Wamda

Regional

Three killer strategies to engage your inactive app users [Opinion]

Keeping your app users engaged is an art and a science. (Image via eventasticme.com) Through my work with AppsGuru I've seen...

retention churn rate Faisal Al Bitar

Regional

A day in the life of a Facebook programmer

Facebook is one of the world’s most successful startups and - as for many tech startups - programmers are the bedrock of its...

International Programmer's Day Programmer's Day Facebook

Saudi Arabia

Saudi educational app for special needs users ready to launch

May Al-Oteibi, 26, is a Saudi entrepreneur who has always aspired to use technology to serve the disabled, having a mentally challenged...

Learn with May May Al-Oteibi MEMakers

U.A.E

A new addition to MENA's hardware facelift

When Prashant Gulati (also known as PK) was 10 he asked his father for a carpenter’s kit. In those days child-friendly kits wouldn’t hav...

The Assembly MEMakers Maker space

Regional

Technology is taking over the world (and the Middle East)

This is a crosspost with Boostmena. Google was founded in 1998 and Facebook was founded in 2004. Fifteen years ago, businesses had no way...

Smart Devices smartphones Technology

Jordan

Akhtaboot 6th Job Fair 2015

Akhtaboot is holding its 6th job fair on the 9th and 10th of September, 2015 at Amman Grand Hall, Al Hussein Sports City. Participating ...

Job fair akhtaboot amman

Regional

10 ways open source tech is changing the rules of the game

In the last few years, open source software platforms such as Android have established themselves as essential catalysts for technology...

Droidcon Dubai open source Dubai

Regional

How do you build a smart city?

Dubai's smart city, Silicon Park, focuses on six pillars: life, society, mobility, economy, governance and environment.(Image...

Smart Devices Smart Cities IoTx

Egypt

InfoMed digitizes Egypt's family doctors

A spate of high-profile deaths in Egypt from medical misdiagnosis has highlighted the need for better all-round medical care in...

family medicine ehealth InfoMed

Global

Will wearables be the future of mobile payments?

Bank Audi displays its 'Tap2Pay' at ArabNet Beirut earlier this year. (Image via Payfort) In his second piece on mobile payments,...

Payfort mobile payments

U.A.E

Gulf Customer Experience Awards 2015

The importance of digital customer experience is greater than ever before. Digital technology has become part of everyday life for the...

Gulf Customer Experience Award digital uae

Egypt

Dopay does banking for unbanked Egyptians

Dopay, one of the early startups to get involved in Egypt's financial technology sector, is hoping to build a web of clients among the...

unbanked Dopay financial services

Lebanon

Le Wagon gives its first coding bootcamp in Lebanon

Le Wagon is hosting its very first Bootcamp in Lebanon! This 9-week program is designed for beginners or "half-beginners" who want to ...

Bierut Le Wagon entrepreneurs

Lebanon

Back to school junior game creators

Spica Tech Gaming Academy, in coordination with AltCity for the "Back to School" season, wants to teach your children how to design video...

program Altcity kids

Lebanon

Practical strategic planning for a business with Bader

Strategic Planning is a useful tool for entrepreneurs and managers alike, helping them develop a business or project and achieve efficient...

Business Workshop bader

Regional

Can the internet revolution break down the barriers of data secrecy in the Middle East? [Opinion]

Two trends are set to dramatically disrupt the long prevailing government and corporate data secrecy in the Middle East: data...

transparency data secrecy internet

Regional

Join the second edition of "Arab World Meets Silicon Valley"

Also known as the Global Track, the "Arab world meets Silicon Valley" program is running its second edition organized by the MIT...

Arab world MITEF competition

Global

Google, Apple and Samsung, pitching the mobile wallet

Bye to coins and receipts, hello to the phone? (Image via issaasad.me) What will the wallet of the future look like? This question...

samsung android Payfort

Regional

UBI awards by UBI global in partnership with King Abdullah University

UBI Global and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) are hosting the recognition event of top performing university bu...

UBI incubators Awards

Egypt

Printing money: Spear Ink’s e-waste ambitions

E-waste is a mushrooming scourge of the technology revolution with up to 50 million tons of electronic rubbish generated annually -...

printer cartridge spear ink MEMakers

Jordan

Oasis500 tech and hardware business workshop

Accelerator Oasis500, one of the largest in the MENA region, is holding its first Tech and Hardware business workshop on 16-19 August...

Oasis500 Investment Hardware

Palestine

Palestinian startup RedCrow Intelligence analyzes security threats for business

Palestinians Hussein Nasser-Eddin and Laila Akel started their big data-crunching risk analysis company in September last year, having...

RedCrow Intelligence big data Security

Regional

Supercharging the new energy order [part 2]

This year the world is abuzz with the word 'batteries', as Tesla releases its wall-mounted storage device for the home and the...

batteries energy24 renewable energy

Regional

Supercharging the new energy order [part 1]

This year the world is abuzz with the word 'batteries', as Tesla releases its wall-mounted storage device for the home and the...

cleantech Arabia Oil batteries

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