Weekly Wrap-Up: November 24-28 Announcing our Wamda Plane travelers! The Wamda Plane trip is all set, and we have very noteworthy Saudi bloggers and entrepreneurs on... Wamda • 29 November, 2013 Weekly Wrap-Up
PayPal announces regional discounts for Black Friday and Cyber Monday Buyers throughout the Middle East will have access to discounts and sales on US websites this Friday and next Monday, thanks to a new deal... Wamda • 28 November, 2013 PayPal
Can SearchinMENA.com raise the funds it needs to build an Alibaba for the Middle East? [Update: Eureeca has extended SearchinMENA.com's campaign.] After three years of building SearchinMENA.com, Syrian entrepreneur Salim... Nina Curley • 28 November, 2013 SearchinMENA crowdinvestment
Wamda's Mix N' Mentor is coming back to Dubai! Coming up right after our stop in Jeddah, the Mix N’ Mentor Roadshow 2013 will next head back to Dubai to close out Wamda’s 2013 MnM tour a... Wamda • 28 November, 2013 Mix n Mentor
New meetup at Morocco's New Work Lab awards MySportner startup of the month The Moroccan co-working space New Work Lab has launched a new meetup called Pitch Lab, giving entrepreneurs the opportunity to pitch... Saad Zabari • 28 November, 2013 pitch lab new work labs morocco
Can Airbnb clone Agaztak boost tourism in Egypt? Not every entrepreneur is comfortable admitting that his startup is a local clone of an internationally successful business idea. But... Ahmed Gabr • 28 November, 2013 Egypt Travel
New payment solution in Kuwait wants cloud-based tokens to replace cash registers Some say that in order to see a new startup ecosystem really take off, you just need to build one billion dollar company. Just one... Abdullah Alshalabi • 27 November, 2013 Payment systems Payment Gateways
Ad network ikoo closes offices in Saudi, Kuwait and Egypt for strategic refocusing Several days ago, we received confirmation that ikoo had closed its offices in Saudi Arabia (Jeddah and Riyadh), Kuwait, and... Eman Mostafa • 27 November, 2013 ikoo
The Middle East gets its first peer-to-peer lending site, with Sharia compliance Looking back at the year, 2013 has clearly been the year of crowdfunding– especially in emerging markets and the Middle East. This y... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 27 November, 2013 crowdinvestment liwwa Jordan
Startup news ticker: Int@j connects Jordanian and Saudi companies; Souq.com launches Cyber Week Welcome to Wamda's weekly startup news ticker, which will offer quick announcements and stories relevant to the region. If you have a quick... Wamda • 26 November, 2013 souq ticker ict
Meet the all-woman gaming community igniting creative culture in Saudi Arabia Gaming, they say, can make a better world. Games make us better at being hopeful, forming social bonds, being productive, seeking... Nina Curley • 26 November, 2013 W4Women Wamda for Women Entrepreneurs Gaming
Experienced entrepreneurs battle at Startup Weekend Ramallah The startup ecosystem in Palestine is maturing, and nowhere was that more evident than at the second Startup Weekend in Ramallah this... Iliana Montauk • 26 November, 2013 Mentorship Startup Weekend
A look at Islamic banking consumption in the UAE [Report] In the UAE, almost 60% of the population holds at least one Islamic Banking product, according to a recent survey of 5,300 UAE residents... Glen Dalakian II • 26 November, 2013 Banks Islamic products Financial systems
AstroLabs partners with Blackbox to send a Middle Eastern startup to Silicon Valley AstroLabs, the startup workshop series, is now joining ranks with the organizations working to connect startups in the Middle East with... Wamda • 26 November, 2013 tim draper blackbox silicon valley
Will Qatari startups adopt a more flexible work environment? Flexibility has been a hot topic in 21st century office culture. In February, Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer controversially curtailed her... Ahmed Gabr • 25 November, 2013 working culture office hours office culture
8 leading startups get connected with Silicon Valley at MENA Innovation DemoDay Despite the instabilities at home, Egyptian startups are gaining global recognition for their innovations lately; it’s not just that I... Akram Dweikat • 25 November, 2013 techwadi palinno disrupt
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