Wamda

New Collective Workspace MAKE Launches in Dubai

Leith Mathews came to Dubai in 2007 to work in the emirate’s booming food & beverage industry. Having a genuine passion for the i...

Food & Beverage Startup Communities Coworking Spaces

What Makes An Entrepreneurship Ecosystem?

The question of how to build a fully fledged entrepreneurship ecosystem in the Middle East is one that we look to address daily at Wamda....

Trends Ecosystem

Advancing Arabic Content for Women: Maroc Numeric Fund Invests $300K in Majalatouki

The Maroc Numeric Fund (MNF) announced last week an investment of 2.6 million Moroccan dirhams (around US$ 300K) last week in Majalatouki,...

Investment Women

Pioneering a Gourmet All Natural Dessert Line in the UAE: Catwalk Cow

When Samia Ataya first started dessert line Catwalk Cow two years ago in the United Arab Emirates, she had a vision of an ideal product...

Food & Beverage

Abraaj Capital Announces Acquisition of SME-Focused Fund Aureos Capital

Abraaj Capital is continuing its expansion across the region, today announcing its acquisition of Aureos Capital, a global private equity...

Reawakening Oman’s Entrepreneurial Spirit at the Entrepreneurs Jam

Oman Entrepreneur's Network held their second Entrepreneurs Jam this past Monday at Mood café in Muscat. The event, designed to create ...

Startup Communities

Wikipedia To Build Arabic Pages with Cairo Initiative

Following Yahoo!'s partnership with ictQATAR comes an announcement by Wikipedia that it seeks to generate more Arabic content on its...

Digital Media

Yahoo! Boosts Arabic Digital Content Creation in Deal with ictQATAR

Aspiring digital media entrepreneurs in the region have a new reason fire up projects this year. Yahoo! and ictQATAR announced a strategic...

Digital Media

Group Buying Websites Battle for Middle East Shoppers with Online Bargains

Shoppers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are among the wealthiest and most discerning in the world. Most major malls in Dubai, for...

E-commerce Wharton

What Do Entrepreneurs in Tunisia Need Most? Legal Reform

“Entrepreneurs are people that bring things together. Nothing in entrepreneurship is done alone,” said Hernando De Soto on the last day of t...

Legal

MITEF Arab Business Plan Competition Announces Top 50 Teams

The MIT Entreprise Forum announced the Top 50 Semifinalists in its Arab Business Plan Competition yesterday. In the competition, conducted ...

Ranking MIT MITEF Arab Business Plan Competition

How to Increase Your Social Media Influence With Klout

Last month I compiled a list of The 100 Most Influential Arabs on Twitter based on scores from social media influence tool...

Jordan

Marketing with Animation: Yebab.com and Kharabeesh Launch Emirati Wedding Cartoon Series

Startups looking to launch a viral video campaign can now look to the example of Emirati weddings directory Yebab.com, which recently...

Wedding Industry

Meet Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year Finalists in Jordan

Twelve entrepreneurs representing ten companies were shortlisted in the Ernst & Young Jordan Entrepreneur Of The Year Award 2011 this...

Competitions

Going Mobile: Are You Ready to Put the “m” in “www”?

Looking for recent movie information? If you go to imdb.com on a smartphone to research this information, you’ll be welcomed by a mobile o...

Mobile Mobile Apps

Egyptian Location-Based Mobile App Nasy Increases Civil Society Engagement

The Middle East has, undoubtedly, seen some changes in the past few months. One of the most noticeable changes is engagement with local...

Mobile Apps

Uniqueauction.ae Launches; Will Online Shoppers in the UAE Enjoy Online Bidding?

A new online auction site, Uniqueauction.ae, has launched today, to bring the Middle East daily discounts on big-ticket items. As...

E-commerce

Rumor: Saudi Game Platform Kammelna Acquired by Peak Games for $10 million?

Today we heard a rumor that Saudi multiplayer card gaming platform Kammelna was acquired by Turkish game developer Peak Games. The...

Gaming Investment

The DubaiSME 100 Complete List

DubaiSME has released the DubaiSME 100, its list of the top 100 small and medium enterprises in Dubai according to its criteria. Read about...

Ranking

DubaiSME Announces Top 100 Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Dubai

DubaiSME has announced the release of the DubaiSME 100, its ranking of the top 100 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Dubai, with the...

So What Are Entrepreneurs and What Do They Do?

We came accross an interesting picture on Uncrunched today and wanted to share it. Let us know what you think about it and if you as an...

The Middle East Daily Deal Site Boom: Healthy Market or Just Fashionably Late?

Daily Deal sites in the Middle East region show a staggering growth of 42 % over the last 6 months of 2011. Is it simply a case of a...

E-commerce

Jordanian Fashion Site eCloset.me Announces Competition Winners

Amman-based fashion website eCloset.me has revealed the winners of its mix-and-match fashion curation competition today. The competition,...

Fashion

Family Firms in the Middle East: The New Rules of Engagement

When Shaker Group, a Saudi Arabia-based air conditioning supplier, lists 30% of its shares in an initial public offering (IPO) in Riyadh...

Wharton

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