Doing Business is Getting Easier Around the World [Infographic]

The World Bank has released their yearly Doing Business 2013 report,which assesses the regions and economies around the world where it's eas...

Wamda • 07 November, 2012

Infographic Ecosystem

25 Essential Stats on E-Commerce in the Middle East [Stats]

E-Commerce is Growing 1) There are 72.5 million internet users in MENA. [tweet this stat] 2) 66% of consumers in MENA use...

Glen Dalakian II • 16 October, 2012

Top Lists Technology Ecosystem

Weekly Wrap-Up: September 30 - October 04

This week, we've highlighted a number of startups that keep on setting the bar higher for themselves. What drives you to go further? Pic of ...

Wamda • 04 October, 2012

Acquisitions Animation Competitions

A Peek At Iran’s Digital Consumption In 2012 [Infographic]

E-commerce, online banking and consumption of digital mediums is remarkably advanced in Iran with 67% of respondents using the internet for...

Wamda • 03 October, 2012

Digital Media E-commerce Infographic

Weekly Wrap-Up: September 02-06

It’s finally Thursday and time for our Weekly Wrap-Up! If you're game for taking your business to the next level, don't miss this week's to...

Wamda • 06 September, 2012

Crowdsourcing Fadi Ghandour Gaming

Are You Ready for the Digital Revolution? [Infographic]

Did you know that 37% of customers are influenced by word-of-mouth, and 10-25% use social media to help them make purchasing decisions? Or...

Wamda • 03 September, 2012

Digital Marketing

Applications deadline for Startupbootcamp IoT | Connected Devices accelerator

Startupbootcamp IoT, part of the international Startup Bootcamp program is coming to the ArabNet Digital Summit in Dubai on May 30-31 to m...

Wamda • 30 May, 2016

StartUp Maroc Championship

StartUp Maroc Championship is a disruptive event designed to bring together new and experienced entrepreneurs with investors, mentors, ...

Wamda • 16 October, 2015

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How a seed VC makes investment decisions [Infographic]

This is a crosspost with the NextView Ventures blog. Note: In 2013, Rob Go published a flowchart articulating his VC decision making...

Rob Go • 11 May, 2015

NextView Ventures VC investment seed investment

How young Arabs are fueling the MENA media market [Report]

Global consulting firm Strategy& has published a report on the potential of MENA’s youth and how they have shifted the local media i...

Raed Khalil • 15 April, 2015

Noura al Kaabi Jayant Bhargava young arabs

Crowdfunding can be a 'catapult for innovation' in the Middle East

Rafat Abushaban, a business development specialist from Gaza, was first introduced to crowdfunding in 2011 when someone told him to check...

Hayden Pirkle • 10 March, 2015

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Ecommerce and MENA's travel sector boom [Infographic]

It’s no secret that ecommerce in the Middle East and North Africa has grown substantially in the past few years. According to Visa,...

Wamda • 26 February, 2015

Infographic E-commerce

What do people tweet about during Ramadan?

As we mentioned in a feature about The Online Project (TOP) report released last year, an increase in internet usge appears in engagement w...

Wamda • 03 July, 2014

the online project TOP Report

Big Data - An Emerging Technology [Dubai]

As part of the Excellence series hosted by in5, this session on Big Data as an emerging technology will discuss the various big data ...

Wamda • 23 June, 2014

big data

Introduction to Hadoop in Dubai

On Monday, November 25th, Dubai Internet City, In5, Axeldata, and Cloudera are hosting an Introduction to Hadoop session focused on...

Wamda • 21 November, 2013

big data

10 Stats You Should Know About E-Commerce in the Middle East

This quick video reveals 10 key statistics about e-commerce in the Arab world, including the size of the online population, how much is...

Wamda • 21 March, 2013

PayPal Payment Gateways E-commerce

Weekly Wrap-Up: October 28 - November 01

In all of our coverage of success stories, you will find that building and maintaining strong connections can quickly change the life of...

Wamda • 01 November, 2012

CoE Cards Infographic Mix n Mentor

Weekly Wrap-Up: October 07-11

When it comes to change, this week was especially ripe in news about changing careers and directions. The question on everybody's mind is...

Wamda • 11 October, 2012

CoE Cards Daily Deals Developers