Wamda

Lebanese mobile game reaches Top 5 in US, Middle East App Stores

Ever since Birdy Nam Nam launched in August 2011, to reach 100,000 downloads on its first day, 450,000 times in its first month, and 1.5...

Mobile Gaming Mobile Gaming

Why an Emirati mobile services company chose to expand into Thailand

When considering expansion, many entrepreneurs in the region are turning their eyes towards Asian markets, which are seen as promising...

Mobile Gaming Mobile

New jobs portal launches in Lebanon. Can it differentiate in a crowded market?

While the Arab world has seen several job portals popping up over the past few years, the newest entrant into the market is instead...

Job Recruitment Programme

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...

Gamification

How to teach the Arts: Debunking the myth of creativity

Part I. In our shared imagination, a true artist is a vagabond with manic-depressive traits caught in bad habits. They are someone whose...

Art Advice Education

Women social entrepreneurs in Upper Egypt get a boost from World Bank competition

To support young women social entrepreneurs in Egypt who are promoting job creation, encouraging rural development, and alleviating...

Egypt Social Entrepreneurship

Football e-commerce store launches in Dubai to offer fans more niche apparel

It's not hard to see a Barca jersey almost anywhere in the Arab world these days. But when it comes to finding more obscure jerseys, the...

Sports E-commerce

3 startups tackling grocery e-commerce in Egypt

Over the past decade, online grocery stores have been popping up in the U.S. and around the world with relative success. Even Amazon.com...

Food & Beverage E-commerce

E‐Commerce.ma in Casablanca

The second edition of E‐Commerce.ma, a Moroccan E‐commerce, E-payment and Digital Marketing event, will take place at the Office des Cha...

E-commerce

How Moroccan developers launch apps without an app store

Last month saw a barrage of mobile app development contests across Morocco. Three weeks after Méditel announced the winners of its ...

Mobile

How workplace dynamics are changing in the Arab world [Infographic]

Nine in ten professionals in the Middle East and North Africa have friends and relatives who have been hit by unemployment. But times are...

Infographic Programme

Why is this mobile game produced in China so popular in Kuwait?

When international game publisher Happylatte released their first cowboy shoot'em-up game, High Noon, in 2010, its team didn't...

Developers Mobile Gaming Gaming

Meet the family business supporting food & beverage startups in Egypt [Wamda TV]

While it's easy to think 'tech' when you think about startup incubation, supporting non-tech startups is also critical for making an...

Incubator Accelerators Food & Beverage

How popular are mobile phones across the globe? [Infographic]

Since the days of the clunky first Motorola DynaTAC handheld phone released in 1983, cellphone sales have progressively exploded across ...

Mobile Trends

10 reasons why exercise makes you better at your job

Sports have always been a big part of my life, beginning when I was a kid. My father’s way of teaching me how to swim was by throwing me i...

Tips Advice

How Supermama, Shahiya and Mumzworld are supporting moms this Ramadan

Ramadan can be overwhelming for moms, as they balance families with work and social obligations. To support moms, and women in general,...

Ramadan Health E-commerce

Jordanian education leader pioneers online university, Arabic web encyclopedia

Amid recent buzz about higher education going online, one of Jordan’s leading education institutions has launched an online education p...

EdTech Education

Using technology to conquer harassment in Egypt: A look at HarassMap

When we see major social problems around us continue to grow, we can either ignore them, deny them, or face them head on to find solutions...

Crowdmapping Social Change Social Entrepreneurship

Meet the British entrepreneur teaching yoga to children in Bahrain

Kate Bartram-Brown, founder of Mini Me Yoga, brings an inventive approach to helping children become spiritually whole and grounded human...

Sports

Can Wrapp’s success be replicated in the Middle East? Just Gift It expands social gifting

If you’re hoping to launch a startup that will grow quickly, Sweden’s Wrapp is one to look to. After launching in Sweden in November 2011, ...

Social Gifting E-commerce

Netherlands Game Award Competition in Beirut

Building on the success of the Netherlands Game Award in 2012, AltCity, Lamba Labs Beirut Hackerspace, GeekExpress, Bader Program for Y...

Mobile Gaming Competitions Gaming

Egyptian startup Instabug accepted into Google for Entrepreneurs program in Silicon Valley

UPDATE: Cairo-based startup Instabug, a Flat6Labs graduate, has been accepted into the first Google for Entrepreneurs program,...

Mobile

5 Arabic health platforms that help users stay healthy during Ramadan

Do you have plans to maintain a healthy lifestyle during Ramadan? Those who are can find advice on a variety of Arabic online portals and...

Arabic Content Mobile

OSN launches mobile video streaming platform Play

The number of those who watch video entertainment via computer may soon be overrun by users who prefer to watch their favorite movies and...

streaming 3D Video On Demand

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