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Algerian entrepreneurs imagine a new future at Fikra Conference

One could be tempted to compare Fikra to an Algerian TEDx, yet the event, which draws it name from the word idea in Arabic, debuted a u...

West Bank and Gaza startups pitch together for the very first time in Amman

Until this past Thursday, startups in the West Bank and Gaza had not met under the same roof to pitch to investors. At Oasis500 in...

gaza sky geeks Oasis500

Weekly Wrap-Up: February 09-13

This week on Wamda was marked by mobile applications news from around the Arab World; starting with Turkey where Gram Games got $600,000...

Weekly Wrap-Up

Morocco's two largest classified sites announce a merger

Nestled in the Schibsted Media Group’s Q4 financial statement is some very interesting news for the online classified ads market ...

morocco

Arabic weather portal outshines Yahoo in Jordan, reigns in Saudi Arabia

ArabiaWeather.com is not the company that it was even just nine months ago. Since its early days as JordanWeather.jo, the company been a...

ArabiaWeather

Lebanon's Re-H2O team tackles water scarcity in the Arab world

At Intel and Injaz al-Arab's Sci-preneurship Innovation Camp this past July, six young Lebanese students found an innovative, inexpensive...

Intel Injaz al Arab competition

Can this Bahraini couple's startup help fight childhood obesity in the Gulf?

Yoga, Team Awesome, Muay Thai, Zumba, and Parkour all sound like classes you can take at a gym that combines fun with fitness. This is...

child obesity obesity children

Zee3 Enta provides a forum for expression for Egyptians of every persuasion

Egypt’s revolution, beginning January 25, 2011, revolutionized citizen journalism. Since then, several initiatives have launched that seek ...

Citizen Journalism Egypt

Global

Jordan's Bitcoin Meetup Group weighs in on the cryptocurrency's recent crash

In the world of the internet, a bug is not something to take lightly. So Monday, when MTGox, the first Bitcoin exchange site...

Bitcoin

Iranian developers gamify a 1,000 year-old poem

The story of how Amir-Esmaeil Bozorgzadeh first met Hossein Jalali, his partner at their new startup, GameGuise, is “a MAKE Business ...

Gaming

4 lessons from Fishfishme's successful investment round

Some of you may already know that we just closed a $200,000 USD financing round from some angel investors Sim Whatley, Saif Alzarouni,...

Angel Investment Investment

Why Hanan Abdel-Meguid stepped down at OTVentures

Hanan Abdel-Meguid will step down from her position as CEO at OTVentures to personally focus more on supporting the startup scene in...

OTVentures

Another Turkish Venture Capital fund looks to enter the Middle East

As a result of the country’s bruised economy, Turkish startups are struggling, just one year after The Economist anointed t...

Venture Capital

Meet 8 Palestinian startups this Thursday in Amman!

Join Endeavor, Gaza Sky Geeks, Fast Forward, Oasis500, and PALinnO this Thursday to get a taste of history in the making. For the first t...

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Na3m Games' latest (accidental) release tops Saudi game charts

An accidental release has been a serious success for Saudi game developer Na3m Games. Harwil Ya Wahsh!, the company’s free-to-play iOS g...

na3m games Saudi Arabia Mobile Gaming

4 ways to use Twitter lists to develop your business

Regionally, Twitter is the second popular social media site after Facebook with almost 4 million users in the Middle East...

twitter

3 lessons in startup culture from Beirut's sudden success, Jai Kitchen

This is the first in a series on the business of starting a food & beverage company in the Middle East. Check back periodically for...

jai kitchen f&b beirut

Egyptian pharmacist creates Dawaa, a digital pharmaceutical drug index

Designed to bridge the gap between the conventional hard copy drug reference manual and the digital lives of today's physicians, Dawaa is...

Healthcare Health Mobile

As tourism plummets, Bazaar in Egypt brings traditional handicrafts to the US

Back when Western tourists went to Egypt, typical souvenirs bought from street vendors – ankhs, hieroglyphs, mini Sphinx figurines, etc. – ...

Bazaar in Egypt Egypt E-commerce

Weekly Wrap-Up: February 02-04

Big announcements definitely marked our week at Wamda! From a $100 million USD acquisition deal in Turkey, to an unlimited streaming...

Weekly Wrap-Up

Turkey's Gram Games secures $600K to scale new Wild West strategy game

Clash of Clans, the social combat game, was the most lucrative gaming app last year. As a result, Japan's SoftBank Corporation...

Mobile Gaming

Baraka Bits uses 'good news from the Middle East' to power positive change in the region

“It’s OK if we don’t see thousands of views on our articles,” says Rama Chakaki, founder and CEO of news site Baraka Bits. “We’re willing t...

baraka bits palestine Media

6 simple ways for startups to give back to the community

Nine out of 10 consumers prefer to buy their products from companies that adopt corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs, according...

CSR

Here's why the Arab world needs a startup exchange program

Ten accelerators from around the world have announced the launch of a travel abroad program called Startup Exchanges. During one month, 50...

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