Wamda Chats with Gilt's Founder on the Future of Flash Sales [Wamda TV] Alexis Maybank, co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of the Gilt Groupe, discusses expansion into emerging markets such as the Arab World... Wamda • 30 October, 2012 Advice Conferences E-commerce
Interactive Applications Platform: Motea Alwan of Tatbeeqat [Wamda TV] [Arabic] At ArabNet 2012, Motea Alwan, Founder and CEO of Tatbeeq.at, speaks about the applications reviews provided by his company, where... Maya Rahal • 29 October, 2012 Arabic Content Arabnet Conferences
Exclusive Interview: Souq Confirms New Investment from Naspers and Tiger Global After rumors continued to circulate over the past couple of weeks, Souq.com has today confirmed that it is announcing a new round of... Nina Curley • 29 October, 2012 E-commerce Investment
How Saudi's femi9 Grew to Be a Global Middle-Eastern Fashion Brand [Wamda TV] Since 1999, Eyad Mashat has been running Femi9, an evening wear line for women between the ages of 18-40 that ranked at #15 on... Ahmed Al Majid • 29 October, 2012 Fashion Scaling
Crowdfunding Platform Yomken Makes Launching Products Easy in Egypt While concern in Egypt rises over courting investment and international partnerships intended to improve Egypt’s economy, one initiative h... Shaimaa El Nazer • 29 October, 2012 Crowdfunding Egypt
How Turkish Startups Can Expand Into the Arab World [Wamda TV] Cem Sertoglu of Earlybird Ventures discusses how the MENA and Turkish ecosystems have changed since last year’s Webrazzi Summit. Earlybird V... Wamda • 29 October, 2012 Conferences Digital Media Ecosystem
Expanding to the Arab World through Partnership: Turkish Cosmetics Startup Balerin [Wamda TV] Ahmet Marasli, founder of Balerin.com, discusses how the Turkish startup is planning to enter the Arab world through local partnership at... Wamda • 28 October, 2012 Conferences E-commerce Expansion
Online Advertising Solutions: Abedalmohimen Alagha Of Hsoub [Wamda TV] [Arabic] At ArabNet 2012, Abedalmohimen Alagha, CEO and Co-founder of Hsoub, discusses the internet solutions provided by his company,... Maya Rahal • 27 October, 2012 Advertising Arabnet Conferences
GlamBox Brings Beauty Products to Doorsteps in the Arab World [Wamda TV] At Arabnet 2012, Monica Debowski and Sonia Sultan of GlamBox.me discuss how they came up with the idea for GlamBox and how the company... Wamda • 26 October, 2012 Arabnet Conferences E-commerce
Kenya Takes Center Stage For African Innovation Starting today, hundreds of investors, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and techies are assembling to pack the halls of Nairobi’s K... Jonathan Kalan • 25 October, 2012 Ecosystem Innovation Pitching
Weekly Wrap-Up: October 21-25 In all of our articles about startups, it is obvious that mentorship (and finding the right mentors) is at the core of a successful... Wamda • 25 October, 2012 Angel Investment CoE Cards Conferences
Building Massively Multiplayer Online Games for the Arab World: Vince Ghossoub of Falafel Games [Wamda TV] Vince Ghossoub, co-founder of Falafel Games, discusses how Falafel Games came to be and why their first major game, Knights of Glory, has... Wamda • 25 October, 2012 Developers Ecosystem Arabnet
Entrepreneurs of Arabia Helps Saudi, Emirati, and Qatari Founders Connect to Funding For entrepreneurs from the Gulf who aren't sure where to look for funding, Entrepreneurs of Arabia launched this year to focus exclusively... Wamda • 25 October, 2012 Ecosystem Ideas Investment
Mentorship is Essential [Pic of the Week] “I can do it alone,” is a common excuse for entrepreneurs who have a great idea but don’t want to tell too many people about it. But doing ... Glen Dalakian II • 25 October, 2012 Mentorship Mix n Mentor Pic of the Week
Bringing a Turkish High Heel Brand to the Arab World [Wamda TV] Harun Güner and Berk Alevi of Butigo, a Turkish women’s high heel company, discuss the creation of their own unique brand of high heel sh... Wamda • 25 October, 2012 Conferences E-commerce Fashion
Recap: The 4 Companies That Received Series A Investment from MEVP Beirut-based venture capital firm MEVP (Middle East Venture Partners) is on fire. After announcing 5 investments in March, they have ... Nina Curley • 24 October, 2012 Fashion Food & Beverage Investment