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
Meet the Final 5 Teams in AUC's The Hit 80 teams entered AUC’s product innovation competition The Hit, but only 5 made it to the final stage. The 5 teams confirmed they will ... Omar Aysha • 17 May, 2012 Innovation
The Final Showdown at AUC's Product Innovation TV Show The Hit Hundreds of rowdy AUC undergrads cheered on as the MC presented the teams. There was cheering, a buzzing atmosphere, and plenty of... Omar Aysha • 17 May, 2012 Education Startup Communities Competitions
Demystifying E-Commerce: 12 Questions Every E-Commerce Startup Should Answer This piece is part of our Demystifying E-Commerce Series, which addresses the challenges of setting up and growing an e-commerce company in... Nina Curley • 16 May, 2012 Demystifying E-Commerce E-commerce
New VC Sinbad Ventures to Focus on Early Stage Global Web and Mobile Startups Ahmad Takatkah, the former Head of Investments for N2V, has announced the launch of new venture capital fund Sinbad Ventures, which will... Nina Curley • 16 May, 2012 Accelerators Investment
Google's Ebda2 Competition in Egypt Ends with Controversy “The baby has a face only their mother could love,” some say. After waiting expectantly for about 9 months, witnessing the labor pains, loo... Omar Aysha • 16 May, 2012 Competitions Google Mentorship
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
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
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
How to Design Better Customer Experience by Acting Has designing your business service been entertaining? I was introduced to a quick, fun and effective method during Sarah Drummond’s s... Omar Aysha • 15 May, 2012 Education Entertainment Innovation
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
Facing Down the Challenges to Entrepreneurship in Egypt: Shereen Allam of Awtad [Wamda TV] At the MENA Business Women's Network Forum this April, Egyptian entrepreneur Shereen Allam, the president of Cairo-based entrepreneur... Nina Curley • 14 May, 2012 Conferences Ecosystem Women
Define What You Want in Life [Pic of the Week] Defining what you want in life and specifying your dreams might just make it easier for you to manifest them. Not because new age gurus say... Nina Curley • 14 May, 2012 CoE Cards
4 Ways to Create a Culture of Observation at Your Startup Did you know that marketing directors at Google use physics to explain the fundamental theories of branding? That astronomers use software... Oubai Elkerdi • 14 May, 2012 Innovation
15 Tips For Pitching to Investors from Culture Shift in Cairo Karen McGregor, a social investor from the Scottish investment firm FirstPort, gave a workshop during the Culture Shift event about how to... Omar Aysha • 14 May, 2012 Angel Investment Investment Negotiation
The Importance of Social Entrepreneurship for the Arab World: Rama Chakaki and Roland Daher [Wamda TV] Rama Chakaki of Baraka Ventures and Zeedna and Roland Daher, Head of Business Development at Wamda, discuss their impressions of the NYU... Kamel Al-Asmar • 13 May, 2012 Competitions Social Entrepreneurship