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What are MOOCs, and how can you benefit from them?

One of the hallmarks of an established education system is its glacial pace of change. For all of the recent advances in technology, we...

MOOC Education

FOO launches the first mobile matchmaking app for Facebook in the Middle East

It might not surprise you that one of Lebanon's earliest mobile app development companies was built by two AUB graduates. It's almost...

Social Networks Facebook Mobile

Lebanese Government and Intel overhaul education by putting tablets in the hands of students

Intel and the Lebanese Ministries of Telecom and Education are hoping to make students' backpacks lighter this year, by offering them new...

Public-Private Partnerships Government Education

EuroAsia Social Business Forum - Istanbul, Turkey

The EuroAsia Social Business Forum is a social business on May 23, 2013 in Istanbul, Turkey, attended by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Pr...

Social Change Conferences Social Entrepreneurship

What are the most popular mobile phones and operating systems in the UAE?

While Android is still the most popular operating system in terms of global sales, followed next by iOS, Nokia is dominating the biggest...

Mobile

MarkaVIP Announces Deal with PayPal; Will Consumers Warm to Online Payment?

E-commerce may be one of the fastest-growing and most promising startup sectors in the Middle East, but it still poses several challenges....

Flash Sales MarkaVIP PayPal

Entrepreneurs Take on the Arab World's Water and Energy Challenges

This piece was originally published on the Huffington Post on April 3, 2013. With the Middle East and North Africa's water and...

Green Energy Environment

Lebanon’s Game Cooks Releases Mobile Multiplayer Title NERDS

On top of their recent release, Captain Oil, Game Cooks studios in Lebanon just launched new mobile game NERDS on both...

Mobile Gaming Gaming

Trends in Internet Usage in the Arab World [Report]

Did you know that 28% of Arab internet users prefer social media as their main source of news? Individuals worldwide are downloading...

Social Networks Social Media Mobile

Restronaut Feeds Foodies and Founders in Dubai

Restronaut.me recently launched as an online-meets-offline startup by Dubai restaurateur Leith Matthews. Based on successful events at...

Startup Communities Food & Beverage

Think Science Fair Unites Technology Talents in the Emirates

The Sunday before last, Dubai witnessed the launch of the biggest national science innovation fair for youth in UAE. The "Think Science"...

Science Emirates Foundation Sustainability

2013 Arab Innovation Network Annual Conference - Dead Sea

Update: This event's date and location has changed from its original location in Alexandria, Egypt to the Dead Sea in...

Conferences Health Environment

The Mobile Show Middle East 2013 - Dubai, UAE

The Mobile Show Middle East is an opportunity to meet the world’s leaders, disrupters and challengers of the mobile ecosystem and d...

Mobile

Regional

OuiShare Drink Damascus #1

OuiShare is organizing the first get-together for people interested in collaborative consumption, makers, fablabs, crowdfunding, coworking, ...

Sharing Economy collaborative economy Ouishare

GameTako Announces the Winners of the 3rd Annual Game Zanga

This week, GameTako announced the winners of their 3rdannual Game Zanga, which drew over 325 developers to compete across the region to...

Competitions Gaming

Egyptian Brothers Innovate Recycling Technology in the Emirates

Many residents in the UAE simply don’t understand recycling, several recycling companies have said over the past few years. In Abu Dhabi, w...

Recycling Sustainability Environment

iPhone Contacts Made Simple: Introducing ReachFast

iOS application ReachFast started as a weekend vacation project, and ended up a sudden success. When Lebanese serial entrepreneurs...

Mobile

4 popular mobile apps for managing your personal expenses

Many entrepreneurs need to find ways to more easily manage their expenses, especially when balancing a new startup with daily life. This is...

Financial management Mobile

Egyptian Startup Signs First Game with International Publisher Chillingo

Mobile gaming is on the rise in the region, and the newest startup to join the mobile gaming frey is Spyros Entertainment from...

Mobile Gaming Gaming

Which OS Dominates the Arab Mobile Market? [Infographic]

Android continues to be the world's favorite operating system, accounting for 64% of smartphone sales in the first quarter of 2013. As of ...

Infographic Mobile

Mobile OS Trends in the Arab World [Report]

This short report, by Froot Apps, shows how the 22 million smartphone users in the Arab world are consuming phones and downloading apps in ...

Mobile

Disruptive Entrepreneurship Part II: Key Takeaways from the Skoll World Forum

After performing my annual pilgrimage to the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship at Oxford University, UK — which gathered almost ...

Social Change Conferences Social Entrepreneurship

Disruptive Entrepreneurship Part I: We’re Going to Change the World

For just three days once a year, I don’t have to explain myself. The notion that business and social impact are in fact m...

Social Change Conferences Social Entrepreneurship

Developing Low Cost, High Quality Education in Egypt

Every year, Egyptian parents face the dilemma of choosing a school to enroll their children in, often debating between a range of...

Egypt Education

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