Wamda

Would You Be Concerned if Google Bought Out WhatsApp? [Poll Results]

After moving to Beirut, the first thing people ask me when we want to stay in touch is not “Can I have your number?” “What’s your e-ma...

Telecommunication SMS Google

GCC Comes Out On Top in Global ICT Network Readiness [Report]

Qatar leads the Arab world in “networked readiness”, showing a huge boom in mobile broadband subscription from 9.6% to an enormous 70.3% ov...

Technology Government

Local Experts Team Up To Support E-Commerce in Saudi Arabia

Six e-store owners have teamed up in Saudi Arabia to form Ittejar, an alliance of e-commerce specialists seeking to help e-commerce...

E-commerce

8 Hackerspaces Changing the Arab World

Lately, it seems as though we often hear about a revolutionary new DIY idea like the Raspberry Pi Do-it-Yourself computer, or a...

Hacker Culture Social Change Crowdfunding

Could France's Innovative New Coding School Be Replicated in the Arab World?

“I’ve been working in the Internet industry for 20 years. And for 20 years, I've been facing the same issue: How can I recruit good talent ...

EdTech Technology Education

Will Saudi Gamers Enjoy a New FarmVille-style Title for the Arab World?

Get ready, Zynga addicts- the Arab world is getting its own FarmVille. But this time, it's coming from a local player. Nezal...

Gaming

Why Digital Music Services Have Yet to Disrupt the Arab Market

One of the most heated panels at ArabNet last week was the Mobile Music panel, which brought together 3 major music streaming services in...

Music Mobile

Intel Business Challenge Middle East & North Africa 2013 Launches, Calling for Applications

Intel just announced the Intel Business Challenge Middle East & North Africa 2013 (IBC ME), a portal to the Intel...

Competitions

Cross Media Week

On March 25-28, 2013, the British Council and Beirut Creative Cluster, in partnership with Skillset Media Academy Wales, are running their...

Digital Media Design

What's Hot at ArabNet This Year

When ArabNet kicks off tomorrow, it will be a new conference.We've all come to know and love the Beirut-based tech and entrepreneurship...

Technology Arabnet Conferences

Can Yahoo! Maktoob's New Football iOS App Compete?

Yahoo! Maktoob have launched a new iPhone application for football lovers in the Arab region. The Arabic iOS app, called Maktoob Football...

Sports Mobile

Inside East Africa's Tech Hubs Part 2: Culture

Click here to see the original photos on Picasa Web. In Part Two of this three-part photo series “Inside East Africa’s Hubs”, we...

East Africa Technology Coworking Spaces

Palestinian Platform Helps Arab Students Find International Scholarships

Improving education is the goal of every government in the Arab world today. Yet rather than wait for governments and political situations...

Education

EduKitten Helps Expats Teach their Children Arabic

Capitalizing on the increasing use of mobile phones and tablets among kids, Egyptian startup EduKitten was created by a...

Education

Jordan's MENA ICT Forum: Bigger, Bolder, Now with Mentorship

Organised by int@j, the MENA ICT Forum returned bigger and bolder this year, to bring many of the region’s tech movers and shakers to t...

big data Jordan Cloud Computing

touch Cloud PitchFest

Apply to the PitchFest by March 29th to pitch your mobile app in a private session with investors, judges, mentors, and a select group of...

Developers Competitions Mobile

Can User Experience Design Help Egyptian Startups Find Success?

While most digital startups in the Arab World focus on their revenue and technology, perhaps they don't focus on user experience as much...

User Experience Design

Apply Before April 19: HCT-Wharton Innovation Tournament 2021

The Higher Colleges of Technology in the UAE and Knowledge@Wharton have teamed up to host the second edition of the “Innovation Tournament 2...

Social Change Environment Wharton

Nintendo Game Zelda is Now Arabic, Thanks to This Moroccan Developer

Arabic digital content providers, from children’s story developer Kids Love Arabic to game reviews site DvLZGaME, are working to expand o...

Developers Gaming

Jordanian Developer Harlem Shakes Your Website

If you haven’t seen the Harlem Shake meme, you’ve been working too hard on your startup. It’s not just that Lebanese incubator Seeqnce made...

Art Developers

5 Apps for Managing Your Files in the Cloud

Many entrepreneurs today need to store, edit and sometimes share their digital files across multiple platforms;...

Cloud Computing Mobile

Building a Hacker Culture in Abu Dhabi

For three days inside New York University Abu Dhabi’s purple campus in the Emirati capital, delegates from universities in sixteen c...

Competitions Ecosystem Social Entrepreneurship

Think Science Exhibition

The Think Science Competition ask participants to design, develop, and build science based innovations, and to apply science skills in...

Competitions

CircleTie: Better than Foursquare, Built in Egypt

Location-based check-in apps are all the rage, especially those that help you discover new venues. In Egypt, however, CircleTie, is...

Egypt Gamification Innovation

Thought Leadership

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