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Not another social network: Doxunity wants to help doctors do their jobs better

Over the past few years, Wamda has covered a lot of medical startups that provide patients with information on different health topics,...

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Where there's waste, there's money to be made

This article has been cross posted with Knowledge@Wharton. Food scraps. Refrigerators. Stoves. Dead animals. Fishermen’s nets. The in...

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Do you know the difference between an accelerator and an incubator?

Reine Farhat, Arabic Editor at Wamda, contributed to this article. Accelerator Oasis 500's workplace Terms like accelerators and...

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Fun startup events are possible, just ask this #YMEstartup organizer

Your Middle East is one of a new generation of media sites focusing on the Arab region, seeking to shift how news here is covered. Similar...

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Game Zanga competition draws 300+ contestants to 4th annual developing competition

Last weekend in Amman, game development studio GameTako, in collaboration with publisher Game Nomads, hosted its fourth...

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Use your Monopoly and Risk skills to learn entrepreneurship

“Where do I start? I have a business idea but have no clue what to do next.” If you’ve ever said this sentence, then you’re the audience fo...

Startup County Egypt

From Saudi to the US: selling camel milk as the new superfood

A Palestinian raised in Saudi, Walid Abdul-Wahab moved to Los Angeles in 2009 to study at USC, where he discovered how health-conscious a...

5 easy ways to green your MENA startup

Time and money are precious when building a startup. Because going green is often seen as expensive on both fronts, and because it’s a r...

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Community puts Impact Hub Dubai ahead of the pack

Impact Hub Dubai launched on 14 January this year into an ecosystem becoming increasingly crowded with startup-friendly venues. But CEO...

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SEA Xchange Algeria, deadline August 23rd

The Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator Exchange, SEA Xchange, is an intensive one-week learning program of social entrepreneurship that...

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WebTeb goes mobile with Arabic language app

Leading Arabic health and lifestyle portal Webteb has announced the launch of its mobile WebTeb App, the first of its kind in...

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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

LinkedIn of Arabia? Egypt’s answer to the recruitment question

It is often the case that entrepreneur experts advise those in their field not to think of regional expansion before their project has...

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Lebanon

PinPay leads mobile payments trend in Lebanon

Mobile phones in emerging markets are still widely used for texting, making phone calls, taking pictures, reading news, and using...

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Arab Mobile App Challenge 2014

The Arab Mobile App Challenge (AMAC) opens its doors to the Pan Arab region teams to compete with mobile solutions in the focus areas of en...

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How Game Cooks' side project became its newest attraction

It's all about the screen tap. (Images courtesy of Game Cooks) In a departure from their usual games, which...

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Gaming Alliance Middle East Show Dubai, deadline August 20th

The Gaming Alliance Middle East Show was started in 2008 by Microsoft Xbox Gulf, PlayStation Middle East & Africa, Pluto Games and Red...

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ZaiGood, the startup incubator where employees give clients just 20% of their time

Zak el Fassi is an unusual entrepreneur. He’s never sent me a press release, nor pitched me his project during startup events. But I keep h...

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Indian social entrepreneurs facilitate funding for MENA non-profits

Earlier this year, LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner posted a blog post on the site calling for an app that could generate random acts of...

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Startup Weekend Baghdad

Startup Weekend is coming to Baghdad, on August 21th, 22th and 23rd at the Oil Cultural Center in Baghdad. SW Baghdad will follow the ...

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Tamatem Games' secret to 2 million downloads in 2 months

Jordan

Thought Leadership