Announcing the First Batch of Speakers at CoE E-Commerce

Here's a tease of what's to come at CoE E-Commerce. Our first batch of speakers include the following industry experts. Stay tuned for the...

Wamda • 07 May, 2012

E-commerce CoE E-Commerce COE

You Think Like An Entrepreneur If... [Pic of the Week]

While entrepreneurship is the science of forming and growing a business, the mindset associated with it has come to signify much more, a...

Wamda • 07 May, 2012

CoE Cards Pic of the Week

Demystifying E-Commerce: How to Create Discounts by Customer Segment

This series by Mohannad Ghashim of ShopGo.me is part of our Demystifying E-Commerce series. It will explore various technical issues...

Mohanad Ghashim • 07 May, 2012

E-commerce Demystifying E-Commerce

A Group Storytelling Site Inspired by the Egyptian Revolution: Group Stre.am [Wamda TV]

Yasmin Alayat, co-founder of Group Stre.am, describes how she and her team built the group storytelling platform to allow groups to tell...

Omar Aysha • 07 May, 2012

Media Social Media

A Citizen Journalism Publishing Platform for the Arab World: CitJo [Wamda TV]

At Google's Ebda2 Competition, Sarah Wali and Mahamad El Tanahy of citizen journalism platform CitJo explain how they built the platform in...

Omar Aysha • 06 May, 2012

Entertainment Media

Woopra's New Interface Assists Quick Decision-Making

Web analytics platform Woopra, which launched a sleek iPhone and iPad interface this fall, has updated their web app dashboard as well,...

Nina Curley • 06 May, 2012

Analytics

Building Customized Superheros for Kids: Egyptian Platform CartoonHero [Wamda TV]

At Google's Ebda2 competition in Cairo, Mohamed Tarek of CartoonHero explains how his software works to create customized 3D models of...

Omar Aysha • 06 May, 2012

Animation Competitions Google

Egyptian Accelerator Flat6Labs Shows Growth at Second Demo Day

The great and the good of Egypt’s entrepreneurial ecosystem gathered for the showcase of Flat6Labs’ latest clutch of ready-to-grow acc...

Omar Aysha • 03 May, 2012

Accelerators Angel Investment Ecosystem

MAKE Ignition

The MAKE business HUB space in Dubai is launching MAKE ignition, on monday may 7th, from 7pm to 9pm, a dynamic and engaging platform for...

Wamda • 03 May, 2012

Ecosystem

9th (Media + Telecom) Convergence Summit

The Arab Advisors Group is organizing the 9th Convergence Summit (Previously The Annual Media And Telecommunications Convergence...

Wamda • 03 May, 2012

Conferences

At Dubai Forum, Arab Female Entrepreneurs Are Urged to Break from Traditional Choices

There are a number of cultural challenges facing women in the Middle East who want to become entrepreneurs, but those belonging to the...

Knowledge @Wharton • 03 May, 2012

Conferences

From Aleppo to Dubai: Syrian Entrepreneur Salim Akil [Wamda TV]

At the MIT Enterprise Forum Workshop last month, Salim Akil of searchinmena.com discusses the challenges of moving out of Syria due to the...

Nina Curley • 02 May, 2012

MITEF Arab Business Plan Competition MIT Investment

Why Toolkits Are Essential for Innovation and Education

So how do you fit a cube-shaped canister into a cylindrical hole using only Moon rock plastic bags, cardboard, suit hoses, and...

Oubai Elkerdi • 02 May, 2012

Education Innovation

Should We Celebrate Failure? [Wamda TV]

Cross-posted from Babson Media YouTube channel, posted on April 12, 2012. In a video interview, Dan Isenberg discusses the difference ...

Daniel Isenberg • 02 May, 2012

Failure

Building a Social Network for Football Fans in the Arab World: Footballize

Ten days ago, as Christian Ronaldo scored the winning goal for Real Madrid in  a match that served archrival Barcelona its first loss...

Nina Curley • 01 May, 2012

Sprowd: Crowdfunding for Startups Around the Globe

The idea is simple: if you have a great idea for a business, why should you wait for a VC to take a leap of faith to invest in you? Why not...

Fernande van Tets • 01 May, 2012

Crowdfunding Investment