Weekly Wrap-Up: September 02-06 It’s finally Thursday and time for our Weekly Wrap-Up! If you're game for taking your business to the next level, don't miss this week's to... Wamda • 06 September, 2012 Crowdsourcing Fadi Ghandour Gaming
Building Government-Startup Alliances [Pic of the Week] Entrepreneurs and governments are often at odds, leery of working with each other and afraid to reach out to build an uncommon alliance.... Glen Dalakian II • 06 September, 2012 Government Startup Communities Pic of the Week
Entrepreneur of the Week: Sohaib Thiab of Wizards Productions [Wamda TV] This week's entrepreneur of the week, Sohaib Thiab, founded game development Wizards Productions along with Hussam Hammo and Afif Toukan in ... Nina Curley • 06 September, 2012 Mobile Endeavor Entrepreneur of the Week
Cairo's Cloud 11, Raising Cloud Services to New Heights Cloud 11 is a Cairo based cloud-computing services start-up that provides various Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions to their clients.... Omar Aysha • 06 September, 2012 Cloud Computing
Fadi Ghandour's Next Investment: Building a Future for Arab Social Entrepreneurship Fadi Ghandour's name has been synonymous with Arab entrepreneurship. In 1982 he established Aramex as an express operator for the Middle... Knowledge @Wharton • 06 September, 2012 Investment Social Entrepreneurship Wharton
Wizards Productions Continues to Go Global, Announcing Partnership with Tapjoy, Acceleration with YetiZen After announcing a pivot into mobile gaming and a deal with leading international publisher 6waves, Wizards Productions is continuing to... Nina Curley • 06 September, 2012 Gaming Mobile Mobile Gaming
Turkish Startup Hub Turns to MENA: Arda Kutsal of Webrazzi [Wamda TV] Arda Kutsal, founder of Webrazzi, discusses the Turkish startup space in comparison to that in the Arab world. Started in 2006, Webrazzi... Wamda • 06 September, 2012 Startup Communities
Top 15 MENA Tech Startups That Are Going Global Today we highlight some of the region’s most innovative tech startups as they expand their businesses from MENA into global markets. Each o... Glen Dalakian II • 05 September, 2012 Technology Top Lists
Digital Spring: MENA Governments Must Speak the Language of Social Media [REPORT] This report, published by Strategy&, reveals the ways in which social media is driving a digital revolution in the Middle East and... Booz and Company • 05 September, 2012 Government Social Media
Dubai's Aflamnah Offers MENA-focused Crowdfunding Crowdfunding is the latest buzzword making the rounds in the entrepreneurial world, and a UAE initiative is out to show there’s more to it t... Rania Habib • 05 September, 2012 Crowdfunding Investment
Maintaining a Startup Atmosphere in a Growing Business: JC Butler of Dubizzle [Wamda TV] JC Butler, Co-Founder of Dubizzle, discusses his company’s evolution from a startup to a medium-sized business. He explains that it takes r... Wamda • 05 September, 2012 Team Tips Trends
Wamda Hosts Live Twitter Interview With Lebanese Telecom Minister This Friday At 7pm The Lebanese Ministry of Telecommunication along with Zein Real Estate (ZRE) and Berytech have launched Beirut Digital District yesterday... Maya Rahal • 04 September, 2012 Digital Media
Cairo Workspace The District Celebrates Six Months of Success Six months is usually too soon to celebrate a birthday, but things had been going so well for The District recently that celebrations were... Omar Aysha • 04 September, 2012 Accelerators Coworking Spaces
RecycloBekia Transforms Egypt’s E-Waste into a Commodity Can recycling e-waste really be profitable? Twenty Tanta University students say yes, as they work to build an electronic waste... Glen Dalakian II • 04 September, 2012 Environment
Investing in Educating Consumers about E-Commerce: Muhammed Mekki of Namshi [Wamda TV] Muhammed Mekki, co-founder of Namshi, discusses how Namshi is reinventing e-commerce in MENA by educating consumers about the potential of... Wamda • 04 September, 2012 E-commerce Rocket Internet
Are You Ready for the Digital Revolution? [Infographic] Did you know that 37% of customers are influenced by word-of-mouth, and 10-25% use social media to help them make purchasing decisions? Or... Wamda • 03 September, 2012 Digital Marketing