Startup news ticker: PricePanda secures 3 million dollars from Tengelmann Group Welcome to Wamda's weekly startup news ticker, which will offer quick announcements and stories relevant to the region. If you have a quick... Wamda • 27 January, 2014 ticker Rocket Internet Investment
Rethinking the relationship between culture and technology This age we live in, of instant gratification and edge-of-seat fascination with technology has led many artists, technologists,... Oubai Elkerdi • 27 January, 2014 Technology Art
Online education platform Coursera blocks students in Syria and Iran UPDATE: Coursera has released a statement explaining the blocks on which Wamda reported here, stating that it has reinstated... Nina Curley • 27 January, 2014 Online courseware MOOCs
Regional Mentorship key to growing Bahraini startup ecosystem, says Ernst & Young executive [Wamda TV] Mentorship is key to growing the Bahraini startup ecosystem, according to Doris Martin, the Human Resources Assistant Director at... Wamda • 26 January, 2014 ey connect ernst&young Bahrain
World Bank and IFC's Doing Business 2014 report ranks Arab countries Entrepreneurs in the Arab World might not be the luckiest compared to their peers in more developed regions, but entrepreneurs from the... Ahmed Gabr • 26 January, 2014
How HTML5 will change gaming in the Arab world Browser games are resurging thanks to HTML5. This fifth version of the revolutionary markup language supports the latest multimedia and... Maya Rahal • 26 January, 2014 html5 Gaming
Weekly Wrap-Up: January 19-23 One thing all coverage of the CES in Las Vegas agreed upon, is that wearable devices will quickly be moving from niche applications and... Wamda • 23 January, 2014 Weekly Wrap-Up
Startup news ticker: Arabic video tutorial platform launches in Egypt Welcome to Wamda's weekly startup news ticker, which will offer quick announcements and stories relevant to the region. If you have a quick... Wamda • 23 January, 2014 ticker Online video Egypt
Seedstars World startup competition finale Seedstars World (SSW), the worldwide startup competition in emerging markets and fast growing startup scenes is less than two weeks away... Wamda • 23 January, 2014 seedstars geneva competition
How to get your posts listed on Hacker News, the online community of passionate techies One of the most famous places to engage with passionate entrepreneurs and builders is Hacker News, an online community launched in 2007 by... Aline Mayard • 23 January, 2014
Can Egypt's first online medical community succeed? As technology becomes integral to everyday life more than ever before, the need for digitizing healthcare is ever increasing. While the... Eman Mostafa • 23 January, 2014 Egypt Mobile Medical
YouTube the next frontier for marketers in Bahrain [Infographic] A recent infographic produced by Tawasul, a Bahrain-based social media consultancy and management firm, rounds up the top-rated brands on... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 23 January, 2014 twitter Bahrain YouTube
Iran's second annual Web and Mobile Conference to launch in February This February, the Iran Entrepreneurship Association, an organization that works to empower the startup ecosystem in Iran, will host the ... Wamda • 22 January, 2014 conference event iran
Hello Tomorrow Challenge kickoff With the February-March Hello Tomorrow Challenge kicking off in Istanbul on January 28th, among others cities across the world, there’s on... Wamda • 22 January, 2014 hello tomorrow hello tomorrow challenge istanbul
How the Muslim Pro app got 9 million users in three years Every once in a while, an interview stands out. The one with, Erwan Macé was one of them. I met Erwan in unusual circumstances. I ... Aline Mayard • 22 January, 2014 Islamic products
5 tips for budding regional entrepreneurs, from Dubizzle founder J.C. Butler J.C. Butler and Sim Whatley, founders of Dubizzle, the UAE's biggest classifieds site, created a multinational, multimillion dollar... Wamda • 22 January, 2014 Dubizzle