Q&A with Yahki the social storytelling platform (1 of 2)
What is Yahki? Yahki is a multilingual, social storytelling platform, that gives you all you will need to tell your everyday stories using your best and loved findings of images, videos, articles and posts from all over the web. This helps you frame your thoughts about things you have seen, experienced or just crossed your mind or life. How Does Yahki work? Why did Yahki start? It is likely that storytelling has been around as long as human... Read More
Q&A with Dakwak’s CEO & Co-Founder Zaid Amireh (Part 1)
A while ago I read about a startup from Jordan called Dakwak, they provide an easy and fast way to translate and localize any website to a language your audience and visitors want. I thought it was a pretty cool idea so I got in touch with them and wanted to know more about them and see if they had any advice for people starting up new ventures in the region. Below is the discussion half of the discussion we had, the rest will be posted later on... Read More
Inkezny wins first place at Startup Weekend Cairo
Startup Weekend Cairo (SWC) a 54-hour event that brings leaders and entrepreneurs together was held last week in Cairo at the American University of Cairo (AUC) in partnership with National Net Ventures (N2V) and The Business School at AUC. For all the people who were following the tweets on #SWcairo the event seemed to be a huge success with loads of entrepreneurs, mentors, speakers and judges that all contributed to a high octane event. The 3 day... Read More
Google is warming up for Arabia 2.0 event
Despite the fact that Google is a bit late to organize such event, it will remain a big news for the industry. Google is turning its head towards the Middle East and warming up to organize its first Google Day: Arabia 2.0 event. Google Day aims to bring around 150 government and thought leaders together to think and debate about the future innovation – prospects and challenges – in the Arab World. Google says this is going to be an exciting... Read More
Yallakora.com TV Plays Now On Mobile
Yallakora.com, the leading sports website in Egypt and MENA region announces the launch of Yallakora TV for mobile phones, giving all users the privilege to watch match commentary and sports analysis from their mobile phones. Yallakora.com is now considered the first website in the region to offer mobile phone compatible video streaming, allowing users to watch interviews with players and coaches, match analysis and the rest of the contents of Yallakora.com’s... Read More
Taya IT Launches In Beta A New Content Discovery Portal for Arabic Web
In an optimistic move towards the internet in the Arab World, a firm specialized in enterprise and internet search applications, Taya IT, announced today the launch of a new content discovery portal which serves as an independent gateway to discover and share the best content on the Arabic Web. Yajeel.com was released in beta featuring a new search engine as well as content-specific categories serving as dedicated portals to the most popular topics... Read More
Masrawy.com Announces Record Annual Growth for 2009
Masrawy.com, Egypt’s leading Arabic News, Media and Entertainment portal, announced strong year-on-year (Y-o-Y) growth for the period Dec 2009 compared to last year. Masrawy.com, a LINKonLINE managed web portal, proudly achieved a record annual growth rate that exceeds 100% with an increase in the number of visits to reach 15 million visit per month in 2009. Since its launch in 2000, Masrawy.com has consistently ranked among the most viewed,... Read More
Egypt IT Spending Projected To Reach USD 1.9 Billion By 2013
IT spending in Egypt is projected to reach highs of USD 1.9 billion by 2013, reflecting a significant jump from its 2008 levels at USD 1.2 billion, according to statistics released by Business Monitor International (BMI) in its ‘Egypt Information Technology Report Q3 2009′. With factors such as growing foreign investment and government spending expected to bolster the growth over the forecasted period, SAS, the leading provider of business... Read More
Masrawy.com Launches Egyptian Flag Campaign
Masrawy website launched a campaign to keep the Egyptian flags waving throughout the country. This campaign comes as a continuation to the initiative for raising the Egyptian flags in the Egyptian cities and villages, which was witnessed prior to the last two qualifying matches for the World cup between Egypt and Algeria. The call by Masrawy.com stems from the site’s interest in reaping benefits from the spirit of nationalism, the unified stance... Read More
Meet The Geek: Samer El Sahn Says Someone Hates My iPhone
A casual interview unleashing a real geek lifestyle in Egypt. Your name on passport? Samer El Sahn What’s your dream name? I am known online with the name Slayer; there is a band called Slayer I’m not sure if they’ve taken the cool name from me. How old are you? 31, although the guys here at eSpace make me feel that I am still in the early twenties; right guys? How did you feel yourself that you are a geek? When I was 10-year-old kid,... Read More
An Egyptian Start-up Gets Acquired By UAE Company
An Egyptian start-up founded in late 2008 that is based on a simple and smart Arabic service which aims to make the process of uploading files to the internet for sharing purposes and mirroring them on the most popular file uploading services a lot easier and faster gets acquired by UAE website development company. Mrrha.com which was basically an idea of two young entrepreneurs (and brothers) Mahmoud and Ahmed H. Elmasoudy, search engine marketer... Read More
Egypt Releases Mobile Phone Usage Ethics Code
Within the framework of the role and keenness of the National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA) and what is known by the Consumer Rights Protection Committee (CRPC), affiliated thereto, in guiding and raising the users’ awareness of various telecom issues, the issue of an Ethics Code is one of the most significant steps taken in this respect. This Ethics Code aims to regulate the users’ behaviors on using mobile phones especially with... Read More
