What are Saudi consumers hungry for? A look at search trends in the Kingdom [Infographic] The online ordering sector is heating up this year with Foodonclick, the Arab arm of Turkish online delivery giant Yemeksepeti, announcing e... Maya Rahal • 30 October, 2013 Food & Beverage
Global This young Jordanian entrepreneur bootstrapped a funky gadget e-commerce site from home Loay Malahmeh loves funky gifts. While shopping for one recently, he became frustrated with the overpriced products that he found... Reine Farhat • 29 October, 2013 cash-on-delivery Shipping E-commerce
Startup news ticker: MIT connecting Arab startups to Silicon Valley; Bitcoin launches its first ATM 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 • 29 October, 2013 ticker news
4 reasons why game developers should consider crowdfunding Update: The campaign mentioned at the end of the piece is updated to show a more realistic representation of an unknown developer raising... Glen Dalakian II • 29 October, 2013 Developers Crowdfunding Mobile Gaming
12 initiatives working to empower women in the Middle East Bahraini women weaving. Photo courtesy of Sophie Middleton. Women’s economic integration and empowerment is a global issue that has a... Leena AlOlaimy • 29 October, 2013 W4Women Wamda for Women Entrepreneurs Women
Why startups should focus on strong customer service [Infographic] As the saying goes, “the client is king” and, just like kings, customers expect to be well-served. While some companies may shrug off the im... Maya Rahal • 29 October, 2013 Customer Service
5 ways to compete with Amazon, and why its model isn't 'profitless' After almost two decades in online retail, Amazon is still the punchline to jokes about profitability. “Amazon, as best I can tell, is a ... Nina Curley • 28 October, 2013 Amazon Scaling Payment Gateways
Aliqtisadi launches in Palestine and London, in hopes of becoming the #1 Arabic business news site Aliqtisadi, the business magazine based in Damascus, Syria, announced its launch in Palestine and London last week, at the Abu Dhabi... Nina Curley • 28 October, 2013 content news Arabic Content
Fun logistics game launches in Dubai on a lean budget; can it find distribution? This piece is part of a new series on the challenges of new entrepreneurs who are bootstrapping their startups. “This is a game from ... Glen Dalakian II • 28 October, 2013 Bootstrapping Shipping Mobile Gaming
Startup Weekend Beirut 2013 Startup Weekend comes back to Beirut, Lebanon on November 22-24, 2013. SW Beirut will follow the basic Startup Weekend model, anyone can p... Wamda • 28 October, 2013 Startup Weekend
One woman's quest to get kids reading in the Arab world Very few initiatives originating in the Arab world achieve international recognition: Kitaby Kitabak (my book, your book in English), a... Ahmed Gabr • 28 October, 2013 libraries library reading
One bus, 40 entrepreneurs, a 5-day hackathon: StartupBus comes to southern Africa When an idea is good, it tends to travel across oceans. After successful runs in the U.S. and Europe, the StartupBus has launched... Aline Mayard • 27 October, 2013
Global Could Middle East e-commerce benefit from Pinterest? There was nothing special about the verb ‘pin’ before Pinterest was founded in 2010. Today, online, it's most likely to... Reine Farhat • 27 October, 2013 Funding Social Networks Marketing
Egyptian students shine at Intel Science Competition At an exposition recently held at Intel's Cairo office, eight Egyptian student winners of the Intel Science Competition, between the ages... Ahmed Gabr • 27 October, 2013
Weekly Wrap-Up: October 20-24 6 startup challenges answered at Mix N' Mentor Beirut We recently held our second Mix N' Mentor event in Beirut - this time with a brand... Wamda • 25 October, 2013 Weekly Wrap-Up
Why Nextly, now open to the public, stands to revolutionize content sharing There are several ways to curate content on the web these days, but it’s often a fragmented experience. Now that Google Reader is dead, s... Nina Curley • 24 October, 2013 content
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