Wamda

Can Egyptian reminder app Before Leaving compete with Evernote?

Who among us hasn’t lost their keys, phone, or wallet? This problem is addressed by the Before Leaving app launched a year ago by Egyptian ...

El Mashrou3, Egypt's first competitive reality show for entrepreneurs

It seems that entrepreneurship has not only impacted the Middle East economically, but in pop culture as well. Egypt recently celebrated...

Egypt

A new Pakistani social coordination app beats Meetup for travellers on the go

If the Smurfs had to plan a picnic, one problem that they could run into is simply deciding which medium to use. Facebook? Whatsapp?...

startup Event Planning Technology

Trends in mobile advertising in the Middle East

It's no secret that mobile advertising is expected to grow globally in years to come, as smartphone use increases and the ability to...

Lebanese entrepreneur beats Google Glass with lightweight 3D glasses

Move over, Google Glass. A Lebanese entrepreneur and his cofounder have just debuted a pair of wearable glasses that displays augmented...

wearables

Meet the custom ringtone service from Gaza that's serving the Gulf [Wamda TV]

Gaza’s Sadaf Technology Development has launched Ringak (which means 'your ringtone' in English), a service that offers customized r...

TEDxCarthageWomen celebrates Tunisian women's past, present, and potential

Fresh off the success of its September installment, TEDxCarthage held its latest edition, TEDxCarthageWomen on December 8th, 2013 at...

Spark TEDx Women

Lebanon

Can a bootstrapping entrepreneur succeed with an electronics e-commerce store in Lebanon?

“I came back to Lebanon to renew my papers then decided to look for opportunities here,” says serial entrepreneur...

lebanon Bootstrapping cash-on-delivery

How to increase your company's productivity? Give your employees a break

In the most widely revered startup creation myth, there’s not a lot of sleep happening. Every entrepreneur we know works around the clock a...

productivity working hours

What did Lebanese entrepreneurs learn from the Dublin Web Summit?

With 10,000 attendees this year – four times the number from last year, and twenty times the number from the first event just two years a...

Web Summit Conferences

BitPay founder Tony Gallipi on Bitcoin's bright future [WamdaTV]

BitPay is an easy-to-use platform enabling internet businesses to accept Bitcoin as a form of payment. BitPay provides a plugin and makes it...

currency p2p bitpay

Jordanian custom photo album service eyes Gulf Facebook users, B2B expansion

There’s got to be a story behind a company by the name of Cheezu. “I was watching a Japanese movie,” says Tala Haddadin, Cheezu’s Jordani...

cheezu b2c b2b

Can AskNative save Egypt's tourism industry?

AskNative, a tourism service that works like a social network, is up against serious odds in Egypt, where both tourism and e-commerce are...

AskNative Tourism Egypt

Startup news ticker: Lebanese search engine replaces reviews with tips and hashtags

Welcome to Wamda's weekly startup news ticker, which will offer quick announcements and stories relevant to the region. If you have a quick...

content ticker Arabic Content

4 technology predictions for the Middle East in 2014

“As we move into 2014, work is no longer a place, it’s something you do wherever inspiration strikes,” says Johnny Karam, regional vi...

2014 citrix Predictions

PayPal brings new mobile payment option to rapidly developing East Africa

M-PESA, a mobile payment scheme launched in 2007 by Kenyan mobile network operator Safaricom, has fundamentally changed the way Kenyans...

mobile payments Payment systems Kenya

Aliqtisadi partners with Harvard Business Review to offer management content in Arabic

Aliqtisadi, the Arabic business news portal launched out of Damascus, is continuing to expand despite the challenges of the Syrian...

Aliqtisadi Content Portals Arabic Content

5 tips for building a successful mobile game, from 2013's biggest app success story

There’s no secret to building a good game, especially in the Middle East. Despite the fact that people in the region – especially the Gulf ...

trivia game app

10 amazing holiday gifts from innovators in the Middle East

Whatever your religious beliefs, we all worship at the altar of buying new things, especially at this time of year. We compiled a list of...

gift gift guide morocco

ElSherka.com moves business management to the cloud

Rarely do entrepreneurs have all of the necessary skills to run all aspects of their own startups; often they excel in some...

business management management elsherka

Africa: an untapped opportunity for Middle Eastern startups

Cellular penetration in Africa is growing at a rate of around 4.2 percent – a rate unequalled anywhere else in the world. In terms of m...

africa Mobile messaging Mobile Penetration

Enigma thinks big data can change the world

"Dad, the president retweeted my database!" "Well, it’s great that your boss appreciates your work." "No Dad, I’m talking about the Pre...

open data big data Diaspora

How do Saudis use social media? [Infographic]

Saudi Arabia is no doubt one of the main markets digital entrepreneurs want to dominate. With more than three million active Twitter users,...

the online project TOP twitter

Turbines bring winds of change to the West Bank

In 2010, Fadi Quran came back to Palestine during winter break from his senior year at Stanford University, where he was studying Physics...

independent wind west bank palestine

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