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Can the Arab world freelance its way out of unemployment?

You've heard it before: unemployment is a major issue in the Middle East. New Gallup data reveals that, unfortunately, things haven't...

Programme

Regional

Why healthcare in the Arab world needs to go mobile

This piece was originally published on the Huffington Post. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) should take advantage of its...

Health Mobile Trends

Why are interns and recruiters unsatisfied in Morocco? [Infographic]

It’s no secret that recruiting in the Arab world is hard. And with so many recruiting platforms, each claiming to offer a miraculous so...

Interns Job Recruitment

Mumzworld seeks investment from 'empowered' women angels; how it's persuading moms to buy online

Mumzworld, the Dubai-based e-commerce portal for goods related to mothers, children, and babies, has announced that it’s open for a new r...

Angel Investment E-commerce Women

Saudi photo editing app reaches #1 in UAE, Kuwait App Stores [Podcast]

Smartphones have brought photography, a once secondary feature in cellphones, to the center of the industry’s evolution, creating ripe o...

instagram Developers Mobile

Lebanon

Wixel Studios launched Little Heroes, Big deeds; will it bring them long-awaited success?

“To make a successful game, you need to have a good product and a lot of money to market it,” says Ziad Feghali, one of the...

Education Gaming

The Mini Entrepreneur tries to find the perfect team member

Finding the right hire can sometimes seem impossible. When looking for a team member, you’re bound to hear from and interview candidates f...

Team building Mini Entrepreneur Team

Egyptian startup Instabug chosen as a finalist in The Next Web's USA Mobile Rally

Egyptian startup Instabug is quickly becoming one of the region's major fledgling success stories this year, despite the country's...

The Next Web Developers MITEF Arab Business Plan Competition

How the Arab startup ecosystem grew in 2012 [Videographic]

In the past year, the startup ecosystem in the Arab region took a leap forward, with several new launches, a few major acquisitions, and a ...

Acquisitions Investment

How comedy is reshaping entertainment in Saudi Arabia

Comedy ventures have been at the forefront of the rapidly evolving entertainment industry in Saudi Arabia. Within the past few years,...

Comedy Saudi Arabia Entertainment

9 ways to build a better employee: How two Moroccan startups are playing Frankenstein

How long will your employees keep working if you can’t afford to pay them any longer? At least eight months, says Yassine El Kachchani, ...

Interns Recrutement

How Namshi is doubling down on operations as it goes from startup to scaleup

“I can't stress how much we're trying to break away from the bubble and hype around our funding rounds, and see ourselves as a startup t...

Logistics Dubai Shipping

UAE eCommerce Summit

The UAE eCommerce Summit is the first installment of a new annual event that seeks to highlight the latest innovations in the eCommerce...

E-commerce

Crowdsourced tools for startups: a master list

Startups looking for extra resources to help them scale should check out this list of crowdsourced tools for startups, compiled by Tom...

Lean Methodology collaborative economy Expert Advice

Supporters crowdfund a reward for the Palestinian developer who hacked Facebook

A Palestinian white hat hacker became a hero in his village yesterday for hacking Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook page to reveal a critical b...

IT Security Developers Security

Nokia and Facebook dominate the UAE mobile market

At the end of last week, we took a look at the fact that smartphones are outselling feature phones worldwide. In the Arab world,...

Statistics Mobile Penetration smartphones

Egypt loses two of its leading entrepreneurs: A tribute

We don’t write about politics on Wamda, but we do write about humanity. Two of Egypt’s leading lights in technology and entrepreneurship wer...

Tragedy Goodbyes

5 ways Bitcoin needs to improve before it can enable emerging markets

Emerging markets are the future of Bitcoin, leading entrepreneurs and policymakers at the Bitcoin London conference concluded last month...

Bitcoin Virtual Currency

ShopGo makes it easier for any e-commerce company to manage logistics with Aramex

This month, e-commerce solution ShopGo (a Wamda portfolio company) has released Aramex Suite, a new module that allows e-commerce stores to...

Logistics E-commerce

Smartphones are outselling feature phones: a look at the opportunity in the Arab world

You saw the news yesterday: smartphones are outselling feature phones globally. As of Q2 2013, smartphone sales now account for...

Data Mobile Trends

3 ways Moroccan online gift retailer Mescadeaux is acquiring customers

Maghreb

Thought Leadership