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New tech park launches in Tahrir Square to empower Egypt's entrepreneurs and inventors

[Coauthored by Nina Curley] Cairo’s Tahrir Square, which will forever be known as the epicenter of Egypt’s revolution, is now ground zero fo...

Technology

What if you train your employees, and they leave?

I recently stumbled upon this cartoon and laughed to myself about the sad reality it presents. At Wamda, we’ve heard numerous...

Team building Training Pic of the Week

Is offering Arab families e-commerce, a social network and classifieds all-in-one a crazy idea, or visionary?

Like many other Tunisian moms, Ahlem Bouchahba finds it hard to do it all: shopping, organizing birthdays partys, getting answers to...

Instabeat, the heart rate monitor for swimmers, wins Wearable Technologies award

Instabeat, the heart rate monitor for swimmers developed by Lebanese entrepreneur Hind Hobeika, is continuing to win accolades. The...

Technology Instabeat

What do Arab youth think of volunteerism? [Infographic]

Volunteerism may not historically have been a popular practice in the Arab world, but data from Nakhweh reveals that that's c...

Infographic Social Media Social Entrepreneurship

Resources to help startups at each stage of their journey

As you grow your startup, it helps to have a little assistance. Although the journey may seem straightforward (idea, launch, scale),...

Scaling Startup Weekend

Weekly Wrap-Up: November 10-14

Wamda's new Pitch N' Mentor heads to Cairo! On November 24th, we'll be in Cairo for our first pitch-perfecting event- the first of its kind...

Weekly Wrap-Up

How to make your content go viral

Our favorite picture this week is the below graphic, initially posted on Gawker by Annalee Newitz, in Virality and the Valley of...

Truths Virality Content Portals

Regional

Discover the first Arabic e-book on website SEO

The web is full of articles and videos that explain how to buy a domain, build a website and make it SEO-friendly. However, the...

Book affiliate marketing SEO

Egyptian startup makes it easier to consume audio content in Arabic

Although podcasts have became popular the world over, they haven't taken off in Arabic, perhaps thanks to a lack of options for hosting...

3 education initiatives help Syrians find jobs and scholarships

Among the many tragedies resulting from Syria’s war, thousands of schools have been destroyed and many universities and educational i...

Training Education Social Entrepreneurship

6 surprising facts about the future of the internet

Google is dominating the internet, Business Insider Intelligence reveals in a new presentation on 'The Future of Digital.' While the search...

Internet growth Data Google

9 tips for working from home with kids

In our new "Mompreneur series," I will be sharing experiences, tips and advice for being an effective mother and entrepreneur in the...

mompreneur Women

Europe's Web Summit 2013: Impressions from North African startups

When I received a press invitation to one of Europe’s hottest tech conferences, Web Summit, I jumped at the opportunity to check it o...

Conferences

10 lessons for building a startup from the Google for Entrepreneurs Partners Summit

Two weeks ago, Muhammed Mekki and I participated – as AstroLabs – in the first Google for Entrepreneurs Partners summit, a two da...

silicon valley Advice Google

Startup news ticker: Russian news website launches regionally; MAKE Ignition announces the winning startup

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

ticker Mobile Women

In-flight investing: Turkish Airlines lets startups pitch to passengers

Before selecting an old episode of Friends as in-flight entertainment on your next international flight, Turkish Airlines, in partnership...

Why a post-IPO Twitter needs Saudi Arabia, in 3 graphs

[photo from SUSTG.com]. After selling 70 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange last week, Twitter's future is looking...

ipo twitter IPOs

Celebrities suit up with online tailoring from Dubai

“We’re effectively ‘stealing’ from the Brooks Brothers and Jos. A. Banks of the world,” says Tarig El Sheikh, cofounder of bespoke online s...

Retail Online retail E-commerce

Startup looks to ease traffic in Cairo

Cairo's traffic has long been one of the city's most intractable problems. Many Egyptian entrepreneurs have tried to address the issue...

Car Service Transport Translation

Not an incubator, not an accelerator, but a startup academy: Bedaya launches in Egypt

Bedaya Startup Academy is one of the few entrepreneurship training program existing outside the academic sphere in...

Training

How to set your startup apart when pitching to investors

This past Friday, Steve Blank published a short and sweet piece suggesting a new way for companies to explain to investors how they...

Steve Blank Lean Methodology Expert Advice

3 tips for a successful mobile advertising campaign

Mobile advertising has fast been gaining momentum in the region, growing at a rate of 77% this year only. While many may still find them...

mobile advertising Advertising

13 North African events to attend during Global Entrepreneurship Week

Each year, an entire week is dedicated to celebrating entrepreneurship. For its fifth edition, Global Entrepeneurship Week will be hold in ...

events

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