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Jordan's Hashdoc Goes for a Global Market

An entrepreneur at heart and techie in action, Tarek Koudsi learned a lot from his family hardware and software business in Jordan before...

Cloud Computing Innovation Oasis500

Tips from Silicon Valley for Entrepreneurs in the Arab World: MAKE Ignition Welcomes 500 Startups

Don’t be an entrepreneur. Keep your day job, spend time with your spouse, play with your children, socialize with your friends, see your p...

Advice Arabic Content Cloud Computing

Workspace Mesaha Supports Community Initiatives in Egypt

These days, Cairo’s coffee places are busy with groups of young men and women gathered around tables, not to eat nor to chatter for fun, b...

Coworking Spaces Egypt

Weekly Wrap-Up: November 11-15

If you were part of Mix N' Mentor Amman or Beirut last week, you know that the events hosted a number of enriching conversations between...

Advice Animation CoE Cards

Think of the People, Not the Money [Pic of the Week]

During episode two of Wamda's Mix N' Mentor in Beirut last Saturday, November 10th, one word kept coming up at the discussion tables...

CoE Cards Pic of the Week

How to Hire at a Software Startup as You Scale

Despite the buzz of excitement around entrepreneurship in Pakistan, it is not always easy to entice the brightest young engineers to work...

Advice Programme Scaling

Social Media to the Rescue: Egypt's Splinter Makes Résumés Obsolete

“A year and a half ago my brother asked me to design and update his CV and I remember telling him, this is the social era man, I'm sure we w...

Digital Marketing Egypt Innovation

Building a 2020 Vision of Entrepreneurship in Lebanon: Part 2

As I discussed in my last post, building an entrepreneurship ecosystem that consistently empowers small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs)...

Accelerators Advice Ecosystem

SocialWire Launches Optimized Ads for Facebook, Announces $2m in Investment

Online advertising has yet to be proven very effective. Yet SocialWire, a company started in Istanbul by a Turkish entrepreneur, is out to...

Digital Advertising Advertising Social Networks

PayPal Launches Middle East Operations with Aramex Partnership

PayPal, which is already an active payment platform in the region, has announced the official launch of its operations in the Middle East...

Payment Gateways E-commerce Delivery

Wamda and Endeavor Partner to Support Entrepreneurs Globally

Wamda has been busy supporting entrepreneurs on all fronts this fall. Not only has Wamda Capital announced ten investments this year, but...

Endeavor

Staging a Culinary Coup: Zooba Reimagines Traditional Egyptian Food

When you walk into this little restaurant on the main street in Zamalek district, you can’t help it but notice its colorful front, which r...

Food & Beverage

Anghami Sees Surge in Downloads, Partners with Orange

Just a week after launching, Anghami is taking steps to monetize. Yesterday, the team announced a partnership with Orange, a Jordanian ...

Business Development Innovation Reviews

Wamda Face Off: MarkaVIP vs. Souq on Challenges in E-Commerce in the Arab World [Wamda TV]

We hosted the first installment of our new Face Off video series last Thursday, hosting Ahmed Khatib, Founder and CEO of MarkaVIP, the...

Demystifying E-Commerce E-commerce Face Off

Entrepreneurship Events for High School Students in the Arab World

I was recently asked by a high school curriculum coordinator in Dubai what events their students can attend to supplement the new...

Accelerators Arabnet Conferences

Empowering Artists after the Tunisian Revolution: eArtvolution

The connection between art and business has always been a complicated one, and the debate on whether so-called “pure” art can be mar...

Art E-commerce

How to Find a Good Mentor: Seeking Parents for Your Startup

Starting a new business is like having a baby. I’m no expert in raising kids, yet I know that when your first baby is born you’ll always see...

Mentorship Mix n Mentor

Emirates Avenue: Turning a Steady Profit Without Ambition to Scale

Unlike many of the interviews I've done lately with entrepreneurs who are very aware of their own spin, chatting with Julien...

E-commerce

Morocco's Masarat App Aims to Conquer the Islamic Mobile App Market

During my frequent discussions with my business partners or friends, I usually share some milestones about the digital evolution in...

Arabic Content Mobile Mobile Apps

With Egyptian Style Parody, Video Magazine Disalata Goes Viral in Egypt

Sometimes all it takes is one great hit to secure a content startup’s viability. Video magazine Disalata – which means “it is a ...

Digital Media Education Entertainment

The Future of Green Technology: What Innovations are on the Horizon?

So you've heard of green buildings, green businesses, green products, and green living, but have you ever heard of green technology? If you...

Green Energy

Weekly Wrap-Up: November 04-08

This week, we set off with the first of our three Mix N' Mentor events. We're really excited as ALL events have completely sold out - and...

Aureos CoE Cards Conferences

What Are Investors Looking For? [Pic of the Week]

It’s a fairly simple question, but the answer often is not. If you’re looking for investment, it’s critical to get advice from mentors, oth...

CoE Cards Investment Pic of the Week

Wamda TV Face-Off, Souq. com and MarkaVIP [Wamda TV]

Watch an unedited version of our first "Face Off!" that just aired on Wamda TV! We are hosting two of the biggest names in MENA e-commerce...

E-commerce Ecosystem Face Off

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