Twitter Usage in the MENA region

Following up on the last post about the Facebook statistics in the Arab world, here will display the findings from Dubai’s school of government results regarding Twitter usage in the Arab world published in their second release of their Arab Social Media Report. Here’s an overview of the major points: At the end of the first quarter of 2011, the number of tweets had... Read More

Latest Facebook Statistics in the #MENA (Q1 2011)

We have been talking a lot lately about the second release of the Arab Social Media Report developed by the Dubai School of Government and even though they had some information and numbers released on the site now the entire report is  available for download. Below we are going to highlight some of the main points and graphs revealed in the report from Facebook and we will follow... Read More

The Arab Social Media Report: A Report from the Dubai School of Government.

  This week, I was at the Marcus Evans Middle East Social Media and Marketing Event as part of team InteractiveMe.com.   The event was enjoyable, the speakers were well-informed and the attendees were wonderful. I thoroughly enjoyed myself. Stay tuned to the site, as we’ll be posting highlights, video and commentary on the use of Social Media as a tool for Brand Awareness... Read More

The rise of Mobile in the MENA

Last week we posted an article about some interesting information released by Effective Measure regarding mobile internet consumption in the MENA region. Apparently brands in the region have noticed this trend and have started reacting to this consumer need by producing either mobile apps or mobile websites to connect with users on the go. The latest company to do so is Dubizzle,... Read More

Middle Eastern countries growth on Facebook last month

A new article released on Inside Facebook today gives an interesting look about the traffic on Facebook from the Middle Eastern countries. And although there were upto 7 countries which have gained 100,000 users in the past month there is a bit of surprising and unexpected loss of users in a couple of the major countries of the region. Below is the chart prepared by Inside Facebook,... Read More

5 free entries to attend the Government Social Media Conference

Yesterday the organizers of the Government Social Media Conference announced that they will providing 5 free entries to the conference by applying on the website here, all the request in return is for you to tell them why they should choose you. For those who aren’t aware about the prices for registering to the conference you can find that information here. There are two... Read More

Mark your calendar for the Government Social Media Conference

  On June 7-8 for the first time in the MENA a Government Social Media Conference will take place in Dubai, UAE at the Al Murooj Rotana Hotel. The conference is organized by The Business Council and after speaking with the conference manager Mr. Hijazi Natsheh he confirmed to us that this event will be the first of many with the possibility of it being occurring in different... Read More

Middle East Social Media Marketing Conference

A very interesting event that will hopefully provide better insights for all the marketers in the region on social media will be taking place later this month. This is something we’ve been talking about a lot lately since all the reports and surveys from the MENA region always produce the same answer “The need to understand social media better” and so on. you can... Read More

Dubizzle bigger than Twitter in the UAE!

I read a tweet today that was quite interesting, according to alexa Dubizzle ranks higher than Twitter in the UAE. Dubizzle which is a classifieds website that was launched from Dubai quickly gained popularity in the past years and has now expanded all over the MENA region. So if this could be done within 5-6 years, I think with the right marketing strategies they can obtain the... Read More

Blackberry Playbook Review

A couple of days ago we got our hands on the new Blackberry Playbook here in the UAE. The device looks sleek without any buttons on surface everything is controlled via hand gestures. It does however have a small on/off button above the screen on the edge along with a increase/decrease volume and pause play button. When I started to fiddle with it I was lost and very unimpressed... Read More

Demo Camp Dubai Review

Yesterday we attended DemoCampDubai for those of you who followed the tweets the event had its ups and downs, but that’s not what I’m going to write about in this article I will focus on giving a summary on all the demo’s and scoring them on the basis of their presentation, demo, idea originality and usefulness from 1 – 5 (1 being the lowest and 5 being... Read More

Are you attending Democamp Dubai? We are!

On April 27th a Democamp session will be held at the Dubai Internet City, to encourage entrepreneurship and innovation in the MENA region. The event will take place between 5 – 8 pm at the American University in Dubai, School of Engineering Bld. 3rd floor. The event doesn’t focus on any specific subject, demo’s can be in English or Arabic, can be made for a specific... Read More

Criticism on Blackberry Playbook from Day 1 [Video]

Since RIM unveiled their new tablet product “Playbook” back in September last year which we covered here and we’ve been excited to see the launch and cover it on our website, yet there is something killing this hype today through continuous criticism everywhere that started couple of days back but it didn’t turn head, until today, the day of launch (April... Read More

Yalla! Join Google’s Student Ambassador Program in the Middle East

Enthusiasts about new technology and Google products can now have a thrilling new opportunity to be one of Google’s Student Ambassadors on their campus. Through the Students Ambassador Program, you become a liaison between Google and your university. Ambassadors plan and host several events during the school year, introduce students to new Google products and features and... Read More

New Report: The state of digital media in the MENA region

A report released on April 12th at the Digital Cream Dubai event compiled by econsultancy and Arabian Business shed’s light on the relative levels of spending for 2011 across a range of marketing channels, comparing online and offline budgets. The report was conducted by surveying over 500 companies from the region between February and March 2011. The survey included a total... Read More

Animated Video: Entrepreneur Chasing Payments

Our friends at Wamda released today a new episode of the “Mini-Entrepreneur” featuring 3antar-preneur chasing payment after gettting his first job for his venture. While the client has agreed to pay, check out now how long will it take him to receive the payment? Wamda is a newly established Entrepreneurial Support platform by Abraaj Capital and its subsidiary Riyada... Read More

BRKG: A New Guide to Venture Capital in the MENA Region

Just few minutes ago, our colleague Habib Haddad, founder of Yamli, shared a link on twitter about new fresh informative document that is much needed in the MENA region. This document was named: “A Guide to Venture Capital in the MENA Region” which could answer a lot of questions and turn down a lot of controversial wisdom. This report is a collaborative effort between... Read More

Demo Camp Amman wants your submissions

Demo Camp Amman is just around the corner the event will take place in Amman, Jordan on May 1oth at the Zara Expo from 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm and is free to all. This is a very exciting opportunity for anybody that has an idea and would like to demo it to the tech community, companies and investors in the MENA region. The deadline for submissions is closing near and the last day... Read More

Google and Twitter (with the help of Saynow): let there be tweets from #Egypt

CNET has reported that Google and Twitter teamed up to provide people in Egypt a way to send out their tweets without an internet connection. As reported the country’s internet has been offline for a while now. Users with a voice connection need to dial one of three numbers which are: +16504194196 or +390662207294 or +97316199855 and their voice messages will be converted... Read More

Event: Blackberry Developer Day Review

The Blackberry Developer Day was held yesterday at the Art Sawa gallery in Dubai, UAE and for those of you that couldn’t make it or follow our live coverage on Twitter the event went well, attendance was good, the RIM team on site was friendly and the information presented was useful for developers. The main presentation was given by Sanyu Kiruluta the Team Lead Developer... Read More