Wamda

Palestine

Entrepreneur puts Palestine on region's educational gaming map

“We suffer from a deep shortage of digital Arabic content in the region” at least that is a complaint often made by entrepreneurs, despite e...

palestine Gaming

Maghreb

Is the CMI broken? One (disgruntled) entrepreneur weighs in

Editor's Note: We’ve said it before at Wamda: the Moroccan Center for Innovation doesn’t have such a good reputation among Moroccan ent...

CMI morocco

U.A.E

How a comic book startup looks to make money

May's cover. Quick Start Immediately after Dubai-based developer Hani Ghaith masterminded Magnoon with Dr. Noha Abbas, the head of...

ipad Magnoon magazine app

Jordan

For Arabic educational digital content turn to Jordan

What Jordan lacks in natural resources it makes up for in human resources. Pioneering as a key entrepreneurial tech hub for the Arab world,...

royal family early education Jordan

Egypt

YouTube, the ultimate tool for Arab startups?

Despite being around for more than a decade now, the video sharing network YouTube seems to have become a popular model for startups...

tarayah Partners YouTube

Maghreb

Tunisian startups get a crash course in storytelling at Hivos event

In October, 12 teams of one to three Tunisians, under 35, were invited to Tunis’ coworking space Cogite to compete during D...

Mideast Creatives tunisia Cogite

Egypt

Egypt's ecommerce potential drives startups to push past challenges

Startups Yaoota and Kickin both launched in June with a goal of exploiting the massive potential of Egyptian ecommerce, but both...

yaoota kickin Egypt

Global

Don’t judge an economy by the number of startups

This article has been cross posted with the Harvard Business Review More new businesses are better for society, right? That’s a common a...

global entrepreneurship week scale up

Maghreb

The Algerian entrepreneurship awakening is imminent, says Toufik Lerari

To those who say Algeria isn’t doing well, Toufik Lerari says: “You’re completely wrong.” The 37-year-old Algerian success story can back i...

Fikra Allégorie Algérie

Regional

One desperate entrepreneur asks the community: should I give up?

Pondering the future at Mix N' Mentor, Piotr is seated at center. This post was originally published on Medium. My team and I are going...

SwypeOut

U.A.E

Language game app to take the pain out of learning

The growth of online learning products has created a huge range of ways to learn a foreign language, from the comprehensive-but-pricey...

erly stage studios Education

Lebanon

5 guerrilla marketing tips to hook the ideal customer

What are the odds of your midlife crisis turning you into an entrepreneur, and a successful one at that? Roger Khater was 35 years old when...

Virtual office Guerilla marketing Bubleik

Maghreb

Bolstered by one failure and two pivots, this Moroccan entrepreneur wants to become your temporary CTO

The name Yassine El Kachchani should sound familiar to Wamda’s readers. He's one of the earliest Moroccan entrepreneurs, and his first v...

Pivot Failure

Saudi Arabia

After a three year struggle, Saudi woman launches dual social entrepreneurship incubator programs

Despite notable strides forward, entrepreneurship in Saudi is struggling; getting people to leave their well-paid government jobs with...

tasamy kun Saudi Arabia

Maghreb

Is a traditional European delivery system the answer to MENA's payment and delivery woes?

Ecommerce in the Arab world is in a particularly fascinating and exciting phase. Everybody knows it’s bound to boom, and wants to be a...

CoD cash-on-delivery Online delivery

Regional

4 successful entrepreneurs share how they met their cofounders

At Mix N’ Mentor Beirut, we got to play the role of nosy reporters, dragging five mentors away from their sessions and getting them to a...

mix n' mentor beirut Mix n Mentor

Egypt

Egyptian law firm helping entrepreneurs find their legal footing

The legal procedures necessary for establishing a startup are considered the first and most important steps entrepreneurs have to...

law Egypt Legal

Egypt

Egyptian function beats Chinese fashion in scanner app battle

Abdelhalim presenting Smart Document Scanner at CES in Las Vegas. It’s plain old function over fashion, but that’s why...

softxpert smart document scanner scanner

Regional

Californian launches gaming startup focused on Arab and Islamic history

Gaming is a far cry from finance and the military, but not only is American Thomas Tellner now creating games from his base in California,...

Arab history Asia usa

Maghreb

Could Jumia be the Alibaba of Africa?

Alibaba’s successful IPO fixed everyone’s attention firmly on e-commerce in fast-growing markets, and especially on marketplaces, like eBa...

Jumia marketplace Rocket Internet

Regional

The Middle Eastern startup blind spot: an obsession with money

This article was co-authored by Melltoo founders Sharene Lee and Morad Irsane “How do you make money?” is a question everyone asks about Mel...

monetizing Funding

Regional

Dubai's listings site Melltoo on the hunt for investors

The world of classified ads has moved a long way from one having to trawl through the back sections of local newspapers looking for...

listings meltoo uae

Saudi Arabia

Salamz: the casual dating app for Arab youth serious about marriage

Young people comprise the largest section of MENA society, which is for the most part conservative. They face many social and financial...

tinder dating app salamz

U.A.E

7awi's lessons from launching 5 Arabic sites in 2 years

The virtual world suffers a severe shortage of Arabic content; sites in Arabic account for only 3% of all online content. In recent years,...

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