Looking For A Repairman? Mjarrab Launches to Crowdsource Home Repairs in Jordan Mjarrab is launching a new twist on a traditional service: household repairs. The concept makes sense; sourcing your own repairmen in ... Nina Curley • 02 September, 2012 Crowdsourcing Job Recruitment Ratings Sites
Founder of JadoPado Comments on Closure of Rocket Internet's Mizado [Wamda TV] Omar Kassim, Founder of Dubai-based online electronics store JadoPado, comments on why Mizado, a rival in the electronics e-commerce space... Nina Curley • 02 September, 2012 E-commerce Exits and Sales Technology
GIST Tech-I Deadline Approaching for 2012 Competition The GIST Tech-I Competition is open to innovators and entrepreneurs who want to take their venture to new markets. This is a chance to w... Wamda • 31 August, 2012 Startup Communities
Weekly Wrap-Up: August 26-30 At Wamda, we've decided to bundle up some of our top content for you every week. So every Thursday, look out for our Weekly Wrap-Up if you... Wamda • 30 August, 2012 Weekly Wrap-Up Tips Competitions
Provide Structure and Freedom for Innovation [Pic of the Week] This week, activists participated in a blackout to protest ICT censorship in Jordan, a move aimed to prevent two amendments from... Glen Dalakian II • 30 August, 2012 Government Pic of the Week
A Growing E-Commerce Opportunity in MENA In a recent study, eMarketer estimates that while the Middle East and Africa is still the least developed region in e-commerce, sales in... Glen Dalakian II • 30 August, 2012 E-commerce
Palestine Palestinian Entrepreneur Leaves Medical Practice to Bring Health Advice to the Masses Update September 26, 2012: WebTeb announced the launch of its Symptom Checker, TebChecker. This tool includes extensive information... Nina Curley • 30 August, 2012 Medical
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