Wamda

Launching an E-Commerce Platform on the Power of the Saudi Arabian Market

Saudi entrepreneur Abdulaziz Aljouf admits that he took the long path to success when building his e-commerce...

Looking to Get a Story Out? PressPass Can Help

Businesses and citizen journalists looking to break a story now have a new resource in their arsenal (aside from Wamda, that is!)....

Digital Media

DIA-style.com Launches First Fully Arabic Luxury e-Commerce Site

DIA-style.com's launch yesterday marked a coup in luxury goods e-commerce. The site has launched not only as the exclusive portal for...

E-commerce Fashion

N2V Invests in Saudi Gaming Platform GameTako

Investment and incubation platform N2V announced investment in Saudi gaming portal GameTako yesterday, in a move designed to boost the ...

Gaming

Arabic e-Learning Portal Nibras.com Launches, Offering Online Business Education

E-Learning portal Nibras.com launched in beta today, bringing online education to the Arab World with a series of short, accessible...

Education

The MENA 100 Business Plan Competition: Promoting Innovative Entrepreneurship

Launched in 2009, the MENA 100 Business Plan Competition is now accepting applications for its third competition, with a deadline of...

Competitions

Oasis500 Secures Over $3 million in Investment for Run2Sport and Madfoo3atCom

Today tech-focused incubator Oasis500 has announced that two of its startups, Run2Sports and Madfoo3atCom, attracted investment following...

Building the WebMD of the Arab World in Jordan

When Lebanon-born, Amman-raised entrepreneur Jalil Allabadi first decided to put his father’s Arabic medical dictionary online, he focused o...

Medical Endeavor

Regional

What Are Employers in the Middle East Looking For?

Applying for jobs? Or thinking of hiring more staff at your own company? You may be wondering what your employers (or peers who are also...

Programme Job Recruitment Job Creation

Launching a Luxury Fashion Site During an Economic Downturn

An economic downturn can be the perfect time to start a business- competition is lower, office space deals may be better, and businesses...

Fashion

How to Create Wireframes for Your Website

A website wireframe, also known as a page schematic or screen blueprint, is a visual guide that represents the skeletal framework of a...

User Experience Design

Global Mobile Market Trends: Who Will Dominate 2012?

There were now around 6 billion mobile subscribers worldwide (87% of the global population) at the end of 2011, according to the...

Egyptian Startup Ekshef Eases the Pain of Finding a Doctor

In the heart of Cairo stands Ramsis Building, an imposing office-block whose four faces are covered in a jumble of signs for the dozens of...

Medical

Small Business Social Media Cheat Sheet

Did you realize that the next largest social network after Facebook (which now has around 845 million users) is YouTube? Or that Google+ is...

5 Reasons Why Middle East Startups Should Care About Facebook's IPO

We've all heard the news- Facebook finally filed its much-anticipated prospectus for an initial public offering yesterday, seeking around...

How Women Entrepreneurs Are Driving Business in the Middle East

Reema Bint Bandar Al Saud is an Arabian princess with an entrepreneurial streak. As president and CEO of ALFA International and AL HAMA...

Women Wharton

Four Bahraini Startups Graduate from Local Accelerator

Tenmou, Bahrain's first Y Combinator-style accelerator, has announced the graduation of its first round of startups, focusing on IT...

Flip Media Acquired by Publicis Groupe

Publicis Groupe has announced its acquisition of Flip Media this morning. The regional digital media agency will join Leo Burnett...

Digital Marketing

Saudi E-Commerce Startup Finds Success Selling Apple Products

Almost exactly a year ago, three young Saudi entrepreneurs started e-commerce website iPhady to sell only iPhones, iPads and their a...

E-commerce

Maroc Numeric Fund Invests 3.5 Million Dirhams in Energy Optimizing Startup Meolink

Maroc Numeric Fund (MNF) has added a fourth tech startup to its portfolio this month, announcing investment of 3.5 Moroccan million dirhams...

How a Self-Taught Young Iraqi Developer Hit #1 in Saudi Arabia

When young Iraqi developer Ammar al Issa first started building iPhone applications for kids in his free time, he didn't expect...

Mobile Apps

Surviving the Egyptian Revolution: Small Businesses One Year After #Jan25

Days after the one-year anniversary of the Egyptian revolution, it’s now the Egyptian economy, not popular tolerance for dictatorship, that ...

How a Tunisian Software Company Built a Global Brand

In my search for Tunisian success stories in entrepreneurship, I was told I must speak with Mr. Samy Achour, the President and Founder of...

Why Entrepreneurship in the Arab World Depends on Education

Entrepreneurship is not a luxury today, speakers seemed to say at the 6th Annual Global Competitiveness Forum last week. As global policy...

Education

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