Drawing from Tunisia's Rich History, a Wind Energy Innovation Sets Sail At the TEDGlobal 2012 conference in Edinburgh, Scotland, Tunisian entrepreneur Hassine Labaied presented Saphon Energy, a wind energy... Knowledge @Wharton • 30 August, 2012 Technology Environment Wharton
Activists Plan Blackout to Protest ICT Censorship in Jordan In hopes of discouraging the government from passing amendments that enable censorship, digital activists in Jordan are staging a... Nina Curley • 29 August, 2012 Censorship
Semantic Tool From Lebanon Set to Transform Search Creating a report, article, or any other type of document is set to become a lot easier with CTRL, a new semantic tool being introduced as... Fernande van Tets • 29 August, 2012 Invention
Dubai E-Commerce Site JadoPado Seizes Growing Opportunity When we first started off, I kept asking "why hasn't anyone done an Amazon-style site in the region?" says Omar Kassim, founder of... Nina Curley • 29 August, 2012 E-commerce Technology
Entrepreneur of the Week: Pascale Moussawbah of Aachab Online [Wamda TV] This week's Entrepreneur of the Week is Pascale Moussawbah, who co-founded Aachab Online, an e-commerce site that sells natural products... Nina Curley • 29 August, 2012 Entrepreneur of the Week
Jordan's Internet Blackout Wamda joins the internet blackout in Jordan today by encouraging you to read about the recents events that threaten web and mobile ... Wamda • 28 August, 2012 Censorship
Abraaj Capital Art Prize Announces Winners for 2013 This week, the Abraaj Capital Art Prize announced the winning artists for its fifth addition, including winners from Lebanon, Egypt,... Glen Dalakian II • 28 August, 2012
Webrazzi Summit 2012 Webrazzi, the leading Turkish tech blog, will be hosting their annual Webrazzi Summit on October 4, 2012. As the most influential web s... Wamda • 28 August, 2012 Ecosystem
Meet New Beirut Workspace and Social Venture Hub AltCity Entrepreneurs looking for a good casual workspace in Beirut can now turn to AltCity, which is opening its doors this August to become the... Nina Curley • 28 August, 2012 Coworking Spaces Crowdfunding
9 Secrets for Replicating Silicon Valley's Success July’s Global Innovation Summit (GIS) in Silicon Valley brought together 400 people to share ideas and on what makes a good s... Kia Davis • 27 August, 2012 Ecosystem Innovation
RoundMenu Announces $730K Round of Funding to Expand into New Markets After launching just over a month ago, RoundMenu has closed its first round of investment, for US $730,000, led by HoneyBee Tech Ventures,... Nina Curley • 27 August, 2012 Food & Beverage Mobile Apps Technology
Seeqnce Launches 8 Web Startups at 2012 Accelerator Program Finale LivingSocial's recent exit made for good small talk, but hardly daunted budding web entrepreneurs in Lebanon this past Saturday night, as a... Nina Curley • 27 August, 2012 Accelerators Competitions Investment
UPDATED: Rocket Internet Exits Turkey, Mizado, Expands Amazon Clone in Egypt and Morocco [UPDATED: We have received confirmation that Rocket is launching Jumia, an Amazon clone, in Egypt, extending a site initially launched in... Nina Curley • 26 August, 2012 Rocket Internet Trends E-commerce
Looking Back to LivingSocial's Exit from MENA: What Went Right, What Went Wrong? In the aftermath of the news that LivingSocial is leaving the MENA region, many have reflected this weekend on what this means for... Nina Curley • 26 August, 2012 Daily Deals Exits and Sales
Fekrety, the AUC's Business Idea Competition, Approaches Final Round Fekrety, the national business idea competition organized by The American University in Cairo’s School of Business – Ent... Omar Aysha • 26 August, 2012 Accelerators Competitions
You Have to Take Risks [Pic of the Week] With the announcement of the exit of LivingSocial and talks about the entrance of LinkedIn into the MENA space, we see a great example of... Glen Dalakian II • 23 August, 2012 CoE Cards Pic of the Week
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