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10 Tips of the Month from Entrepreneurs on Wamda

As they revealed their successes, challenges, and failures, the entrepreneurs we chatted with on Wamda this month had great advice for...

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Mideast Tunes, the Indie MySpace of the Middle East, Announces Partnership with Shazam

In 2010, when MySpace-style music platforms were just launching in the Middle East, opinionated blogger Ahmad Al-Shagra took a stand,...

Digital Marketing Mobile Music

How the Middle East Can Reclaim its Creative Work Culture

“8-5 shifts”, “lunch breaks”, “weekends”, and “vacations” are part of the not-so-wonderful jargon we have inherited from the Industrial Revo...

Advice Ecosystem Education

Tutorial Platform Facebook Studio Edge Launches in Dubai

After unveiling the platform last spring, Facebook today announced the Dubai launch of Facebook Studio Edge, a tutorial platform designed...

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11 Lessons I Learned After 4 Years at Wizards Productions

As we mentioned recently, Jordan is seeing a slew of gaming companies close lately, Wizards Productions among them. Co-founder and...

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Sallaty Brings Online Grocery Shopping to Jordan

When Samia Jarrar first met her husband, she had no idea that she would end up starting a company with him. But in 2011, six years after...

Delivery E-commerce Food & Beverage

Twitter Finally Expands Ad Products To The Arab World. Is It Preparing for an IPO?

Startups in the Middle East now have a new ad channel on the world’s favorite micro-blogging platform. In an event in Dubai yesterday, T...

Digital Advertising Digital Marketing Expansion

Business Leaders Place Confidence in the Middle East Tech Sector [Report]

Business leaders in the Middle East and North Africa showed the largest increase in confidence in the technology sector in 2012,...

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10 Tips for Moroccan Entrepreneurs from a Maroc Web Awards Co-Founder

In Morocco, the Maroc Web Awards (MWA) have become the event to look to in the web and mobile space- our LeWeb, if you will, bringing...

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Mahatat Initiative Promotes Egypt’s Contemporary Art Scene

Since the 2011 revolution, Egyptian society has been transforming demographically, culturally, and politcally, inspiring several new...

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Lebanese Entrepreneur Launches Data-Driven Career Matching Site

Between newcomers like Nabbesh, tasmeemME, Laimoon, and Wuzzuf, and veterans like Bayt and GulfTalent, the Middle East has its fill of job...

Data Programme

Is Streaming Music a Viable Model in the Arab World? A Look at the Future of the Music Industry [Wamda Debates]

This post is the first in a new content series called Wamda Debates. Every other week, the Wamda team debates a topic, industry, or...

Mobile Mobile Apps Music

7 Tips from Silicon Valley for Writing Your Demo Day Pitch

Kyle Wild, the founder of analytics company Keen IO, originally visited Jordan with the Geeks on a Place contingent that attended Wamda's...

Advice Investment Pitching

9 Golden Rules for Email Correspondence in the Middle East

Electronic mail has become one of our primary modes of communication today, particularly for entrepreneurs who rely on it for...

Advice Arabic Content

Yala Music Announces Ad-Based Downloads: Pushing Back Against Anghami

Mobile application Anghami has received a lot of buzz since it launched its music streaming service this November, leaping to the top...

Advertising Mobile Mobile Apps

Weekly Wrap-Up: January 20-24

The life of an entrepreneur typically includes overcoming challenges, learning from failure, and taking risks in order to drive a startup...

Gamification Health & Beauty Weekly Wrap-Up

The Greater Your Goals the Greater Your Risks [Pic of the Week]

With a big idea comes big risk. Some entrepreneurs hope to have global reach, others are content with attracting a local market; the world...

CoE Cards Ideas Pic of the Week

10 Secrets for Building Online Traffic from Women's Magazine Layalina

After several years of working in the media production business on daily, weekly and monthly periodicals, Awi, a publication company based...

Advice Arabic Content Data

Why Emerging Market Entrepreneurs Should Look to Silicon Wadis, Savannahs, and Tigers

In the innovation hubs and entrepreneurship circles of emerging economies, the term “Silicon Valley” is an extraordinarily potent one, evo...

Ecosystem Innovation

A Look at the Most Popular Arabic Apps for iOS

Developing smartphone apps has been a dominant trend in the Middle East market. Thanks to low costs and the appeal of quick returns, many...

Mobile Mobile Apps

Meet Bahrain's Newest Startups Graduating from Tenmou

Bahrain’s accelerator Tenmou has announced its second round of graduates, three diverse startups aiming to sell to Bahraini markets and q...

Accelerators Gaming

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