Wamda

Can Emirati wedding directory site Yebab successfully pivot to photo sharing?

Since its launch in 2008, Yebab.com, an Emirati platform offering wedding services for Arab women, has been slowly but...

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Finnish game developer bets on the Arab region - and wins

Developing games for the Middle East, and making current titles available in Arabic, are usually difficult and time-consuming tasks for...

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How Buzzeff monetized the growth of social video advertising

Almost two years after raising a $1.2 million USD round of investment, and one year after launching its Dubai offices, Moroccan...

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Lebanon

ShopBuilder hopes to boost e-commerce in Lebanon

After realizing the huge opportunity for e-commerce in Lebanon, Emile Boustani, a Lebanese entrepreneur who spent 20 years in the...

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Egyptian app Swipe N Tap provides an interactive link between restaurants and their customers

Mobile app developers are increasingly seeking to address not only problems, but also mere inconveniences, in peoples’ daily lives. For e...

Tablets

From outer space to fashion e-commerce: New York's Slow Factory

When Celine Semaan, back in 2012, was struck with inspiration based on NASA's images of outer space available to the public via...

Jordanian mobile business app Applixya to target global executives

Having turned a profit since 2011, the founders of Applixya, an iPad app that allows highly mobile business executives to stay in...

Technology Mobile

The relocation of geolocation: Syrian startup Rootal finds a home in the UK

Last month, Adnan Al-Khatib had a happier reason than usual to follow the news from his home city of Damascus. From his office...

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A peek inside the East African startup scene

Stickers wall at iHub (Martin Pasquier) In September 2013, we – a small and dedicated team of tech maniacs – started a world tour of inn...

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Afkartoon, a Palestinian startup specialized in educational cartoons [Wamda TV]

[English subtitles] After a stint working in drawing and designing, Monzer Matrabie decided to launch Afkartoon to make educational ...

palestine

Meet PinchPoint, the 7 month-old Palestinian gaming startup that just got funding from Sadara Ventures

“I remember when Apple released its first SDK [software development kit]. I made my first game there,” recalls Khaled Abu Alkheir, CE...

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Palestinian juice startup Ardy takes on market leader with a hyperlocal approach

In a Palestinian entrepreneurial scene gaining recognition for its globally minded tech startups, Ardy, a beverage company whose name...

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Egyptian e-books search engine Al Kutub ready to face the competition

We could soon be witnessing some fierce regional competition in the field of digital books. Jordanian website Abjjad managed to...

Students develop first Egyptian Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicle (ROV) for undersea exploration

Given the rising global demand for equipment to explore and exploit oil resources at sea, there’s been a global boom in the m...

Hardware

New mobile app greens coupon-clipping in Kuwait

Kilshay is a 6 month-old mobile app, available for both iOS and Android devices, that provides an environmentally friendly alternative to ...

M-commerce mobile advertising Commerce

4 tips from a woman founder in Saudi on how to build a great creative agency

How does one build a successful full-service creative agency in Saudi Arabia? The answer is simple, if not necessarily easy to execute,...

saudi Team building Programme

Elance enters Egyptian online freelance market ready to face competition

Amidst the economic crises and political tensions from which the countries in the region are currently suffering, unemployment rates have...

Freelancers Job Recruitment

Startup Weekend Damascus attracts young entrepreneurs despite strife

At long last, Startup Weekend, the global entrepreneurial competition, has found its way to Damascus, in spite of the three-year war...

3d printer robot competition

Online Arabic music school i3zif kicks off the year with 3 ambitious new goals

Just over a year after launch, the team at i3zif, the online Arabic music school, has kicked off 2014 with three ambitious new goals, says...

oud Music Jordan

Former Rocket Internet employee launches a Pinterest for travelers

Saudi Arabia

Thought Leadership