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Apply Before April 19: HCT-Wharton Innovation Tournament 2021

The Higher Colleges of Technology in the UAE and Knowledge@Wharton have teamed up to host the second edition of the “Innovation Tournament 2...

Social Change Environment Wharton

Nintendo Game Zelda is Now Arabic, Thanks to This Moroccan Developer

Arabic digital content providers, from children’s story developer Kids Love Arabic to game reviews site DvLZGaME, are working to expand o...

Developers Gaming

Tiger Global Takes Cobone Over from Jabbar

UPDATE: We have confirmed that Cobone has closed down Abu Dhabi and its product line and thus laid off several employees in Dubai in what...

Tiger Global Jabbar Daily Deals

New Incubator Supports Social Ventures in Saudi Arabia

Tasamy, established with the support of Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation, was created to help set up volunteering initiatives across Saudi...

Social Entrepreneurship

Bader Entrepreneurship Program Launches in Egypt, Announces Business Plan Competition

Since the 2011 revolution, Egypt has been witnessing a boom in new projects fueled by the enthusiasm of young people, a renewed sense of...

egyt Competitions Social Entrepreneurship

Want to Rebuild Dubai? Silicon Valley Developer Launches SimCity-Style Game for the Middle East

Silicon Valley game developer Lumba (which means light bulb in Arabic) recently released mobile game Desert Tycoon for iOS, targeting...

Gaming Mobile Mobile Apps

5 Drawings from Dubai's Creative Community on DrawDeck

When David Hammond launched DrawDeck, he was inspired by a family member who began drawing in a therapeutic manner. “We thought we’d build a...

Art Digital Media E-commerce

3rd GameZanga Pan-Arabian GameJam

GameTako, a non-profit organization that aims to create an indie game industry in the Arab world, announces the 3rd GameZanga Pan-Arabian...

Competitions Developers Gaming

Social Enterprise Week Draws a Crowd, Sets Goals for the Middle East

At the Capital Club in Dubai Monday night, a group of inspiring entrepreneurs launched the first Social Enterprise Week in the Middle East,...

CSR Social Change Social Entrepreneurship

Fly-Foot Helps Arab Football Fans Attend Matches Without Lifting a Finger

Football fans around the Arab region can now pick a game to attend, pack their bags, and hop on a plane without a second thought, thanks to...

E-commerce

5 Apps for Managing Your Files in the Cloud

Many entrepreneurs today need to store, edit and sometimes share their digital files across multiple platforms;...

Cloud Computing Mobile

Cairo Transport App Challenge Winners Announced

Last Saturday, the Cairo Transport App Challenge (Cairo TApp) concluded with an awards ceremony announcing the top 3 tech solutions to...

Mobile Mobile Apps Social Change

Egypt's Careerise Makes Job Search Simpler, More Social

Even in today’s hi-tech socially-networked world, the best way to find a new job is still through a personal referral. Of course, relying o...

Egypt Job Recruitment

NYUAD Hackathon Winners Debut Startups for Social Good

Yesterday, Social Enterprise Week in Dubai kicked off with a pre-launch event at New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) campus, as part of...

Competitions Conferences Social Change

Amman Gets Its First Co-Working Space

After 25 years of his life in the corporate world, working for giants in Jordan like Nuqul Group, it’s fair to say that Nidal Eses has g...

Coworking Spaces

Building a Hacker Culture in Abu Dhabi

For three days inside New York University Abu Dhabi’s purple campus in the Emirati capital, delegates from universities in sixteen c...

Competitions Ecosystem Social Entrepreneurship

Exclusive Sneak Peek at startupBahrain's New iOS Magazine for Entrepreneurs

A new iPad and iPhone magazine launches tomorrow to showcase, feature, and advise Bahrain’s local startups and e...

Advice Ecosystem Mobile

Blood Donation Goes Online in Egypt

After struggling to find an acceptable blood donor to save the life of one of his relatives, Hisham Kharma took the problem upon himself...

Crowdsourcing Egypt Health

How Mobile is Changing Business [Infographic]

Starting this year, the number of mobile devices used to access the internet will overtake the number of desktop devices, for the first...

Mobile E-commerce

Lebanese Gaming Startup Debuts Flying Carpet Hero, Prince of Persia Style

Today, Lebanon's Gamabox has made their debut in game development with the launch of their first title, Ali Hood. Ali Hood, a cross between...

Gaming Mobile Mobile Gaming

CircleTie: Better than Foursquare, Built in Egypt

Location-based check-in apps are all the rage, especially those that help you discover new venues. In Egypt, however, CircleTie, is...

Egypt Gamification Innovation

Will Facebook's New Deal with Mobile Operators Help It Take On Whatsapp, Viber, and Skype?

Yesterday, Facebook announced a partnership with telecom operators in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Egypt, to offer discounted access to its...

Facebook Mobile Mobile Apps

PayPal Answers Your Questions: When, Where, and How Will It Expand in the Middle East? [Wamda TV]

After our recent interview with Elias Ghanem, General Manager PayPal Middle East, at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Dubai, several...

E-commerce Payment Gateways PayPal

Careem, the Uber of the Middle East, Launches Mobile App [PROMOTION INCLUDED]

UPDATE: Those who sign up for Careem through Wamda will receive a free 30 AED (~US $8) in credit; click here. For those looking to get ar...

Mobile Mobile Apps Taxi + Traffic

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