Keep Dreaming and Work Hard [Pic of the Week] Despite the conflicts, instability and misfortunes hitting some Arab countries lately, it is refreshing to note that Arab communities are... Maya Rahal • 17 January, 2013 Advice CoE Cards Egypt
Weekly Wrap-Up: January 13-17 This week on Wamda, we covered startups involved in reviving their neighborhoods, and startups using gaming to rev up the regional... Wamda • 17 January, 2013 Accelerators Advice E-commerce
What Facebook's Graph Search Means for the Middle East When quizzed about Facebook privacy issues in 2010 at D8, Mark Zuckerberg took a halting, nervous stab at convincing us to accept his... Nina Curley • 17 January, 2013 Facebook Social Networks Technology
Maysalward Localizes New Mobile Game ShaqDown for the Arab World A new battle is being fought in the Middle East, thanks to Jordanian gaming company Maysalward. Basketball legend Shaquille... Glen Dalakian II • 17 January, 2013 Mobile Mobile Gaming Gaming
How Gamification Can Help Startups Make Work Fun [Report] At the end of last year, PwC US launched the third issue of its 2012 Technology Forecast series: Solving business problems with game based... Nafez Dakkak • 17 January, 2013 Education Gamification
Finding the Right Growth Partner: Analistas de Recursos Globales in Mexico [Case Study] This is the seventh installment of a series on Wamda featuring companies in emerging markets around the world. Founded in Mexico in 2001 by ... Wamda • 16 January, 2013 Aureos Aureos Case Studies Investment
Palestine Gets Its First Startup Accelerator Building a startup in Palestine is admittedly tough. At the launch event for Palestine’s newest accelerator, a discussion broke out about t... Nina Curley • 16 January, 2013 Accelerators
Cisco Starting a Business Workshop The Cisco Entrepreneur Institute is hosting the "Starting a Business" workshop at AMIDEAST in Beirut, a practical, comprehensive, business... Wamda • 16 January, 2013 Advice Business Development Mentorship
Egypt's Revolutionaries Take to the Streets, To Improve Neighborhoods “Change starts in the streets," was a slogan coined during the Egyptian revolution, as demonstrators took pride in cleaning the streets i... Hanan Solayman • 16 January, 2013 Egypt Social Change Social Entrepreneurship
Middle East Startups Reveal How They Would Spend Investment [Poll Results] This week, as part of our Facebook Poll series, we asked our Facebook community, “What aspect of your startup would you build up if y... Glen Dalakian II • 16 January, 2013 Facebook Marketing
Egypt's Flat6Labs Graduates Cycle 3: Here's What They're Building Flat6Labs, the Cairo based accelerator, held its 4th Demo Day event, dubbed “Cycle 3 Fall 2013”, this week at the Cairo Marriott, showing of... Omar Aysha • 15 January, 2013 Egypt Flat6Labs
Entrepreneur of the Week: Walid Sultan Midani of DigitalMania in Tunisia [Wamda TV] After overcoming a lack of game development skills in Tunisia, Walid Sultan Midani, the founder of DigitalMania, is throwing a dose of... Glen Dalakian II • 15 January, 2013 Entrepreneur of the Week Mobile Gaming Gaming
Can this Egyptian Mobile App Startup Meet its Ambitious Goals? With the launch of two new apps late last year, startup 700apps hopes to make life easier for Egyptian commuters and... Glen Dalakian II • 15 January, 2013 Mobile Mobile Apps
Windows Startup Challenge Microsoft, Startup Weekend and DEMO recently announced the Windows Startup Challenge, a global contest offering developers, designers and... Wamda • 15 January, 2013 Competitions Developers Mobile Apps
10 Lessons Startups Can Learn from Gamers By Lucas and Glen Dalakian. My brother and I decided to write a post together to highlight 10 business principles and lessons we learned... Glen Dalakian II • 15 January, 2013 Advice Gaming
Chinese Browser Baidu Targets Middle East Users Baidu, China’s most popular search engine, is targeting the Middle East and Africa this year, partnering with Orange to offer its browser &... Nina Curley • 15 January, 2013 Mobile