Shekra and Injaz Al-Arab partner to support crowdfunding with mentorship Fundraising is crucial for startups, but entrepreneurs also need knowledge and experience to realize success. That's why Shekra,... Ahmed Gabr • 06 October, 2013
Weekly Wrap-Up: Sept 29 - Oct 03 Announcing our newest WamdaCard partner: Amazon Web services Keeping operation cost down at your startup is a survival tactic for most... Wamda • 03 October, 2013 Weekly Wrap-Up
Egyptian entrepreneur Amira Azzouz fights back against content theft Last week, Amira Azzouz, founder and Editor-in-Chief of Fustany.com, the fashion and lifestyle site for Arab women, was doing some... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 03 October, 2013 theft content scraping
New Egyptian conference will support science R&D; applications open Saturday Linking universities to local industry is becoming increasingly important for transforming scientific research into projects that can... Hanan Solayman • 03 October, 2013 Research R&D Egypt
Healthcare portal WebTeb closes Series B round from Siraj Palestine Fund On top of reaching over 3.5 million unique visitors per month, Arabic medical content portal WebTeb just announced new investment from... Glen Dalakian II • 03 October, 2013 Healthcare Content Portals Health & Beauty
AUC launches its first spinoff startup, healthcare tech pioneer D-Kimia Even though there is a law in Egypt that allows universities to build companies and invest in projects, many important academic inventions... Hanan Solayman • 03 October, 2013 Egypt
Avoid these 10 mistakes that could ruin your company's reputation For small businesses, reputation is everything. A report recently published by O2 shows that 72% of consumers will not forgive a small... Muhanad Sabha • 02 October, 2013 reputation Social Networks
Meet 3 tech companies leading innovation in Pakistan Pakistan is gradually emerging as a hub of technological innovation. Every day, I come across more companies that are... Khurram Zafar • 02 October, 2013 Hardware Technology
Offline textile company goes online in Morocco: can new e-commerce site Shoppeos beat out Jumia? In Morocco, e-commerce is booming; online sales increased by 45% in 2012. This boom can partly be explain by the launch, in June 2012, of... Aline Mayard • 02 October, 2013
A look at Just Falafel's recipe as it (potentially) readies for an IPO Fadi Malas of Just Falafel is working overtime lately. “We’re finishing work these days quite late, I think around midnight,” he expla... Nina Curley • 02 October, 2013 IPOs Franchising Scaling
4 incubators and accelerators that can help startups set up in Dubai This is the third and final post in this mini-series about moving your startup to Dubai. Below, I explore the incubators and accelerators... Abdullah Alshalabi • 01 October, 2013 Incubator Advice Accelerators
New TV show ‘Generation Entrepreneur’ to launch tomorrow night on OSN Those interested in meeting the Arab world’s next generation of entrepreneurs will want to catch a new TV show tomorrow night that will c... Nina Curley • 01 October, 2013 Layalina TV Entrepreneurship shows Reality TV
i360 offers mentorship for pay at new coworking space The Cribb In the past year, Dubai has seen several coworking spaces open to enable entrepreneurs, freelancers and traveling professionals to work... Aline Mayard • 01 October, 2013 Coworking Spaces
Can a Turkish game developer win over Saudi Arabia with a localized city-building game? Turkish game developer Gamester has turned its sights to the Arab market, with new city-building game Baldaty, and they've already... Glen Dalakian II • 01 October, 2013 Social Media Mobile Gaming Gaming
Startup news ticker: Frootapps launches Islamic app; Oasis500 brings startups to the US; ArabNet Developer Tournament in Lebanon; eBay acquires Braintree 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 September, 2013 ticker
5 ways to make your startup more efficient One easy way to keep costs down is to take advantage of the services that we offer on WamdaCard. Starting today and until October 12th,... Stephanie Nour Prince • 30 September, 2013 WamdaCard Top Lists
