Wamda

Visualizing Palestine unites activism and entrepreneurship

In 2009, Ramzi Jaber quit his job as a civil engineer in Jerusalem to organize TEDxRamallah. Upon moving to Ramallah to begin work on the...

indiegogo palestine Crowdfunding

3 ways to build a better city

Developing a world-class city often involves creating a healthy entrepreneurial ecosystem. New studies from McKinsey and the National...

Corporate Entrepreneurship Responsibility Government

Healthcare portal WebTeb closes Series B round from Siraj Palestine Fund

On top of reaching over 3.5 million unique visitors per month, Arabic medical content portal WebTeb just announced new investment from...

Healthcare Content Portals Health & Beauty

A look at Just Falafel's recipe as it (potentially) readies for an IPO

Fadi Malas of Just Falafel is working overtime lately. “We’re finishing work these days quite late, I think around midnight,” he expla...

IPOs Franchising Scaling

4 incubators and accelerators that can help startups set up in Dubai

This is the third and final post in this mini-series about moving your startup to Dubai. Below, I explore the incubators and accelerators...

Incubator Advice Accelerators

How to reduce cash-on-delivery in Middle East e-commerce

At a roundtable hosted by PayPal last week, representatives from some of the region’s biggest e-commerce players gathered to discuss the r...

cash-on-delivery Payment Gateways E-commerce

How Dubai media machine AWI is turning traffic into transactions with new car portal ArabsTurbo

In classifieds, Egypt has become a highly competitive market, with companies like the revamped Waseet, Dubizzle, and Avito’s Bekam duking i...

classified Content Portals

Global

If you had the chance to exit, would you sell your startup to a competitor?

Entrepreneurs are passionate by nature. They work hard to make their ideas come to life, and harder to make them survive. In a tough...

Poll Results Music Daily Deals

What did startups learn at Astrolabs' recent workshop in Amman?

After their first Scaling Online Startups (SOS) workshop in Dubai this past May, and subsequent workshops in Riyadh and Beirut,...

Astrolabs Workshops Marketing

Algerian and Egyptian startups help travelers sell products from abroad; is this model scalable?

The Arab world is no stranger to luggage that's filled to almost bursting. Many travelers return from trips abroad with kilos of purchases...

collaborative economy Sharing Economy Shipping

Jordan

Can e-commerce site Cazamoda overcome the challenges of family business?

As a market for e-commerce builds in the region, many offline retailers are considering going online to launch their own e-commerce...

Challenges Logistics Namshi

Le Salon de l’innovation 2013, Algiers

The Agence Nationale de Valorisation des Résultats de la Recherche et du Développement Technologique (ANVREDET) will organize « le Salon de ...

LinkedIn reaches 1 million users in Saudi Arabia, bets on mobile growth

Just before its announcement yesterday that it plans to sell $1.15 billion in stock to raise capital, LinkedIn reached one million users...

Scaling LinkedIn

Edgy streetwear brand challenges sedate Egyptian fashion market

Young Egyptian streetwear brand Krak Baby has successfully brought 1990s-revival trucker hats and graphic t-shirts to the local fashion...

Arabia500 is now accepting applications

If you are a fast growing company, the Arabia500 is looking for you to apply. The Arabia500 was created by AllWorld Network and Professor...

Scaling

Why two Moroccan entrepreneurs chose to go global from day one

Some Moroccan entrepreneurs consider their market simply too small to focus on. For a few popular websites such as Bikhir.com or...

Scaling Advertising Marketing

Wamda announces Mix N’ Mentor Beirut with a new format

Kicking off the second half of the Mix N’ Mentor Roadshow 2013, Wamda next heads to Beirut to continue our tour across the Middle East and ...

Mix n Mentor Mentorship

Why are interns and recruiters unsatisfied in Morocco? [Infographic]

It’s no secret that recruiting in the Arab world is hard. And with so many recruiting platforms, each claiming to offer a miraculous so...

Interns Job Recruitment

Dubizzle founders step down as Naspers takes a majority stake: What's next

Note: photo submitted by Dubizzle. After eight years of running Dubizzle, the biggest classified ads site in the UAE, founders...

Dubizzle Departures classified

9 ways to build a better employee: How two Moroccan startups are playing Frankenstein

How long will your employees keep working if you can’t afford to pay them any longer? At least eight months, says Yassine El Kachchani, ...

Interns Recrutement

3 critical ways to boost revenue by making your website SEO-friendly from the beginning

If you’re launching a business or bringing your existing business online, you may have wondered when it would be best to focus o...

SEO Design User Experience Design

How Namshi is doubling down on operations as it goes from startup to scaleup

“I can't stress how much we're trying to break away from the bubble and hype around our funding rounds, and see ourselves as a startup t...

Logistics Dubai Shipping

How do the top technology companies make money? [Infographic]

How are the world's major e-commerce, mobile apps, entertainment, social media, search, and hardware companies making profits? A new...

profitability revenue streams Scaling

Call for projects for the Commercialization Tour 2013

The second round of the Commercialization Tour 2013 will take place be conducted in six countries -Egypt, Kuwait, Morocco, Saudi Arabia,...

Thought Leadership

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