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Gamiphy raises six figure investment in pre-Series A

Palestine

Gamiphy raises six figure investment in pre-Series A

Palestine-based user engagement and retention platform Gamiphy has raised its pre-Series A investment round led by Ibtikar Fund with...

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Cairo Angels lead angel deal in Egypt's Hire Hunt

Egypt

Cairo Angels lead angel deal in Egypt's Hire Hunt

Business angels network Cairo Angels has sealed an investment with the Egyptian startup Hire Hunt in September. Cairo Angels...

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Injaz turns to crowdfunding for Startup Egypt

Egypt

Injaz turns to crowdfunding for Startup Egypt

The funding crunch for Egypt’s startups is no secret. As seen at a recent Mix N’ Mentor in Cairo, it can in fact push...

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The Gamifiers: making business fun

U.A.E

The Gamifiers: making business fun

The Gamifiers participate in Dubai Lynx We've all been there, dragging ourselves through another long day at work doing routine tasks that...

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Disrupt!Games! aims to solve problems creatively

Maghreb

Disrupt!Games! aims to solve problems creatively

Getting down to business. (Images via Cogite) Tunisia’s young gaming community came together from May 1st through 3rd at the Cogite c...

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6 ways to gamify your customer acquisition model

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...

Gamification Customer Acquisition

DIC Excellence Series: Gamifying the Planet

DIC Excellence Series: Gamifying the Planet

Dubai Internet City is hosting a talk titled “Gamifying the Planet” as part of their Excellence Series. The event will take place on Nove...

Qatar's EduTechnoz makes learning Arabic fun for kids, with gamification

Qatar's EduTechnoz makes learning Arabic fun for kids, with gamification

Two years ago, Diana Al-Dajani had a big problem. Her then five-year-old son loathed doing his Arabic homework. “It was an agonizing p...

Gamification Education

How a Dubai venture hopes to gamify education and government

How a Dubai venture hopes to gamify education and government

Gamification, as defined by PwC’s Technology Forecast, is the use of a wide range of game design techniques in non-game environments to m...

CircleTie: Better than Foursquare, Built in Egypt

CircleTie: Better than Foursquare, Built in Egypt

Location-based check-in apps are all the rage, especially those that help you discover new venues. In Egypt, however, CircleTie, is...

Egypt Gamification Innovation

i360PlayCamp February

i360PlayCamp February

Innovation 360 is hosting i360PlayCamps on the last Wednesday of every month. The i360PlayCamp is a 4-hour workshop aimed at “demystifying i...

Gamification Innovation Workshops

i360PlayCamps March

i360PlayCamps March

Innovation 360 is hosting i360PlayCamps on the last Wednesday of every month. The i360PlayCamp is a 4-hour workshop aimed at “demystifying i...

Gamification Innovation Workshops

i360PlayCamps April

i360PlayCamps April

Innovation 360 is hosting i360PlayCamps on the last Wednesday of every month. The i360PlayCamp is a 4-hour workshop aimed at “demystifying i...

Gamification Innovation Workshops

i360PlayCamps May

i360PlayCamps May

Innovation 360 is hosting i360PlayCamps on the last Wednesday of every month in partnership with Dubai Internet City. The i360PlayCamp is a ...

Gamification Workshops Innovation

Weekly Wrap-Up: January 20-24

Weekly Wrap-Up: January 20-24

The life of an entrepreneur typically includes overcoming challenges, learning from failure, and taking risks in order to drive a startup...

Gamification Health & Beauty Weekly Wrap-Up

How Gamification Can Help Startups Make Work Fun [Report]

How Gamification Can Help Startups Make Work Fun [Report]

At the end of last year, PwC US launched the third issue of its 2012 Technology Forecast series: Solving business problems with game based...

Education Gamification

Weekly Wrap-Up: January 13-17

Weekly Wrap-Up: January 13-17

This week on Wamda, we covered startups involved in reviving their neighborhoods, and startups using gaming to rev up the regional...

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Palestinian entrepreneur looks to use Xbox Kinect for classroom education

Palestinian entrepreneur looks to use Xbox Kinect for classroom education

[Arabic] Inspired by the Xbox Kinect, a motion sensor by Microsoft developed for the Xbox 360 and redesigned for the upcoming Xbox 1,...

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Tips for Startups on Gamification: A Chat with Gabe Zichermann [Wamda TV]

Tips for Startups on Gamification: A Chat with Gabe Zichermann [Wamda TV]

Is gamification a marketing fad or does it have the potential to build a market in the U.S. worth $2.8 billion by 2016, with some vendors...

Gamification Advice Gaming

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