Wamda

Ramallah TT - a Hi Tech Hub event

Wednesday, September 12 will witness the kickoff of the Ramallah TT - Hi Tech Hub events, a series of events that will gather anyone...

Competitions Google Ideas

Dubai E-Commerce Site JadoPado Seizes Growing Opportunity

When we first started off, I kept asking "why hasn't anyone done an Amazon-style site in the region?" says Omar Kassim, founder of...

E-commerce Technology

Semantic Tool From Lebanon Set to Transform Search

Creating a report, article, or any other type of document is set to become a lot easier with CTRL, a new semantic tool being introduced as...

Invention

Webrazzi Summit 2012

Webrazzi, the leading Turkish tech blog, will be hosting their annual Webrazzi Summit on October 4, 2012. As the most influential web s...

Ecosystem

LinkedIn to Enter Middle East Market in September

On the heels of news that LivingSocial is leaving the region, an email circulating the region reveals that LinkedIn is priming to open an...

Social Networks Technology Trends

Founder of JadoPado Comments on Closure of Rocket Internet's Mizado [Wamda TV]

Omar Kassim, Founder of Dubai-based online electronics store JadoPado, comments on why Mizado, a rival in the electronics e-commerce space...

E-commerce Exits and Sales Technology

RoundMenu Announces $730K Round of Funding to Expand into New Markets

After launching just over a month ago, RoundMenu has closed its first round of investment, for US $730,000, led by HoneyBee Tech Ventures,...

Food & Beverage Mobile Apps Technology

Drawing from Tunisia's Rich History, a Wind Energy Innovation Sets Sail

At the TEDGlobal 2012 conference in Edinburgh, Scotland, Tunisian entrepreneur Hassine Labaied presented Saphon Energy, a wind energy...

Technology Environment Wharton

Growing Pains for Jordan's Tech Entrepreneurs

Jordan has managed to avoid the violence and political upheaval its neighboring countries have experienced with the Arab Spring...

Technology Wharton

Revolutionizing Egypt's Oldest Bank with Cloud Computing

This week, OMS won an award for their role in a different kind of Egyptian revolution, one that took place in its oldest commercial bank....

Technology Software Cloud Computing

What's the Secret to Building an Innovation Ecosystem?

To build an innovation ecosystem out of nothing, it’s commonly believed there’s an unwritten recipe which goes something like this: first ta...

Ecosystem Innovation

Google Days Is Coming To Algeria

The Google days are two or three days of workshop and exposition, organized by the internet giant “Google” and attracting developers, bus...

Google Workshops

SeedStartup Demo Day In Dubai

SeedStartup, international startup accelerator and seed fund, announced the details of its first “Demo Day” to be organized on Thursday, Sep...

Workshops

Jeddah Startup Event - Shu3lat Mubadara

Entrepreneurs in Jeddah, get ready! KAUST Entrepreneurship Center is hosting its first ever event for Jeddah based entrepreneurs, where the...

KAUST

GameTako Launches Online Game to Benefit Syrian Refugees

This Ramadan, Saudi gaming studio GameTako is launching a new game to assist donation to Syrian refugees. The goal of Kubba, an online...

Gaming

Is Online Payment a Solved Issue? Part 1 [Wamda TV]

Dan Stuart, the managing director of the Mideast for LivingSocial, moderates a panel examining the issue of payment gateways in e-commerce,...

CoE E-Commerce E-commerce Payment Gateways

Jeeran Co-Founder Leaves to Venture into Product Reviews

Ever since co-founder Laith Zraikat left Jeeran earlier this year, the Jordanian tech scene has been curious what he’ll do next. He’s not...

Mobile Mobile Apps

YouTube Launches Ramadan Channel, Bringing Favorite Series Online

In Cairo today, YouTube announced the launch of a new Ramadan-dedicated channel that will feature 50 premium shows during the...

Digital Media Google

Demystifying E-Commerce: Payment Gateways in the Arab World [Infographic]

For e-commerce startups looking to solve the issue of online payment, this infographic, created by e-commerce solution company ShopGo,...

Demystifying E-Commerce E-commerce Payment Gateways

Disrupting Education with Technology in the Middle East: A Look at Ed-Tech Startups

With one in four Middle Eastern youth out of a job, and American college student debt exceeding one trillion dollars, it is already clear...

Education

N2V Announces First StartAppz Investment in Mobile App Startup iAraby

N2V has announced investment in Arabic mobile developer company iAraby, via its mobile investment vehicle and accelerator,...

Accelerators Mobile Mobile Apps

How Internet Users Will Spend Their Time in 2012 [Infographic]

Every moment of our lives nowadays is related to an internet act, a fact clearly demonstrated by this infographic, which examines five...

E-commerce Facebook Gaming

5 Simple Ways Startups Can Defend Against Hackers

The hacking of the Lebanese government websites two weeks ago, for the second time in two months, as well as the discovery of the Flame...

What Inspired Arab Entrepreneurs at Google I/O 2012

Google's yearly developer tech conference, Google I/O, brought developers and techies together from around the world to witness the latest...

Ecosystem Google

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