Regional Will MENA’s on-demand startups become sustainable businesses? On-demand startups, the so-called ‘Uber for X’ of startups, are those that provide immediate service by dispatching someone to... Dina Alnabulsi • 29 August, 2017 On-demand startups Technology entrepreneurship
Lebanon Rebuilding toy models, from Urbacraft to Makerbrane [Wamda TV] When Ayssar Arida and Sabine de Maussion founded in Lebanon Urbacraft, a building blocks startup that allows children to build construction... Berthe El Aya • 28 August, 2017 Makerbrane Urbacraft 3D Makerspace
Regional What I Know about the right time to crowdinvest: Eureeca’s Chris Thomas Chris Thomas, co-CEO and cofounder of equity crowdfunding platform Eureeca, has sat at both ends of the proverbial funding table. He has... Archana Menon • 28 August, 2017 What I Know eureeca Chris Thomas
Saudi Arabia The lifecycle of an app: From an idea to a successful business [slideshow] Daily app downloads have reached 50 million globally, out of which 95 percent get deleted within a month, according to the Digital... Maya Rahal • 27 August, 2017 Digital Leadership in Mobile Apps Innosoft Alsharqia Chamber
U.A.E What the UAE’s new insolvency framework means for entrepreneurs In 2009, it took a MENA company 3.5 years on average to go through the insolvency process, with a value erosion rate of 14 percent. In... Vanessa Khalil • 27 August, 2017 uae bankruptcy Legal framework
U.A.E How these twins made conservative fashion trendier When twin sisters Rawan and Suzan Alsadi began wearing the hijab, they realized that the market does not cater to their fashion needs.... Marina Makary • 24 August, 2017 uae Rozan Designs Fashion
Global Startup Watch: The vampire startup, the era’s new banks and the dark side of entrepreneurship The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your... Rana Freifer • 24 August, 2017 Startup Watch Facebook Amazon
Regional What MENA entrepreneurs should know before moving to Europe and the US Expanding your business beyond the MENA region is a challenge. People in the know cite such a venture’s costliness, point out... Aline Mayard • 23 August, 2017 Entrepreneur Europe MENA
Global Artificial Intelligence is making mobile apps even smarter Artificial Intelligence (AI) enables computers to do much of what humans have traditionally done, and even to correct our mistakes. AI... Hamad Almuraikhi • 23 August, 2017 AI Mobile Apps Google
Egypt Mobile billing consolidated in Egypt following TPay’s acquisition of DCBEgypt There are over 95 million SIM cards registered with Egypt’s three mobile networks: Etisalat Misr, Orange (Mobinil previously), and... Radwa Rashad • 22 August, 2017 Egypt TPay DCBEgypt
Saudi Arabia A Saudi teaching platform attracts a million students One year following the failure of an ecommerce platform they had launched due to the lack of market readiness, Saudi entrepreneurs Mohammed... Maya Rahal • 22 August, 2017 ksa Saudi Arabia Noun
Jordan Are Arabs tuning in to podcasts? [Q&A] In 2006, only 22 percent of the adult population in the United States were aware of the term ‘podcast’, but this figure rose to... Tala El Issa • 21 August, 2017 podcast Sowt
Tunisia What I know about building an ecosystem from scratch: Wassel Berrayana In 2000, Wassel Berrayana was an employee in HQ Sun Microsystems, one of Silicon Valley’s companies, when he decided to leave his job... Maya Rahal • 21 August, 2017 it decentralization entrepreneurship
Regional When Facebook means business for MENA women If you are a woman, have founded, cofounded, or own a business, and are interested in using Facebook and Instagram to grow it, then you... Archana Menon • 20 August, 2017 SheMeansBusiness Facebook instagram
Global How to face the fear of missing out in the workplace [Podcast] Whether we like it or not, we are constantly being affected by the ‘fear of missing out’ or ‘FoMO’, a term coined... Tala El Issa • 20 August, 2017 Patrick McGinnis entreprenership workplace
Regional You are what you wear, 2.0 Wearable smart devices are rapidly changing the face of technology in the 21st century, and the MENA is no stranger to that evolution.... Hamad Almuraikhi • 17 August, 2017 GITEX Future Stars Wearable devices Technology
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