Startup Weekend Casablanca Startup Weekend makes its way to Casablanca, Morocco on June 28-30, 2013. SW Casablance will follow the basic Startup Weekend model, an... Wamda • 26 June, 2013
What to do when your best employee quits In an ideal world, your top employees would stay on board for years and years, and you would never have to worry about finding... Mais Gousous • 26 June, 2013 Team management Team Programme
Kick-start your mobile app by developing on these alternative platforms As of last April, the number of smartphones and tablets sold in the Middle East reached 22 million and continues to grow. The... Ahmed Gabr • 26 June, 2013 Developers Mobile Gaming Competitions
How to create the perfect Pinterest, Google+, Facebook and Twitter post [Infographic] Does the perfect social media post really exist? As social media platforms have evolved over the years, so have their uses and functions... Maya Rahal • 25 June, 2013 Social Networks Social Media
How to accelerate entrepreneurship in Africa [report] From sidewalk hustlers and street vendors, to young techies and the growing number of self-made millionaires, Africa is a... Jonathan Kalan • 25 June, 2013 Report East Africa
Will this online tourism guide flourish in Gaza? [Wamda TV] [Arabic] Launched by Palestinian entrepreneur Mohannad Al Nounou in Gaza in early 2012, online tourism and activity guide Fos7a offers an ... Mariam Hamed • 25 June, 2013 Tourism
It's not about the money: why isn't there more startup investment in emerging markets? Cross-posted and adapted from the original version published on Techies.pk on March 20, 2013. There is no doubt that the... Khurram Zafar • 25 June, 2013 Venture Capital Angel Investment Investment
Is the Nile river the solution to Cairo's traffic problems? If you’re currently visiting Egypt, you may be a bit overwhelmed by the heat and congested traffic. But there’s a new was to tra... Hanan Solayman • 25 June, 2013 Transportation Egypt
8 sharing economy services that could make it in the Arab world Books, houses, cars, washing machine, food, knowledge… it seems that you can lend, rent, or share anything these days thanks to the number ... Aline Mayard • 24 June, 2013 Sharing Economy
Coworking space iceaddis gives a home to Ethiopia's startups When one thinks or reads about technology startups in Africa, there are a few places that crop up quite often: Nairobi, Kenya; Lagos,... Jonathan Kalan • 24 June, 2013 East Africa Innovation Coworking Spaces
Is Venture Capital the right investment model for startups in the Arab world? We all know that venture capital (VC) works well in Silicon Valley; most of the biggest tech companies, including Intel, Google, Yahoo,... Muhammad Arrabi • 24 June, 2013 Venture Capital Investment
A tablet cafe launched in Senegal; could the trend transform North Africa? Does the future of the internet lie in tablets? That’s what Médoune Seck believes. With the help of Google, he turned his internet café in ... Aline Mayard • 24 June, 2013 Internet growth Tablets Ecosystem
Defining social entrepreneurship: Alashanek ya Balady in Egypt [Case Study] Continuing our new case study series, in partnership with the El Khazindar Business Research and Case Center (KCC) at the American U... Wamda • 23 June, 2013 Social Entrepreneurship
Women in Jordan resolve to be changemakers: Conclusions from our W4Women roundtables “I didn’t negotiate well because I was too shy,” one woman admitted at our Wamda for Women roundtables in Amman. After finding that women... Nina Curley • 23 June, 2013 W4Women Wamda for Women Entrepreneurs Women
The mobile opportunity for startups in the Middle East and Africa [report] “Even though we have a mobile penetration rate of 109% in the Middle East, I still see room for growth,” says Amr Shady, the founder of TA ... Glen Dalakian II • 23 June, 2013 Report Mobile Trends
Global Is your idea good enough to become a great startup? [Infographic] Your friends might like your idea, but how do you know it's good material for a viable startup? The Founder Institute, a global network of... Aline Mayard • 23 June, 2013 Ideas