Jordanian Entrepreneurs Launch Startup Enabling Global Access to Healthcare "We want to export U.S.-quality healthcare to the rest of the world," says Ayman Sharaiha, explaining his startup, Clinical Fellows. The... Nina Curley • 30 May, 2012 Medical
Links Are Not Answers: Cairo's Kngine Launches App to Revolutionize Search Operating with the tagline, "Links are not answers," intelligent search company Kngine (pronounced “kin-gin”) has launched beta versions of ... Nina Curley • 30 May, 2012 Mobile Apps
MBC Ventures Launches, Invests in Falafel Games, Aranim, Supermama MBC Group announced early this week the launch of a new venture capital arm, MBC Ventures, which will invest in media and entertainment... Nina Curley • 30 May, 2012 Investment
Trends in User-Generated Arabic Content: A Look at d1g's 2012 Shift Two years ago, d1g and Jeeran were going head to head as two of the region's biggest Arabic language user-generated content (UGC)portals... Nina Curley • 29 May, 2012 Arabic Content
Wixel Studios to Return to Arabic Mobile Games with New Investment When Wixel Studios was started by Ziad Fehali, Reine Abbas and Karim Abi Saleh in 2007, it was one of the first companies to appear... Fernande van Tets • 29 May, 2012 Mobile Gaming
The Way Forward for Women Entrepreneurs in Egypt The fundamental role of women in Egypt’s revolution and growing its economy was the focus of the event “Co-Creation: Women and Ent... Omar Aysha • 28 May, 2012 Ecosystem Education Women
Yahoo! Acquires a License to Yamli’s Technologies Today marks an important milestone in the life of popular Arabic language startup Yamli, as Yahoo! announces its acquisition of a license... Nina Curley • 28 May, 2012 Innovation
6 Essential Tools For User Experience Design On a Budget You can't any work done without good tools. Yet if you're just starting to learn and work in user experience design, you don't want to... George Elkhabbaz • 27 May, 2012 User Experience Design
Can't Attend CoE E-Commerce? Wamda is Hosting Google Hangout Meetups in Cairo, Beirut and Dubai If you can't attend CoE E-Commerce in Amman and are based in either Cairo, Beirut or UAE, read on. We will be hosting a meetup with lunch... Wamda • 25 May, 2012 CoE E-Commerce COE
We Are in the Middle of a Revolution [Pic of the Week] As the Egyptian elections conclude today, and strife in Syria exacerbates tensions in Lebanon recently, it's clear that the region is still... Wamda • 24 May, 2012 CoE Cards Pic of the Week
TEDxTanta Delivers Energy and Passion As a Cairean I tend to think there’s little of interest in Egypt outside Cairo, and maybe Alexandria. So I was pleased to have my p... Omar Aysha • 24 May, 2012 Ecosystem Innovation Social Entrepreneurship
Facebook to Target Ad Revenue with New Dubai Office As we predicted in February, Facebook is indeed entering the MENA region, planning to open an office in Dubai now that its IPO... Nina Curley • 24 May, 2012 Facebook Social Networks
ClinArt's Maha Al-Farhan Strikes a Balance Between Business Success and a Happy Home Maha Al-Farhan is a pioneer in bringing clinical research to the Middle East. Recently named Entrepreneur of the Year at the third annual... Knowledge @Wharton • 24 May, 2012 Women
Facebook Marketing: Why Global Brands Need to Change Strategies in the Middle East [Infographic] What's unique about the Middle East when it comes to building your Facebook strategy? Even if you're a local company, you might not want to... Nina Curley • 23 May, 2012 Facebook Social Media
How To Prepare for CoE E-Commerce Day 1: Mentorship And Unconference Sessions Get ready for Day 1 of CoE, where you will experience a unique, attendee-driven agenda.1. First we will have “Lunch with Mentors.”During the... Wamda • 23 May, 2012 CoE E-Commerce Conferences COE
Tech Entrepreneurs Prepare for a New Egypt Sometimes you attend an event expecting one thing, but end up gaining insight into something completely different. Or at least in something... Omar Aysha • 23 May, 2012 Conferences Ecosystem Startup Communities
Wamda Announces Partnership with Flat6Labs During Flat6Lab’s Demo Day in Cairo, CEO Ramez Mohammed announced the accelerator’s partnership with fellow entrepreneurship hub Wamda. Wam... Wamda • 23 May, 2012 Accelerators Investment
Entrepreneurs as Nation Builders: Pioneers in Pakistan "Your problem is solved." With those words, Sir Adamjee Dawood, one of Pakistan’s greatest entrepreneurs, saved the country from f... Malik Ahmad Jalal • 22 May, 2012 Ecosystem
Moroccan Site Asnad Offers Online Market for Arabic Digital Content Those looking to become creative entrepreneurs have a new avenue for monetizing their products, with the launch of e-commerce... Maya Rahal • 22 May, 2012 E-commerce
Maghreb Startup Initiative Launches Competition for North African Entrepreneurs North African entrepreneurs, get your ideas ready: The Maghreb Startup Initiative is now live. Founded as a partnership between the... Nina Curley • 21 May, 2012 Accelerators Competitions
Speed Mentoring in Cairo: A Step Towards a Mentorship Framework? Finding a business mentor is a lot like finding a date. Physical attractiveness is important for dates, professional attractiveness for... Omar Aysha • 21 May, 2012 Conferences
Striving for Funding: Confessions from Dubai's CareZone Editor’s note (NC): Sometimes a good idea does not find funding in an appropriate time frame. It could be a failure of execution, o... Wamda • 21 May, 2012 Investment
Mowgli Partners with Enterprise Qatar, Enters the Gulf U.K.-based mentoring platform Mowgli Foundation has announced a new partnership with small and medium enterprise support organization... Nina Curley • 21 May, 2012 Mentorship
Beirut's The Dream Matcher Demonstrates the Value of a Niche Social Network I was recently invited to a second dream matching event in Beirut by The Dream Matcher, an ambitious project that aims to improve the p... Ramy Ghaly • 20 May, 2012 Social Networks