twofour54 Abu Dhabi and Ubisoft Debut Arabic Video Game Studio Investment vehicle twofour54 has announced the opening of the first major video game studio in Abu Dhabi, in partnership with French video... Nina Curley • 26 October, 2011 Gaming Mobile Gaming
Meet the Winning Teams from Arabnet Cairo Meet the winners from this year's Arabnet in Cairo. Notably the top three Startup Demo teams as well as the third place and crowd prizes in... Omar Aysha • 26 October, 2011 Arabnet Conferences Women
9 Common Mistakes Tech Startups Make According to Investors at Arabnet Some of the region’s top investors, during their panel discussion at Arabnet Cairo, shared their experiences of the most common mistakes t... Omar Aysha • 25 October, 2011 Arabnet Conferences
Get Ready Egypt, Women Winners Took Arabnet Cairo Cairo played host to its first ArabNet conference for internet and mobile entrepreneurs on the 19th & 20th October. “We’re glad to... Omar Aysha • 25 October, 2011 Arabnet
7 Agendas for Change in the Arab World: WEF Day 2 Summary On the second day of the World Economic Forum Special Meeting on Economic Growth and Job Creation in the Arab World at the Dead Sea,... Nina Curley • 25 October, 2011
10 Steps from Young Global Leaders Forum and Strategy& for Accelerating Entrepreneurship in MENA The Young Global Leaders Forum and Strategy& & Company released a report on Accelerating Entrepreneurship in the Middle East... Nina Curley • 24 October, 2011
The World Economic Forum Blog: Day 1 How can Arab economies better leverage regional and global trade to restart growth and drive economic and social development? A final... Nina Curley • 22 October, 2011
Watch the World Economic Forum Livestream Follow the World Economic Forum Livestream here. The schedule is below. See the full WEF Special Meeting schedule here. Schedule for... Wamda • 22 October, 2011
From the Sephora of Chile to the Staples of Egypt, Who Wowed Endeavor Panelists the Most? [Wamda TV] As panelists duked it out over which entrepreneurs deserved to become Endeavor mentees at the International Selection Panel this past week,... Nina Curley • 20 October, 2011
Meet the Emerging Market Entrepreneurs Who Will Leapfrog Silicon Valley This week Endeavor Global hosted its 40th International Selection Panel in Amman, Jordan. Entrepreneurs from Mexico, Chile, Brazil, South... Nina Curley • 20 October, 2011
Get Ready for the World Economic Forum Special Meeting The World Economic Forum's Special Meeting on Economic Growth and Job Creation in the Arab World begins this weekend,with the goal of... Wamda • 19 October, 2011
How Corporate Corruption Hurt Egypt's Entrepreneurs The moment Egypt toppled Mubarak was thrilling. Yet what has come after has been less so. Against a background of violence betwee Christian... Elmira Bayrasli • 19 October, 2011
World Economic Forum Special Meeting Dead Sea, Jordan 21-23 October 2011 Recent shifts in the Arab world coupled with an economic contraction at the global level have created... Wamda • 18 October, 2011
How Can Conferences Help the Arab World? This past weekend I attended the Arab Development Initiative’s (ADI) Envision Arabia Summit in Montreal, Canada. The Envision Arabia Summit ... Nafez Dakkak • 17 October, 2011
Can the Group Buying Boom in the Arab World Lead to Bust? Ever since the world witnessed Groupon’s meteoric rise, from its launch in November 2008, with close to $6 million in seed funding under i... Nina Curley • 17 October, 2011
Group Buying Site GoNabit Becomes LivingSocial After announcing its acquisition by e-commerce giant LivingSocial earlier this year, daily deals site GoNabit will officially re-launch as... Nina Curley • 17 October, 2011