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Entrepreneur of the Week: Niall Sallam of Elevision [Wamda TV]

This week’s entrepreneur of the week is Niall Sallam, founder of Elevision, an elevator content broadcasting company in Dubai. Sallam d...

Advertising Entrepreneur of the Week

Marwan Ziadat from Darebni TV Talks about the First Online Training Program in the Region [Wamda TV]

[Arabic] During the ArabNet 2012, we spoke to Marwan Ziadat, CEO and co-Founder of Darebni TV, about how the idea started, what are their...

Arabic Content Arabnet Art

How Telecom Company Orange is Creating a Culture of Intrapreneurship

David Nahmani, Business Development Director at Orange, discusses how the Jordanian mobile operator is creating a culture of...

Abu Dhabi Media Summit Data Digital Media

A Chat with the Startup Founder Who Secured Over $10 Million on Kickstarter [Wamda TV]

It is increasingly important for hardware entrepreneurs to either transform what people are already carrying into wireless devices or...

Conferences Crowdfunding Innovation

Expotech 2012 Features 6 Leading Palestinian Tech Startups

On Tuesday in Ramallah, Expotech 2012 opened its doors marking the ninth year for the annual event, a weeklong celebration of Palestinian...

Conferences Ecosystem Technology

MIT TR35 Awards Top 5 Arab Innovators Under 35

Last night in Beirut, amid an excited crowd of peers, family, and friends, five young Arab innovators were announced as winners of TR35 Pan...

MIT Technology Woopra

Cashing In on Business: The Enterprise Opportunity for MENA Telecom Operators [REPORT]

This report, published by Strategy&, highlights the growing opportunity for Middle East and North Africa (MENA) telecom operators to...

Booz & Company

Jordan's Internet Blackout

Wamda joins the internet blackout in Jordan today by encouraging you to read about the recents events that threaten web and mobile ...

Censorship

How to Track Social Media Traffic Using Google Analytics' New Features

If you want to know more about how social media networks play a role in sending traffic to your website, Google Analytics has some...

Analytics

Is Outsourcing Good for Entrepreneurship in Palestine? Feras Nasr of iConnect Tech [Wamda TV]

At Amman Tech Tuesday's second anniversary event, Feras Nasr, president of outsourcing company iConnect Tech, discusses outsourcing in P...

Outsourcing Trends

Facebook Marketing: Why Global Brands Need to Change Strategies in the Middle East [Infographic]

What's unique about the Middle East when it comes to building your Facebook strategy? Even if you're a local company, you might not want to...

Facebook Social Media

EOTW: The Challenges of Being a Hardware Entrepreneur: Hind Hobeika of Heart Rate Monitor Butterfleye [Wamda TV]

This week's Entreptreneur of the Week is Hind Hobeika of Lebanon, the creator of Butterfleye, which is now a finalist in the MIT Arab...

Competitions Entrepreneur of the Week

Creating a Culture of Hacking for Social Good in the Arab World [Wamda TV]

Sana Odeh of Faculty Liaison for Global Programs of Computer Science at New York University and Affiliated Faculty at NYU Abu Dhabi,...

Education Social Entrepreneurship

The Importance of Social Entrepreneurship for the Arab World: Rama Chakaki and Roland Daher [Wamda TV]

Rama Chakaki of Baraka Ventures and Zeedna and Roland Daher, Head of Business Development at Wamda, discuss their impressions of the NYU...

Competitions Social Entrepreneurship

Encouraging a Culture of Innovation in Saudi Arabia: Hayat Sindi of i2 [Wamda TV]

At the MENA Business Women's Network Forum this past April, Hayat Sindi of i2, the Institute for Imagination and Ingenuity, describes the...

Amman TT Celebrates Second Anniversary

Amman Tech Tuesdays is celebrating its 2nd Anniversary event this May 1st. Join us in Amman; Wamda will be there chatting with and...

Conferences Ecosystem

Creating Jobs with Homegrown Palestinian Produce: Thimar

"For 18 years we saw the settlements around us expanding. Today, after six months, they are getting smaller and we are getting bigger and...

Agriculture

Pitching a Mobile App for Medical Diagnosis in Jordan: Dr. Bot

[English]. At Startup Weekend Amman, engineer Mahmoud Darawsheh discusses his team's idea for Dr. Bot, a mobile and tablet application that...

Startup Weekend

Arabic Speech Now Recognized by Google

Developers throughout the Arab World should be excited- Google's quiet rollout of Arabic voice recognition continues to create new...

Mobile Mobile Apps

An Example of Good User Experience Design: UAE-based MACVITA

A small break from the usual crash courses in UX is long overdue. For this post, I am going to run a quick review of a site that I was...

User Experience Design

Intelligent Flying Robots, Designed for Social Good [Wamda TV]

Today we're inspired by this video of a set of intelligent flying robots, developed by Vijay Kumar. While the robots, which coordinate in a...

WMA: Bringing Sponsored Tweets to the Arab World [Wamda TV]

WMA: Bringing Sponsored Tweets to the Arab World [Wamda TV] At Startup Weekend Amman a few weeks ago, Ahmad Kharbat told us about the idea...

Startup Weekend

Dalalat: A Research Initiative to Boost Arabic SEO [Wamda TV]

At Startup Weekend Amman a few weeks ago, young Jordanian Hussein El Natcheh told Wamda about the idea behind his startup, Dalalat.Dalalat ...

Startup Weekend

A Look at IP for Startups [Wamda TV]

"Intellectual Property refers to creations of the mind: inventions, literary and artistic works, and symbols, names, images, and designs...

Legal CoE Animate

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