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Tenmou Gathers and Trains Arab and European Angel Investors in Bahrain

Tenmou, Bahrain's first business angels company, is quickly establishing itself as a leading player in Bahrain's entrepreneurship scene, as...

Accelerators Angel Investment Arabic Content

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Kids Love Arabic: A New Educational Arabic iOS Story Platform for Kids

Many parents, including myself, invest time and money trying to find an educational application for their children, to keep them from...

Arabic Content Education Mobile Apps

Weekly Wrap-Up: November 18-22

This week was all about looking outside to identify and adapt solutions to problems within local ecosystems. What are your thoughts about...

Advice CoE Cards Conferences

Can Startappz Disrupt the Mobile Space in the Arab World?

The idea of being more committed to learning than to a given product seems appropriate for the wave of young entrepreneurs entering the...

Arabic Content Investment Mobile

Arabic Web Days Launches to Boost Arabic Web, Supported by Wamda and Partners

Arabic Web Days, a new initiative to support Arabic content creation online, launched today with support from global and regional players...

Arabic Content Digital Media

Tips from Silicon Valley for Entrepreneurs in the Arab World: MAKE Ignition Welcomes 500 Startups

Don’t be an entrepreneur. Keep your day job, spend time with your spouse, play with your children, socialize with your friends, see your p...

Advice Arabic Content Cloud Computing

Heated Debates and Fresh Startups: What Stood Out at the Arabic Digital Content Conference in Amman

Two weeks ago more than 43 internet and business geeks spoke to a large audience of Arabic content enthusiasts in the Jordanian capital of...

Arabic Content Digital Media Ecosystem

Entrepreneur of the Week: Wael Attili of Kharabeesh [Wamda TV]

This week's entrepreneur of the week is Wael Attili, the founder of animation and Arabic digital media company Kharabeesh and Endeavor...

Animation Arabic Content Digital Media

Morocco's Masarat App Aims to Conquer the Islamic Mobile App Market

During my frequent discussions with my business partners or friends, I usually share some milestones about the digital evolution in...

Arabic Content Mobile Mobile Apps

Fatooosh Offers Mobile and SmartTV Video Streaming Tailored for the Arab World

Amidst a rise in available Arabic content online, a new cross-platform SmartTV app has launched to offer seamless video viewing and...

Arabic Content Digital Media Entertainment

Interactive Applications Platform: Motea Alwan of Tatbeeqat [Wamda TV]

[Arabic] At ArabNet 2012, Motea Alwan, Founder and CEO of Tatbeeq.at, speaks about the applications reviews provided by his company, where...

Arabic Content Arabnet Conferences

Pivoting into Mobile: Alexis Bonte of Social Gaming Company eRepublik [Wamda TV]

At the Webrazzi Summit 2012 event earlier this month, Alexis Bonte, co-founder of eRepublik, discusses the company’s pivot from social b...

Arabic Content Conferences Gaming

Michael Trueschler of Citruss TV at CoE E-Commerce [Wamda TV]

At our June CoE E-Commerce Event, Michael Trueschler, owner of Citruss TV, briefly discusses the lessons he learned at the event and gives...

Arabic Content COE CoE E-Commerce

10 Must-Watch Animation Startups in the Arab World

This week we highlight some of the Arab world’s most creative and inspired animation startups. These artists are bringing new series, short ...

Animation Arabic Content Design

Kiva, Silatech Launch Microsite for Micro Lending in the Arab World

After partnering to create Kiva Arab Youth in April of this year, Kiva and Silatech have just launched a “microsite” in Arabic alongside a ...

Arabic Content Crowdfunding Demystifying E-Commerce

Weekly Wrap-Up: October 14-18

This week, our Weekly Wrap-Up features posts ripe in e-commerce information. Learn from others' experience is an especially sound piece of...

Angel Investment Animation Arabic Content

Dubai's YaDig Focuses on Customer Interaction to Boost the Power of Reviews

UAE-based YaDig has launched a hip new business review website to redefine the business-consumer relationship in MENA. Founded in 2010 by...

Arabic Content Ratings Sites

Style.com Enters the Arab World to Serve Local Fashion Market

Style.com, one of the world’s most well-read fashion sites, has arrived in the Middle East today, launching as Style.com Arabia (...

Arabic Content Fashion

Entrepreneur of the Week: Shashi Menon of Nervora [Wamda TV]

This week's entrepreneur of the week is Shashi Menon, founder and CEO of Nervora, a Dubai-based digital content company that helps premium...

Advertising Arabic Content Digital Advertising

Egypt's Sacha Books Pioneers Arabic Interactive Digital Children's Books

When 34-year-old entrepreneur Samer Youssef decided to launch iOS app Sacha Books, he and his wife were inspired by the lack of available...

Arabic Content Digital Media Mobile

Building Public Arabic Content on the Web: Barry Newstead of the Wikimedia Foundation [Wamda TV]

Barry Newstead, Chief Global Development Officer at the Wikimedia Foundation, discusses Wikipedia’s Arabic language projects. Wikipedia has ...

Arabic Content

Entrepreneur of the Week: Abdullah Mando of UTURN Entertainment in Saudi Arabia

Before graduating from college, Abdulla Mando, Anmar Fatheldeen, and Omar Murad founded production house UTURN Entertainment in July 2010...

Arabic Content Digital Media Entrepreneur of the Week

Weekly Wrap-Up: September 16-20

If you were to learn one thing from our posts this week, it's that making that one decision to roll up your sleeves goes a long way....

Booz & Company E-commerce Fashion

3 Lessons for Building a Popular Arabic Content Portal

There’s no shortage of demand for Arabic content online today, but building a niche site that will captivate and consistently entertain a l...

Arabic Content Digital Media

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