Wamda

Global

The promise of 5G: Digital divide or development pathway?

Mark Roden is the founder and chief executive officer at mobile top-up company, Ding ‘Limitless connectivity’ was to be...

5G Mobile Ding

Global

In conversation with Mark Roden of Ding

Too often in the GCC, the needs of low-income labourers from emerging economies are overlooked by startups, who instead tend to target the...

Ireland expat Mobile

Regional

Tech startups are disrupting the service sector [Video]

Press CC for Arabic subtitles. Entrepreneurs are closer to the trends, and are even setting some. They are also able to cater more...

Tourism Hotels Mobile

Regional

GSMA Mobile 360 MENA

GSMA Mobile 360 MENA is a two-day conference which identifies and addresses key challenges/opportunities for the mobile ecosystem...

GSMA Mobile conference

Saudi Arabia

This is how 3 Saudi female students launched a mobile repair company

Fixing electronic devices such as phones and laptops is a field dominated by men, especially in the Arab world. However, a group of young...

Saudi Arabia Fixtag Mobile

Egypt

'Push' is big business for these Egyptians

2015 was the year of the push notification. App makers discovered that a prompt on a smartphone could remind their users they existed...

pushbots push notification Egypt

U.A.E

Did the world’s thinnest phone just launch at GITEX Dubai?

Carbon Works, a UAE-based startup, launched what they say is the world’s thinnest smartphone at Dubai’s GITEX Summit 2016 on...

carbon works Carbon fiber Telecommunication

Regional

IATA NDC Hackathon

IATA invites talented developers, designers, marketers, idea generators, and futurists to transform the travel experience for...

hackathon Travel Airlines

Maghreb

Tiny Tunisian startup cracks open global telco market

Roamsmart helps mobile operators manage their roaming operations. (Image via RCR Wireless) Roaming is a pain for business travelers and a...

BizSpark RoamSmart roaming

Egypt

A global fitness platform from the streets of Cairo

The Jumpsuite team, left to right, Nabil Rostom, Norshek Fawzy and Kareem Abou Gamrah. (Images via Jumpsuite) We all know working out...

ehealth fitness Health

Lebanon

Krimston 'Kickstarts' its dual-SIM iPhone adapter

Krimston's cofounders Fouad Fattal (left) and Nabil Nasr (right). (Images via Krimston) In April 2012, Lebanese entrepreneur Fouad Fattal...

kickstarter Hardware Crowdfunding

Regional

8 MENA ecommerce predictions for 2016

This is an edited crosspost with LinkedIn. What a year it’s been for ecommerce in the Middle East. Launches of dozens of new startups; the ...

Uberization Mo Ali Yusuf Opinion

U.A.E

Personal finance app Wally launches on Android, aimed squarely at UAE

A year after its initial launch at Arabnet Beirut, personal finance application Wally is now rolling out Wally+, a...

wally finance Mobile

Regional

Mobile dominates even offline shopping in MENA [Report]

Shoppers and retailers in the MENA region have long known that consumers have been spending more and more money online. What is new,...

smartphone penetration Mobile Report

Regional

How do Arabic speakers use mobile apps? [Infographic]

Last time we checked in, Khaled Swilat’s startup App Mahal, a search engine for Arabic apps, had 40,000 downloads, 39,000 of...

app mahal arabic infographic Infographic

Lebanon

PinPay leads mobile payments trend in Lebanon

Mobile phones in emerging markets are still widely used for texting, making phone calls, taking pictures, reading news, and using...

m-pesa pinpay Beirut Digital District

Arab Mobile App Challenge 2014

The Arab Mobile App Challenge (AMAC) opens its doors to the Pan Arab region teams to compete with mobile solutions in the focus areas of en...

competition Mobile

Lebanese game developer fights uphill battle despite international recognition

Over the past few months, I’ve heard numerous stories from game developers in the Arab world and across Europe looking to target regional c...

indie Competitions Mobile

[SlideShare] The future of the internet is in developing economies

The internet may have been born decades ago in the West, but its future might well play out primarily in developing countries. This is, at...

Slideshare Delivery Mobile

KarTag enters the Cairo carpooling market with a user-generated 'pure carpooling' model

Egypt suffers from an astonishing amount of automobile-related pollution, traffic, and parking problems. Egyptian entrepreneurs have...

Car Service Coworking Sharing Economy

Lebanese developer overcomes technical challenges to launch Arabic mobile word game

Lebanon

Thought Leadership

The promise of 5G: Digital divide or development pathway?

In conversation with Mark Roden of Ding

Tech startups are disrupting the service sector [Video]

GSMA Mobile 360 MENA

This is how 3 Saudi female students launched a mobile repair company

'Push' is big business for these Egyptians

Did the world’s thinnest phone just launch at GITEX Dubai?

IATA NDC Hackathon

Tiny Tunisian startup cracks open global telco market

A global fitness platform from the streets of Cairo

Krimston 'Kickstarts' its dual-SIM iPhone adapter

8 MENA ecommerce predictions for 2016

Personal finance app Wally launches on Android, aimed squarely at UAE

Mobile dominates even offline shopping in MENA [Report]

How do Arabic speakers use mobile apps? [Infographic]

PinPay leads mobile payments trend in Lebanon

Arab Mobile App Challenge 2014

Lebanese game developer fights uphill battle despite international recognition

[SlideShare] The future of the internet is in developing economies

KarTag enters the Cairo carpooling market with a user-generated 'pure carpooling' model

Lebanese developer overcomes technical challenges to launch Arabic mobile word game

Finnish game developer bets on the Arab region - and wins

Why is Indian personal assistant app Shifu taking the Arab region by storm?

Jordanian mobile business app Applixya to target global executives

Thought Leadership

All the information you need to navigate Mena's startup ecosystem

Thank you