Yallah! (Go!) When I first started as the Entrepreneur-in-Residence as part of the Pilot State Department Global Entrepreneurship Program in Egypt funded by USAID,
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Why RapidMiner? By Usama Fayyad, a Top Data Scientist and Entrepreneur
With the current release of RapidMiner v6, and the introduction of application wizards to help business analysts instantly work with their data, RapidMiner will
Barclays Bank Blocks Customer’s Account Following Bitcoin Transaction
A Barclays customer in Scotland has claimed the bank blocked access to his account after he made two transactions to buy bitcoin. The customer,
Entrepreneurs in the Middle East transform the chaos
Entrepreneurs in the Middle East transform the chaos ENTREPRENEURSHIP Finally, some positive news from the Middle East. Here comes an optimistic lens on the
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
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,
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