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Building a Social Network for Football Fans in the Arab World: Footballize

Ten days ago, as Christian Ronaldo scored the winning goal for Real Madrid in a match that served archrival Barcelona its first loss...

Crokodeals: A Moroccan E-Auction Monster Heads to the UAE

A new way of tackling e-commerce and e-auction is coming to the Middle East from the heart of Morocco, through Crokodeals, the...

E-commerce

MarkaVIP's $10 Million Series B Funding to Boost Logistics

Middle East flash sales sites MarkaVIP is on its way to becoming a true success story with its latest gambit to tackle the hydra that is...

E-commerce Investment

Building a Learning Management System in Saudi Arabia: Acadox

During our undergraduate studies in King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) we, Mohammad Al-Hareeqi, and Nedal Mourad, and...

MITEF Arab Business Plan Competition Accelerators MIT

Entrepreneur of the Week: Yasmine El-Mehairy of Online Parenting Community SuperMama

Yasmine El-Mehairy, speaking from her new office in a co-working space, shares behind-the-scenes details on the process of building...

Entrepreneur of the Week MITEF Arab Business Plan Competition Women

Journey to Amman Part 2: Impressions of Jordan's Tech Startups

When I visited Oasis500 on my recent trip to Jordan, I had the opportunity to meet with 14 startups incubated there, for around 15-20...

Ecosystem Oasis500 Startup Communities

TourTwist Puts Crowdsourced Spin on Tourism in Lebanon

Some startups don't just create commercial ventures; they work to turn communities of ordinary people into little engines of commerce....

E-commerce Innovation Travel

Acadox: An Arabic Learning Management Platform for University Students [Wamda TV]

At the MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Business Plan Competition Workshop in Abu Dhabi, Mustafa Nabulsi of KAUST-incubated startup Acadox, a ...

Competitions Education MIT

KarmSolar: A Solar Energy Solution for Pumping Water in Egypt [Wamda TV]

Ahmed Zahran and Yumna Madi of KarmSolar, which won second place in an elevator pitching round at the MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Business...

Green Energy MITEF Arab Business Plan Competition MIT

Announcing Wamda's Entrepreneur of the Week Series

Today we are launching a new video series on Wamda: Entrepreneur of the Week. Each Tuesday, we'll be posting an interview with startup ...

Entrepreneur of the Week

How Moroccan Daily Deal Site Hmizate Faced Down Competition

After working for eight years in the tech sector in the United States, Moroccan entrepreneur Kamal Reggad decided to return to his home...

E-procurement Daily Deals Hmizate

Dokkankom Launches an eBay for the Middle East

E-commerce site Dokkankom launched this weekend, bringing the region an eBay-like platform that allows vendors to create customized online...

E-commerce

Lebanese Company I-DAW Innovates Faster Restaurant Service

Ordering food in a restaurant can be a tricky endeavor, with orders frequently getting lost in the chaos. The elimination of paper orders...

Innovation

New Mobile Gaming Studio Game Cooks Launches Facebook Competition

As one half of the team that developed popular mobile game Birdy Nam Nam launched Gamabox, the other half of the team, brothers Lebnan and...

Gaming

Inside Istikana's Arabic Video Content Coup

It’s been a good year for Istikana. One year ago at digital media conference Arabnet in Beirut, the Arabic online video company launched a H...

Young People in the Middle East Are Ready to Innovate

Lebanese entrepreneur Habib Haddad is one of the Middle East's biggest cheerleaders for the creation of a vibrant startup culture. As...

Social Entrepreneurship Wharton

Nafham: A Learning Management Platform to Enhance Education in Egypt

At Cairo tech-focused accelerator Flat6Labs, four entrepreneurs, including Ahmad El Alfi, the head of parent fund Sawari Ventures,...

Education

Arabic Mobile Gaming Platform Gamabox Launches

Jean Christophe Hoelt and Souad Merhebi, half of the team that launched Birdy Nam Nam, have now launched Gamabox, a platform for game...

Gaming

Building a Creative Brand on Arab Pop Culture in Jordan

As the warm weather slowly returns, look out for what has become a seemingly ubiquitous feature of West Amman fashion: the Jo Bedu t-shirt....

Fashion Innovation

Arabic Freelancer Platform Analancer Launches in Gaza

Winning the third place in Startup Weekend Gaza this past December, AnaLancer has launched an “expert-sourcing platform” that connects ...

Job Recruitment

A Chat with an Imaginary Small Business CEO in Saudi Arabia

Being an entrepreneur in Saudi Arabia is relatively easy. According to the World Bank’s Doing Business 2010 data, Saudi Arabia ranks 1...

Innovation Trends

Beirutna: A Platform To Locate, Socialize and Share Favorite Places In Lebanon

A couple of years ago, four young Lebanese became frustrated enough by the lack of restaurant guides in Beirut that they spent a month...

Food & Beverage Mobile Apps

Looking for an Affordable Place to Go Out in Cairo? No5rog Has Answers

Two months ago, young Egyptian entrepreneur Kirolos Alfy pitched online entertainment guide No5rog at Startup Weekend Cairo, and...

Mobile Apps

N2V Launches LifeLine, a Flexible Media Visualization Platform

N2V has launched Lifeline, a new platform designed to showcase customized sets of media in a chronological format. Those who head to the ...

Innovation N2V

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