Investing in E-Commerce: Part 1 [Wamda TV] In the first segment of the second panel at our June event CoE E-Commerce, Show Me The Money, Part 2: Investing in E-Commerce, Chris... Nina Curley • 09 September, 2012 CoE E-Commerce E-commerce Investment
Investing in E-Commerce: Part 2 [Wamda TV] In the second segment of the second panel at our June event CoE E-Commerce, Show Me The Money, Part 2: Investing in E-Commerce, moderator... Wamda • 18 September, 2012 CoE E-Commerce E-commerce Investment
MarkaVIP Hits 2 Million Registered Users, Continues to Solve E-Commerce Issues in MENA Less than two years after its launch in 2010, MarkaVIP has announced today that it has now hit two million registered users. It’s a big mi... Nina Curley • 18 September, 2012 E-commerce
Namshi Raises $20m Round from JP Morgan, Blakeney Management Christmas is coming early this year to several of Rocket Internet's clones. The latest in a slew of investments by J.P. Morgan, Namshi, the... Nina Curley • 26 September, 2012 Rocket Internet Investment E-commerce
Weekly Wrap-Up: September 16-20 If you were to learn one thing from our posts this week, it's that making that one decision to roll up your sleeves goes a long way.... Wamda • 20 September, 2012 Booz & Company E-commerce Fashion
Goodbye Mizado, Hello Jumia: Inside Rocket Internet's Newest Gamble in Egypt Jumia, the new online mall, launched with little fanfare in Egypt just over two months ago, the progeny of the German behemoth... Omar Aysha • 13 September, 2012 Rocket Internet Egypt Ecosystem
Investing in Educating Consumers about E-Commerce: Muhammed Mekki of Namshi [Wamda TV] Muhammed Mekki, co-founder of Namshi, discusses how Namshi is reinventing e-commerce in MENA by educating consumers about the potential of... Wamda • 04 September, 2012 E-commerce Rocket Internet
Dubai E-Commerce Site JadoPado Seizes Growing Opportunity When we first started off, I kept asking "why hasn't anyone done an Amazon-style site in the region?" says Omar Kassim, founder of... Nina Curley • 29 August, 2012 E-commerce Technology
A Growing E-Commerce Opportunity in MENA In a recent study, eMarketer estimates that while the Middle East and Africa is still the least developed region in e-commerce, sales in... Glen Dalakian II • 30 August, 2012 E-commerce
Founder of JadoPado Comments on Closure of Rocket Internet's Mizado [Wamda TV] Omar Kassim, Founder of Dubai-based online electronics store JadoPado, comments on why Mizado, a rival in the electronics e-commerce space... Nina Curley • 02 September, 2012 E-commerce Exits and Sales Technology
UPDATED: Rocket Internet Exits Turkey, Mizado, Expands Amazon Clone in Egypt and Morocco [UPDATED: We have received confirmation that Rocket is launching Jumia, an Amazon clone, in Egypt, extending a site initially launched in... Nina Curley • 26 August, 2012 Rocket Internet Trends E-commerce
How Arab Startups Turned a Slow Ramadan into Quick Success Although Ramadan can be a slow month for consumption, some startups have found ways to make the most of it throughout the past month.... Fernande van Tets • 21 August, 2012 Digital Media E-commerce Ramadan
Is Online Payment a Solved Issue? Part 4 [Wamda TV] In the 4th section of our payment gateway panel at CoE E-Commerce, moderator Dan Stuart of LivingSocial explains why building customer... Nina Curley • 09 August, 2012 CoE E-Commerce Payment Gateways E-commerce
Is Online Payment a Solved Issue? Part 5 [Wamda TV] In the 5th and final section of our payment gateway panel at CoE E-Commerce, Marten Waldenstrom discusses the fees that cashU takes as Dan... Nina Curley • 12 August, 2012 CoE E-Commerce Payment Gateways Cloud Computing
Is Online Payment a Solved Issue? Part 3 [Wamda TV] In the third segment of the first panel of our CoE E-Commerce event this June, Dan Stuart, the managing director of the Mideast for L... Nina Curley • 05 August, 2012 CoE E-Commerce Payment Gateways E-commerce
Is Online Payment a Solved Issue? Part 2 [Wamda TV] Dan Stuart, the managing director of the Mideast for LivingSocial, moderates a panel examining the issue of payment gateways in e-commerce,... Wamda • 30 July, 2012 Payment Gateways CoE E-Commerce E-commerce
Is Online Payment a Solved Issue? Part 1 [Wamda TV] Dan Stuart, the managing director of the Mideast for LivingSocial, moderates a panel examining the issue of payment gateways in e-commerce,... Wamda • 29 July, 2012 CoE E-Commerce E-commerce Payment Gateways
CoE E-Commerce Unites MENA with Global Debut of Google Hangouts On Air During day 2 of CoE E-commerce, Wamda leaped over geographical borders, carrying interested crowds from Beirut, Cairo and Dubai, who could... Maya Rahal • 04 June, 2012 CoE E-Commerce COE
7 Tips and Confessions from Day 2 of CoE E-Commerce CoE E-Commerce, our CoE event focused on the E-Commerce sector, concluded yesterday after a second day jam-packed with "Wamdat" talks and... Nina Curley • 04 June, 2012 CoE E-Commerce E-commerce COE
Debates and Mentorship at Day One of CoE E-Commerce Who says a conference has to be an endurance test that makes you crave a coffee break? At Day 1 of CoE E-Commerce, as the Mentors Lunch and... Nina Curley • 03 June, 2012 CoE E-Commerce E-commerce COE
Tomorrow is about Innovation & Scale [Pic of the Week] Often when building a company, we're so heads down just trying to get day-to-day operations running properly that we forget to look up and... Wamda • 31 May, 2012 CoE Cards CoE E-Commerce Pic of the Week
Can't Attend CoE E-Commerce? Wamda is Hosting Google Hangout Meetups in Cairo, Beirut and Dubai If you can't attend CoE E-Commerce in Amman and are based in either Cairo, Beirut or UAE, read on. We will be hosting a meetup with lunch... Wamda • 25 May, 2012 CoE E-Commerce COE
How To Prepare for CoE E-Commerce Day 1: Mentorship And Unconference Sessions Get ready for Day 1 of CoE, where you will experience a unique, attendee-driven agenda.1. First we will have “Lunch with Mentors.”During the... Wamda • 23 May, 2012 CoE E-Commerce Conferences COE
Get Ready for CoE E-Commerce: Speakers and Program Announced Get ready for CoE E-Commerce. Here's the breakdown: the first day will have a fully attendee-driven agenda. You'll get the chance to... Wamda • 17 May, 2012 CoE E-Commerce COE