Lebanon's touch launches an app store; can it succeed where others have failed? Yesterday, touch, one of Lebanon's two major telecom companies, announced the launch of its Android-compatible app store, aimed at serving... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 15 January, 2014 apps app store apple
Ashoka Changemakers and GE reveal winners of the Women Powering Work competition Ashoka Changemakers and General Electric have announced winners of their Women Powering Work: Innovations for Economic Equality in ... Nina Curley • 15 January, 2014 Social Entrepreneurship Women
Meet the Moroccan startup that hopes to build a LinkedIn with customer relationship management This piece is part of New Work Lab's startup series. This past December, New Work Lab, Casablanca's new co-working space, hosted... Fatim Zahra Biaz • 14 January, 2014 Pitch Networking
Europe European accelerator Rockstart targets entrepreneurs from the Arab world As startup accelerators boom on a global scale, the Middle East is seeing a fair amount of the action. In 2013, several new... Maya Rahal • 14 January, 2014 Accelerators
Egyptian app starts acceleration at Y Combinator in Silicon Valley In 2014, it seems that startups from the Arab world will begin to break out onto an international stage. Following the buzz... Aline Mayard • 14 January, 2014 Accélérateur
Yes, we can (code)! Girls in Tech wants to build a girls tech community in Egypt Many don’t believe that women can be as successful as men in fields related to math and science. Coding and computer programming have p... Hanan Solayman • 14 January, 2014 Egypt Women
Bahrain's Blossom Events to expand, founder Rasha Khunji says Rasha Khunji, founder of Bahrain’s Blossom Events, trains entrepreneurs on how best to plan their companies, in an attempt to help stem t... Wamda • 13 January, 2014 blossom events wamdatv Bahrain
Entrepreneurship in the Middle East and the fallacy of online isolation If you haven't seen Shimi Cohen's video, "The Innovation of Loneliness," from this summer, it's even more relevant today, as movies like... Nina Curley • 12 January, 2014
Trends in mobile advertising in the Middle East It's no secret that mobile advertising is expected to grow globally in years to come, as smartphone use increases and the ability to... Ahmed Gabr • 12 January, 2014
4 ways to benefit from your competitors Entrepreneurs tend to feel more enthusiastic and motivated about executing their idea when they believe they were the first to think of... Muhanad Sabha • 12 January, 2014 competitors Marketing
Designer Reem Buqais on what it takes to succeed in fashion “Anyone can design,” says Reem Buqais during an interview after the 2nd Annual Leading Women in Business Forum at The Capital Club Bahra... Wamda • 12 January, 2014 reem duqais Bahrain Fashion
Weekly Wrap-Up: January 05-09 Running your startup In the last two weeks, there's been a lot of buzz around job titles and hierarchy within companies. With Medium and... Wamda • 10 January, 2014 Weekly Wrap-Up
Turkey What Turkey's economic struggles mean for its startups Excitement about Turkey’s startups hit fever pitch last year. This time one year ago, The Economist anointed the country’s startup scene a... Gulay Ozkan • 09 January, 2014 Ecosystem
Startup news ticker: Bkam.com launches Chrome extension and Windows mobile app 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 • 09 January, 2014 ticker Egypt
Slow and steady: How Jordan's tasmeemME is building the Behance of the Middle East In the Middle East startup scene, we’re often all too aware of the dangers of hype lately. Positivity keeps founders motivated, b... Nina Curley • 09 January, 2014 tasmeemME
Et3arraf, the Middle East-focused dating site, announces $150,000 USD fundraising round With his French business school diploma and his job at an international consulting firm, Cédric Maalouf was following the same path that ... Aline Mayard • 09 January, 2014 Dating service Seeqnce Social Networks
Palestinian startup MobiStine to launch free healthcare app for new parents At the end of October 2013, Husni Abu Samrah returned to Palestine after spending five months in the United States. He had just completed... Eric Reidy • 09 January, 2014 masschallenge mobistine palestine
Can icecairo sustain a maker movement in Egypt, with government help? Egypt’s political situation isn’t discouraging budding green entrepreneurs. If anything, the revolutionary spirit may have encouraged you... Andrew Bossone • 08 January, 2014 icecairo
Wearables take the day at the CES show in Las Vegas It seems like smartwatches won't be the hottest trend in wearables for long. Along with Google Glass, we’ve witnessed over the past c... Maya Rahal • 08 January, 2014 wearables Conferences
Al Riwaq Art Space seeks to change how Bahrainis approach art [Wamda TV] “One of our missions is to change the mindset of the people, not to take everything as it comes,” says Bayan Al-Barak Kanoo, founder of Bah... Wamda • 08 January, 2014 culture arts Bahrain
Global 10 mistakes to avoid when speaking in public At some point in our lives, we will most likely have to stand in front of people and present an idea or a project. While the experience... Reine Farhat • 08 January, 2014 Mistakes Expert Advice Top Lists
Startup news ticker: Integreight reaches its goal on Kickstarter in 6 hours; Kamel Al-Asmar in Forbes’ 30 Under 30 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 • 07 January, 2014 Egypt Crowdfunding Social Entrepreneurship
Narise Kamber, founder of Bahrain's Saffron Cafe, on scaling, funding, and passion [Wamda TV] Saffron Café is one of Bahrain's fledgling success stories, having grown from one to four cafes over the course of just one year. The ... Wamda • 07 January, 2014 wamdatv saffron cafe
4 big developments in Moroccan web in 2013 With 2013 behind us, we can now take a moment now to reflect on all the online initiatives, cultural, and technological developments that... Mehdi Reghai • 07 January, 2014 morocco Online video Conferences