Burt Herman of Storify: Building a Social News Curation Platform [Wamda TV] Burt Herman of Storify chats with Wamda at the Abu Dhabi Media Summit about how he was inspired to build the social news curation platform... Nina Curley • 08 November, 2012 Social Media Abu Dhabi Media Summit
What Are Investors Looking For? [Pic of the Week] It’s a fairly simple question, but the answer often is not. If you’re looking for investment, it’s critical to get advice from mentors, oth... Glen Dalakian II • 08 November, 2012 CoE Cards Investment Pic of the Week
Wamda TV Face-Off, Souq. com and MarkaVIP [Wamda TV] Watch an unedited version of our first "Face Off!" that just aired on Wamda TV! We are hosting two of the biggest names in MENA e-commerce... Wamda • 08 November, 2012 E-commerce Ecosystem Face Off
Ex-Sukar CEO to Launch Fab.com Clone for the Middle East UPDATE: Desado went live today, Monday, December 10th. Their press release states that Desado is now the "largest platform... Nina Curley • 08 November, 2012 Design E-commerce
RihlaPrime/TravelerVIP Debuts Luxury Travel Deals Sites In The Middle East UPDATE: RihlaPrime has changed its name to TravelerVIP. "A bad hotel experience can ruin an otherwise perfect trip", says... Maya Rahal • 08 November, 2012 Daily Deals Travel
Founder Institute to Open Startup Accelerator in Alexandria, Egypt Interested in bringing a startup acceleration program to Alexandria, Egypt? The Founder Institute is currently testing demand for opening a... Glen Dalakian II • 07 November, 2012 Accelerators Ecosystem Egypt
Making Music a Social Experience: SoundCloud's Thom Cummings at SHARE Beirut [Wamda TV] At SHARE Beirut 2012, Thom Cummings of SoundCloud discusses how their platform is making music and other audio files a more interactive and ... Wamda • 07 November, 2012 Conferences Digital Media Media
Bayt.com's Rabea Ataya on Failure, Success, and Keeping Things Fresh [Wamda TV] In a chat at the Abu Dhabi Media Summit, Rabea Ataya of job search platform Bayt.com, one of the region's biggest internet companies to ... Nina Curley • 07 November, 2012 Programme Job Recruitment Abu Dhabi Media Summit
Reviving a Dying Brand: Indonesia's Yupi Indo Jelly Gum [Case Study] This is the third installment of a new series on Wamda featuring companies in emerging markets around the world. Founded in Indonesia in... Wamda • 07 November, 2012 Aureos Expansion Food & Beverage
Doing Business is Getting Easier Around the World [Infographic] The World Bank has released their yearly Doing Business 2013 report,which assesses the regions and economies around the world where it's eas... Wamda • 07 November, 2012 Infographic Ecosystem
Zoboon App Rewards Brand Loyalty Across Cairo Egyptian startup Zoboon is creating a city-wide loyalty program for Cairo’s consumers. To simplify the process of tracking the v... Glen Dalakian II • 07 November, 2012 Analytics Digital Advertising Egypt
The Rise of Insane!, Morocco's First Co-Working Space Among the locations known for hosting tech and non-tech events, you’ll find one like none other in Morocco. This place is, literally, i... Karim Jazouani • 07 November, 2012 Coworking Spaces
Sign Up to Spend Three Days with Geeks on a Plane in Jordan As you've seen, Silicon Valley investors Geeks on a Plane are coming to our Mix 'n' Mentor event in Amman. After the event, they're also... Nina Curley • 06 November, 2012 Investment Mentorship
Watch Souq and MarkaVIP Face Off on Wamda This Thursday! Live Google Hangout Wamda TV is launching a new video series called "Face Off!", hosting two of the biggest names in e-commerce, Souq.com and MarkaVIP, for our... Nina Curley • 06 November, 2012 E-commerce Face Off
Amman Meets Silicon Valley's Geeks on a Plane This Saturday, Nov 10th, Amman Tech Tuesdays is hosting an event at the Zara Expo Auditorium behind the Hyatt Amman... Wamda • 06 November, 2012 Investment Mentorship Mix n Mentor
Entrepreneur of the Week: Hind And Nadia Wassef of Diwan Bookstore [Wamda TV] The Entrepreneurs of the Week today are Nadia and Hind Wassef, co-founders of Diwan Bookstore in Egypt, and Endeavor Egypt... Maya Rahal • 06 November, 2012 Egypt Endeavor Entrepreneur of the Week