silicon Wadi’ tech startup...

Ecosystem Education Mobile

Thought Leadership

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