Yamsafer Announces $1m Investment from Sadara Ventures; Interview with Founder Faris Zaher [Wamda TV] Ramallah-based online travel site Yamsafer made waves in the MENA region yesterday, annoucing a $1 million round of investment from Sadara... Nina Curley • 11 September, 2012 Travel
Froot Encourages Joking, Reading on Mobiles in the Arab World In Saudi Arabia, where smartphone penetration has reached 60% according to Google, pivoting into the mobile app market seems a... Glen Dalakian II • 10 September, 2012 Mobile Apps Mobile
How Startup Design Agency RBBi Turned a Profit Within a Year in Dubai How many Dubai startups have turned a profit within a year of launching? User experience design and user interface (UX/UI) agency... Nina Curley • 10 September, 2012 Digital Media User Experience Design
Lebanese Telecoms Minister Interviewed by Wamda on Twitter - Here is How It Went On Friday, Wamda hosted a Twitter interview with Lebanese Telecoms Minister Nicolas Sehnaoui to discuss entrepreneurship, innovation, and... Glen Dalakian II • 10 September, 2012 Government
Mobile Promotion in the MENA Entertainment Industry: Abed Agha of Vinelab [Wamda TV] Abed Agha, founder of Vinelab, discusses trends in the entertainment industry today, especially in marketing through mobile apps. He... Wamda • 10 September, 2012 Entertainment
The Cairo Angels Are Looking For a Few Good Startups The Cairo Angels are here. No, it’s not a local remake of Charlie’s Angels (can you imagine), but a group of business angels based in Cairo ... Omar Aysha • 09 September, 2012 Angel Investment Investment
Game Minion Seeks to Level the Playing Field for Indie Game Developers Independent developers have long competed with large publishing houses in the realm of game development, often outmatched by greater... Glen Dalakian II • 09 September, 2012 Gaming Mobile Apps Mobile Gaming
Investing in E-Commerce: Part 1 [Wamda TV] In the first segment of the second panel at our June event CoE E-Commerce, Show Me The Money, Part 2: Investing in E-Commerce, Chris... Nina Curley • 09 September, 2012 CoE E-Commerce E-commerce Investment
It's the AppAttack! If you're an app developer with a creative streak and a thirst for innovation, this competition is for you. The Global Mobile Internet... Wamda • 08 September, 2012 Competitions Mobile Apps Mobile Gaming
Ramallah TT - a Hi Tech Hub event Wednesday, September 12 will witness the kickoff of the Ramallah TT - Hi Tech Hub events, a series of events that will gather anyone... Wamda • 08 September, 2012 Competitions Google Ideas
Teshkeel Media Group Equity Stake Acquired by Crescent Enterprises Crescent Enterprises, a subsidiary of the UAE-based Crescent Group, announced the acquisition of an equity stake in the Teshkeel Media... Glen Dalakian II • 07 September, 2012 Acquisitions
MIT TR35 Awards Top 5 Arab Innovators Under 35 Last night in Beirut, amid an excited crowd of peers, family, and friends, five young Arab innovators were announced as winners of TR35 Pan... Glen Dalakian II • 07 September, 2012 MIT Technology Woopra
Weekly Wrap-Up: September 02-06 It’s finally Thursday and time for our Weekly Wrap-Up! If you're game for taking your business to the next level, don't miss this week's to... Wamda • 06 September, 2012 Crowdsourcing Fadi Ghandour Gaming
Building Government-Startup Alliances [Pic of the Week] Entrepreneurs and governments are often at odds, leery of working with each other and afraid to reach out to build an uncommon alliance.... Glen Dalakian II • 06 September, 2012 Government Startup Communities Pic of the Week
Entrepreneur of the Week: Sohaib Thiab of Wizards Productions [Wamda TV] This week's entrepreneur of the week, Sohaib Thiab, founded game development Wizards Productions along with Hussam Hammo and Afif Toukan in ... Nina Curley • 06 September, 2012 Mobile Endeavor Entrepreneur of the Week
Cairo's Cloud 11, Raising Cloud Services to New Heights Cloud 11 is a Cairo based cloud-computing services start-up that provides various Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions to their clients.... Omar Aysha • 06 September, 2012 Cloud Computing