For years, marketers have talked and continue to talk about the “five Ps” (in fact, there are more than five, but everyone picks their favorite ones): product, pricing, promotion, positioning, publicity, packaging, pass along, permission…etc. With time these became the components of a basic marketing checklist, a formula that people followed time and again to [...]
The idea of StartUpArabia was one that I had in my mind for quite some time, but I only got around to start working on it in the beginning of March of last year, planning out where I wanted it to go, putting everything into place for the first steps, and working on a bunch of [...]
Bayt.com, the leading job portal in the Arab world, is launching a new and very interesting initiative called Intilaq, that aims to fund, mentor and support aspiring entrepreneurs with early-stage technology startups. Intilaq is interested in funding and supporting startups based in the Arab world, or who are interested in relocating to the region, that [...]
Web Manager Center, the leading online portal for economic and business news in Tunisia just announced the launch of their Arabic version today. Over the past years, the French version of the site has become a well known resource for business people and reporters alike. This move comes to cater to readers from Tunisia who [...]
Damrej is a newly launched thematic search engine developed to make it easier for users to look for different items they want to buy online, special offers, cars, properties, jobs and more. Damrej takes a local approach, and has been launched for Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Libya and Egypt for the time being; with versions for [...]
Submit Conference 2009, a gathering for entrepreneurs and professionals involved in the Internet industry in the Middle East, was held on April 8th and 9th in the Habtoor Grand Hotel in Dubai. It grouped a number of speakers from around the world and the region to talk about internet and entrepreneurship related topics, share information and [...]
After the DemoCamps, Tweetups, and Twestival; Dubai will soon be witnessing another interesting event: BarCamp UAE. BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering, born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. These events are quite intense with discussions, demos, and interaction from attendees. The unconference will be taking place on May 9th 2009 in [...]
Taking its first step into the online gaming world, Saudi web company Remal IT has launched a beta of its ‘Baloot’ card game site, Kammelna. Kammelna is an online multi-player ‘Baloot‘ game, a popular card game played in Saudi Arabia (which is quite similar to the French game Belote), that is built in Flash and runs in [...]
Kuv Capital just announced a great and ambitious new project that they’re launching in Beirut, Lebanon: The creation of a Media City in Lebanon.
Arabic websites based in the Gulf are increasing in number but the locals are not using them much, according to experts discussing “Investing in Future Media” at the TMT Finance and Investment 2009 forum that was recently held at Sharq Village hotel in Doha, Qatar. The opening presentation at the forum expressed concern over the [...]
