Just when you thought inheritance battles couldn’t get any nastier a guy living in France sets up a fake Arabic dating website, full with reportedly ‘pornographic images’ of his 3 sisters as revenge over a family inheritance dispute. The report produced by CNN Arabia doesn’t specify how big the guy is inheriting, but for a guy to stoop that low, I’m assuming he got tricked out of inheriting the pyramids or something....
Having the largest online population in the Middle East has its obvious perks. It makes Facebook and Twitter efficient tools to reach influential members of society that can help organize mass protests that have the potential to overthrow a government. It also means the large user base is a good investment for businesses that target the online consumer market in Egypt and throughout the region. Companies like Jabbar Internet Group have investments that extend to Egypt such as Souq....
Sawari Ventures launched their first venture fund sponsored by no other than CEO of Orascom Telecom Naguib Sawiris yesterday kicking it off with an initial investment in 2 Egyptian startups. “The Middle East is poised to become the next global center of entrepreneurship,” said Ahmed El Alfi, Founder and Chairman ofSawari Venturesin apress releaseyesterday. “Local entrepreneurs possess world-class talent, but need access to capital, mentorship and expanded networks to realize their full potential....
We recently told you about theTweetbackinitiative, where a group of Egyptian activists and professionals, have teamed together to raise both money and awareness using Twitter. The initiative, spearheaded by blogger and activistMahmoud Salem, managed to bring in over $200,000 in just one week. Salem toldThe Next Web, “We managed to reach seventy percent of what we need to do in phase one.” Local and multinational companies including Coca Cola, Mobinil and Azza Fahmy Jewelry donated a total of $150,000 collectively, while anonymous donors accounted for about $70,500 of the total....
In an interesting move from Egypt’sSupreme Council for Armed Forces, apollhas been placed on its Facebook page giving users a chance to vote on who they think should be Egypt’s next president. The poll included 20 names including ex-IAEA chief Mohamed El Baradei, former presidential candidate Ayman Nour, former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq, and the only female candidate, Bothaina Kamel. So far, the results put Mohamed El Baradei at the top of the list with 38%, leaving quite a few of the 20 hopefuls at the bottom of the list with 0%, among them, lawyer Mortada Mansour....
