AskNative Looks to Boost Tourism in Egypt with Local Know-How Who’s the best person to ask for advice about a destination? A native local resident, of course. This straightforward concept is the b... Omar Aysha • 11 December, 2012 Egypt Mobile Travel
Gaza's First Incubator Ramps Up, Giving New Hope to Local Entrepreneurs A timely answer to the ongoing strife and instability in Palestine, the first incubator in Gaza is continuing to make strides, training... Maya Rahal • 11 December, 2012 Mentorship Social Change Social Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneur of the Week: Sara Galal and Mohammad Badrah of Sweety Heaven [Wamda TV] This week’s entrepreneurs of the week are Sara Galal and Mohammad Badrah, the co-founders of Sweety Heaven, an online portal in Egypt for r... Glen Dalakian II • 11 December, 2012 E-commerce Egypt Entrepreneur of the Week
iOS App Abjad City Teaches Kids the Arabic Alphabet What happens if you find yourself living in a foreign country where no one speaks your native language, and you are try to teach... Maya Rahal • 16 December, 2012 Arabic Content Education Mobile Apps
Jordan's Wysada to Launch One Kings Lane Clone for the Middle East You’ve heard of Desado. Now meet Wysada.com, the Jordan-based One Kings Lane clone launching in the Middle East. Set to go live in D... Nina Curley • 05 December, 2012 Design E-commerce
Syria Explained: Syria Deeply Maps Conflict in Context with New Media Tools Far more complex than a simple revolution or call for reform, the conflict in Syria continues to fascinate and appall its witnesses, as its... Nina Curley • 04 December, 2012 Digital Media Education
From Bankruptcy to Growing Success in Saudi Arabia: The Story of Intercontinental Travel Company Intercontinental Travel Company (ITC) is one of the leading travel agencies in the Middle East and one of the pioneering companies in the... Ahmed Al Majid • 09 December, 2012 Advice E-commerce Travel
Morocco's Stagiaires Makes Intern Recruitment Simple Until recently, job offers on the Internet in Morocco were confined to general classifieds websites or amateur job boards. It was not until... Karim Jazouani • 02 December, 2012 Job Recruitment
Mashaweer Pioneers Personal Assistance Services in Egypt Should you happen to get stuck in traffic and not be able to pull off some chores during a hard working day, don’t hesitate to rely on y... Hanan Solayman • 16 December, 2012 Egypt
Egyptian Site re-Indexes The Islamic Period on Interactive Map Imagine a time machine that takes you back in time to visit Baghdad in the Abbassid Era, when you could roam its streets, experience its... Hanan Solayman • 13 December, 2012 Technology TEDx
Bahrain’s Majaal Makes Warehousing Startup Friendly Speculating about the rise of tech companies is fun, but with e-commerce on the region on the rise, the seemingly mundane expansion of a... Nina Curley • 28 November, 2012 E-commerce Expansion Innovation
Visionary Palestinian Startup Goes Global with Touch Technology Palestinian startup Iris recently launched their “room of senses,” a new therapy medium for children and the disabled. The “room” is a spac... jaafar abusair • 09 December, 2012 Health Innovation Social Entrepreneurship
iFood's Mobile App Rises to the Top of the Food Delivery Pack in Jordan Jordan has changed in a variety of ways since I lived there a year ago; perhaps a small win given the recent turmoil is that it’s become m... Nina Curley • 27 November, 2012 Food & Beverage Mobile Mobile Apps
Jordan's Dakwak Launches Localization Platform to Help Startups Go Global Dakwak has been in the making for over a year, but it has now finally launched its solution for helping websites localize or go global. For... Nina Curley • 25 November, 2012 Arabic Content Scaling
Egypt's Bkam Boosts E-Commerce with Comparison Shopping Site and Mobile App UPDATE: Bkam won 3rd place in the Vodafone Appstar competition today. With the explosion of e-commerce websites in the past year, it... Nina Curley • 26 November, 2012 E-commerce
Regional Kids Love Arabic: A New Educational Arabic iOS Story Platform for Kids Many parents, including myself, invest time and money trying to find an educational application for their children, to keep them from... Maya Rahal • 27 November, 2012 Arabic Content Education Mobile Apps
How a 17-Year-Old Launched a Profitable Web Design Company in Lebanon Andy Abi Haidar is not your average 17-year old. In addition to doing his daily homework, he runs his own award-winning web design ... Fernande van Tets • 26 November, 2012 Design Developers
BorsaLink: Bringing the Social Media Paradigm to MENA Financial Markets [Wamda TV] Ahmad Helal, CEO of Omnivoyance, a software services company dedicated to building financial tools for investors, speaks to Wamda... Omar Aysha • 28 November, 2012 Acquisitions Egypt
Dubai's SwipeZoom Offers Global E-Commerce Payment and Shipment Solution Amer Qavi was a biomedical engineer designing artificial internal organs before he set up his own medical distribution business. After... Rania Habib • 22 November, 2012 E-commerce Payment Gateways
Jordan's Snax Revolutionizes the Convenience Store As protesters in Jordan take to the streets to demonstrate against rising gas prices, one convenience store in Jordan is catering to... Nina Curley • 20 November, 2012 Food & Beverage Music Security
Planting an Eco-Friendly Coworking Space in Cairo New coworking space icecairo launched this month as the third installation of icehubs, an international coworking space brand... Hanan Solayman • 22 November, 2012 Coworking Spaces Egypt Environment
Jordan's Hashdoc Goes for a Global Market An entrepreneur at heart and techie in action, Tarek Koudsi learned a lot from his family hardware and software business in Jordan before... Shaden Abu Al-Haijaa • 18 November, 2012 Cloud Computing Innovation Oasis500
How a 25-year-old Saudi Entrepreneur is Rethinking the Hijab Fashion entrepreneurship is one of the fastest growing segments in the world of startups. The clothing industry is estimated to equal more... Ahmed Al Majid • 20 November, 2012 E-commerce Fashion
Staging a Culinary Coup: Zooba Reimagines Traditional Egyptian Food When you walk into this little restaurant on the main street in Zamalek district, you can’t help it but notice its colorful front, which r... Shaimaa El Nazer • 14 November, 2012 Food & Beverage