Inside 7 of East Africa’s Hottest Tech Hubs Part 1 of this three-part series offers a look at 7 of East Africa's most popular coworking spaces for tech startups, investors, and... Jonathan Kalan • 20 February, 2013 Accelerators Coworking Spaces Developers
How Three Women Founded Bahrain's First Self-Storage Company These three friends never imagined that they would open A2D, Bahrain’s first self-storage facility, as all-female partners. Yet with t... Leena AlOlaimy • 20 February, 2013 Warehousing
Entrepreneur of the Week: Fadi Daou of MultiLane [Wamda TV] Entrepreneur of the Week Fadi Daou, the founder and CEO of MultiLane SAL, discusses how he built his high-tech company in Lebanon after a... Glen Dalakian II • 19 February, 2013 Entrepreneur of the Week Technology
Saudi Billionaire Alwaleed Invests in Chinese E-Commerce Site 360buy As e-commerce is skyrocketing in China, Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), an investment firm chaired by Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed... Maya Rahal • 19 February, 2013 E-commerce Investment
A Plan for Action at Silatech's Arab Youth and Entrepreneurship Conference As the Arab world assesses the factors that led to the Arab uprisings and looks to a future with accelerating unemployment, it’s clear that ... Nina Curley • 19 February, 2013 Conferences
Innovations Against Poverty Launch Event The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) will be hosting a launch event for Innovations Against Poverty (IAP) in... Wamda • 19 February, 2013 Business Development CSR Social Entrepreneurship
Mobile App Wasalny Tackles Cairo's Traffic, Now in Arabic Amidst a wave of transportation apps being developed across Cairo, startup Wasalny has worked hard to differentiate itself through some... Glen Dalakian II • 19 February, 2013 Transportation Egypt Mobile
Need a Coupon for a Sportscar? Fursaty Offers Daily Deals, Saudi Style Daily deals in Saudi Arabia aren’t like daily deals elsewhere. Where else would you buy a Bentley online at 32% off? “Months later after th... Nina Curley • 19 February, 2013 Daily Deals
Expanding Salad Boutiques from Kuwait to the GCC [Wamda TV] In an interview at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, Doa’a Abdul Wahab, co-founder of A2D storage in Bahrain, and managing director of Sa... Wamda • 18 February, 2013 Conferences Food & Beverage
First Startup Weekend Kuwait Unites Local Entrepreneurship Community Finally, Startup Weekend has made it to Kuwait's small but growing entrepreneurship scene. Startup Weekend Kuwait kicked off a... Abdullah Alshalabi • 18 February, 2013 Ecosystem Startup Communities Startup Weekend
Food-zilla Launches Customers Online Food Ordering Service for Dubai The latest of several sites focused on food ordering and discovery in Dubai, Food-zilla launches today to focus on offering a personal... Nina Curley • 18 February, 2013 Food & Beverage
How to Craft an Effective Pitch: Bill Morrow of Angels Den [Wamda TV] In an interview at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, Bill Morrow, Founder of Angels Den, a leading angel and entrepreneur network in E... Wamda • 17 February, 2013 Angel Investment Pitching
World Bank to Support Lebanese Startups with $30 Million Loan Entrepreneurs in Lebanon now have a new reason to seek local support. Last week, the World Bank signed on a US $30 million loan to... Maya Rahal • 17 February, 2013 Innovation Investment
4 Tips for Pitching with Plan9, Pakistan's Newest Tech Incubator Plan9 is a tech-focused incubator that has been generating a lot of buzz in Pakistan. Conducted with the support of the Punjab Information ... Jazib Zahir • 17 February, 2013 Accelerators Competitions Investment
Dermandar Wins World’s Best App Award: What’s Next Dermandar, one of the hottest startups to come out of the Arab world this year, has just won the “World’s Best App” award in the Lifestyle a... Nina Curley • 17 February, 2013 Mobile Mobile Apps Scaling
New Investment Platform Shekra Supports Startups in Egypt New joint investment concept "Shekra" is drawn from the Arabic phrase "sherik fekra" in Arabic, which means "share an idea." The platform... Ahmed Gabr • 17 February, 2013 Crowdfunding