Entrepreneur of the Week: Ravi Bhusari and Brian Sigafoos of Duplays [Wamda TV] This week's entrepreneur of the week is Ravi Bhusari, who founded Duplays, along with co-founder Derv Rao. Here he chats, along with Brian... Nina Curley • 03 July, 2012 Entrepreneur of the Week Sports
A Look at Oasis500's 5th Angel Event: Are Accelerators in the Middle East Doing Their Job? Jordanian tech accelerator Oasis500 hosted its 5th Angel Investment event in Amman last night, bringing together 100 members of the... Nina Curley • 02 July, 2012 Accelerators Oasis500
5 Simple Ways Startups Can Defend Against Hackers The hacking of the Lebanese government websites two weeks ago, for the second time in two months, as well as the discovery of the Flame... Fernande van Tets • 02 July, 2012
The Critical Elements for Creating a Healthy Entrepreneurship Ecosystem: Steven Koltai of GEP [Wamda TV] At the recent Global Entrepreneurship Program in Turkey, Steven Koltai, Senior Advisor in Entrepreneurship to the U.S. Department of State,... Gulay Ozkan • 01 July, 2012 Ecosystem
Egyptian Mobile App Dokani Links Shoppers to Offline Deals For the mobile app-savvy shopper in Egypt, Dokani offers the chance to a check information online about new products and sales... Maya Rahal • 01 July, 2012 Mobile Apps
GameTako Launches Its Second Region-Wide Arabic Game Jam GameTako announced, few days later, that it will be holding its second region-wide “Game Zanga” game development weekend and competition on ... Wamda • 30 June, 2012 Gaming
Winners of the MIT Enterprise Arab Business Plan Competition '12 Announced The winners of the MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Business Plan Competition '11-'12 have been chosen. After winnowing the top 50 teams down to... Nina Curley • 28 June, 2012 MITEF Arab Business Plan Competition
How a Dubai Entrepreneur Built and Funded the Year's Hottest Hardware Innovation Garage Style "It's hard to be a tech entrepreneur in the Middle East," says Ahmad Zahran of Infinitec. Yet by shutting down his previous... Nina Curley • 28 June, 2012
Is It Easier for Copycats to Get Funding in Emerging Markets? Jon Grall at GEP Turkey [Wamda TV] Jon Grall, former Senior Manager of Product Marketing at supercool Twitter-for-companies platform Yammer, and Product Lead at Dropbox... Gulay Ozkan • 28 June, 2012 Innovation Investment Mentorship
An Old Soldier's Advice on Leadership and How to Conquer Your Challenges British Army Rt. Major General Tim Toyne Sewell not so secretly known as Big Tim to his subordinates at the Royal Military Academy... Knowledge @Wharton • 28 June, 2012 Wharton
Does Peace in the Middle East Need Bombs? A Look at Game Cooks' New iPhone Game Brothers Lebnan and Arz Nader, half of the team behind this year's biggest gaming success Birdy Nam Nam, are releasing a new iPhone game... Nina Curley • 27 June, 2012 Gaming Mobile Gaming
Moroccan Web Entrepreneurs Gather, Pitch Ideas at g|maroc Following a promising first edition of the g|Maghreb event organized in 2011 in the Moroccan capital, Rabat, Google returned to Morocco... Karim Jazouani • 27 June, 2012 Conferences Google
Geekfest Beirut 5.0: Where Geeks, Fashion And Music Will Gather This year Beirut hosts the 5th edition of Geekfest, subtitled “Fashion & Music”, which will take place at The Alleyway Group, Gemmayze o... Wamda • 27 June, 2012 Entertainment Fashion
7 Ways to Create a Healthy Indoor Environment at Your Business Perhaps the first thing that comes to mind when someone says “air pollution” is the image of car exhaust filling the streets, industrial chi... Shaima Alhaj • 26 June, 2012 Environment
Entrepreneur of the Week: Ala'a AlSallal of Amman-Based Online Book Seller Jamalon This week's entrepreneur of the week is Ala'a AlSallal, who has a unique story. When he started Jamalon, an online bookstore selling ... Nina Curley • 26 June, 2012 E-commerce Entrepreneur of the Week
Women and Gaming in the Middle East In April 2012, 1600 women gathered in Saudi Arabia for the second annual all-female Gaming Convention. “There was huge demand and many said ... Fernande van Tets • 26 June, 2012 Gaming Women