Regional Google's YouTube launches music streaming service in Mena region Source: The National Google-owned YouTube launched its music streaming services in the Middle East and North Africa market on... News • 11 September, 2019
Regional Does Spotify’s entry into the market really matter? In 2017, global revenues from streaming surpassed both physical and digital music sales, putting rest to the debate on whether or not... Fares Ghandour • 18 November, 2018
U.A.E STEP Conference 2017 The largest interactive gathering in MENA will be bringing thousands of entrepreneurs, investors and tech and media enthusiasts... Wamda • 02 March, 2017
U.A.E Dubai is growing the sounds of local talent At 13 years old, Zain Khan, founder and CEO of The Sound Gaarden, started playing bass guitar for a few high school bands in... Archana Menon • 12 February, 2017
Lebanon Beirut Jam Sessions: magic, music, and Minister of Culture Anthony Semaan is an unspoken hero for Lebanon’s music scene. His startup, Beirut Jam Sessions, has done more for local musicians... Dana Ballout • 02 November, 2016
U.A.E STEP 2016: entertainment for the masses Last year's edition. (Images via STEP Conference) Expectations are running high for this year’s STEP Conference - and so are the n... Maya Rahal • 06 March, 2016
Lebanon Maker Movement and fintech: what to expect at Arabnet Beirut Christidis speaking at Arabnet Beirut 2015. (Image via Arabnet) The maker movement has been heating up in Lebanon for the past few... Maysaa Ajjan • 25 February, 2016
Palestine How this Palestinian startup is helping users discover music Indiepush, a Ramallah-based online music platform that connects fans to their favorite indie artists is taking on MENA’s... Christina Ganim • 23 July, 2015
Bahrain How entrepreneurs are shedding light on Bahrain's underground music scene Aalaat performed at Malja Bahrain last month. (Image via Malja's Facebook page.) Tiny Bahrain has been making a lot of noise lately. The... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 14 April, 2015
Regional Digital music in the Arab world, 4 industry players give their insights There is no doubt that music is important to us, there is also no doubt that the same goes for the way in which we listen to it. But while... Pamela Kesrouani • 09 April, 2015
Virgin MENA’s Nisreen Shocair: Transforming a record store into an entertainment destination This article has been reposted from Knowledge@Wharton. Sir Richard Branson founded Virgin Megastores in 1971. Forty years later, after a... Knowledge @Wharton • 29 June, 2014
Qleek, the wooden hardware that reconciles vinyl and digital music, launches IndieGogo campaign As I write this, I’m listening to a playlist on Spotify, sitting across from my empty bookshelf, its sparse shelves occupied by a few CDs I... Aline Mayard • 26 May, 2014
Halal P2P lending site Liwwa partners with e-commerce site Feesheh Liwwa, the halal crowdinvestment site launched last November in Jordan, is adding a new facet to its business model: a partnership with... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 21 April, 2014
Online Arabic music school i3zif kicks off the year with 3 ambitious new goals Just over a year after launch, the team at i3zif, the online Arabic music school, has kicked off 2014 with three ambitious new goals, says... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 24 February, 2014
Anghami launches 'industry disruptive' $1 music streaming service A little over a year ago, Anghami’s Strategy and Business Development Lead George Audi mentioned to Wamda that the platform was set to b... Maya Rahal • 30 January, 2014
Disrupt!/Design!/ Competition in Egypt Hivos, in collaboration with Innoventures, is organizing a competition for Egyptian startups in the creative industry, entitled... Wamda • 05 November, 2013
Global If you had the chance to exit, would you sell your startup to a competitor? Entrepreneurs are passionate by nature. They work hard to make their ideas come to life, and harder to make them survive. In a tough... Reine Farhat • 26 September, 2013
How a Palestinian band crowdfunded their coming album In the Middle East, indie musicians often struggle to find consistent income in a small and fragmented market. It can be difficult... Aline Mayard • 03 June, 2013
Wamda asks: How will Google Play Music All Access affect streaming services in the Arab World? On May 16, 2013, during its I/O developer conference, Google made a major, albeit expected announcement: the launch of its... Aline Mayard • 19 May, 2013
Weekly Wrap-Up: March 24-28 Feeling inspired this week? Check out this week's top posts to learn how to pitch in under 12 minutes, choose which of Egypt's coworking... Wamda • 28 March, 2013
Why Digital Music Services Have Yet to Disrupt the Arab Market One of the most heated panels at ArabNet last week was the Mobile Music panel, which brought together 3 major music streaming services in... Fares Ghandour • 24 March, 2013
Can Cultural Entrepreneurship Soothe Political Strife? The Nile Project Unites East Africa with Music Typically we think of entrepreneurship as the creation of new businesses, but working to change public opinion could be called cultural... Hanan Solayman • 18 March, 2013
Can Anghami Fend Off Deezer's Entrance into the Arab Music Market? Can recently launched Lebanese startup Anghami survive the arrival of international competitor Deezer? After announcing in early... Aline Mayard • 12 February, 2013
Mideast Tunes, the Indie MySpace of the Middle East, Announces Partnership with Shazam In 2010, when MySpace-style music platforms were just launching in the Middle East, opinionated blogger Ahmad Al-Shagra took a stand,... Nina Curley • 30 January, 2013
