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... Oubai Elkerdi • 30 January, 2013 Advice Ecosystem Education
A Look at Investment and Workforce Trends in Sub-Saharan Africa [Case Study] This is the eighth and last installment of a series on Wamda featuring companies in emerging markets around the world. This case study as... Wamda • 30 January, 2013 Aureos Aureos Case Studies Financial management
Saudi Woman Entrepreneur Designs Program to Overcome Stage Fright [Wamda TV] Glassophobia (commonly known as public speech anxiety) is a problem that most of us (in fact, over 74% of us) have faced at some point in... Ahmed Al Majid • 30 January, 2013 Women
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... Glen Dalakian II • 29 January, 2013 Facebook Marketing Social Media
Entrepreneurs of the Week: Marc Dfouni and Nemr Badin from Eastline Marketing [Wamda TV] More than 15 years after starting up Eastline Marketing, a digital media agency based in Beirut, today's Entrepreneurs of the Week,... Maya Rahal • 29 January, 2013 Advertising Digital Advertising Digital Marketing
Tips for Startups on Gamification: A Chat with Gabe Zichermann [Wamda TV] Is gamification a marketing fad or does it have the potential to build a market in the U.S. worth $2.8 billion by 2016, with some vendors... Gulay Ozkan • 29 January, 2013 Gamification Advice Gaming
2013 Java Developers Conference On March 8-9, 2013, the Java Developers Conference will take place in Cairo, Egypt to bring professionals and students from across the Arab... Wamda • 29 January, 2013 Conferences Developers
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... Sohaib Thiab • 29 January, 2013 Top Lists Tips Advice
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... Shaden Abu Al-Haijaa • 29 January, 2013 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... Nina Curley • 28 January, 2013 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,... Nina Curley • 28 January, 2013 Ecosystem Infographic
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... Karim Jazouani • 28 January, 2013 Advice Conferences Ecosystem
Mahatat Initiative Promotes Egypt’s Contemporary Art Scene Since the 2011 revolution, Egyptian society has been transforming demographically, culturally, and politcally, inspiring several new... Ahmed Gabr • 28 January, 2013 Art Egypt Women
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... Glen Dalakian II • 27 January, 2013 Data Programme
Beirut Service Jam Mirada Madrid, in partnership with the Beirut Creative Cluster is hosting the first ever Beirut Service Jam from March 1-3, 2... Wamda • 27 January, 2013 Design Developers Innovation
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... Glen Dalakian II • 27 January, 2013 Mobile Mobile Apps Music