Wamda

Why a post-IPO Twitter needs Saudi Arabia, in 3 graphs

[photo from SUSTG.com]. After selling 70 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange last week, Twitter's future is looking...

ipo twitter IPOs

3 education initiatives help Syrians find jobs and scholarships

Among the many tragedies resulting from Syria’s war, thousands of schools have been destroyed and many universities and educational i...

Training Education Social Entrepreneurship

U.A.E

How e-commerce stores are undercutting offline retailers in the UAE [Infographic]

Lower prices are one of the major factors that encourage consumers to shop online, according to a new infographic by price comparison site...

PayPal Infographic E-commerce

4 reasons to join a hackathon

A week ago, I ventured off on a special roadtrip: StartupBus Europe, a trans-European 3 day-long hackathon on wheels. In the...

hackathon Startupbus accelerator

Can a new mobile app enhance Hajj?

Technology is slowly finding its way into Islamic culture. With a fourth (23%) of the world’s population identifying as Muslim, and ...

Islamic products

Regional

MarkaVIP launches new platform, mobile apps, hints at new verticals to come

MarkaVIP, a leading regional flash sales site, has announced the launch of its new iOS and Android mobile applications, also debuting...

MarkaVIP E-commerce

What it takes to build a billion dollar tech company, and what it means for startups in the Arab world

Yesterday, Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures took an honest look at what it takes to build a billion dollar company in Silicon...

Investment Trends

What are the most popular mobile app categories worldwide?

AppAnnie, the app metric tracker, has released its quarterly market index to reveal how mobile app sales are evolving...

Trends Gaming

Online sports community Duplays launches new software platform, enters non-expat markets

If there's one thing Brian Sigafoos loves as much as sports, it's software. A 6'10" former professional basketball player, he's managed to...

abu dhabi playpass Dubai

Boris Johnson announces £100 million tech fund for Middle East startups

In a move designed to bring booming tech ecosystems in the UK and the Middle East closer together, London mayor Boris Johnson...

boris johnson innotech tech

Egypt

2 lessons from last year's Dare'n'Deal shutdown

Ever since Dare’n’Deal shut down last May, many have wondered why Egypt’s most popular daily deals site...

Daily Deals E-commerce

Can media marketplaces disrupt traditional news outlets?

The statistics are by now familiar: newspaper and magazine subscriptions are in free fall, Facebook and Twitter are on the rise, and what...

marketplace news Media

Whatsapp goes down worldwide; can it stay on top in mobile messaging?

As of an hour ago, app messenger Whatsapp went down around the world; at time of print, it had just started working again. The outage...

Mobile messaging Chat Mobile

A look at Jordan's ICT sector: the 2012 int@j report [Report]

The ICT Association of Jordan just released the 2012 version of their yearly report. You can download it here (click the grey box to the...

Report ict

e-Innovate Day in Dubai

e-Innovate Day in Dubai will be held on November 12, 2013 at the Westin Hotel Dubai Mina Seyahi Beach Resort & Marina, offering a...

Payment Gateways Conferences E-commerce

Egypt's most famous female carpenter is breaking the mold to build a global brand

"I love the texture of wood, and the random patterns within the grain," says Maha Shoukry, a half-Egyptian, half-Italian entrepreneur who...

Artist Entrepreneurs Creativity Egypt

4 reasons why game developers should consider crowdfunding

Update: The campaign mentioned at the end of the piece is updated to show a more realistic representation of an unknown developer raising...

Developers Crowdfunding Mobile Gaming

MENA+SocialGood Summit in Washington, DC

Organized by Al-Mubadarah, the inaugural MENA+SocialGood Summit is an interactive global exploration of the nexus between technology,...

Social Change Conferences Diaspora

Global

This young Jordanian entrepreneur bootstrapped a funky gadget e-commerce site from home

Loay Malahmeh loves funky gifts. While shopping for one recently, he became frustrated with the overpriced products that he found...

cash-on-delivery Shipping E-commerce

Women's portal HawaaWorld spins out new iPad recipe magazine

HawaaWorld is one of the oldest and most popular user-generated content portals targeting women in the Arab region. The platform,...

Food & Beverage

New accelerator Juice Labs will offer in-depth, software-focused mentorship to Cairo's startups

Hanan Solayman contributed reporting to this article. Nearly everything Tarek Nasr has been involved in since January 25, 2011 has...

#jan25 cairo accelerator

Fun logistics game launches in Dubai on a lean budget; can it find distribution?

This piece is part of a new series on the challenges of new entrepreneurs who are bootstrapping their startups. “This is a game from ...

Bootstrapping Shipping Mobile Gaming

Global

Could Middle East e-commerce benefit from Pinterest?

There was nothing special about the verb ‘pin’ before Pinterest was founded in 2010. Today, online, it's most likely to...

Funding Social Networks Marketing

DIC Excellence Series: Gamifying the Planet

Dubai Internet City is hosting a talk titled “Gamifying the Planet” as part of their Excellence Series. The event will take place on Nove...

Gamification

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