Wamda

Conflict Mapping Platform Ushahidi's Henry Addo at SHARE Beirut [Wamda TV]

At SHARE Beirut event last weeked, Henry Addo, co-founder of Ushahidi, discussed Ushahidi’s work to map incidents of violence and peace e...

Analytics Conferences Digital Media

Sami Ben Gharbia of Tunisian Collective Blog Nawaat at SHARE Beirut [Wamda TV]

At the SHARE Beirut gathering last weekend, Nawaat co-founder Sami Ben Gharbia discussed the influence of Tunisian independent collective...

Censorship Conferences Diaspora

Offline Businesses Moving Online: Part 1 [Wamda TV]

At our June event CoE E-Commerce panel Going Digital: Offline Businesses Moving Online, moderator Omar Christidis of ArabNet, introduces p...

COE CoE E-Commerce

5 Tips for Success in Egypt and MENA, from a Self-Made Innovator

Redg Snodgrass is an uncommon name for an out of the ordinary serial entrepreneur, or “funtrepreneur”, as he likes to call him...

Angel Investment Ecosystem Egypt

Gessur Initiative: Technology for Businesses Growth

Entrepreneurs Business Forum (EBF-Egypt) as a part of its role of supporting entrepreneurs and helping to grow their businesses will launch ...

Egypt

Hyperlocal Social Network Nassya Brings Cairo's Neighborhoods Online

In old Egyptian movies, women used to gossip on their balcony with their neighbors throughout the morning. Today, the same scene takes...

Egypt Social Networks

Will an Arab Crowdfunding Platform Ever Be Born?

Hundreds of young men and women are spreading ideas, enriching the Arab entrepreneurial arena, developing the community, serving society...

Crowdfunding

Microsoft Finally Targets Egyptian Developers with BizSpark, Mobile App Competition

“Developers developers developers developers,” a sweaty Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO, famously chanted during a Microsoft conference a few y...

Accelerators Cloud Computing Ecosystem

Abu Dhabi Media Summit 2012

The Abu Dhabi Media Summit is a gathering of people and companies driving the transition to a more fully networked new world. The three-day ...

Conferences Digital Media

Wamdat Inspire Talk, CoE E-Commerce: Roy Zakka of Ubanquity Systems [Wamda TV]

At our June event, CoE E-Commerce , CEO Roy Zakka of Ubanquity Systems offers several quick tips for startups to consider before their ...

Advice CoE E-Commerce Conferences

12 Tips for Optimizing SEO on Your Magento E-Commerce Site

This series by Mohannad Ghashim of ShopGo.me is part of our Demystifying E-Commerce series. It will explore various technical...

Demystifying E-Commerce E-commerce SEO

Top 20 Most-Watched TED Talks Of All Time

Today we highlight the most popular TED Talks to date, announced by TED in late August. Whether you think watching TED Talks during the...

Advice Conferences Ecosystem

Good Ideas Are Too Valuable To Waste [Pic of the Week]

Creativity is perhaps the most valuable asset a startup can have. I’m not describing that one creative idea that launches a startup or i...

CoE Cards Pic of the Week

10 Tasty Food & Beverage Startups In The Arab World

Today we look at some of MENA’s most delicious and inspired food startups. From falafel to cupcakes, watermelon to shawarma, these tasty n...

Food & Beverage

Every Big Company Starts Small [Pic of the Week]

Every big company starts small. It seems obvious and even cliché, but often young startups lose sight of this reality. It’s easy to get ca...

Advice CoE Cards Ecosystem

Froot Encourages Joking, Reading on Mobiles in the Arab World

In Saudi Arabia, where smartphone penetration has reached 60% according to Google, pivoting into the mobile app market seems a...

Mobile Apps Mobile

Hockey Tips for Entrepreneurs: Do You Know Where the Puck is Going?

While not a huge hockey fan, I am a great admirer of the sport’s legend Wayne Gretsky. I simply am in awe when women and men come a...

Ecosystem Innovation

The Cairo Angels Are Looking For a Few Good Startups

The Cairo Angels are here. No, it’s not a local remake of Charlie’s Angels (can you imagine), but a group of business angels based in Cairo ...

Angel Investment Investment

Think Big [Pic of the Week]

It's been a week for big news - both regionally and globally. The first early-stage VC deal in Palestine was closed, to the tune of US $1...

CoE Cards Pic of the Week

Cairo Workspace The District Celebrates Six Months of Success

Six months is usually too soon to celebrate a birthday, but things had been going so well for The District recently that celebrations were...

Accelerators Coworking Spaces

Social Enterprise Coffee Hour

Village Capital and The Startup Series organize an open table discussion on the up and coming field of Impact Investment and the...

Ecosystem Jordan

Meet New Beirut Workspace and Social Venture Hub AltCity

Entrepreneurs looking for a good casual workspace in Beirut can now turn to AltCity, which is opening its doors this August to become the...

Coworking Spaces Crowdfunding

You Have to Take Risks [Pic of the Week]

With the announcement of the exit of LivingSocial and talks about the entrance of LinkedIn into the MENA space, we see a great example of...

CoE Cards Pic of the Week

SeedStartup Demo Day in Dubai

SeedStartup, Dubai-based international startup accelerator and seed fund, announced details of the Startup Demo Day event to be held at...

Investment

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