Mobile Apps Win the Day at the Second Startup Weekend Nablus Mobile seemed to be the theme of last month's Startup Weekend Nablus, evidenced by the top five startup teams selected by the panel of... Glen Dalakian II • 04 February, 2013 Conferences Mobile Mobile Apps
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 Digital Marketing Mobile Music
Video-on-Demand Portal Istikana Announces Deal with Umniah in Jordan Istikana, one of the region’s major video-on-demand portals, has just announced a partnership with Jordanian telecom company Umniah. Inked t... Nina Curley • 04 February, 2013 Digital Marketing Mobile Video On Demand
Is Streaming Music a Viable Model in the Arab World? A Look at the Future of the Music Industry [Wamda Debates] This post is the first in a new content series called Wamda Debates. Every other week, the Wamda team debates a topic, industry, or... Glen Dalakian II • 27 January, 2013 Mobile Mobile Apps Music
Twitter Finally Expands Ad Products To The Arab World. Is It Preparing for an IPO? Startups in the Middle East now have a new ad channel on the world’s favorite micro-blogging platform. In an event in Dubai yesterday, T... Nina Curley • 28 January, 2013 Digital Advertising Digital Marketing Expansion
Mobile App Nabd Offers Personalized News in Arabic With the abundance of news websites and a constant stream of article and video shares coming various social networks, online users can... Maya Rahal • 03 February, 2013 Arabic Content Digital Advertising Digital Media
Yala Music Announces Ad-Based Downloads: Pushing Back Against Anghami Mobile application Anghami has received a lot of buzz since it launched its music streaming service this November, leaping to the top... Glen Dalakian II • 26 January, 2013 Advertising Mobile Mobile Apps
6 Tools For Improving Your Team's Communication In the Arab world, having a team across several countries is not uncommon, especially in a tech startup. Whether due to a lack of talent in... Ahmed Gabr • 21 February, 2013 Mobile Mobile Apps Social Media
Introduction to Video Game Design The Design Institute Amman is hosting a course titled “The Age of Videogames: from Pong to Gamification.” By defining game design pri... Wamda • 21 January, 2013 Gaming Mobile Gaming
Why Jordanian Startup TakTek Closed and What it Means for the Gaming Sector “I’ve let everyone go,” Gaith Kawar confessed to me over coffee at Starbucks in Abdoun last month, giving a look of resignation through his ... Nina Curley • 21 January, 2013 Advice Failure Gaming
Maysalward Localizes New Mobile Game ShaqDown for the Arab World A new battle is being fought in the Middle East, thanks to Jordanian gaming company Maysalward. Basketball legend Shaquille... Glen Dalakian II • 17 January, 2013 Mobile Mobile Gaming Gaming
Useful Applications for Bloggers and Online Activists in the Arab World Today, our internet is built upon constructive sharing; users are no longer acting as passive receivers, but rather are actively... Ahmed Gabr • 03 February, 2013 Advice Arabic Content Mobile
Weekly Wrap-Up: January 13-17 This week on Wamda, we covered startups involved in reviving their neighborhoods, and startups using gaming to rev up the regional... Wamda • 17 January, 2013 Accelerators Advice E-commerce
Jordan Jordan's Quirkat releases first game from the Arab World for PlayStation Mobile Alongside PlayStation’s recent launch of PlayStation Mobile (PSM), Jordanian gaming startup Quirkat recently released a new game,... Glen Dalakian II • 17 December, 2012 Quirkat
Dubai's Game Minion Acquired by Corona Labs in Silicon Valley Yesterday, Dubai-based mobile app development platform Game Minion was acquired by Corona Labs in Palo Alto, California. Combining to... Glen Dalakian II • 14 December, 2012 Acquisitions Developers Gaming
Facebook's 25 Most Popular Games: Lessons for Arab Developers Facebook just announced the 25 most popular social games in 2012. Music trivia game SongPop by US developer FreshPlanet tops the chart,... Glen Dalakian II • 06 December, 2012 Facebook Gaming Mobile Gaming
Building a Game Review Site for the Arab World: A Look at DvLZGaME and Gamabox Despite a huge increase in game production in the Middle East and North Africa over the last year, the region is still lacking a major,... Glen Dalakian II • 26 November, 2012 Arabic Content Gaming Mobile Gaming
Beirut Creative Cluster Works to Increase Collaboration Among Local Companies One year ago, the Beirut Creative Cluster (BCC) was just an idea developed by Berytech. Today, the cluster is set to become a hub for... Maya Rahal • 29 November, 2012 Animation Conferences Design
Can Startappz Disrupt the Mobile Space in the Arab World? The idea of being more committed to learning than to a given product seems appropriate for the wave of young entrepreneurs entering the... Nina Curley • 19 November, 2012 Arabic Content Investment Mobile
Recap: The 4 Companies That Received Series A Investment from MEVP Beirut-based venture capital firm MEVP (Middle East Venture Partners) is on fire. After announcing 5 investments in March, they have ... Nina Curley • 24 October, 2012 Fashion Food & Beverage Investment
Pivoting into Mobile: Alexis Bonte of Social Gaming Company eRepublik [Wamda TV] At the Webrazzi Summit 2012 event earlier this month, Alexis Bonte, co-founder of eRepublik, discusses the company’s pivot from social b... Wamda • 23 October, 2012 Arabic Content Conferences Gaming
The State of the Internet in 2012 [Presentation] Henry Blodget and Alex Cocotas from Business Insider’s BI Intelligence team have assembled a detailed overview of the U.S. and global digita... Wamda • 10 October, 2012 Advertising Digital Advertising Digital Marketing
Developing Mobile And Web Games: Abdullah Hamed of GameTako [Wamda TV] [Arabic] Abdullah Hamed, founder and CEO of GameTako, discusses the big move into mobile games, and advises games developers not to start... Maya Rahal • 14 October, 2012 Arabnet Gaming Mobile Gaming
The World of E-Commerce, Beyond Physical Goods, Part 1 [Wamda TV] At our June event, CoE E-Commerce, Abed Agha, Founder and CEO of Vinelab, moderated a panel on The World of E-Commerce, Beyond Physical ... Wamda • 25 September, 2012 Entertainment Gaming Mobile Gaming