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Is Social Media important for Social Good in Arabia? 5 Examples from Jordan

It’s been three years since we launched Nakhweh (@nakhweh) to match volunteers in Jordan with local opportunities. As it evolved i...

Social Entrepreneurship Social Media

SHARE Beirut

SHARE Beirut is a weekend-long public, free and non-commercial hybrid event blending an Internet culture and technology related daytime...

Entertainment Ideas

Game Cooks Hits #1 Around the Globe with New Mobile Game Deja Vu

Lebanese-based gaming startup Game Cooks recently launched Deja Vu, a new mobile game designed to test a gamer’s memory and reaction t...

Mobile Gaming

10 Tasty Food & Beverage Startups In The Arab World

Today we look at some of MENA’s most delicious and inspired food startups. From falafel to cupcakes, watermelon to shawarma, these tasty n...

Food & Beverage

Weekly Wrap-Up: September 16-20

If you were to learn one thing from our posts this week, it's that making that one decision to roll up your sleeves goes a long way....

Booz & Company E-commerce Fashion

HCT Vice Chancellor Tayeb Kamali on Innovating Education for the Emirates

In less than half a century, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has gone through extraordinary change. Today, work progresses on world-class...

Education Innovation

Entrepreneur of the Week: Hassine Labaeid of Saphon Energy in Tunisia

This week's Entrepreneur of the Week is Hassine Labaeid, the co-founder of Tunisian Startup Saphon Energy, which focuses on research and ...

Green Energy Saphon

Weekly Wrap-Up: September 09-13

The season of entrepreneurship events is just around the corner, so make sure you catch up on the latest news, and check out what...

Crowdfunding Food & Beverage Health

Goodbye Mizado, Hello Jumia: Inside Rocket Internet's Newest Gamble in Egypt

Jumia, the new online mall, launched with little fanfare in Egypt just over two months ago, the progeny of the German behemoth...

Rocket Internet Egypt Ecosystem

Mobile Promotion in the MENA Entertainment Industry: Abed Agha of Vinelab [Wamda TV]

Abed Agha, founder of Vinelab, discusses trends in the entertainment industry today, especially in marketing through mobile apps. He...

Entertainment

Wizards Productions Continues to Go Global, Announcing Partnership with Tapjoy, Acceleration with YetiZen

After announcing a pivot into mobile gaming and a deal with leading international publisher 6waves, Wizards Productions is continuing to...

Gaming Mobile Mobile Gaming

Cairo Workspace The District Celebrates Six Months of Success

Six months is usually too soon to celebrate a birthday, but things had been going so well for The District recently that celebrations were...

Accelerators Coworking Spaces

Entrepreneur of the Week: Sohaib Thiab of Wizards Productions [Wamda TV]

This week's entrepreneur of the week, Sohaib Thiab, founded game development Wizards Productions along with Hussam Hammo and Afif Toukan in ...

Mobile Endeavor Entrepreneur of the Week

Weekly Wrap-Up: September 02-06

It’s finally Thursday and time for our Weekly Wrap-Up! If you're game for taking your business to the next level, don't miss this week's to...

Crowdsourcing Fadi Ghandour Gaming

Fadi Ghandour's Next Investment: Building a Future for Arab Social Entrepreneurship

Fadi Ghandour's name has been synonymous with Arab entrepreneurship. In 1982 he established Aramex as an express operator for the Middle...

Investment Social Entrepreneurship Wharton

Looking For A Repairman? Mjarrab Launches to Crowdsource Home Repairs in Jordan

Mjarrab is launching a new twist on a traditional service: household repairs. The concept makes sense; sourcing your own repairmen in ...

Crowdsourcing Job Recruitment Ratings Sites

Investing in Educating Consumers about E-Commerce: Muhammed Mekki of Namshi [Wamda TV]

Muhammed Mekki, co-founder of Namshi, discusses how Namshi is reinventing e-commerce in MENA by educating consumers about the potential of...

E-commerce Rocket Internet

Dubai E-Commerce Site JadoPado Seizes Growing Opportunity

When we first started off, I kept asking "why hasn't anyone done an Amazon-style site in the region?" says Omar Kassim, founder of...

E-commerce Technology

A Growing E-Commerce Opportunity in MENA

In a recent study, eMarketer estimates that while the Middle East and Africa is still the least developed region in e-commerce, sales in...

E-commerce

Reinventing Job Recruitment: Ramy Assaf of Laimoon [Wamda TV]

Ramy Assaf, Digital Market Developer at Laimoon, discusses the projected evolution of Laimoon from a niche job-matching site for sales and...

Job Recruitment

Founder of JadoPado Comments on Closure of Rocket Internet's Mizado [Wamda TV]

Omar Kassim, Founder of Dubai-based online electronics store JadoPado, comments on why Mizado, a rival in the electronics e-commerce space...

E-commerce Exits and Sales Technology

RoundMenu Announces $730K Round of Funding to Expand into New Markets

After launching just over a month ago, RoundMenu has closed its first round of investment, for US $730,000, led by HoneyBee Tech Ventures,...

Food & Beverage Mobile Apps Technology

Weekly Wrap-Up: August 26-30

At Wamda, we've decided to bundle up some of our top content for you every week. So every Thursday, look out for our Weekly Wrap-Up if you...

Weekly Wrap-Up Tips Competitions

UPDATED: Rocket Internet Exits Turkey, Mizado, Expands Amazon Clone in Egypt and Morocco

[UPDATED: We have received confirmation that Rocket is launching Jumia, an Amazon clone, in Egypt, extending a site initially launched in...

Rocket Internet Trends E-commerce

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