Wamda Announces Commitment to Follow On Funding for Oasis500 Startups Today, Wamda is announcing a strategic partnership with Oasis500, Jordan’s entrepreneurship accelerator. Through the Wamda Fund (yes there i... Wamda • 02 November, 2011
Sindibad's Investment Report in Internet & Technology Startups in the Arab World Sindibad has released a report on internet and tech startups in the Arab World that includes a summary of the factors contributing to the... Wamda • 02 November, 2011
Regional Arabic SEO Part One: Content Optimization Building on my first post on Wamda, “SEO 101 for startups,” which gives a quick summary of search engine optimization, this... Wissam Dandan • 02 November, 2011 Analytics SEO
What Oasis500 Looks for in a Startup [Wamda TV] Usama Fayyad of successful Jordanian accelerator and early stage investment vehicle Oasis500 chats with Wamda at the World Economic Forum... Nina Curley • 01 November, 2011 Accelerators Investment Mentorship
Mentorship Helps Design Agency Get Out of its Comfort Zone Boudy and Walid Nasrala are two brothers who own one of Beirut’s most successful and well known creative agencies, WonderEight. A n... Wamda • 01 November, 2011
Startup Weekend Dubai Draws Women, Empowers Emirati Youth Last weekend, on October 20th, the first sparks of an entrepreneurial revolution were ignited in Dubai. More than 350 participants from... Nafez Dakkak • 01 November, 2011 Startup Weekend
Jordanian Startup Madfoo3atCom Takes the Headache Out of Bill Payments [Wamda TV] Madfoo3atCom (meaning "your payments") is a Jordanian bill presentation site that allows customers to pay their bills through banks, online... Nina Curley • 01 November, 2011
How the Amazon of the Arab World Gains Consumer Trust [Wamda TV] Ala'a AlSallal of Jamalon, the Amazon of the Arab World, discusses at the World Economic Forum how he found a gap in the market for online... Nina Curley • 31 October, 2011
How Arabia Weddings will Transform Wedding Planning in the Middle East Arabia Weddings has launched a new wedding planning website catering to brides in Jordan, and eventually the Arab World. The site, launched... Nina Curley • 31 October, 2011 Wedding Industry
Why the MENA Region Needs Better Research Sindibad released its first business report on internet and technology startups in the Arab World this past week, aiming to provide the... Nina Curley • 28 October, 2011
Jordanian Animation Studio to TV Stations: Give Startups a Chance [Wamda TV] Fadi Barghouti of Curlstone Studios, a Jordanian company incubated by Oasis500, chatted with Wamda at the World Economic Forum about their... Nina Curley • 28 October, 2011 Endeavor
Can a Syrian Internship Initiative Solve Youth Unemployment? The issue dominating every conversation on the table in the Middle East today is omnipresent enough to have a band named after it: Job... Nina Curley • 27 October, 2011
7 Must-Dos Before You Build Your Website As a new business owner, an entrepreneur or even the owner of an established business looking to launch or change its website, it... Gaby Abi Aad • 27 October, 2011 Digital Marketing
Time to Act and Master Plans are "BS": Haddad Says at WEF [Wamda TV] At the World Economic Forum Special Meeting on Economic Growth and Job Creation in the Arab World at the Dead Sea in Jordan this past... Nina Curley • 26 October, 2011
Inside the World of Arabic Animation [Wamda TV] At CoE Animate 11, some of the Arab World's top animators and digital media pioneers gathered to showcase their work, describe what... Wamda • 26 October, 2011 Animation CoE Animate
G20 YES & McKinsey Report: Realizing the Socioeconomic Potential of Entrepreneurs The G20 Youth Entrepreneur Summit (YES) and McKinsey have released a report on realizing the socioeconomic potential of entrepreneurs in... Wamda • 26 October, 2011