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
Reinventing Job Recruitment: Ramy Assaf of Laimoon [Wamda TV] Ramy Assaf, Digital Market Developer at Laimoon, discusses the projected evolution of Laimoon from a niche job-matching site for sales and... Wamda • 03 September, 2012 Job Recruitment
LinkedIn to Enter Middle East Market in September On the heels of news that LivingSocial is leaving the region, an email circulating the region reveals that LinkedIn is priming to open an... Nina Curley • 23 August, 2012 Social Networks Technology Trends
RoundMenu Announces $730K Round of Funding to Expand into New Markets After launching just over a month ago, RoundMenu has closed its first round of investment, for US $730,000, led by HoneyBee Tech Ventures,... Nina Curley • 27 August, 2012 Food & Beverage Mobile Apps Technology
Looking Back to LivingSocial's Exit from MENA: What Went Right, What Went Wrong? In the aftermath of the news that LivingSocial is leaving the MENA region, many have reflected this weekend on what this means for... Nina Curley • 26 August, 2012 Daily Deals Exits and Sales
How Arab Startups Turned a Slow Ramadan into Quick Success Although Ramadan can be a slow month for consumption, some startups have found ways to make the most of it throughout the past month.... Fernande van Tets • 21 August, 2012 Digital Media E-commerce Ramadan
Trends in Gaming in the Middle East Market: Alex Tho Seeth, Formerly of Travian Games [Wamda TV] Alexander Tho Seeth of monetizer.com, a company that helps digital content companies enter the Middle East market, discusses why German... Nina Curley • 02 August, 2012 Gaming Mobile Gaming
Animated Superhero Series The 99 Launches in the Middle East for Ramadan This Ramadan, Islam-based superhero series THE 99 is finally launching in its region of origin, the Middle East. Starting on the... Nina Curley • 19 July, 2012 Animation
Startup Merges with Dinosaur to Create Egyptian Job Search Site Wuzzuf In the job search market in the Middle East, new sites are always looking to solve the signal-to-noise problem, plucking useful applicants... Nina Curley • 03 July, 2012 Job Recruitment
3 Lessons from an Athlete to Entrepreneurs: How to Work Smarter, Not Harder The similarities between sport and business are well known. In both cases, doing things faster, differently or more efficiently can result... Chris Gallagher • 11 June, 2012
Is Rocket Internet's Entrance into the Middle East a Bad Thing? With the launch of Zappos clone Namshi two months ago and now Amazon clone Mizado, Rocket Internet has officially entered the Middle East.... Nina Curley • 31 May, 2012 E-commerce Rocket Internet
Trends in User-Generated Arabic Content: A Look at d1g's 2012 Shift Two years ago, d1g and Jeeran were going head to head as two of the region's biggest Arabic language user-generated content (UGC)portals... Nina Curley • 29 May, 2012 Arabic Content
Facebook to Target Ad Revenue with New Dubai Office As we predicted in February, Facebook is indeed entering the MENA region, planning to open an office in Dubai now that its IPO... Nina Curley • 24 May, 2012 Facebook Social Networks
Why Middle East E-Commerce Site Souq.com Acquired Sister Site Sukar.com Leading Middle East e-commerce site Souq.com has acquired flash sales site Sukar.com today, as The Next Web and others reported, as part... Nina Curley • 30 April, 2012 Acquisitions E-commerce
Entrepreneurs, Be Tough, Be Global -- Export Now Cross-posted (with a slight adaptation) from Forbes, June 9, 2011. Puerto Rico is one example of a small market- a four... Daniel Isenberg • 22 March, 2012
Qordoba Launches Arabic ePublishing and eReading Platform [Diclosure: Wamda has invested in Qordoba]. Authors looking to digitize or self-publish Arabic books online or distribute Arabic... Nina Curley • 29 March, 2012 Digital Media
Jordan's Travel Sheikh Turns Offline Agency into an Online Opportunity The newest flight and hotel booking on the block, Travel Sheikh, is set to lead the travel e-commerce space. Not just because it's the... Nina Curley • 08 March, 2012 E-commerce
6 Ways a User-Generated Recipe Site Became a Success in Saudi Arabia Sometimes becoming the biggest recipe website in Saudi Arabia is not enough. For the creators of Shahiya, an Arabic recipe portal, creating... Nina Curley • 17 January, 2012 Mobile Apps
Review Site Jeeran Launches Arabic iPhone App with Geolocation Online local review site Jeeran is now solving one of the biggest issues facing consumers in many Arab cities: easily contacting local... Nina Curley • 12 January, 2012 Endeavor
Why It's Easier Than Ever to Break into E-Commerce in the Middle East As logistics company Aramex continues to expand globally, with its acquisition of South African courier company... Nina Curley • 13 December, 2011 E-commerce
Lebanese Startup Cuevox is Scheduling on Steroids Sometimes all it takes to spark an idea is witnessing a simple incident. The ability to see the possibility for change in everyday life is... Souhail Khoury • 16 October, 2011
Aramex Acquires South African Logistics Firm Berco Express: Why It Matters to MENA Entrepreneurs Aramex, the region’s biggest logistics company, has today announced its acquisition of South African courier company Berco Express. While A... Nina Curley • 12 December, 2011
What Coca-Cola's Nearly $1 Billion Deal with Saudi Company Aujan Means for Entrepreneurs Saudi giant Aujan Industries, the largest privately-owned beverage company in the GCC, today also becomes one of the region’s biggest s... Nina Curley • 14 December, 2011
How to Conquer Procrastination To many, the ability to multitask is a gift bestowed upon humans who tend to work on multiple projects in parallel, and to others it’s a m... Ahmad Al-Shagra • 03 October, 2011