Entrepreneurs in the Middle East transform the chaos ENTREPRENEURSHIP Finally, some positive news from the Middle East. Here comes an optimistic lens on the
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Oasis500 expands regionally and hires a new CEO
Startup news ticker: ArabNet announces the three winners; Bayt launches People Search by wamda, December 5, 2013 Welcome to Wamda’s weekly startup news ticker,
First Gaza Technology Startups Accepted Into Gaza Sky Geeks Accelerator
Partnership between Mercy Corps and Oasis500 gives budding technology firms initial financing and business-development mentoring PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — After a
Oasis500 plans to expand its regional footprint and appoints a Chief Executive Officer to support entrepreneurship in the Arab region
Fayyad: “Oasis500 plans to expand its regional footprint and appoints a Chief Executive Officer to support entrepreneurship in the Arab region”Oasis500, the MENA region’s
The fall (and rise?) of Yahoo: How the web giant crumbled and built some great tech in the process
At one point not so long ago, Yahoo (s yhoo) was one of the top technology companies in the world. “The only exception [was]
Entrepreneurship: Challenges across the region
Starting a business in… Egypt Instabug’s Moataz Soliman and Omar Gabr In the wake of Egypt’s 2011 uprising, civil society blossomed, characterized by the
Jordan’s digital green shoots
In January, Judy Samakie and her brother Karim took a bus out of warravaged Aleppo in Syria to the Lebanese border and trekked 20km
German Predictive Analytics Startup Rapid-I Rebrands As RapidMiner, Takes $5M From Open Ocean, Earlybird To Tackle The U.S. Market
Rapid-I — a German specialist in analytics tools that wants to become the industry standard for how enterprises predict the future — is today
RapidMiner Reels In $5M, Makes Big Push in Boston for Big Data
Just when the hype of big data is wearing off is when real businesses are getting built. Take a look at RapidMiner, a German
With 35,000 Production Deployments and 200,000 Users, RapidMiner Lands $5M to Help Businesses Mine Big Data
Opens US Headquarters in Boston, Announces Series A Funding Led by MySQL Co-Founders Open Ocean Capital and Earlybird Venture Capital, With Former Yahoo! Chief