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Startup news ticker: Lamudi launches mobile version; e-commerce store accepts Bitcoins

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

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Weekly Wrap-Up: January 26-30

Join the MIT Media Lab workshop in Dubai this Feb 24-27; Apply by Feb 1st This month, we’re thrilled to be hosting, with MIT Media Lab, a w...

Weekly Wrap-Up

Enigma announces $4.5 million USD Series A investment round

It seems like nothing can stop Moroccan entrepreneur Hicham Oudghiri and his big data startup Enigma. After getting tweeted by...

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Anghami launches 'industry disruptive' $1 music streaming service

A little over a year ago, Anghami’s Strategy and Business Development Lead George Audi mentioned to Wamda that the platform was set to b...

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Qordoba announces $1.5 million USD Series A investment

Qordoba, the multinational online localization company headquartered in Dubai, has announced a $1.5 million USD Series A fundraising round...

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4 ways to increase sales on your e-commerce site

Which e-commerce website owner doesn’t dream of higher sales numbers? Making a plan and building a skilled team to increase sales on your w...

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Startup news ticker: Global Shapers launches '52 weeks 52 hubs' in Rabat

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

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What makes stories go viral, and why it may be dangerous

How many times in the past month have you clicked on a BuzzFeed list or an Upworthy headline promising to make you feel amazed and/or...

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Egyptian surgeon turns his passion for driftwood into a business

“My passion for wood is something I’ve had for as long as I can remember, and I’ve been making small projects since I was seven,” says Shah...

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Mobibus, a multilingual app maker designed for the Arab world

New entrepreneurs welcome all the help they can get, especially because most of them need to invest their every penny in development...

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

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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...

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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...

Health

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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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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...

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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...

html5 Gaming

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...

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...

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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...

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