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3 examples of corporates and startups collaborating in emerging markets

When the corporate world isn’t a source of suspicion for the startup it’s often one of mockery. After all, how many sectors were disrupted b...

General Electric Coca-Cola Nigeria

Google's top 10 all-time acquisitions

Heard of it? Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google in 1998, offering their soon-to-be famous search engine to the world of the...

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New app aims to make shopping easier for Saudis

Prayer time five times a day is nothing new in the Middle East, but technology development in the region is allowing people to engage with...

ksa Saudi Arabia

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...

Startup County Egypt

Young Lebanese innovators honored by MIT, confirms a growing trend

Update: Wamda has just learned that a third Lebanese, entrepreneur Rand Hindi, was also included in the MIT list (editors were...

littlebits MIT

Desado founder blazing a trail for Muslim fashion

The world is increasingly recognizing the tremendous potential of the global Islamic economy — one that encompasses diverse sectors i...

muslim Fashion

MENA startup launches to make sense of complex geopolitical big data

Built-in geospatial information on infrastructure to bring maximum context to events on the ground Over the past few years, we’ve s...

infographics visualisation Eqlim

Learn and adapt: Lebanon's Sociatag shows us how it's done

If you’re active in the Lebanese startup ecosystem, then you’ve probably already met the young entrepreneur behind Sociatag, the social int...

Beirut Digital District lebanon

7 online marketplaces for artisans in the Arab world

If you dream of strolling the streets of Egypt or Morocco for a bargain on an traditional handicraft, you can now enjoy the thrill of the...

cirqy the anou Bazaar in Egypt

Regional

Not another social network: Doxunity wants to help doctors do their jobs better

Over the past few years, Wamda has covered a lot of medical startups that provide patients with information on different health topics,...

webteb Health Medical

Why does Richard Branson think business opportunities are like buses? [Infographic]

It’s sometimes considered a sign of instability when a person moves from one job to another in many different industries, but some...

billionaires serial entrepreneurship AnnaVital

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...

game zanga

Do you know the difference between an accelerator and an incubator?

Reine Farhat, Arabic Editor at Wamda, contributed to this article. Accelerator Oasis 500's workplace Terms like accelerators and...

incubators Accelerators

Fun startup events are possible, just ask this #YMEstartup organizer

Your Middle East is one of a new generation of media sites focusing on the Arab region, seeking to shift how news here is covered. Similar...

your middle east startup events

LinkedIn of Arabia? Egypt’s answer to the recruitment question

It is often the case that entrepreneur experts advise those in their field not to think of regional expansion before their project has...

Jobzella uae jobs

From Saudi to the US: selling camel milk as the new superfood

A Palestinian raised in Saudi, Walid Abdul-Wahab moved to Los Angeles in 2009 to study at USC, where he discovered how health-conscious a...

Lebanon

Mix N' Mentor is back in Beirut this September. Sign up now!

The next stop on Wamda’s 2014 Mix N’ Mentor Roadshow, Mix N’ Mentor Beirut, will take place on September 27th, 2014. This will be the first...

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Where there's waste, there's money to be made

This article has been cross posted with Knowledge@Wharton. Food scraps. Refrigerators. Stoves. Dead animals. Fishermen’s nets. The in...

waste tunisia

5 easy ways to green your MENA startup

Time and money are precious when building a startup. Because going green is often seen as expensive on both fronts, and because it’s a r...

eco friendly green Environment

Community puts Impact Hub Dubai ahead of the pack

Impact Hub Dubai launched on 14 January this year into an ecosystem becoming increasingly crowded with startup-friendly venues. But CEO...

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twofour54 invests in Arabic online game developer Falafel Games