Expert Advice: 5 Tips for Building an E-Commerce Company from Andre Haddad [Wamda TV] Over the past 13 years, Lebanese entrepreneur Andre Haddad has honed his expertise in e-commerce. Now based in the San Francisco Bay... Nina Curley • 23 April, 2013 eBay Expert Advice Sharing Economy
How Gaming Startups Can Measure the Success of a New Release Game developers across the Arab world are picking up steam, but recent releases by mobile developers in Lebanon, Jordan, and Egypt show... Glen Dalakian II • 23 April, 2013 Mobile Gaming Marketing Mobile
Turkey 8 (Tweetable) Stats to Know about E-Commerce in Turkey The Süleymaniye Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey (Image via Travel Busy)As Turkey's economy grew from $200 billion in 2011 to almost $800 billion ... Wamda • 23 April, 2013 Facebook Social Media Mobile
Egyptian Team Delivers a Killer Global App: Ninja SMS Recently we had an Arab company going head-to-head with Google, now we have the Ninja apps team going head-to-head with... Omar Aysha • 22 April, 2013
New Business Consultancy Helps Startups Get On Their Feet in Egypt New entrepreneurs in Egypt come up against a variety of challenges: registering a company, finding legal help, renting an office,... Hanan Solayman • 22 April, 2013 Startup Services Consulting
Lebanon The Arab World's Hottest Hardware Startup this Year? Instabeat Raises $11K in 5 Days Swimmers, says Lebanese entrepreneur Hind Hobeika, have it tough when it comes to technology. To measure their performance, they’ve been f... Nina Curley • 22 April, 2013 Stars of Science Hardware Sports
A Look Inside Lebanon's Game Cooks as They Launch a New iOS Game The development studio for Game Cooks is set on a hill in Mansourieh, Lebanon overlooking a sprawling Beirut. After its two... Glen Dalakian II • 22 April, 2013 Developers Mobile Gaming Gaming
Wamda Announces Partnership with LebNet to Connect the Diaspora with Entrepreneurs in Lebanon As part of Wamda's vision for connecting entrepreneurs in the Arab world to experts in the diaspora, Wamda has signed a partnership with... Wamda • 22 April, 2013 Mentorship Diaspora
Fabraca in Palestine Manufactures Products with Locally Developed 3D Printer [Wamda TV] [Arabic] Palestinian engineer Ahmed Baraee recently founded Fabraca, a startup that builds physical objects out of 3D designs. After... Mariam Hamed • 21 April, 2013 3D rendering
How Entrepreneurs Are Innovating Their Way Out of Traffic Sometimes the most innovative ideas come from entrepreneurs who are just fed up. Their ability to make people’s lives just a l... Ahmed Gabr • 21 April, 2013 Crowdsourcing Egypt Transportation
The First Startup Weekend Ramallah Awards a Job Application Screening Platform Note: this piece is adapted from the Arabic original.Startup Weekend Ramallah almost didn't happen. The organizers- Jaafar Houjair, ... jaafar abusair • 21 April, 2013 SWRamallah Startup Weekend
6 Reasons to Use Video Advertising There's no doubt that video is the space to watch in online content; by 2014, it may account for 90% of content consumed on the internet,... Maya Rahal • 21 April, 2013 Video Advertising Advertising Video On Demand
Weekly Wrap-Up: April 14-18 How do you make sure you stay at the top of your game? Listening to your clients, benchmarking your features against work that inspires... Wamda • 18 April, 2013 Weekly Wrap-Up
STC Announces First Investment in Saudi-Based Education Platform Acadox STC Ventures, the venture capital arm of Saudi Telecom Company (STC), has announced investment in Acadox, a Saudi Arabia-based... Nina Curley • 18 April, 2013 STC Ventures E-Learning Investment
Mix N' Mentor Riyadh The next stop on Wamda's 2013 Mix N' Mentor Roadshow, Mix N’ Mentor Riyadh will take place on May 30, 2013. MnM Riyadh, co-organized co-... Wamda • 18 April, 2013 Mix n Mentor Mentorship
New Incubation Project Supports Non-Profits in Saudi Arabia I recently wrote about major challenges that startups are facing in Saudi Arabia, but as support programs at KAUST and... Ahmed Gabr • 18 April, 2013 Social Change Social Entrepreneurship