Wamda

What Souq has to say about those rumors, and its new mobile strategy

Just as chatter is sweeping the tech world that Souq.com may be courting Amazon for a potential acquisition, the Dubai-based e-commerce...

souq

Meet the first class of Saudi startups graduating from Flat6Labs Jeddah

Nine months after its launch, Flat6Labs Jeddah startup accelerator has graduated its first class of startups, which serve markets...

accelerator ksa saudi

Dealmakers' Weekend: a benchmark for Jordanian entrepreneurship

Dealmaking was the name of the game on Saturday and Sunday at the Four Seasons Hotel in Amman as an impressive list of investors...

Venture Capital Investment Oasis500

Startup Weekend NEXT Baghdad shows what's possible

As a co-organizer of the first and second installments of Baghdad Startup Weekend, I’ve learned first-hand how challenging it can be to c...

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West Bank and Gaza startups pitch together for the very first time in Amman

Until this past Thursday, startups in the West Bank and Gaza had not met under the same roof to pitch to investors. At Oasis500 in...

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Algerian entrepreneurs imagine a new future at Fikra Conference

One could be tempted to compare Fikra to an Algerian TEDx, yet the event, which draws it name from the word idea in Arabic, debuted a u...

Iranian developers gamify a 1,000 year-old poem

The story of how Amir-Esmaeil Bozorgzadeh first met Hossein Jalali, his partner at their new startup, GameGuise, is “a MAKE Business ...

Gaming

New data proves Facebook's extensive reach in Morocco

For many in Morocco, it seems that Facebook is the most popular destination on the internet. A healthy 73% of the total population visited...

Data Facebook

Global

Jordan's Bitcoin Meetup Group weighs in on the cryptocurrency's recent crash

In the world of the internet, a bug is not something to take lightly. So Monday, when MTGox, the first Bitcoin exchange site...

Bitcoin

Wamda launches Wamda Debates in Casablanca

When a topic is good, time always runs out. We've seen that first hand at our Mix N' Mentor events where we often are forced to cut c...

PAYMENT Wamda Debates mobile payments

Why Hanan Abdel-Meguid stepped down at OTVentures

Hanan Abdel-Meguid will step down from her position as CEO at OTVentures to personally focus more on supporting the startup scene in...

OTVentures

Na3m Games' latest (accidental) release tops Saudi game charts

An accidental release has been a serious success for Saudi game developer Na3m Games. Harwil Ya Wahsh!, the company’s free-to-play iOS g...

na3m games Saudi Arabia Mobile Gaming

3 apps win big at the Arab Mobile App Challenge

The winners of the 2014 Arab Mobile Learning Challenge have been announced at an event in Doha. The winning team, Loujie, based in the...

arab mobile learning challenge doha

Now serving one billion ads per month, Hsoub looks to the future

Hsoub, the web solutions company based in Egypt and the UK, whose mission is to develop online opportunities for people living throughout...

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Egyptian job site Wuzzuf joins 500 Startups' acceleration program

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What Souq has to say about those rumors, and its new mobile strategy

Meet the first class of Saudi startups graduating from Flat6Labs Jeddah

Dealmakers' Weekend: a benchmark for Jordanian entrepreneurship

Startup Weekend NEXT Baghdad shows what's possible

West Bank and Gaza startups pitch together for the very first time in Amman

Algerian entrepreneurs imagine a new future at Fikra Conference

Iranian developers gamify a 1,000 year-old poem

New data proves Facebook's extensive reach in Morocco

Jordan's Bitcoin Meetup Group weighs in on the cryptocurrency's recent crash

Wamda launches Wamda Debates in Casablanca

Why Hanan Abdel-Meguid stepped down at OTVentures

Na3m Games' latest (accidental) release tops Saudi game charts

3 apps win big at the Arab Mobile App Challenge

Now serving one billion ads per month, Hsoub looks to the future

Egyptian job site Wuzzuf joins 500 Startups' acceleration program

Turkish m-commerce solutions company Pozitron acquired by UK's Monitise

Recyclobekia partners with Jumia and launches individual e-waste recycling

Berlin's Pipe makes peer-to-peer transfer on Facebook more secure

Health portal WebTeb partners with famous Egyptian chef

Startup Weekend Damascus launches this month to create a 'paradigm shift' in Syria

Startup news ticker: Lamudi launches mobile version; e-commerce store accepts Bitcoins

Anghami launches 'industry disruptive' $1 music streaming service

Qordoba announces $1.5 million USD Series A investment

Startup news ticker: Global Shapers launches '52 weeks 52 hubs' in Rabat

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