Fadi Ghandour's Next Investment: Building a Future for Arab Social Entrepreneurship Fadi Ghandour's name has been synonymous with Arab entrepreneurship. In 1982 he established Aramex as an express operator for the Middle... Knowledge @Wharton • 06 September, 2012 Investment Social Entrepreneurship Wharton
Wizards Productions Continues to Go Global, Announcing Partnership with Tapjoy, Acceleration with YetiZen After announcing a pivot into mobile gaming and a deal with leading international publisher 6waves, Wizards Productions is continuing to... Nina Curley • 06 September, 2012 Gaming Mobile Mobile Gaming
Turkish Startup Hub Turns to MENA: Arda Kutsal of Webrazzi [Wamda TV] Arda Kutsal, founder of Webrazzi, discusses the Turkish startup space in comparison to that in the Arab world. Started in 2006, Webrazzi... Wamda • 06 September, 2012 Startup Communities
Top 15 MENA Tech Startups That Are Going Global Today we highlight some of the region’s most innovative tech startups as they expand their businesses from MENA into global markets. Each o... Glen Dalakian II • 05 September, 2012 Technology Top Lists
Digital Spring: MENA Governments Must Speak the Language of Social Media [REPORT] This report, published by Strategy&, reveals the ways in which social media is driving a digital revolution in the Middle East and... Booz and Company • 05 September, 2012 Government Social Media
Dubai's Aflamnah Offers MENA-focused Crowdfunding Crowdfunding is the latest buzzword making the rounds in the entrepreneurial world, and a UAE initiative is out to show there’s more to it t... Rania Habib • 05 September, 2012 Crowdfunding Investment
Maintaining a Startup Atmosphere in a Growing Business: JC Butler of Dubizzle [Wamda TV] JC Butler, Co-Founder of Dubizzle, discusses his company’s evolution from a startup to a medium-sized business. He explains that it takes r... Wamda • 05 September, 2012 Team Tips Trends
Wamda Hosts Live Twitter Interview With Lebanese Telecom Minister This Friday At 7pm The Lebanese Ministry of Telecommunication along with Zein Real Estate (ZRE) and Berytech have launched Beirut Digital District yesterday... Maya Rahal • 04 September, 2012 Digital Media
Cairo Workspace The District Celebrates Six Months of Success Six months is usually too soon to celebrate a birthday, but things had been going so well for The District recently that celebrations were... Omar Aysha • 04 September, 2012 Accelerators Coworking Spaces
RecycloBekia Transforms Egypt’s E-Waste into a Commodity Can recycling e-waste really be profitable? Twenty Tanta University students say yes, as they work to build an electronic waste... Glen Dalakian II • 04 September, 2012 Environment
Investing in Educating Consumers about E-Commerce: Muhammed Mekki of Namshi [Wamda TV] Muhammed Mekki, co-founder of Namshi, discusses how Namshi is reinventing e-commerce in MENA by educating consumers about the potential of... Wamda • 04 September, 2012 E-commerce Rocket Internet
Are You Ready for the Digital Revolution? [Infographic] Did you know that 37% of customers are influenced by word-of-mouth, and 10-25% use social media to help them make purchasing decisions? Or... Wamda • 03 September, 2012 Digital Marketing
Iraq to Be Reborn as Art & Science Hub Through Baghdad Hackerspace A young leader is bringing his passion for collaboration to create a hackerspace in Baghdad this October. Bilal Ghalib, an expat who... Glen Dalakian II • 03 September, 2012 Trends
Sawari, Union Capital Announce $1.2m Investment in Egyptian Financial Services Company Sawari Ventures and Union Capital have announced $1.2 million in investment in Financial Services Company (FSC), an Egyptian company that... Nina Curley • 03 September, 2012 Investment Loyalty Programs
Reinventing Job Recruitment: Ramy Assaf of Laimoon [Wamda TV] Ramy Assaf, Digital Market Developer at Laimoon, discusses the projected evolution of Laimoon from a niche job-matching site for sales and... Wamda • 03 September, 2012 Job Recruitment
How to Generate and Assess Good Entrepreneurial Ideas You may think that entrepreneurs have the ability to produce better and more efficient streams of ideas than ordinary people. While it’s b... Ayman Abou Hend • 02 September, 2012 Innovation Ideas