Meet the Winners of the Harvard Arab Startup Pitch Contest On November 8-11, the 6thHarvard Arab Weekend brought Arabs from around the world together to network, collaborate, and discuss the future o... Wamda • 25 November, 2012 Conferences Competitions
European Game Developer Looks to Enter the Arab World, Seeks Publisher As gaming studios worldwide eye the Arab market, German game developer and distributor GoodGame Studios is the latest to... Glen Dalakian II • 25 November, 2012 Developers Gaming
Weekly Wrap-Up: November 18-22 This week was all about looking outside to identify and adapt solutions to problems within local ecosystems. What are your thoughts about... Wamda • 22 November, 2012 Advice CoE Cards Conferences
NYUAD Hackathon for Social Good Deadline November 30th The NYU Abu Dhabi Department for Computer Science, in collaboration with the NYUAD Institute, is hosting the 2013 NYUAD Annual Hackathon: Bu... Wamda • 22 November, 2012 Accelerators
Look for International Perspectives [Pic of the Week] It can be pretty easy to get caught up in the challenges and opportunities in your local surroundings, never taking a moment to look... Glen Dalakian II • 22 November, 2012 CoE Cards Ecosystem Pic of the Week
Nabbesh Wins du's The Entrepreneur, Looks to Expand Regionally After two months of tense competition, we now know who took home the 1 million AED cash prize after winning reality TV competition... Nina Curley • 22 November, 2012 Competitions du Investment
Dubai's SwipeZoom Offers Global E-Commerce Payment and Shipment Solution Amer Qavi was a biomedical engineer designing artificial internal organs before he set up his own medical distribution business. After... Rania Habib • 22 November, 2012 E-commerce Payment Gateways
Planting an Eco-Friendly Coworking Space in Cairo New coworking space icecairo launched this month as the third installation of icehubs, an international coworking space brand... Hanan Solayman • 22 November, 2012 Coworking Spaces Egypt Environment
Pivoting to Solar Energy: India's Hind High Vacuum Company [Case Study] This is the fourth installment of a new series on Wamda featuring companies in emerging markets around the world. Launched in 1965, the ... Wamda • 21 November, 2012 Aureos Aureos Case Studies Business Development
Why Jordan Looks More Like Kenya than Silicon Valley Sitting at a lively roundtable discussion between young technology entrepreneurs during Amman's MixNMentor at Oasis500, a leading... Jonathan Kalan • 21 November, 2012 Ecosystem Startup Communities
54 Hours Inside Bahrain’s Emerging Tech Startup Scene Having already touched 200 cities worldwide, the global grassroots Startup Weekend movement recently came to Bahrain’s burgeoning tech s... Leena AlOlaimy • 21 November, 2012 Competitions Innovation Startup Weekend
Arabic Web Days Launches to Boost Arabic Web, Supported by Wamda and Partners Arabic Web Days, a new initiative to support Arabic content creation online, launched today with support from global and regional players... Wamda • 21 November, 2012 Arabic Content Digital Media
Entrepreneur of the Week: Palestinian Hadeel Al Safadi Founder of Newtoon [Wamda TV] [Arabic] In the context of the recent conflict in Gaza, we are featuring young Palestinian entrepreneur Hadeel Al Safady as Wamda's... Mariam Hamed • 20 November, 2012 Animation
How a 25-year-old Saudi Entrepreneur is Rethinking the Hijab Fashion entrepreneurship is one of the fastest growing segments in the world of startups. The clothing industry is estimated to equal more... Ahmed Al Majid • 20 November, 2012 E-commerce Fashion
Top 10 Tips from Wamda’s Mix n’ Mentor Events in Amman, Beirut & Dubai During this month’s Wamda Mix N’ Mentor (MnM) across the Arab world, our team traveled to Amman, Beirut, and Dubai to bring stellar men... Glen Dalakian II • 20 November, 2012 Conferences Ecosystem Fadi Ghandour
Jordan's Snax Revolutionizes the Convenience Store As protesters in Jordan take to the streets to demonstrate against rising gas prices, one convenience store in Jordan is catering to... Nina Curley • 20 November, 2012 Food & Beverage Music Security