'Tinder for trivia': SwypeOut, Lebanon's newest mobile game As the Arab world has become home to the world’s most active gamers, it has increasingly been eyed as a potential hotbed for game d... Stephanie Nour Prince • 02 September, 2014 SwypeOut lebanon
Wamda giveaway: win two Gold tickets for the Webit Congress 2014 in Istanbul UPDATE: The winners of the 2 Gold Tickets are Robert McGovern and Reem Boudraa. Congratulations! This year, we've partnered with Webit... Wamda • 02 September, 2014 Webit event istanbul
Regional New fund to offer support for creative coworking spaces in the MENA After working for several years on a global scale, international development organization Hivos is launching its first program to support... Maya Rahal • 02 September, 2014 creative industries Mideast Creatives co-working space
Egypt Can this app streamline medical care in the MENA? When ill or recovering from an illness or operation, a patient often finds themselves tied to the hospital where they have received their... Hanan Solayman • 01 September, 2014 Egypt Health nabda care
A Forbes 30 under 30 shares some home truths about entrepreneurship They call me a “social entrepreneur,” but I always prefer to call myself an “entrepreneur wannabe.” But regardless of the name, what we do s... Kamel Al-Asmar • 01 September, 2014
300% growth demands expansion for Moroccan sports site Patience and passion can be worth more than fundraising or aggressive marketing; this is an often-repeated maxim that might sometimes be... Aline Mayard • 01 September, 2014 elbotola morocco
Newly launched Mobily Ventures invests in Anghami, Easy Taxi Mobily, a leading telecom in Saudi Arabia, will announce today the launch of Mobily Ventures, a venture capital fund seeking to invest... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 31 August, 2014 mobily ventures mobily easy taxi
Starting over: Lessons from 2 entrepreneurs who've closed a business The process of winding down a company is an essential part of learning and growth. That’s true across lots of fields and specialties, and i... Ahmed Moor • 31 August, 2014
Code no more: Jordanian platform debuts drag-and-drop builder for in-app ads When Samer Tarazi and Omar Massad of RedTroops – an in-app advertising-focused startup that connects advertisers and app developers, and a... Hayden Pirkle • 31 August, 2014 in-app ads redtroops Advertising
Shelvies builds on Instagram's momentum in Saudi to promote ecommerce This article was originally posted on Firnas.org. During my meeting with Khalid Al-Issa, the young developer told us how he built... Safar Ayad • 28 August, 2014 shelvies ksa saudi
Global 8 essential skills for growing your team [Infographic] Do you need to expand your team but don't know how to start? According to data extracted from LinkedIn, the best recruitment managers are a... Maya Rahal • 28 August, 2014 CV Job Creation Job Recruitment
Maghreb Behind the scenes at Rocket Internet's eBay in North Africa When we hear about Rocket Internet, it’s usually related to massive fundraising, aggressive strategies, and management style (check out o... Aline Mayard • 28 August, 2014 Kaymu Rocket Internet
6 ways to gamify your customer acquisition model If you have never heard the word ‘gamification’, the reason is not because it is not a proven concept, but because companies might not tak... Hanan Solayman • 27 August, 2014 Gamification Customer Acquisition
Global 3 examples of corporates and startups collaborating in emerging markets When the corporate world isn’t a source of suspicion for the startup it’s often one of mockery. After all, how many sectors were disrupted b... Martin Pasquier • 27 August, 2014 General Electric Coca-Cola Nigeria
Google's top 10 all-time acquisitions Heard of it? Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google in 1998, offering their soon-to-be famous search engine to the world of the... AlQiyadi • 27 August, 2014 acquisition Google
New app aims to make shopping easier for Saudis Prayer time five times a day is nothing new in the Middle East, but technology development in the region is allowing people to engage with... Lucy Knight • 26 August, 2014 ksa Saudi Arabia