Now serving one billion ads per month, Hsoub looks to the future Hsoub, the web solutions company based in Egypt and the UK, whose mission is to develop online opportunities for people living throughout... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 05 February, 2014 palestine Hsoub Digital Advertising
3 apps win big at the Arab Mobile App Challenge The winners of the 2014 Arab Mobile Learning Challenge have been announced at an event in Doha. The winning team, Loujie, based in the... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 05 February, 2014 arab mobile learning challenge doha
Global Egyptian job site Wuzzuf joins 500 Startups' acceleration program Wuzzuf, an Egyptian recruiting site launched in 2012 by BasharSoft, was on the verge of closing down two years ago. However... Reine Farhat • 05 February, 2014 silicon valley Egypt Accelerators
Recyclobekia partners with Jumia and launches individual e-waste recycling Since its initial launch two years ago, Recyclobekia has succeeded in building a e-waste collection network serving more than 25 big... Maya Rahal • 04 February, 2014 Recyclobekia Jumia Egypt
Turkish m-commerce solutions company Pozitron acquired by UK's Monitise Despite Turkey’s economic struggles, good news is rolling in from its tech ecosystem. Pozitron, the mobile commerce technology company f... Nina Curley • 04 February, 2014 M-commerce Acquisitions E-commerce
U.A.E Can Dubai franchise Mandilicious be the next Just Falafel? Some say that in the Middle Ages, the earliest franchises were born when political leaders began to designate privileges to citizens,... Reine Farhat • 04 February, 2014 Team building Franchising Tips
Berlin's Pipe makes peer-to-peer transfer on Facebook more secure Pipe, the peer-to-peer transfer service on Facebook, has released a new version of its application that uses a new WebRTC standard to ... Nina Curley • 04 February, 2014
Poupée Couture raises $80,000 on Eureeca Poupée Couture is the latest in a recent bevy of startups to be successfully funded on Eureeca. The luxury brand, having raised over ... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 03 February, 2014
PACEIM offers French-style incubation to North African and Lebanese entrepreneurs Here’s an initiative that should interest the many North Africans and Lebanese who are studying at or have graduated from a French u... Aline Mayard • 03 February, 2014
Does Saudization help or hurt startups? The private sector in Saudi Arabia is now employing more Saudi citizens than ever before. In the past 30 months since the Ministry of... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 03 February, 2014 labor expats expatriates
Health portal WebTeb partners with famous Egyptian chef WebTeb, the Arabic health and lifestyle portal launched by Palestinian entrepreneur Mahmoud Kaiyal, has announced a new partnership with... Nina Curley • 03 February, 2014 Recipe sites
Startup Weekend Damascus launches this month to create a 'paradigm shift' in Syria It goes without saying that Startup Weekend Damascus will be unlike the other Startup Weekends that have cropped up around the Arab world... Nina Curley • 02 February, 2014 Startup Weekend
PieRide offers Egypt's commuters an Uber for carpooling Traffic jams in Cairo, while infuriating, remain a source of inspiration to many entrepreneurs looking for new solutions to this daily... Hanan Solayman • 02 February, 2014 Transport Transportation Egypt
TechGirls summer program to host 27 girls from the Arab region to study in the US US Embassies across the Arab region are now accepting applications for 2014’s TechGirls exchange program, which for two years now have s... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 02 February, 2014 usa legacy international techgirls
Startup news ticker: Lamudi launches mobile version; e-commerce store accepts Bitcoins 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 • 30 January, 2014 Real Estate Mobile
Weekly Wrap-Up: January 26-30 Join the MIT Media Lab workshop in Dubai this Feb 24-27; Apply by Feb 1st This month, we’re thrilled to be hosting, with MIT Media Lab, a w... Wamda • 30 January, 2014 Weekly Wrap-Up
