Mobile advertising is on the rise in the Arab world [Report] Mobile advertising in the Arab world grew 68% last year, offering stronger revenue-generating opportunities for mobile startups in the... Ahmed Gabr • 22 July, 2013 mobile advertising Digital Advertising Advertising
5 predictions about the future of digital, from Arabnet Dubai Arabnet’s first Digital Summit in Dubai brought together the startup community and the digital media and marketing industries to hash out ... Kia Davis • 07 July, 2013 Digital Advertising Arabnet Innovation
6 unsettled debates from Arabnet's first Dubai summit “How was the new Arabnet?” People have been asking since I returned from Dubai last week. Quickly: it was sleeker, with more industry hea... Nina Curley • 03 July, 2013 Debate Arabnet Conferences
How to track your website's progress on Google Analytics In a world where nearly everything is trackable, finding data to inform important business decisions is simple. Shaping that data into a... Jen Wulf • 01 July, 2013 Tips Analytics Google
Can this Facebook clone become the biggest social network in Yemen? Could the Arab world's next social network come from... Yemen? Why invent the wheel, the cofounders argue. “We created a design very s... Maya Rahal • 09 July, 2013 Social Networks Facebook Social Media
Egyptian 'Social Mirror' lets users analyze their personal Twitter and Facebook accounts Egyptian social media analytics startup 25trends just launched a new “Social Mirror” service, allowing individuals to get a detailed rea... Glen Dalakian II • 27 June, 2013 Social Networks Social Media Analytics
How to create the perfect Pinterest, Google+, Facebook and Twitter post [Infographic] Does the perfect social media post really exist? As social media platforms have evolved over the years, so have their uses and functions... Maya Rahal • 25 June, 2013 Social Networks Social Media
6 ways to boost your sales through social media The question of return on investment (ROI) from social media spending continues to linger in the mind of many social marketers. And while... Karine Jazra • 23 June, 2013 Social Networks Facebook Social Media
Update: Facebook resolves Tor issues UPDATE: Tor has posted that Facebook is not blocking Tor. "A high volume of malicious activity across Tor exit nodes triggered... Nina Curley • 18 June, 2013 Internet Freedom Technology Censorship
How blog comments can help you connect to influencers and investors Sometimes a comment is all it takes to open new doors. Commenting on a website helped me start contributing at Wamda, connect to... Abdullah Alshalabi • 18 June, 2013 Community Social Networks
Twitter now offers free account analytics. How does it benefit users? With 6.5 million users in the Arab world, Twitter is easily the second most popular social network in the region, and the world,... Ahmed Gabr • 30 June, 2013 Networking Social Social Networks
Egypt's famous not-so-good girl Amy Mowafi explains why women can't have it all The four Mowafi siblings are nothing if not savvy about creating buzz. After moving back to Cairo in 2002, the four siblings, Amy, Tamim,... Hanan Solayman • 30 June, 2013 Women
Will this Egyptian startup be the next Pinterest of the Middle East? With women making up 70% of worldwide Pinterest users, and 97% of Pinterest’s Facebook fans, one image-sharing social network s... Ahmed Gabr • 12 June, 2013 Social Networks Social Media Fashion
Why every child in the Middle East should be taught to code Coauthored by Carine Abi Akar and Nafez Dakkak. Ever since the successful launch of Facebook in 2004, and perhaps as early as the first... Nafez Dakkak • 21 May, 2013 Coding EdTech Education
The Arab Spring through the eyes of Zaid Zaid Farekh is as Jordanian as Mansaf. Born, bred and schooled in Jordan, he's a hardworking man from a hard working family. Before he had... Fadi Ghandour • 20 May, 2013 Jordan Technology Fadi Ghandour
Qordoba translated its 5 millionth word. Here's how it manages a distributed team Global translation platform Qordoba has just translated its 5 millionth word, hitting the mark last April on a Mandarin translation job,... Glen Dalakian II • 15 May, 2013 Dubai Translation Team management
Mix N’ Mentor Amman Brings The Lean Startup Workshop, by Tech Pioneer Calvin Chin Alongside Wamda’s Mix N’ Mentor Amman on May 24th, serial entrepreneur Calvin Chin will lead a Lean Startup Workshop for the event’s atten... Wamda • 15 May, 2013 Training Mix n Mentor
Meet the Jordanian College Graduate Who Rose to Startup Success by Reporting the Weather Jordanian entrepreneur Mohamed Al-Shaker is very, very passionate about the weather. “I’ve had an interest in weather since I was 4 years o... Glen Dalakian II • 08 May, 2013 Science Jordan Competitions
Saudi Arabia's Untapped Tourism Opportunity When we think of tourism in the Arab world, we usually first imagine the Egyptian pyramids, the lavish resorts of Dubai, the museums of... Ahmed Al Majid • 05 May, 2013 Tourism Saudi Arabia
Meet Egypt's new entrepreneurship magazine: Ideaneurs Entrepreneurship is about failure just as much as it is about success. That's the idea behind Ideaneurs, a... Hanan Solayman • 03 June, 2013
Disruptive Entrepreneurship Part I: We’re Going to Change the World For just three days once a year, I don’t have to explain myself. The notion that business and social impact are in fact m... Leena AlOlaimy • 25 April, 2013 Social Change Conferences Social Entrepreneurship
5 Timeless Offline Principles for Online Startups As technology continues to enable a more virtual office experience, it’s important to remember that offline principles still apply in m... Glen Dalakian II • 16 April, 2013 Tips Advice
10 Tips from Jordan's E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year “I joined Oasis500 as a board member last year because I believe it’s time to give back and success is contagious,” says Akram Khreis, who ... Glen Dalakian II • 15 April, 2013 Team management Tips Advice
Wamda Announces Mix n' Mentor Doha Building on the success of our first stop in Cairo on the 2013 Mix n’ Mentor Roadshow, Wamda next heads to Doha to continue our tour of 12 ... Wamda • 03 April, 2013 Mix n Mentor Mentorship