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Can sports help people explore Dubai?

I wrote two years ago about how daily deals websites are fading in Lebanon, inspired by my previous job at GoNabit, the first group...

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How to gain customer trust: 6 lessons from top Moroccan and Tunisian daily deals sites

In Morocco and Tunisia, daily deals websites have changed the way people use the internet. There was a before, when online purchases were...

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Whatever happened to Morocco’s ecommerce pioneer MyDeal.ma?

For a few months now, one question has been on many Moroccans’ lips: is daily deals website MyDeal.ma really “on hold, to rise from its ash...

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Egyptian daily deals site Waffarha confident amidst uncertainty

The recent shutdown of Dare’n’Deal, Egypt’s most popular website for daily deals and group buying, sparked much curiosity about whether the...

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Egypt

2 lessons from last year's Dare'n'Deal shutdown

Ever since Dare’n’Deal shut down last May, many have wondered why Egypt’s most popular daily deals site...

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Jordan

Can Jordan's Voga Closet scale its e-commerce store without offering cash-on-delivery?

[Update: Voga Closet is now offering Cash on Delivery] Needless to say, online payment is a serious issue for e-commerce websites in...

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Global

If you had the chance to exit, would you sell your startup to a competitor?

Entrepreneurs are passionate by nature. They work hard to make their ideas come to life, and harder to make them survive. In a tough...

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How the founder of Hmizate raised $1.6 million in a plane

There’s a saying that finding an investor is like finding a spouse; as a startup, you’re looking for a long term partner, that will bring n...

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Will this coupons directory startup replace daily deals in Dubai?

Groupon, LivingSocial, Gonabit, Cobone and other daily-deal group-buying sites have been around for ages. But as their popularity...

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Tiger Global Takes Cobone Over from Jabbar

UPDATE: We have confirmed that Cobone has closed down Abu Dhabi and its product line and thus laid off several employees in Dubai in what...

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Need a Coupon for a Sportscar? Fursaty Offers Daily Deals, Saudi Style

Daily deals in Saudi Arabia aren’t like daily deals elsewhere. Where else would you buy a Bentley online at 32% off? “Months later after th...

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Founder of GoNabit Joins MarkaVIP as COO

After the close of daily deals site LivingSocial, Sohrab Jahanbani is now joining MarkaVIP. After first founding daily deals site GoNabit,...

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Founder of Daily Deals Site Hmizate Launches Online Marketplace Hmall

The e-commerce sector in Morocco has truly boomed in the last 2 years. We've seen a particularly large influx of e-commerce sites,...

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RihlaPrime/TravelerVIP Debuts Luxury Travel Deals Sites In The Middle East

UPDATE: RihlaPrime has changed its name to TravelerVIP. "A bad hotel experience can ruin an otherwise perfect trip", says...

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Daily Deals In The Arab World: What Sells, What Doesn't; Insights From Cobone

For entrepreneurs looking to head into e-commerce, it might be useful to know which categories are the most popular in daily...

Daily Deals

Souq in Egypt: Not Relinquishing its Crown Anytime Soon

I visited the new challenger recently, so it was only fair I also visit the undisputed champion. The two companies I’m talking about a...

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Kuwaiti Startup Yabila! Compiles Local Deals for MENA Consumers

Yabila! is a mobile advertising platform serving as a daily guide for the latest offers, promotions, and new arrivals in MENA...

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The Hot Top Models of E-Commerce, CoE E-Commerce: Part 5 [Wamda TV]

In Part 5 of our panel on the Hot Top Models of E-Commerce at our June CoE E-Commerce event, moderator Nina Curley, Editor In Chief of Wa...

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The Hot Top Models of E-Commerce, CoE E-Commerce: Part 1 [Wamda TV]

In Part 1 of our panel on the Hot Top Models of E-Commerce at our June CoE E-Commerce event, moderator Nina Curley, Editor In Chief of ...

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Cobone Co-Founder Steps Down, Groupon Announces Expansion: What's Really Going on in Daily Deals?

Arabian Business confirmed today that Cobone's Regional Sales Head and co-founder, Henri Hazoughi, has stepped down, while sources...

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Amidst Daily Deals Market Shuffle, Are Major Changes on the Horizon?

After news of changes at Cobone and Groupon UAE yesterday, more is shifting in the daily deals space globally, with eBay's launch...

Daily Deals E-commerce Expansion

Startups Must Accept Change and Adapt [Pic of the Week]

Things don’t stay the same forever. It’s a fact of life that a lot of people, especially expanding businesses, often have trouble dealing w...

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Weekly Wrap-Up: September 30 - October 04

This week, we've highlighted a number of startups that keep on setting the bar higher for themselves. What drives you to go further? Pic of ...

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Is Jabbar Looking to Sell One of Its Companies? Rumors Swirl

Rumors are swirling today that Jabbar Internet Group is looking to offload assets. The group- one of the biggest internet-focused...

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