Finnish game developer bets on the Arab region - and wins

Developing games for the Middle East, and making current titles available in Arabic, are usually difficult and time-consuming tasks for...

Ahmed Gabr • 10 March, 2014

social gaming Social Technology

Why is Indian personal assistant app Shifu taking the Arab region by storm?

Smartphones make life a lot easier, socially and professionally. But, thought Indian mobile app developer Prashant Singh, how much easier...

Ahmed Gabr • 03 March, 2014

smartphone Technology Mobile

Jordanian mobile business app Applixya to target global executives

Having turned a profit since 2011, the founders of Applixya, an iPad app that allows highly mobile business executives to stay in...

Ahmed Gabr • 04 March, 2014

Technology Mobile

Equal opportunity a priority for CEO Middle East's 100 Most Powerful Arab Women

It doesn’t come as a surprise that for the fourth year in a row UAE’s first ever female minister, HE Sheikha Lubna Al Qassimi, tops the CE...

Maya Rahal • 06 March, 2014

Technology

Rethinking the relationship between culture and technology

This age we live in, of instant gratification and edge-of-seat fascination with technology has led many artists, technologists,...

Oubai Elkerdi • 27 January, 2014

Technology Art

Pakistani entrepreneur launches social network for learning

"We are the first social network that parents want their kids to use," says Hassan Siddiq, the CEO of DailyThem.es, a writing and review ...

Ahmed Gabr • 19 January, 2014

E-Learning Technology Education

A new Pakistani social coordination app beats Meetup for travellers on the go

If the Smurfs had to plan a picnic, one problem that they could run into is simply deciding which medium to use. Facebook? Whatsapp?...

Khurram Zafar • 22 December, 2013

startup Event Planning Technology

4 trends shaping the future of mobile

The future is mobile, and the future for mobile is apps. Advertising, video and image sharing, and mobile retail are all gaining traction...

Ahmed Gabr • 24 November, 2013

tech mobile advertising Technology

New tech park launches in Tahrir Square to empower Egypt's entrepreneurs and inventors

[Coauthored by Nina Curley] Cairo’s Tahrir Square, which will forever be known as the epicenter of Egypt’s revolution, is now ground zero fo...

Eman Mostafa • 18 November, 2013

Technology

Instabeat, the heart rate monitor for swimmers, wins Wearable Technologies award

Instabeat, the heart rate monitor for swimmers developed by Lebanese entrepreneur Hind Hobeika, is continuing to win accolades. The...

Wamda • 17 November, 2013

Technology Instabeat

Why technology is not always the solution for better education

Until quite recently, I was a keen advocate of transforming education through technology. Over the years I was inspired by the ideas and...

Oubai Elkerdi • 14 October, 2013

E-Learning Technology Education

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

StartupBahrain inspires entrepreneurs: here is a look inside its seventh issue

When we first met Ahmed Sawafiri during our Mix N’ Mentor event in Manama in May of this year, he was preparing content for the l...

Maya Rahal • 12 September, 2013

Tablets Technology Digital Media

Tech Crunch Disrupt Europe - Arabic Pavilion

Tech Crunch Disrupt is a technology conference taking place in Berlin, Germany on October 26-29, bringing startups, industry experts, and...

Wamda • 31 July, 2013

Technology Conferences

Regional

How to make investment more attractive for VCs in emerging markets [Opinion]

Cross-posted and adapted from the original version published on Techies.pk on June 19, 2013. If you ask prospective...

Khurram Zafar • 07 July, 2013

Venture Capital Advice Technology

How will Project Loon handle governments? Google answers our questions

In the Arab world, where internet censorship is the norm, Google’s Project Loon, which aims to provide “balloon-powered internet for...

Nina Curley • 30 June, 2013

Internet growth Internet Freedom Technology

Webit Congress 2013 in Istanbul

Webit Congress is an international event for the digital, technology, and entrepreneurial ecosystem with special focus on European, Middle ...

Wamda • 21 June, 2013

Technology Conferences

Update: Facebook resolves Tor issues

UPDATE: Tor has posted that Facebook is not blocking Tor. "A high volume of malicious activity across Tor exit nodes triggered...

Nina Curley • 18 June, 2013

Internet Freedom Technology Censorship

Meet the Egyptian entrepreneur trying to build a digital brain

Coauthored with Mazen Aly, Egyptian Artificial Intelligence Ph.D. student at Max Planck Computer Research Institute in Germany. "In order...

Ahmed Gabr • 29 May, 2013

Data Egypt Technology

The Arab Spring through the eyes of Zaid

Zaid Farekh is as Jordanian as Mansaf. Born, bred and schooled in Jordan, he's a hardworking man from a hard working family. Before he had...

Fadi Ghandour • 20 May, 2013

Jordan Technology Fadi Ghandour

Think Science Fair Unites Technology Talents in the Emirates

The Sunday before last, Dubai witnessed the launch of the biggest national science innovation fair for youth in UAE. The "Think Science"...

Shaimaa El Nazer • 02 May, 2013

Science Emirates Foundation Sustainability

TECOM Speed Business Dating in Dubai

On May 8, 2013, TECOM  is hosting the third edition of Speed Business Dating with representation from a variety of business sectors and the ...

Wamda • 25 April, 2013

Technology Media

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

Could France's Innovative New Coding School Be Replicated in the Arab World?

“I’ve been working in the Internet industry for 20 years. And for 20 years, I've been facing the same issue: How can I recruit good talent ...

Aline Mayard • 28 March, 2013

EdTech Technology Education