Wamda

Maghreb

Bolstered by one failure and two pivots, this Moroccan entrepreneur wants to become your temporary CTO

The name Yassine El Kachchani should sound familiar to Wamda’s readers. He's one of the earliest Moroccan entrepreneurs, and his first v...

Pivot Failure

Lebanon

5 guerrilla marketing tips to hook the ideal customer

What are the odds of your midlife crisis turning you into an entrepreneur, and a successful one at that? Roger Khater was 35 years old when...

Virtual office Guerilla marketing Bubleik

Global

A university instructor's take on how to foster entrepreneurship in the classroom

The author with one of her classes at Lebanese International University. They say that entrepreneurship can’t be taught, however, my e...

Education

Regional

Rise Up Cairo kicks off with strong feelings about investment

AUC’s downtown campus is currently playing host to the Rise Up conference, a well-organized and attended celebration of entrepreneurship w...

Cario RiseUp

Global

8 things successful entrepreneurs do to cope with stress

During our recent Mix N’ Mentor in Beirut, Wamda’s CEO Habib Haddad asked mentors and entrepreneurs how they relieve the...

Tips

Lebanon

Why should you venture into e-commerce in the Arab region? [Infographic]

In an attempt to get more entrepreneurs enthused about starting online businesses, and helping them see why the Middle East is a good...

paytabs online payment E-commerce

Regional

Meet the Arab entrepreneurs who competed at Istanbul's WebIt Congress

On the two first days of October, in Istanbul, Turkey, the 6th edition of the Eurasian tech event Webit Congress took place. A large...

turkey event Webit

Saudi Arabia

After a three year struggle, Saudi woman launches dual social entrepreneurship incubator programs

Despite notable strides forward, entrepreneurship in Saudi is struggling; getting people to leave their well-paid government jobs with...

tasamy kun Saudi Arabia

Maghreb

Is a traditional European delivery system the answer to MENA's payment and delivery woes?

Ecommerce in the Arab world is in a particularly fascinating and exciting phase. Everybody knows it’s bound to boom, and wants to be a...

CoD cash-on-delivery Online delivery

Europe

13 Middle East startups going to Web Summit 2014

This is a crosspost with Web Summit's blog. Well it's somehow October already and the summer is well and truly behind us. This can only ...

Dublin Ireland Web Summit

Regional

Smart phones in healthcare: Lessons drawn from the experience of Kuwaiti AbiDoc

With technology infiltrating pretty much every aspect of life, the intertwining of disciplines is the norm, in particular, in the health...

Healthcare Saudi Arabia Health & Beauty

Regional

A look into the startup specializations of Beirut, Dubai, and Amman

Different places do different industries differently – and over time they may come to be identified with the industries they do well. Los A...

amman beirut cairo

Egypt

Egypt's wearables developers hopeful in the face of hardship

The global wearable technology sector is already a multi-billion dollar industry. Yet Egypt is lagging behind in the race to create an...

mubster google glass Wearable devices

Turkey

Startup Istanbul wows entrepreneurs with casual networking and focused mentors

iMote's cofounder Ali Elouafiq says that Startup Istanbul, held on September 30th, was the event he had been waiting for. This is...

startup istanbul

Regional

Sultan al-Qassemi on MIT Media Lab: imagination realized

When I was first invited to join the MIT Media Lab as a Director’s Fellow I took it at face value and assumed it was somehow connected to t...

sultan al-qassemi MIT Media Lab Media

Saudi Arabia

Salamz: the casual dating app for Arab youth serious about marriage

Young people comprise the largest section of MENA society, which is for the most part conservative. They face many social and financial...

tinder dating app salamz

Lebanon

15 funding and team building tips from Mix N' Mentor Beirut

The Lebanese tech scene has evolved a lot since Wamda organized its first Mix N’ Mentor here back in 2012. It’s now more structured and mat...

lebanon Mix n Mentor

Global

This season, fall into MOOCs

Summer may be over, but the kids aren’t the only ones going back to school. A new year is starting, and it’s a perfect time to make some goo...

MOOCs

Egypt

Egyptian function beats Chinese fashion in scanner app battle

Abdelhalim presenting Smart Document Scanner at CES in Las Vegas. It’s plain old function over fashion, but that’s why...

softxpert smart document scanner scanner

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,...

Arab history Asia usa

Global

DEMO Africa: Why Arab startups should be looking to Africa for support

Last week, entrepreneurs, VCs, and press from all over the world flew to Lagos, Nigeria, to learn about trending African startups during...

DEMO Africa event africa

U.A.E

7awi's lessons from launching 5 Arabic sites in 2 years

The virtual world suffers a severe shortage of Arabic content; sites in Arabic account for only 3% of all online content. In recent years,...

Maghreb

Could Jumia be the Alibaba of Africa?

Alibaba’s successful IPO fixed everyone’s attention firmly on e-commerce in fast-growing markets, and especially on marketplaces, like eBa...

Jumia marketplace Rocket Internet

Global

Could Google's Quality Score make or break your startup?

Yesterday I wrote about what a Quality Score was and how it was measured; today I’m going to tell you about how you can improve it and let y...

quality score Google

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