A Look at IP for Startups [Wamda TV]

"Intellectual Property refers to creations of the mind: inventions, literary and artistic works, and symbols, names, images, and designs...

Wamda • 03 February, 2012

Legal CoE Animate

Small Business Social Media Cheat Sheet

Did you realize that the next largest social network after Facebook (which now has around 845 million users) is YouTube? Or that Google+ is...

Wamda • 02 February, 2012

5 Reasons Why Middle East Startups Should Care About Facebook's IPO

We've all heard the news- Facebook finally filed its much-anticipated prospectus for an initial public offering yesterday, seeking around...

Nina Curley • 02 February, 2012

How Women Entrepreneurs Are Driving Business in the Middle East

Reema Bint Bandar Al Saud is an Arabian princess with an entrepreneurial streak. As president and CEO of ALFA International and AL HAMA...

Knowledge @Wharton • 02 February, 2012

Women Wharton

Four Bahraini Startups Graduate from Local Accelerator

Tenmou, Bahrain's first Y Combinator-style accelerator, has announced the graduation of its first round of startups, focusing on IT...

Nina Curley • 01 February, 2012

Flip Media Acquired by Publicis Groupe

Publicis Groupe has announced its acquisition of Flip Media this morning. The regional digital media agency will join Leo Burnett...

Nina Curley • 01 February, 2012

Digital Marketing

Mobile vs. Internet vs. TV: Who Wins in the Arab World? Part 4: The Arab Uprisings

"New ideas will not come from staying in our comfort zone," says Badih Fattouh of Dubai-based broadcasting giant MBC. "Having said that,...

Wamda • 31 January, 2012

Animation CoE Animate

Saudi E-Commerce Startup Finds Success Selling Apple Products

Almost exactly a year ago, three young Saudi entrepreneurs started e-commerce website iPhady to sell only iPhones, iPads and their a...

Maya Rahal • 31 January, 2012

E-commerce

Maroc Numeric Fund Invests 3.5 Million Dirhams in Energy Optimizing Startup Meolink

Maroc Numeric Fund (MNF) has added a fourth tech startup to its portfolio this month, announcing investment of 3.5 Moroccan million dirhams...

Nina Curley • 31 January, 2012

How a Self-Taught Young Iraqi Developer Hit #1 in Saudi Arabia

When young Iraqi developer Ammar al Issa first started building iPhone applications for kids in his free time, he didn't expect...

Maya Rahal • 30 January, 2012

Mobile Apps

Surviving the Egyptian Revolution: Small Businesses One Year After #Jan25

Days after the one-year anniversary of the Egyptian revolution, it’s now the Egyptian economy, not popular tolerance for dictatorship, that ...

Nina Curley • 30 January, 2012

How a Tunisian Software Company Built a Global Brand

In my search for Tunisian success stories in entrepreneurship, I was told I must speak with Mr. Samy Achour, the President and Founder of...

Alia Mahmoud • 29 January, 2012

Why Entrepreneurship in the Arab World Depends on Education

Entrepreneurship is not a luxury today, speakers seemed to say at the 6th Annual Global Competitiveness Forum last week. As global policy...

Nafez Dakkak • 29 January, 2012

Education

Can an Egyptian Virtual Call Center Outprice India?

As local small businesses in Egypt suffer, due to reduced consumer spending during the country’s economic crisis, one entrepreneur is p...

Nina Curley • 27 January, 2012

Mobile vs. Internet vs. TV: Who Wins in the Arab World? Part Three: The Power of Mobile [Wamda TV]

Abed Agha, the founder of digital media company Vinelab, discusses how smartphones are opening up cost effective options for creating...

Wamda • 27 January, 2012

Animation CoE Animate Mobile

Creative Commons' Joichi Ito: Arab Unrest Altered Social Media's Image

This piece kicks off our partnership with Arabic Knowledge@Wharton, in which Wamda will offer weekly content tailored to entrepreneurs...

Knowledge @Wharton • 26 January, 2012