Wamda

Moroccan Startup LaCartePlz Debuts Online Food Ordering in Rabat

Among the things I love most about my job are the innovation and creativity, but also contact and interaction with people like real...

Food & Beverage

Jeeran Co-Founder Leaves to Venture into Product Reviews

Ever since co-founder Laith Zraikat left Jeeran earlier this year, the Jordanian tech scene has been curious what he’ll do next. He’s not...

Mobile Mobile Apps

Roundmenu's Online Restaurant Deals - More Flexible Than Daily Deals?

Ever since its founders left Zawya to launch internet incubator Honeybee Tech Ventures, they've been working on introducing new concepts to...

Schaduf Sows Sustainable Development with Rooftop Farming in Egypt

In Cairo, two brothers are taking inspiration from an ancient irrigation tool to bring food security and self-sufficiency to low-income...

Environment

How Brate Hopes to Revolutionize Product Rating in Lebanon

Local search engine Brate is aiming to revolutionize business search in the Middle East, say co-founders Shadi Tabbara and Sameeh Harfoush....

Diary of a Google Finalist: Do Arab Entrepreneur Tournaments Help Startups?

Sarah Wali left the U.S. media scene and returned to Egypt to pursue an idea for a citizen journalism platform for the Middle East. With...

Digital Media Google Media

Entrepreneur of the Week: Bassam Jalgha, Inventor and Hackerspace Pioneer [Wamda TV]

Our entrepreneur of the week today is Bassam Jalgha, the founder of Douzan, a hardware solution that automatically tunes any stringed...

Entrepreneur of the Week

The Journey of a Food & Beverage Entrepreneur in Amman

Nickolas Neibauer's friendliness at Caffé Strada seemed out of place at first in Amman. With his warm toothy smile, and American accent, I ...

Food & Beverage

How a Dubai Entrepreneur Built and Funded the Year's Hottest Hardware Innovation Garage Style

"It's hard to be a tech entrepreneur in the Middle East," says Ahmad Zahran of Infinitec. Yet by shutting down his previous...

Does Peace in the Middle East Need Bombs? A Look at Game Cooks' New iPhone Game

Brothers Lebnan and Arz Nader, half of the team behind this year's biggest gaming success Birdy Nam Nam, are releasing a new iPhone game...

Gaming Mobile Gaming

Egyptian Mobile App Dokani Links Shoppers to Offline Deals

For the mobile app-savvy shopper in Egypt, Dokani offers the chance to a check information online about new products and sales...

Mobile Apps

Bringing Middle East Freelancers the Job Search They Need: Nabbesh

For freelancers looking for work, the Middle East can be a tricky market. While several sites, allow you to search for freelance work, only...

Job Recruitment

Foota Towels - Making Egyptian Towels Famous

Egypt is famous for its cotton. The best towels in the world are also manufactured here, but there isn’t a recognised Egyptian towel b...

Design Marketing Fashion

Egyptian E-commerce Site OpenDayz Helps Small Businesses Sell Products Online

A shopping trend that’s been growing in Egypt recently is the “Open Day.” Someone, usually a female, buys or creates a batch of niche ...

Accelerators

Entrepreneur of the Week: Ala'a AlSallal of Amman-Based Online Book Seller Jamalon

This week's entrepreneur of the week is Ala'a AlSallal, who has a unique story. When he started Jamalon, an online bookstore selling ...

E-commerce Entrepreneur of the Week

Jordanian Gaming Studio Wizards Productions Pivots into Mobile

2012 marks a new era for Wizards Productions, which today announced a publishing agreement with 6waves, a leading international social and...

Gaming Mobile Mobile Gaming

A Good Deal: Dubizzle Seeks to Dominate the Middle East's Online Classified Market

Like the thousands of expats who find their way to this glitzy sheikhdom, Sim Whatley and J.C. Butler came to Dubai several years ago...

E-commerce

It Suits Her: Lebelik Brings Lebanese Design to Your Doorstep

Louise Doumet seemed to have it all; she had just finished her degree and a coveted job offer from financial services firm J.P. Morgan. But...

E-commerce

Daily Deals Site SuperDeal Stands Out by Supporting Social Programs

As the global rise of daily deals sites found its way to Morocco last year, SuperDeal.ma became the third daily deals platform to...

Daily Deals Superdeal.ma

Istikana Inks Groundbreaking Deal to Offer Videos on Samsung Smart TVs

It remains to be seen whether there is a viable market for video-on-demand services in the Middle East, like those that Hulu provides in...

Digital Media Video On Demand

Sneak Peek of Upcoming Restaurant Discount Site RoundMenu

We received word today that a new site has soft launched to offer discounts exclusively for restaurants in Dubai: RoundMenu. As daily deals...

Food & Beverage

The Spirit of Arab Art Comes Alive on E-Commerce Site AlHoush

There is so much innovation, and so many amazing talented artists and designers in the Arab World. Why are they not getting the attention...

E-commerce

MENA Investor-Backed Job Search Platform Identified Scores $21m in Series B: What's Next?

Job search platform Identified, that aims to become the LinkedIn for the next generation of Facebook-focused entrepreneurs, took a huge...

Investment Job Recruitment LinkedIn

Democratizing Video Content in Egypt: Crowdsway [Wamda TV]

Mohamed Al-Borno, the CEO & Founder of Crowdsway, a startup that graduated from Cairo-based accelerator Flat6Labs, talks about his ...

Digital Media

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