Demystifying E-Commerce: How to Create Discounts by Customer Segment This series by Mohannad Ghashim of ShopGo.me is part of our Demystifying E-Commerce series. It will explore various technical issues... Mohanad Ghashim • 07 May, 2012 E-commerce Demystifying E-Commerce
Woopra's New Interface Assists Quick Decision-Making Web analytics platform Woopra, which launched a sleek iPhone and iPad interface this fall, has updated their web app dashboard as well,... Nina Curley • 06 May, 2012 Analytics
Egyptian Accelerator Flat6Labs Shows Growth at Second Demo Day The great and the good of Egypt’s entrepreneurial ecosystem gathered for the showcase of Flat6Labs’ latest clutch of ready-to-grow acc... Omar Aysha • 03 May, 2012 Accelerators Angel Investment Ecosystem
At Dubai Forum, Arab Female Entrepreneurs Are Urged to Break from Traditional Choices There are a number of cultural challenges facing women in the Middle East who want to become entrepreneurs, but those belonging to the... Knowledge @Wharton • 03 May, 2012 Conferences
Why Toolkits Are Essential for Innovation and Education So how do you fit a cube-shaped canister into a cylindrical hole using only Moon rock plastic bags, cardboard, suit hoses, and... Oubai Elkerdi • 02 May, 2012 Education Innovation
Building a Social Network for Football Fans in the Arab World: Footballize Ten days ago, as Christian Ronaldo scored the winning goal for Real Madrid in a match that served archrival Barcelona its first loss... Nina Curley • 01 May, 2012
Sprowd: Crowdfunding for Startups Around the Globe The idea is simple: if you have a great idea for a business, why should you wait for a VC to take a leap of faith to invest in you? Why not... Fernande van Tets • 01 May, 2012 Crowdfunding Investment
Student-Powered Startup Education in Egypt What do cupcakes, touch technology, and venture capitalists have in common? In truth not much, unless we’re about talking s... Omar Aysha • 01 May, 2012 Conferences
Every Problem is An Opportunity [Pic of the Week] This week as we open registration for upcoming event CoE E-Commerce, this piece of advice seems especially relevant. The issues that most ... Wamda • 01 May, 2012 CoE Cards Pic of the Week
Microsoft Imagine Cup UAE Announces Winner Microsoft's Imagine Cup, a competition inviting software developers around the world to "imagine a world where technology helps solve the... Nina Curley • 30 April, 2012 Competitions Environment Mobile Apps
Announcing CoE E-Commerce on June 2nd and 3rd After the success of Celebration of Entrepreneurship in 2010 and CoE Animate 11 this past fall, Wamda is kicking off the next in its series... Wamda • 30 April, 2012 E-commerce COE CoE E-Commerce
RealTime Weather From Real People On Dubai-Based Metwit.com Are you wondering what the weather is like now in a certain location you are headed to? Are you trying to avoid carrying that umbrella and... Maya Rahal • 30 April, 2012
Why Middle East E-Commerce Site Souq.com Acquired Sister Site Sukar.com Leading Middle East e-commerce site Souq.com has acquired flash sales site Sukar.com today, as The Next Web and others reported, as part... Nina Curley • 30 April, 2012 Acquisitions E-commerce
Palestinian iPhone App for Prayer Launches This week, those looking to connect with their community have a new tool at hand. AnaBasalli, a mobile application and web platform... Nina Curley • 29 April, 2012 Mobile Apps
Nafham: A Learning Management Platform to Enhance Education in Egypt At Cairo tech-focused accelerator Flat6Labs, four entrepreneurs, including Ahmad El Alfi, the head of parent fund Sawari Ventures,... Khaled Sadek • 29 April, 2012 Education
MarkaVIP's $10 Million Series B Funding to Boost Logistics Middle East flash sales sites MarkaVIP is on its way to becoming a true success story with its latest gambit to tackle the hydra that is... Nina Curley • 26 April, 2012 E-commerce Investment
Crokodeals: A Moroccan E-Auction Monster Heads to the UAE A new way of tackling e-commerce and e-auction is coming to the Middle East from the heart of Morocco, through Crokodeals, the... Maya Rahal • 26 April, 2012 E-commerce
Hold the Vegetables: How 'Now vs. Later' Affects Customer Choice If people typically watch a kung-fu flick or a trashy teen comedy on DVD before the documentary they rented several days earlier, it only... Knowledge @Wharton • 26 April, 2012 E-commerce Marketing
Demystifying E-Commerce in MENA: What Goes Wrong? Part 1 This content series, "What Goes Wrong?" is part of our new "Demystifying E-Commerce in MENA" series, which will explore the challenges... Nader Museitif • 25 April, 2012 E-commerce Demystifying E-Commerce
Defining Small and Medium Enterprises in Oman As Oman’s Third Economic Forum came to a close on Monday, the question of how to define small and medium enterprises SMEs came to a h... Sharifa Al-Barami • 25 April, 2012 Conferences Ecosystem Startup Communities
The Road to Crowdfunding Ruin Editor's Note (NC): Daniel Isenberg's latest article addresses the "Jumpstart Our Business Startups" (JOBS) act that President Obama... Daniel Isenberg • 25 April, 2012 Legal Trends
Announcing Wamda's Entrepreneur of the Week Series Today we are launching a new video series on Wamda: Entrepreneur of the Week. Each Tuesday, we'll be posting an interview with startup ... Nina Curley • 24 April, 2012 Entrepreneur of the Week
Beware of Praise [Pic of the Week] Fadi Ghandour said it. Arif Naqvi said it. A previous entrepreneur turned VC and blogger told his story. And maybe Chuck D said it best:... Wamda • 24 April, 2012 CoE Cards Pic of the Week
The Rise of Arabic on the Web [Infographic] It took 30 years for 2 billion people to come online, but 1 billion more will come online in the next 4 years, according to... Nina Curley • 23 April, 2012 Arabic Content