Saudi Arabia Former Rocket Internet employee launches a Pinterest for travelers “Rocket Internet has inspired many people to launch their own startups,” says Anirudh Gupta, a former employee... Reine Farhat • 24 February, 2014 Crowdsourcing Travel
Parisian accelerator Startup42 welcomes startups from the Arab world for its third batch Lately, we’ve reported on a growing number of European and American initiatives aimed at startups in the Arab world. Needless to say, w... Aline Mayard • 23 February, 2014
Startup Bahrain online magazine seeks to revolutionize the ecosystem I ran into Bader Kamal, a freelance graphic designer and photographer who is part of the Startup Bahrain team, after the online magazine... Leena AlOlaimy • 23 February, 2014 magazine content
Hsoub neutralizes competition, acquires Moroccan digital marketplace Asnad After hitting the milestone of one billion ads served per month just a couple weeks ago, three year-old web solutions... Maya Rahal • 23 February, 2014 Customer Service Acquisitions E-commerce
Can Kuwait's Waveline Media disrupt the mobile gaming market by remaking a classic title? Kuwaiti startup Waveline Media seems to be going from strength to strength lately. First, the media company... Maya Rahal • 22 February, 2014 Toad Rider Waveline Media Mobile Gaming
Weekly Wrap-Up: February 16-20 5 ways you can participate in our MIT Media Lab workshop next week We’re gearing up for four days of intensive workshop sessions with some o... Wamda • 21 February, 2014 Weekly Wrap-Up
Facebook's bid to take on Google The $19 billion USD that Facebook spent to acquire WhatsApp yesterday has delivered one of the world’s most stunning stories of wealth c... Nina Curley • 20 February, 2014
Euromed Business Opportunities Roadshow in Lebanon Berytech, Beirut Creative Cluster and Anima Investment Network will be organizing from March 20th till 22nd a cross-border innovative... Wamda • 20 February, 2014 beirut VC
Is Morocco ready to become the regional capital of game development? The video games market is a flourishing industry that has, over the past few years, gained more financial revenue and made more of a... Mehdi Reghai • 20 February, 2014
How to successfully crowdfund your next game Cross-posted from Cloud Games on February 10, 2014. Continuing its streak as the most successful crowdfunding campaign to date, upcoming... Glen Dalakian II • 20 February, 2014 zoomaal kickstarter indiegogo
What Souq has to say about those rumors, and its new mobile strategy Just as chatter is sweeping the tech world that Souq.com may be courting Amazon for a potential acquisition, the Dubai-based e-commerce... Nina Curley • 19 February, 2014 souq
5 ways you can participate in our MIT Media Lab workshop next week Next week, Wamda is bringing the MIT Media Lab to the Middle East for the very first time, hosted by twofour54 and Mubadala. The MIT... Wamda • 19 February, 2014 MIT Media Lab Workshops MIT
An Emirates-developed screenshot sharing app makes a flashing success Smartphone users are becoming increasingly addicted to sharing screenshots from their mobile devices, as opposed to links that require... Ahmed Gabr • 19 February, 2014 sharing screenshots Social Networks
3rd Wharton MENA Conference The 3rd Wharton Middle East and North Africa Conference, focused on opportunities for investing and doing business in the region, will be... Wamda • 19 February, 2014 philadelphia business school conference
Meet the first class of Saudi startups graduating from Flat6Labs Jeddah Nine months after its launch, Flat6Labs Jeddah startup accelerator has graduated its first class of startups, which serve markets... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 18 February, 2014 accelerator ksa saudi
Dealmakers' Weekend: a benchmark for Jordanian entrepreneurship Dealmaking was the name of the game on Saturday and Sunday at the Four Seasons Hotel in Amman as an impressive list of investors... Hayden Pirkle • 18 February, 2014 Venture Capital Investment Oasis500
