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Mobibus, a multilingual app maker designed for the Arab world

New entrepreneurs welcome all the help they can get, especially because most of them need to invest their every penny in development...

Saudi Arabia

Saudi startup Feelit provides teenage girls with a forum to express their feelings

The rise of social networks has shown just how much people like to express themselves. Feelit, as the name implies, is one social...

teenagers Bootstrapping Saudi Arabia

5 tips for budding regional entrepreneurs, from Dubizzle founder J.C. Butler

J.C. Butler and Sim Whatley, founders of Dubizzle, the UAE's biggest classifieds site, created a multinational, multimillion dollar...

Dubizzle

Pakistani entrepreneur launches social network for learning

"We are the first social network that parents want their kids to use," says Hassan Siddiq, the CEO of DailyThem.es, a writing and review ...

E-Learning Technology Education

Designer Reem Buqais on what it takes to succeed in fashion

“Anyone can design,” says Reem Buqais during an interview after the 2nd Annual Leading Women in Business Forum at The Capital Club Bahra...

reem duqais Bahrain Fashion

U.A.E

Souqalmal.com secures $1.2M from Hummingbird to expand content, mobile site

Souqalmal.com, the Dubai-based financial comparison site led by Ambareen Musa, is set for a quantum leap, after securing $1.2 million...

Souqalmal.com Investment

Can Egypt's first online medical community succeed?

As technology becomes integral to everyday life more than ever before, the need for digitizing healthcare is ever increasing. While the...

Egypt Mobile Medical

Bahrain's Blossom Events to expand, founder Rasha Khunji says

Rasha Khunji, founder of Bahrain’s Blossom Events, trains entrepreneurs on how best to plan their companies, in an attempt to help stem t...

blossom events wamdatv Bahrain

Egyptian app starts acceleration at Y Combinator in Silicon Valley

In 2014, it seems that startups from the Arab world will begin to break out onto an international stage. Following the buzz...

Accélérateur

Slow and steady: How Jordan's tasmeemME is building the Behance of the Middle East

In the Middle East startup scene, we’re often all too aware of the dangers of hype lately. Positivity keeps founders motivated, b...

tasmeemME

Meet the Moroccan startup that hopes to build a LinkedIn with customer relationship management

This piece is part of New Work Lab's startup series. This past December, New Work Lab, Casablanca's new co-working space, hosted...

Pitch Networking

Et3arraf, the Middle East-focused dating site, announces $150,000 USD fundraising round

With his French business school diploma and his job at an international consulting firm, Cédric Maalouf was following the same path that ...

Dating service Seeqnce Social Networks

Can icecairo sustain a maker movement in Egypt, with government help?

Egypt’s political situation isn’t discouraging budding green entrepreneurs. If anything, the revolutionary spirit may have encouraged you...

icecairo

Al Riwaq Art Space seeks to change how Bahrainis approach art [Wamda TV]

“One of our missions is to change the mindset of the people, not to take everything as it comes,” says Bayan Al-Barak Kanoo, founder of Bah...

culture arts Bahrain

How will Instapush make it easier for entrepreneurs to monitor their businesses?

At a time when the digital technology sector’s growth is skyrocketing, PushBots, an Egyptian startup, has launched Instapush, a service t...

Mobile Egypt pushbots

Startup news ticker: Bkam.com launches Chrome extension and Windows mobile app

Welcome to Wamda's weekly startup news ticker, which will offer quick announcements and stories relevant to the region. If you have a quick...

ticker Egypt

Kuwaiti startup Fishfishme secures $200K from angel investors to expand globally

Fishfishme, the online platform to book fishing charter boats, has announced a seed funding round of US $200,000 from several angel...

FishFishMe

Startup news ticker: Integreight reaches its goal on Kickstarter in 6 hours; Kamel Al-Asmar in Forbes’ 30 Under 30

Welcome to Wamda's weekly startup news ticker, which will offer quick announcements and stories relevant to the region. If you have a quick...

Egypt Crowdfunding Social Entrepreneurship

Mashroo3i business plan competition teams meet their mentors

Several aspiring young Bahraini entrepreneurs met their mentors at the kick-off of the 2nd Mashroo3i business plan competition. Mashroo3i,...

mashroo3i competition Bahrain

Innovative business model hopes to spark artistic creativity in Palestine

“If you live as a victim you stay as a victim,” says Rami Khader, a founding member and manager of Bethlehem’s Diyar Dance Theatre. “The h...

arts culture dance

Startup news ticker: Google brings Android to cars; new platform for teachers and students

Welcome to Wamda's weekly startup news ticker, which will offer quick announcements and stories relevant to the region. If you have a quick...

morocco Jordan Google

Can rewards platforms save daily deals? A look at AdvanTag's expansion

It seems that the last thing that startups in customer loyalty want these days is to be called a loyalty program. Echoing UrbanBuz, a...

Loyalty Programs

Friendshippr regulates informal P2P international shipping; secures $670,000 USD Series A round

Asking friends to ship or bring back an item from overseas is a practice as popular as it is tricky. Especially in this region, with its...

crowdshipping Business Angels collaborative economy

Office supplies platform Stationery.ae launches in Dubai to beat brick-and-mortar stores

Stationery.ae, a new graduate of the i360 accelerator in Dubai, launched yesterday to provide stationery and office supplies to the UAE...

i360 Accelerators

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