Lebanon’s Anghami Launches the First Music Streaming Platform for the Middle East: PROMOCODE Included Forget Spotify. Anghami is here! Launching today for iPhone, the platform is bringing the Arab world its first mobile and web music... Nina Curley • 05 November, 2012 Mobile Mobile Apps Music
Jordan Building the first high-end 3D game in a virtual Arab world: Planet Toulan For awhile, I’ve been wondering why no gaming studio in the Middle East that I knew of was building a high-end video game on the level of, s... Nina Curley • 04 November, 2012 Gaming beladcom
Failure, Timing, and Monetization: A Chat with Ihsan Jawad, Founder of Zawya [Wamda TV] At the Abu Dhabi Media Summit last month, Ihsan Jawad of Honeybee Tech Ventures discusses how to move forward after failure, how to know ... Wamda • 04 November, 2012 Advice Conferences Ecosystem
Grass E-Magazine Paves the Way for Scientific Journalism in the Arab World More often than not, those who write in science journals are scientists rather than scienctific journalists. While several western... Hanan Solayman • 04 November, 2012 Digital Media Environment Media
Can a Young E-Commerce Logistics Startup Take On Aramex in the UAE? "Typical courier companies are not built to handle the logistics of e-commerce", says entrepreneur Robin Antony, founder of Powergistix, a... Maya Rahal • 04 November, 2012 Delivery E-commerce
Planting the Seed of Social Business in Bahrain For social ventures in Bahrain, a community is growing. The Family Bank has planted the seeds of Bahrain’s social business movement b... Leena AlOlaimy • 04 November, 2012 Social Entrepreneurship
Regional The Rise of Women in the MENA Workforce: Chris O'Donoghue of Four Communications [Wamda TV] At the Abu Dhabi Media Summit, Chris O’Donoghue, Chairman of the Four Communications Group, discusses the rise of women in Middle East and N... Wamda • 03 November, 2012 Conferences Acquisitions Digital Media
Weekly Wrap-Up: October 28 - November 01 In all of our coverage of success stories, you will find that building and maintaining strong connections can quickly change the life of... Wamda • 01 November, 2012 CoE Cards Infographic Mix n Mentor
Traveling And Hotel Booking In MENA: Seri Abdel Hadi of Yamsafer [Wamda TV] [Arabic] At ArabNet 2012, Seri Abdel Hadi, COO and Co-Founder of Yamsafer, discusses the way the platform works in the field of booking... Maya Rahal • 01 November, 2012 Arabnet Conferences Travel
Get Ready to Network. Wamda Reveals the Mix 'n' Mentor Attendee List! Getting ready for our Mix 'n' Mentor events starting next weekend? We're now revealed the attendee list, so you can start strategizing who ... Wamda • 01 November, 2012 Mentorship Mix n Mentor
Connections Are Vital, Work To Create Them [Pic of the Week] We often hear the terms "networking" and "connecting" mentioned repeatedly when it comes to attending social events. To some, this... Maya Rahal • 01 November, 2012 CoE Cards Pic of the Week
Building a TripAdvisor for Cars in Dubai: YallaMotor Review sites are all the rage lately – combine that with a deep-seated passion for cars in a region with disposable income to spare, and y... Rania Habib • 01 November, 2012 Reviews
How to Monetize Digital Content in Emerging Markets: eMarketer’s Geoff Ramsey [Wamda TV] Geoff Ramsey, founder of eMarketer, discusses trends in access and monetiztion of digital content in emerging markets at the 2012 Abu Dhabi... Wamda • 01 November, 2012 Digital Advertising Digital Marketing Digital Media
The Future Of Smart Devices And Apps: Ziad Matar of Qualcomm [Wamda TV] [Arabic] At ArabNet 2012, Ziad Matar, Head of Middle East region at Qualcomm, discusses the trends in mobile phones and how smart phones... Maya Rahal • 31 October, 2012 Arabnet Conferences Mobile
Two Simple Ways to Boost Education in the Arab World By and large, we all agree that education and learning are integral to development on a personal and societal level. In the aftermath of... Nafez Dakkak • 31 October, 2012 Education
Can Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs Solve Addressing Problems in the Arab World? When Khaled Naim started building Addy.co in January, it was a side project conceived during a Startup Weekend. But after he debuted Addy... Nina Curley • 31 October, 2012 Innovation Mobile Mobile Apps