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Mobile advertising is on the rise in the Arab world [Report]

Mobile advertising in the Arab world grew 68% last year, offering stronger revenue-generating opportunities for mobile startups in the...

mobile advertising Digital Advertising Advertising

What does Rotana's entrance into the Arabic video on demand market mean for startups?

The massive popularity of online video streaming in the Arab world is beginning to attract the attention of big companies looking for...

Video On Demand

How the founder of Dubai's propertyfinder.ae wrestled his company back from NewsCorp

Last week, propertyfinder.ae solidified its position as a startup to watch, closing a round of series A funding led by BECO Capital...

BECO Capital Venture Capital Real Estate

Lebanon

Beirut's new Co-Working +961 space hosts first startup pitch event

Last week, at the newly launched Co-working +961 space in Beirut, entrepreneurs, investors, and startup enthusiasts gathered to...

Pitching MIT Coworking Spaces

Wamda launches in French!

Wamda has been bilingual, in Arabic and English, from the very beginning, but this weekend we crossed a threshold that we’ve been...

Wamda News

Wamda announces the Karim Jazouani Prize for entrepreneurship advocates in Morocco

At Mix n’ Mentor Casablanca this past Saturday, Wamda announced the Karim Jazouani Prize, in honor of one of Morocco’s pioneering advocates ...

Prizes Leadership Mix n Mentor

Palestine gets its first seed fund, supported by MENA Apps and USAID

The startup scene in Palestine has been slow to build over the past few years, led by initiatives like Bazinga and grassroots...

Seed stage Incubator Accelerators

Wizards founder builds new mobile gaming company at 500 Startups in Silicon Valley

In an effort to keep their gaming startup, Wizards Productions, afloat, founders Hussam Hammo and Sohaib Thiab pivoted into mobile,...

Incubator Failure Mobile Gaming

Lebanon

Zoomaal launches first crowdfunding platform for the Arab world

The Middle East’s newest crowdfunding platform, Zoomaal, launched today, offering entrepreneurs, artists, and socially-minded doers the c...

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Can this Facebook clone become the biggest social network in Yemen?

Could the Arab world's next social network come from... Yemen? Why invent the wheel, the cofounders argue. “We created a design very s...

Social Networks Facebook Social Media

It's not easy being the Amazon of Morocco

With Livremoi (a play on words between “books & I” and “ship me”), Caroline Dalimier and Mathieu Malan want to be the Amazon of Morocco...

E-commerce

Egypt's green startups get a boost from mentor meet-up

While the startup industry is booming in the Middle East, it’s a nascent sector that still needs plenty of babysitting. Sometimes this g...

Training Egypt Mentorship

Saudi entrepreneur showcases Silicon Valley startups in Arabic web series

“It’s important for Arab entrepreneurs to be familiar with the details on how giants like Facebook, Google and Twitter originally started o...

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Riding the e-commerce wave, price comparison site Bkam announces investment from Jabbar

Egyptian price comparison site Bkam.com has announced its launch in the UAE, following recent investment from Jabbar Internet Group...

Aggregation Jabbar Investment

A tablet cafe launched in Senegal; could the trend transform North Africa?

Does the future of the internet lie in tablets? That’s what Médoune Seck believes. With the help of Google, he turned his internet café in ...

Internet growth Tablets Ecosystem

Crowdinvestment takes off with a bang in the Middle East: Nabbesh raises $30,000 in 24 hours on Eureeca

It’s 10am in Nabbesh’s offices in Dubai. The team is a bit speechless. “We’re at 29%,” someone says excitedly. Founder Loulou Khazen sounds...

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What are the 50 most valuable brands in the Arab world? [Infographic]

In the Arab world, the strongest brands seem to be those with a government backing. Of the top 50 brands, compiled in a study by Brand F...

brands Infographic

Tech companies support women entrepreneurs in the Arab world

With 74% of women confident that they can achieve a balanced professional and personal life and reach the upper echelons of business...

Wamda for Women Entrepreneurs Social Change Social Entrepreneurship

Google for Entrepreneurs supports new co-working space in Egypt

Are Egypt's tech entrepreneurs ready for a co-working space with device testing facilities? Google for Entrepreneurs has announced support...

Expert Advice Training Coworking Spaces

Rocket Internet’s Amazon clone Jumia raises $35m; how much is enough?

Africa-focused Amazon clone JUMIA just raised $35 million in new investment from global telecoms and media company Millicom. First ...

Cloning Rocket Internet Investment

Update: Facebook resolves Tor issues

UPDATE: Tor has posted that Facebook is not blocking Tor. "A high volume of malicious activity across Tor exit nodes triggered...

Internet Freedom Technology Censorship

Desado announces investment from iMENA Holdings; how does it stack up in flash sales?

It’s been said that there needs to be more linguistic creativity when it comes to branding in the Arab world. The announcement of D...

Flash Sales Scaling Investment

AUC launches new incubator for startups across Egypt

“In Egypt, we need to create 800,000 jobs every year, but you have to start somewhere,” says Dr. Sherif Kamel, Dean of the American Uni...

Incubator Egypt Accelerators

Sketch In Motion Founders Launch BeeLabs to Build Educational Apps for Kids

After spending almost ten years producing interactive media and cartoon animation for television and the web,...

Mobile Gaming Arabic Content Education

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