Lebanon Data key to the growth of the MENA gaming industry [Wamda TV] For the gaming industry of the Middle East to grow, developers need to expand to other markets. Equally, the region needs to present a... Lucy Knight • 08 April, 2015 MEGA 2015 gaming industry
Regional Synthesis and community: how MENA Game participants plan to boost the gaming industry The MENA region is one of the fastest growing gaming markets in the world - for game developers - and is expected to reach $3.2 billion in... Stephanie Nour Prince • 30 March, 2015 gaming industry Play 3arabi MENA
Regional Building the Arab region’s biggest B2B market place is not without its challenges Two years ago Syrian entrepreneur Salim Akil was poised to make his SearchinMena.com, a Yellow Pageseque search engine, the region’s l... Pamela Kesrouani • 17 February, 2015
Jordan Jordan's gaming industry steadily grows Over the last few years Jordan’s IT and entrepreneurship fields have witnessed sizeable boom. The most significant of them... Tala El Issa • 14 January, 2015 beelabs tamatem maysalward
Saudi Arabia Games in Saudi Arabia: What’s popular and what’s profitable This article has been crossposted from Firnas.org. Smartphones are widely spread in Saudi Arabia, to the point that the mobile... Safar Ayad • 11 December, 2014 games Saudi Arabia
Jordan How to scale Jordan's gaming ecosystem? Community and strategy, say experts at Think ZINC From left to right: Moderator and Zain CEO Ahmad Hanandeh, Alison Kelly, Greg Mitchell, Gavin Goulden, and Rachad Saddi. Taking advantage... Hayden Pirkle • 26 November, 2014 zinc incubator ZINC Zain Jordan
Egypt Saving the world, one game at a time Last month, at a two-day workshop organized by the United Nations Development Program, lucky Cairo youngsters got a look at how to... Hanan Solayman • 22 October, 2014 undp Social Entrepreneurship Gaming
U.A.E Language game app to take the pain out of learning The growth of online learning products has created a huge range of ways to learn a foreign language, from the comprehensive-but-pricey... Alexander Hawkes • 20 October, 2014 erly stage studios Education
Regional Californian launches gaming startup focused on Arab and Islamic history Gaming is a far cry from finance and the military, but not only is American Thomas Tellner now creating games from his base in California,... Lucy Knight • 01 October, 2014 Arab history Asia usa
Jordan Touch screen is out and voice commands are in for new Jordanian mobile game Victory might be cause for some people to take a break and rest on their laurels for a while, but not the team at Jordan’s Bee... Tala El Issa • 30 September, 2014 Jordan
Jordan Jordan's Beladcom sold a virtual stable for $2,200. What does this mean for Arab gaming? How much would you pay for a virtual stable on a distant planet in a virtual universe? Whatever the number in your head, it’s likely less t... Hayden Pirkle • 23 September, 2014 planet toulan beladcom Gaming
U.A.E TechForum Dubai: how will wearables impact our daily lives? Organizers of the 16th TechForum, held on September 16 at Dubai Silicon Oasis in partnership with the Emirati telecom Etisalat,... Pamela Kesrouani • 24 September, 2014 Dubai Silicon Oasis Techforum Wearable devices
Game Zanga competition draws 300+ contestants to 4th annual developing competition Last weekend in Amman, game development studio GameTako, in collaboration with publisher Game Nomads, hosted its fourth... khaled sleiman • 21 August, 2014 game zanga
Use your Monopoly and Risk skills to learn entrepreneurship “Where do I start? I have a business idea but have no clue what to do next.” If you’ve ever said this sentence, then you’re the audience fo... Hanan Solayman • 26 August, 2014 Startup County Egypt
6 ways to gamify your customer acquisition model If you have never heard the word ‘gamification’, the reason is not because it is not a proven concept, but because companies might not tak... Hanan Solayman • 27 August, 2014 Gamification Customer Acquisition
Lebanon twofour54 invests in Arabic online game developer Falafel Games Falafel Games, the designer and producer of Arabic Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG), just received... Maya Rahal • 18 August, 2014 falafel games TwoFour54 Investment
Arab Mobile App Challenge 2014 The Arab Mobile App Challenge (AMAC) opens its doors to the Pan Arab region teams to compete with mobile solutions in the focus areas of en... Wamda • 18 August, 2014 competition Mobile
How Game Cooks' side project became its newest attraction It's all about the screen tap. (Images courtesy of Game Cooks) In a departure from their usual games, which... Lucy Knight • 13 August, 2014 game cooks lebanon
Gaming Alliance Middle East Show Dubai, deadline August 20th The Gaming Alliance Middle East Show was started in 2008 by Microsoft Xbox Gulf, PlayStation Middle East & Africa, Pluto Games and Red... Wamda • 13 August, 2014 uae events Dubai
Jordan Tamatem Games' secret to 2 million downloads in 2 months Amman-based games publisher Tamatem announced last week that they had hit 4 million downloads. When Wamda spoke to them this week that... Lucy Knight • 12 August, 2014 tamatem Jordan Gaming
Here's how group messaging app Palringo raised $230,000 for Syria and Gaza this Ramadan Palringo, a London-headquartered group messaging and gaming app for iOS and Android launched in 2006, used its 27 million-strong user... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 12 August, 2014 group messaging charity palringo
Twofour54 and Lamsa: a partnership to support Arabic content for children Lamsa, the interactive children’s “edu-tainment” Arabic platform, has signed a long-term strategic partnership with twofour54, the comme... Maya Rahal • 27 July, 2014 early education Lamsa TwoFour54
Ramadan a new opportunity for gaming startups, if they play their cards right (Image via ajib.fr) Update 2/9/14: Game Cooks' Haram Al Maarifa, originally slated for release during Ramadan, is now available for... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 13 July, 2014 Ramadan Gaming
Lebanese game developer fights uphill battle despite international recognition Over the past few months, I’ve heard numerous stories from game developers in the Arab world and across Europe looking to target regional c... Glen Dalakian II • 10 July, 2014 indie Competitions Mobile