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Exclusive Interview: Souq Confirms New Investment from Naspers and Tiger Global

After rumors continued to circulate over the past couple of weeks, Souq.com has today confirmed that it is announcing a new round of...

E-commerce Investment

Workspace Mesaha Supports Community Initiatives in Egypt

These days, Cairo’s coffee places are busy with groups of young men and women gathered around tables, not to eat nor to chatter for fun, b...

Coworking Spaces Egypt

Can a Young E-Commerce Logistics Startup Take On Aramex in the UAE?

"Typical courier companies are not built to handle the logistics of e-commerce", says entrepreneur Robin Antony, founder of Powergistix, a...

Delivery E-commerce

Recap: The 4 Companies That Received Series A Investment from MEVP

Beirut-based venture capital firm MEVP (Middle East Venture Partners) is on fire. After announcing 5 investments in March, they have ...

Fashion Food & Beverage Investment

Vodafone Ventures Egypt Announces Investment in Eshtery, Ogra, and GyroLabs

After sponsoring and participating in the Euromoney conference in Egypt earlier this month, Vodafone Ventures Egypt has announced...

Accelerators Investment Mobile

El Mashrou3: The First Reality TV Show For Entrepreneurs In Egypt Is Casting Now

In 2013, the Arab world will witness its second major reality TV show for entrepreneurs in Egypt: El Mashrou3, announcing its casting ...

Competitions Egypt Social Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneur Of The Week, Elie Gregoire Khoury Of Panorama Mobile App: Dermandar [Wamda TV]

Entrepreneur of the week today on Wamda is Elie Gregoire Khoury co-founder of Dermandar, a mobile application to create and share panoramic ...

Digital Media Entrepreneur of the Week Mobile Apps

Wamda Mix N' Mentor Events in Amman, Beirut, and Dubai

After the success of Wamda's CoE E-Commerce event in June, Wamda is now hosting three mentorship events in three cities! If you came to CoE ...

Accelerators

Grass E-Magazine Paves the Way for Scientific Journalism in the Arab World

More often than not, those who write in science journals are scientists rather than scienctific journalists. While several western...

Digital Media Environment Media

Jamalon Hits 9 Million Books: Can It Crack the Saudi Market?

This week, Jamalon announced that its site now offers over 9 million unique Arabic and English books for sale. The “24-7 Online Book Fair f...

Book Reviews E-commerce Ecosystem

Innoventures and Fascila Launch Startup Reactor Acceleration Program

Last week, Innoventures announced the launch of a new entrepreneurial support program called ‘Startup Reactor’. Launched in...

Accelerators Ecosystem Egypt

Kiva, Silatech Launch Microsite for Micro Lending in the Arab World

After partnering to create Kiva Arab Youth in April of this year, Kiva and Silatech have just launched a “microsite” in Arabic alongside a ...

Arabic Content Crowdfunding Demystifying E-Commerce

Iraq

Startup Weekend Sulaimani, Iraq

For the first time ever, Startup Weekend makes its way to Iraq on January 31-February 2, 2013. SW Sulaimani will take place at...

Startup Weekend

Arab World Publishing Platform Tahadi Localizes Korean Game Knight Online

After publishing Age of Titans less than a month ago, Tahadi Games, is releasing another title, this time originally...

Gaming

Inventing The Best Encrypted Chat Client: 21 Year-Old Nadim Kobeissi Shares Story of Cryptocat [Wamda TV]

Lebanese entrepreneur, Nadim Kobeissi, developer and founder of Cryptocat speaks to Wamda at SHARE Beirut, introducing his instant...

Conferences Developers Invention

Interact Egypt Resuscitates Seaside Tourism Using Social Media

Egypt’s revolution has been a godsend for global news channels, and freedom loving Egyptians of course, but it has also scared off t...

Social Media Social Networks Travel

Style.com Enters the Arab World to Serve Local Fashion Market

Style.com, one of the world’s most well-read fashion sites, has arrived in the Middle East today, launching as Style.com Arabia (...

Arabic Content Fashion

Michelle Thorne of Mozilla Announces New Mobile Operating System [WamdaTV]

At SHARE Beirut during the first weekend of October, Michelle Thorne of Mozilla speaks about their non-profit organization which puts users ...

Conferences Mobile Software

Crowdfunding Platform Yomken Makes Launching Products Easy in Egypt

While concern in Egypt rises over courting investment and international partnerships intended to improve Egypt’s economy, one initiative h...

Crowdfunding Egypt

Understanding the Arab Digital Generation [Report]

A recent report by Strategy& and Google, Understanding the Arab Digital Generation, reveals interesting facts about how the newest...

Booz & Company Digital Media E-commerce

SILA Angel Investment Network Launches to Boost Entrepreneurs in Qatar

Silatech, a social initiative based in Qatar, has announced the launch of a new angel investment network, designed to open new avenues of...

Angel Investment Ecosystem Investment

Cobone Co-Founder Steps Down, Groupon Announces Expansion: What's Really Going on in Daily Deals?

Arabian Business confirmed today that Cobone's Regional Sales Head and co-founder, Henri Hazoughi, has stepped down, while sources...

Daily Deals

The State of the Internet in 2012 [Presentation]

Henry Blodget and Alex Cocotas from Business Insider’s BI Intelligence team have assembled a detailed overview of the U.S. and global digita...

Advertising Digital Advertising Digital Marketing

Amidst Daily Deals Market Shuffle, Are Major Changes on the Horizon?

After news of changes at Cobone and Groupon UAE yesterday, more is shifting in the daily deals space globally, with eBay's launch...

Daily Deals E-commerce Expansion

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