Links Are Not Answers: Cairo's Kngine Launches App to Revolutionize Search Operating with the tagline, "Links are not answers," intelligent search company Kngine (pronounced “kin-gin”) has launched beta versions of ... Nina Curley • 30 May, 2012 Mobile Apps
Entrepreneur of the Week: Ziad Sankari of CardioDiagnostics [Wamda TV] This week's entrepreneur of the week is Ziad Sankari of CardioDiagnostics. At QITCOM, Qatar's IT-focused conference, he describes how he ... Nina Curley • 05 June, 2012 Entrepreneur of the Week Medical
Jordanian Entrepreneurs Launch Startup Enabling Global Access to Healthcare "We want to export U.S.-quality healthcare to the rest of the world," says Ayman Sharaiha, explaining his startup, Clinical Fellows. The... Nina Curley • 30 May, 2012 Medical
Yahoo! Acquires a License to Yamli’s Technologies Today marks an important milestone in the life of popular Arabic language startup Yamli, as Yahoo! announces its acquisition of a license... Nina Curley • 28 May, 2012 Innovation
Creating an E-Commerce Solution Tailored to the Arab World: Moe Ghashim of ShopGo [Wamda TV] At the Amman Tech Tuesdays anniversary event at the beginning of the month, Syrian entrepreneur Moe Ghashim, previously of 7arake, talks to ... Nina Curley • 27 May, 2012 E-commerce
Entrepreneur of the Week: Rania and Zaina Kana'an of Artisan Marketplace Ananasa [Wamda TV] This week's Entrepreneur(s) of the Week are sisters Rania and Zaina Kana'an of Ananasa, an online marketplace for handicrafts, that sells... Nina Curley • 29 May, 2012 E-commerce Entrepreneur of the Week
Beirut's The Dream Matcher Demonstrates the Value of a Niche Social Network I was recently invited to a second dream matching event in Beirut by The Dream Matcher, an ambitious project that aims to improve the p... Ramy Ghaly • 20 May, 2012 Social Networks
Maroc Annonces: Pioneering Online Classified Ads in Morocco Created 12 years ago, by founder Tadjne Filali, Maroc Annonces was the first online classified ads company in Morocco. Once a pioneer and... Maya Rahal • 15 May, 2012 E-commerce
ClinArt's Maha Al-Farhan Strikes a Balance Between Business Success and a Happy Home Maha Al-Farhan is a pioneer in bringing clinical research to the Middle East. Recently named Entrepreneur of the Year at the third annual... Knowledge @Wharton • 24 May, 2012 Women
Turkish Gaming Entrepreneur Pivots into Mobile in MENA, Launching Bhalamir The co-creator of one of Turkey's biggest web gaming platforms, Sanalika, has now launched a demo of his first iOS mobile game, Bhalamir,... Nina Curley • 17 May, 2012 Gaming
Arabic Medical Portal AlTibbi Launches Breakthrough Symptom Checker and Social Network Arabic medical portal Altibbi.com has just launched two major improvements to its comprehensive diagnosis platform: the first Arab... Nina Curley • 15 May, 2012 Social Media Endeavor Medical
Moroccan Entrepreneur Finds Opportunity in Web Hosting Moroccan internet service Genious Communications has relaunched this week, bringing new cloud-based services to Morocco, and soon, the Arab... Nina Curley • 15 May, 2012
tasmeemME Continues Palestinian Museum Logo Design Competition Update: the deadline has now been extended to May 31st! Submit now. It’s probably been a minute since you’ve heard from creative community ... Nina Curley • 13 May, 2012 Design Digital Media
Wharton's First Innovation Tournament in the Middle East: A Competition of Ideas, and a Comparison of Challenges [Meet all the Karmsolar team in a Wamda recorded quick interview, and learn more about the finalists here] Ahmed Zahran couldn't have been... Knowledge @Wharton • 17 May, 2012 Environment
Entrepreneur of the Week: Amr Shady of Egyptian Mobile VAS Service Company T.A. Telecom [Wamda TV] This week's Entrepreneur of the Week is Amr Shady of Egypt-based mobile value-added service provider company T.A. Telecom. In a Skype chat... Nina Curley • 15 May, 2012 Entrepreneur of the Week Failure Innovation
Moroccan Site Asnad Offers Online Market for Arabic Digital Content Those looking to become creative entrepreneurs have a new avenue for monetizing their products, with the launch of e-commerce... Maya Rahal • 22 May, 2012 E-commerce
Differentiating a Daily Deals Site in Dubai: Pradeep Menon of DealGobbler Pradeep Menon, part investor and part entrepreneur, is the founder of Deal Gobbler, a Dubai-based daily deal website. Menon is also among... Mo Ali Yusuf • 08 May, 2012 Daily Deals Demystifying E-Commerce E-commerce
Debate Me: Egypt's Naqeshny Challenges You to a War of Words Naqeshny, a new debating social network, challenges its participants to engage on issues, rather than being dragged into exchanges based on... Fernande van Tets • 10 May, 2012
Building Interactive Stories in Arabic for Children on Sacha Books [Wamda TV] Co-founder Samer Adel Youssef of Egyptian startup Sacha Books, presenting at Google's startup competition in Cairo, Ebda2, describes how he ... Omar Aysha • 08 May, 2012 Animation Arabic Content Competitions
Entrepreneur of the Week: Saudi Entrepreneur Deem Al-Bassam Pivots from Failure into Success [Wamda TV] [This video is no longer available.] Saudi entrepreneur Deem Al-Bassam speaks to Wamda from her residence in Dubai, describing what went... Nina Curley • 08 May, 2012 Failure Entrepreneur of the Week Food & Beverage
From Aleppo to Dubai: Syrian Entrepreneur Salim Akil [Wamda TV] At the MIT Enterprise Forum Workshop last month, Salim Akil of searchinmena.com discusses the challenges of moving out of Syria due to the... Nina Curley • 02 May, 2012 MITEF Arab Business Plan Competition MIT Investment
RealTime Weather From Real People On Dubai-Based Metwit.com Are you wondering what the weather is like now in a certain location you are headed to? Are you trying to avoid carrying that umbrella and... Maya Rahal • 30 April, 2012
Sprowd: Crowdfunding for Startups Around the Globe The idea is simple: if you have a great idea for a business, why should you wait for a VC to take a leap of faith to invest in you? Why not... Fernande van Tets • 01 May, 2012 Crowdfunding Investment
Palestinian iPhone App for Prayer Launches This week, those looking to connect with their community have a new tool at hand. AnaBasalli, a mobile application and web platform... Nina Curley • 29 April, 2012 Mobile Apps