Wild Peeta Goes Lean, Launching Crowdfunded Franchises and a New TV Show Dubai is not known for being lean. “Because the Gulf is such a new region, everything is geared towards big imported brands,” says Mohamed P... Nina Curley • 06 November, 2012 Scaling Entertainment Food & Beverage
Cashless in Kenya: A Mobile Money Experiment Using M-PESA Walking home from the office late one night, Amrit Pal, an Indian student working with a Nairobi-based mobile money startup for the summer,... Jonathan Kalan • 06 November, 2012 Mobile Mobile Apps Payment Gateways
The Most Active VCs in the Arab World in 2012 This week we highlight the Arab world’s most active venture capital funds. These VC’s are targeting startups at different stages in their de... Glen Dalakian II • 06 November, 2012 Ecosystem Investment Top Lists
How LinkedIn Is Growing In The Middle East [Infographic] A couple months after LinkedIn entered the Middle East market and opened an office in Dubai, it has released numbers demonstrating its ... Maya Rahal • 05 November, 2012 Social Media
10 Education Technology Resources for the Arab World In my previous article, I talked about the accumulating research on the importance on early childhood education, and the rising importance... Nafez Dakkak • 05 November, 2012 Education
Is the Philanthropy Model Broken? Changemakers Discuss Social Entrepreneurship in Dubai In Dubai, a city that is sometimes referred to as ‘soul-less’, over 150 social changemakers from across the Gulf gathered at the Capital Clu... Leena AlOlaimy • 05 November, 2012 Social Change Social Entrepreneurship
Fatooosh Offers Mobile and SmartTV Video Streaming Tailored for the Arab World Amidst a rise in available Arabic content online, a new cross-platform SmartTV app has launched to offer seamless video viewing and... Glen Dalakian II • 05 November, 2012 Arabic Content Digital Media Entertainment
Want to Drive an Aramex Delivery Truck? Check out the Winners of the Aramex Gameon Competition Aramex has announced the winning developers of the Aramex Gameon Competition 2012. This is the first time Aramex has hosted the... Glen Dalakian II • 05 November, 2012 Competitions Developers Gaming
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
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