Smartphones are outselling feature phones: a look at the opportunity in the Arab world You saw the news yesterday: smartphones are outselling feature phones globally. As of Q2 2013, smartphone sales now account for... Nina Curley • 16 August, 2013 Data Mobile Trends
Celebration of Innovation competition in Palestine The Celebration of Innovation (COI) is a nation-wide competition of entrepreneurs and is the flagship program of Palestine for a New ... Wamda • 16 August, 2013 Competitions
Young Creative Entrepreneur Awards in Lebanon The Young Creative Entrepreneur competition (YCE) is one of the British Council’s flagship programs that identifies and connects innovative ... Wamda • 16 August, 2013 Creativity Competitions
Active Citizens Program in Cairo In collaboration with the British Council, Waseela for training and development is organizing an Active Citizens Program in Egypt from... Wamda • 16 August, 2013 Leadership Egypt Education
Weekly Wrap-Up: August 11-15 Announcing the winner of the 2013 Karim Jazouani Price This week and on the occasion of Karim Jazouani's birthday, we were very happy to... Wamda • 15 August, 2013 Weekly Wrap-Up
4 cool productivity apps, chosen by Moroccan startups It’s not always easy to organize your day, prioritize tasks or collaborate on a mission in a stress-free and efficient way. To see what e... Chadi Nanaa • 15 August, 2013
5 steps for choosing your customer acquisition channel This piece was originally published on Brian Balfour's blog, Growth. SEO, SEM, Facebook Ads, content marketing, affiliates,... Brian Balfour • 15 August, 2013 SEM Customer Acquisition SEO
Global Do you really need to write a business plan? [poll results] “‘He who fails to plan is planning to fail,’” said Omar Sati, the Managing Director at DASH... Reine Farhat • 15 August, 2013 Poll Results business plan Venture Capital
Is multitasking actually counterproductive? Most employees are on the lookout for ways to achieve multiple goals simultaneously. In fact, many non-multitaskers perceive themselves as... Mais Gousous • 15 August, 2013 Advice
The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2012 Women's Report The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor released a report recently detailing the rates of entrepreneurship among women and men around the... Wamda • 14 August, 2013 Women Wamda for Women Entrepreneurs W4Women
Regional More women than men intend to launch new businesses in the Arab world “Lack of Confidence, Fear of Failure Hold Women Back From Being Entrepreneurs,” Entrepreneur magazine recently wrote. Yet a closer look at ... Nina Curley • 14 August, 2013 W4Women Wamda for Women Entrepreneurs Trends
How CashU spinoff PayFort is trying to improve Cash on Delivery The region’s newest payment gateway is pioneering some interesting new options for consumers to buy online. Launched in Dubai in late ... Glen Dalakian II • 14 August, 2013 Payment Gateways E-commerce
Call for projects for the Commercialization Tour 2013 The second round of the Commercialization Tour 2013 will take place be conducted in six countries -Egypt, Kuwait, Morocco, Saudi Arabia,... Wamda • 14 August, 2013
Meet Morocco's first low-cost smartphone International mobile phone manufacturers keep on making the headlines: this one is suing that one over a patent, their competitor is... Aline Mayard • 14 August, 2013 smartphone
Women social entrepreneurs in Upper Egypt get a boost from World Bank competition To support young women social entrepreneurs in Egypt who are promoting job creation, encouraging rural development, and alleviating... Hanan Solayman • 14 August, 2013 Egypt Social Entrepreneurship
Must-read of the summer: Startup Rising: The Entrepreneurial Revolution Remaking the Middle East After over three years of traversing the Middle East, interviewing over 150 investors, entrepreneurs, and startup leaders, D.C.-based... Nina Curley • 13 August, 2013 Trends Book Reviews
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