Emokhalfa Takes on Cairo’s Traffic with New Violation Reporting App Fixing Cairo’s traffic problems is not going to happen overnight. But new startup Emokhalfa is taking the problem into their own hands. It c... Mohamed Salah • 17 October, 2012 Crowdsourcing Egypt Government
Kiva, Silatech Launch Microsite for Micro Lending in the Arab World After partnering to create Kiva Arab Youth in April of this year, Kiva and Silatech have just launched a “microsite” in Arabic alongside a ... Glen Dalakian II • 15 October, 2012 Arabic Content Crowdfunding Demystifying E-Commerce
Weekly Wrap-Up: October 14-18 This week, our Weekly Wrap-Up features posts ripe in e-commerce information. Learn from others' experience is an especially sound piece of... Wamda • 18 October, 2012 Angel Investment Animation Arabic Content
Crowdfunding Platform Yomken Makes Launching Products Easy in Egypt While concern in Egypt rises over courting investment and international partnerships intended to improve Egypt’s economy, one initiative h... Shaimaa El Nazer • 29 October, 2012 Crowdfunding Egypt
Understanding the Arab Digital Generation [Report] A recent report by Strategy& and Google, Understanding the Arab Digital Generation, reveals interesting facts about how the newest... Wamda • 10 October, 2012 Booz & Company Digital Media E-commerce
SILA Angel Investment Network Launches to Boost Entrepreneurs in Qatar Silatech, a social initiative based in Qatar, has announced the launch of a new angel investment network, designed to open new avenues of... Nina Curley • 15 October, 2012 Angel Investment Ecosystem Investment
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... Glen Dalakian II • 11 October, 2012 Censorship Conferences Diaspora
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... Omar Aysha • 07 October, 2012 Angel Investment Ecosystem Egypt
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... Hanan Solayman • 17 October, 2012 Crowdfunding
SeedStartup's First Demo Day Reveals Global Products There was a stark sartorial contrast between investors in suits and the more casually-clad entrepreneurs at the Make Business Hub last week... Rania Habib • 04 October, 2012 Accelerators Angel Investment
Egyptian National Competitiveness Council Disappoints: Where Were the Entrepreneurs? I like to challenge my prejudices every now and then, so I decided to accept an invitation to the eighth annual conference of The Egyptian... Omar Aysha • 26 September, 2012 Conferences Ecosystem Egypt
Egyptian Social Gaming Startup FunWave Delivers Football Fun Egypt is full of football fanatics, and the region is as well. So it made perfect sense that Egyptian social games start-up FunWave’s ... Omar Aysha • 16 September, 2012 Accelerators Angel Investment Egypt
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 ... Omar Aysha • 09 September, 2012 Angel Investment Investment
OPIC and Abraaj Capital Commit $150M to Boost SMEs in MENA Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Egypt now have even more opportunities to for growth, as Sunday the Overseas Private... Glen Dalakian II • 11 September, 2012 Government Investment
Lebanese Telecoms Minister Interviewed by Wamda on Twitter - Here is How It Went On Friday, Wamda hosted a Twitter interview with Lebanese Telecoms Minister Nicolas Sehnaoui to discuss entrepreneurship, innovation, and... Glen Dalakian II • 10 September, 2012 Government
Building Government-Startup Alliances [Pic of the Week] Entrepreneurs and governments are often at odds, leery of working with each other and afraid to reach out to build an uncommon alliance.... Glen Dalakian II • 06 September, 2012 Government Startup Communities Pic of the Week
Weekly Wrap-Up: September 02-06 It’s finally Thursday and time for our Weekly Wrap-Up! If you're game for taking your business to the next level, don't miss this week's to... Wamda • 06 September, 2012 Crowdsourcing Fadi Ghandour Gaming
Provide Structure and Freedom for Innovation [Pic of the Week] This week, activists participated in a blackout to protest ICT censorship in Jordan, a move aimed to prevent two amendments from... Glen Dalakian II • 30 August, 2012 Government Pic of the Week
15 Tips For Pitching to Investors from Culture Shift in Cairo Karen McGregor, a social investor from the Scottish investment firm FirstPort, gave a workshop during the Culture Shift event about how to... Omar Aysha • 14 May, 2012 Angel Investment Investment Negotiation
Egyptian Accelerator Flat6Labs Shows Growth at Second Demo Day The great and the good of Egypt’s entrepreneurial ecosystem gathered for the showcase of Flat6Labs’ latest clutch of ready-to-grow acc... Omar Aysha • 03 May, 2012 Accelerators Angel Investment Ecosystem
Shaping the Entrepreneurial Future of Egypt The 2012 AUC Research Conference, held this past week at the university's New Cairo campus, was an exercise in uniting Egypt's... Omar Aysha • 23 April, 2012 Accelerators Angel Investment Arabic Content
Creating an Egyptian Economic Miracle at Startup Nation 2.0 “The vision is to get Egypt into the top 10 list of countries by GDP in 5 years time.” This vision brought together around 50 progressive Eg... Omar Aysha • 05 April, 2012 Angel Investment Innovation Investment
Angel Investment in MENA: What Works, What Could Improve So you have been incubated for three months and you have built a solid demo. Unfortunately, your burn rates (negative cash flows) are... Walid Sahawneh • 20 March, 2012 Angel Investment Oasis500
4th Oasis500 Angel Network Event Oasis500 will be organizing the 4th Angel Network Event on Wednesday March 14th 2012 in Amman, Jordan, where entrepreneurs can meet to the... Wamda • 16 February, 2012 Angel Investment