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Startups at Palestine's first accelerator bet on P2P lending, travel, and therapy

“Five years ago there were no startups,” Yousef Ghandour, a tech entrepreneur with 14 years of experience in the field, says of the eco...

Fast Forward Peer-to-peer

'Arab Inspire' hopes to make entrepreneurship a way of life for youth and artists

Artists and youngsters have one thing in common: they could use some help from professionals to take the leap, start a company, and make...

tunisia Artist Entrepreneurs Mentorship

Does Madfoo3at’s deal with the Central Bank of Jordan signal a new startup-friendly era of government?

The relationship between startups and the government in Jordan is complex. On the one hand, it’s one of the most w...

Ignoring video marketing? These 11 stats reveal why you shouldn't

Is your business leveraging video marketing? If not, you’re not alone. In fact, according to BIA/Kelsey, just 22% of U.S. businesses plan ...

content Video Advertising SEO

A new Pakistani social coordination app beats Meetup for travellers on the go

If the Smurfs had to plan a picnic, one problem that they could run into is simply deciding which medium to use. Facebook? Whatsapp?...

startup Event Planning Technology

Rocket Internet and MTN to boost digital startups in the Middle East with 300 million euro fund

While the past two years have seen e-commerce companies in the Middle East secure the majority of funding invested in startups, primarily...

Rocket Internet

Weekly Wrap-Up: December 15-19

What keeps you inspired?Starting up is no piece of cake. Entrepreneurs need to stay resilient, driven, and passionate no matter what...

Lebanese entrepreneur beats Google Glass with lightweight 3D glasses

Move over, Google Glass. A Lebanese entrepreneur and his cofounder have just debuted a pair of wearable glasses that displays augmented...

wearables

Regional

Arab startups impress the crowd, challenge investors at French tech event LeWeb

Late 2013 has seen a change of perception in Europe when it comes to understanding the growing entrepreneurship movement in the Middle...

Lebanon

Can a bootstrapping entrepreneur succeed with an electronics e-commerce store in Lebanon?

“I came back to Lebanon to renew my papers then decided to look for opportunities here,” says serial entrepreneur...

lebanon Bootstrapping cash-on-delivery

Startup news ticker: Lebanese search engine replaces reviews with tips and hashtags

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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The Middle East's most-searched terms of 2013, from Google Zeitgeist

Never has watching an organization pat itself on the back been more fun than Google Zeitgeist. The search engine that has become a part of...

middle east search search terms

TEDxCarthageWomen celebrates Tunisian women's past, present, and potential

Fresh off the success of its September installment, TEDxCarthage held its latest edition, TEDxCarthageWomen on December 8th, 2013 at...

Spark TEDx Women

7 things that entrepreneurs need to succeed, from the World Entrepreneurship Forum

Abdul Baset Al Janahi, CEO of Dubai SME At the World Entrepreneurship Forum last week in Dubai, leading figures came together to discuss...

world entrepreneurship forum wef uae

4 technology predictions for the Middle East in 2014

“As we move into 2014, work is no longer a place, it’s something you do wherever inspiration strikes,” says Johnny Karam, regional vi...

2014 citrix Predictions

How to increase your company's productivity? Give your employees a break

In the most widely revered startup creation myth, there’s not a lot of sleep happening. Every entrepreneur we know works around the clock a...

productivity working hours

5 tips for getting your content on Google's In-Depth Articles search result

Whenever Google introduces a new feature to search results, smart businesses will sit up and take note of the new opportunities they might...

in-depth articles SEO Google

What did Lebanese entrepreneurs learn from the Dublin Web Summit?

With 10,000 attendees this year – four times the number from last year, and twenty times the number from the first event just two years a...

Web Summit Conferences

5 internet trends for the next 10 years, from LeWeb Paris

What will the web look like in 10 years? That was the theme of LeWeb, Europe’s largest tech event, based in Paris, for its 10th a...

bubble entrepreneurship bubble connected devices

Looly's crowdfunds to bring its ethically made Moroccan couscous to the global market

In Morocco, there’s no need to introduce couscous. But it’s a different story in the US and UK. Lamiaa Bounahmidi wants to change that, mak...

couscous looly's Crowdfunding

Egyptian daily deals site Waffarha confident amidst uncertainty

The recent shutdown of Dare’n’Deal, Egypt’s most popular website for daily deals and group buying, sparked much curiosity about whether the...

E-commerce Daily Deals Egypt

How do Saudis use social media? [Infographic]

Saudi Arabia is no doubt one of the main markets digital entrepreneurs want to dominate. With more than three million active Twitter users,...

the online project TOP twitter

Global Entrepreneurship Week Benghazi goes ahead despite unstable situation

For the first time, the Libyan city of Benghazi participated in the Global Entrepreneurship Week between November 18th and 24th, despite...

GEW

Jordanian custom photo album service eyes Gulf Facebook users, B2B expansion

There’s got to be a story behind a company by the name of Cheezu. “I was watching a Japanese movie,” says Tala Haddadin, Cheezu’s Jordani...

cheezu b2c b2b

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