Oslo Business for Peace Award Honors Five Global Business Leaders The 2013 Oslo Business for Peace Awards recently celebrated the role of economic growth in peace, awarding five business leaders ... Glen Dalakian II • 30 April, 2013 Awards Abraaj Social Change
Saudi Arabian Company Proposes Shift to Friday-Saturday Weekend In Saudi Arabia, a major industrial company may be leading the way towards changing the entire country’s weekend to Friday-Saturday, to b... Nina Curley • 30 April, 2013 Policy Government
Social Media Awards Beirut Honors Lebanon's Bloggers, Startups, and Celebrities “The most powerful weapon in the Middle East is not sarin gas or nuclear weapons, it’s your smartphone,” asserted Britain’s Ambassador to L... Glen Dalakian II • 30 April, 2013 Social Networks Social Media Competitions
5 Lessons from the Indian Entrepreneur Who Built a Multi-Million Dollar Company in Jordan The fact that you haven’t heard of Aspire.jo isn’t an accident. “I’ve kept the company very low profile,” says founder and CEO Kaushal Shah,... Nina Curley • 30 April, 2013 India Outsourcing
Egyptian Startup Signs First Game with International Publisher Chillingo Mobile gaming is on the rise in the region, and the newest startup to join the mobile gaming frey is Spyros Entertainment from... Omar Aysha • 30 April, 2013 Mobile Gaming Gaming
How Companies Manage CEO Turnover across the Globe [Report] Most companies around the global prefer to hire their CEOs locally or from within, a new study has found. 83% of companies that hired a... Ahmed Gabr • 30 April, 2013 ceo Job Recruitment Programme
Alex Balloon Set to Take Flight in Egypt After Competition Win Coming soon to a sky near you (if you’re in Egypt) is “Alex Balloon,” otherwise known as the Alexandria Balloon Project. To boost to... Hanan Solayman • 29 April, 2013 Egypt Competitions
Which OS Dominates the Arab Mobile Market? [Infographic] Android continues to be the world's favorite operating system, accounting for 64% of smartphone sales in the first quarter of 2013. As of ... Glen Dalakian II • 29 April, 2013 Infographic Mobile
TV Goes Social in the Arab World: 3 Trends With the growing popularity of social media, TV has become increasingly social. People now communicate and interact extensively about TV... Aline Mayard • 29 April, 2013 SmartTV Video On Demand
GCC Comes Out On Top in Global ICT Network Readiness [Report] Qatar leads the Arab world in “networked readiness”, showing a huge boom in mobile broadband subscription from 9.6% to an enormous 70.3% ov... Ahmed Gabr • 29 April, 2013 Technology Government
12 Key Statistics on How Tunisians Use Social Media [Infographic] Did you know that Tunisia is the second most connected country in Africa in terms of internet penetration rate? UM Digital Tunisie, a... Aline Mayard • 28 April, 2013 Infographic Social Networks Facebook
Egyptian, Jordanian Startups Take the Day at MITEF Arab Business Plan Competition Awards Last year, the MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Business Plan Competition awarded first place to Hind Hobeika of Instabeat, a heart rate... Nina Curley • 28 April, 2013 MITEF Arab Business Plan Competition Competitions
Algeria Hosts the First All-Women Startup Weekend The latest in Startup Weekend's new women-focused events, Startup Weekend Algeria was the first event of its kind to feature a... Nina Curley • 28 April, 2013 Startup Weekend Women
Local Experts Team Up To Support E-Commerce in Saudi Arabia Six e-store owners have teamed up in Saudi Arabia to form Ittejar, an alliance of e-commerce specialists seeking to help e-commerce... Ahmed Gabr • 28 April, 2013 E-commerce
Weekly Wrap-Up: April 21-25 We've just come back from our second stop of the Mix N' Mentor 2013 roadshow, Doha. This event was in partnership with Silatech and the MIT... Wamda • 26 April, 2013 Weekly Wrap-Up Mix n Mentor
Gengo Secures $12 million Investment by Intel Capital, Atomico, STC Ventures, Others On the heels of STC Ventures’ investment in Acadox last week, Gengo, a global translation platform, has secured $12 million in i... Nina Curley • 25 April, 2013 Translation STC Ventures Investment
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