Startup news ticker: Rwaq launches Ambassadors Program; now open for students’ applications

Welcome to Wamda's weekly startup news ticker, which will offer quick announcements and stories relevant to the region. If you have a quick...

Wamda • 28 January, 2014

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What keeps your employees happy? It's not the money

  Although the Middle East suffers from high unemployment rates, Arab startups often also find it difficult to retain...

Reine Farhat • 28 January, 2014

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Can a young woman entrepreneur succeed in Morocco with a new online medical appointment service?

Finding the right doctor and booking an upcoming appointment is a complex task, especially in Morocco, where public-sector doctors don’t t...

Aline Mayard • 28 January, 2014

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Palestine's only startup accelerator Fast Forward announces its second class

Palestine’s first startup accelerator, Fast Forward, announced its second class on January 20th. The new group of startups focuses on t...

Eric Reidy • 28 January, 2014

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10 tips for entrepreneurs on how to protect users' private information

Whether you own an e-commerce site, a content platform, or any other kind of websites, you find yourself today asking for an increasing...

Maya Rahal • 28 January, 2014

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Arabreneur announces $440,000 USD investment in four Palestinian startups

Earlier today, Arabreneur announced an investment of $440,000 USD in four “leading, innovative” Palestinian startups, which will enter its ...

Wamda • 27 January, 2014

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Here's what Morocco-based video advertising agency Buzzeff learned when opening a Dubai office

Every three weeks, Casablanca-based Jérôme Mouthon makes the seven-hour flight to Dubai to work for one week at his company’s Dubai off...

Aline Mayard • 27 January, 2014

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Startup news ticker: PricePanda secures 3 million dollars from Tengelmann Group

Welcome to Wamda's weekly startup news ticker, which will offer quick announcements and stories relevant to the region. If you have a quick...

Wamda • 27 January, 2014

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Rethinking the relationship between culture and technology

This age we live in, of instant gratification and edge-of-seat fascination with technology has led many artists, technologists,...

Oubai Elkerdi • 27 January, 2014

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Online education platform Coursera blocks students in Syria and Iran

UPDATE: Coursera has released a statement explaining the blocks on which Wamda reported here, stating that it has reinstated...

Nina Curley • 27 January, 2014

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How HTML5 will change gaming in the Arab world

Browser games are resurging thanks to HTML5. This fifth version of the revolutionary markup language supports the latest multimedia and...

Maya Rahal • 26 January, 2014

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Weekly Wrap-Up: January 19-23

One thing all coverage of the CES in Las Vegas agreed upon, is that wearable devices will quickly be moving from niche applications and...

Wamda • 23 January, 2014

Weekly Wrap-Up

Startup news ticker: Arabic video tutorial platform launches in Egypt

Welcome to Wamda's weekly startup news ticker, which will offer quick announcements and stories relevant to the region. If you have a quick...

Wamda • 23 January, 2014

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How to get your posts listed on Hacker News, the online community of passionate techies

One of the most famous places to engage with passionate entrepreneurs and builders is Hacker News, an online community launched in 2007 by...

Aline Mayard • 23 January, 2014

Can Egypt's first online medical community succeed?

As technology becomes integral to everyday life more than ever before, the need for digitizing healthcare is ever increasing. While the...

Eman Mostafa • 23 January, 2014

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YouTube the next frontier for marketers in Bahrain [Infographic]

A recent infographic produced by Tawasul, a Bahrain-based social media consultancy and management firm, rounds up the top-rated brands on...

Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 23 January, 2014

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Iran's second annual Web and Mobile Conference to launch in February

This February, the Iran Entrepreneurship Association, an organization that works to empower the startup ecosystem in Iran, will host the ...

Wamda • 22 January, 2014

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How the Muslim Pro app got 9 million users in three years

Every once in a while, an interview stands out. The one with, Erwan Macé was one of them.  I met Erwan in unusual circumstances. I ...

Aline Mayard • 22 January, 2014

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5 tips for budding regional entrepreneurs, from Dubizzle founder J.C. Butler

J.C. Butler and Sim Whatley, founders of Dubizzle, the UAE's biggest classifieds site, created a multinational, multimillion dollar...

Wamda • 22 January, 2014

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Saudi startup Feelit provides teenage girls with a forum to express their feelings

The rise of social networks has shown just how much people like to express themselves. Feelit, as the name implies, is one social...

Reine Farhat • 22 January, 2014

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Should your startup get rid of traditional corporate hierarchy?

Ever since online retailer Zappos announced last month that it was getting rid of job titles, the web has been buzzing with cheers – and s...

Stephanie Nour Prince • 21 January, 2014

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Startup news ticker: GoodGame Empire reaches 50 million players

Welcome to Wamda's weekly startup news ticker, which will offer quick announcements and stories relevant to the region. If you have a quick...

Wamda • 21 January, 2014

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Hello Tomorrow Competition offers startups access to a world stage

Istanbul increasingly seems like the place to be in 2014 if you’re an entrepreneur. We’ve previously reported on three can’t-miss tech conf...

Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 21 January, 2014

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Wearables market projected to diversify, expand by 2018 [Infographic]

Developing wearables doesn’t have to be the exclusive domain of genius tech engineers. If you have the idea and know which audience you are ...

Maya Rahal • 21 January, 2014

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