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Jordan

Jordan’s Mawdoo3 closes Series B with $23.5 million

Source: MenaBytes Amman-based Mawdoo3 has raised $10 million in fresh funds to close its Series B with $23.5 million, the startup...

arabic content Q&A

Global

A Nigeria story: Empowering those in need through technology

One of the leaders in the online space in Nigeria, Wole Faroun, the founder and managing director of NetPlusDotCom, is helping launch...

Nigeria Sub-saharan Africa Q&A

Regional

The aviation industry, a new frontier for MENA startups [Q&A]

In the world of aviation, the Middle East is one of the fastest growing regions in passenger traffic. According to IATA, the rate will...

aviation Travel Abrar Ahmad

Regional

Building a regional education platform: The Coding Circle [Q&A]

Coding is the future. (Images via The Coding Circle) Launched in Dubai in 2014, The Coding Circle is a tech and coding education...

Coding Circle Q&A Coding

Global

Smart nations are the next smart cities

Ayesha Khanna says smart cities must become more human-centric. (Image via Bureau Insight) Smart cities are built on technology - but...

Hybrid Reality Institute Ayesha Khanna Smart Cities

Regional

How IoT will transform daily life [Q&A]

Seemingly everything will soon be connected. (Image via blog.telligent.com) The Internet of Things (IoT) promises to transform the...

Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority Entrepreneur Day Rod O' Shea

Global

GoNabit’s cofounders reunite to embark on a new journey

Having been a part of Dan Stuart and Sohrab Jahanbani’s team back when they cofounded GoNabit, the first online group buying website...

livingsocial gonabit Q&A

Egypt

Jumia Egypt has two new CEOs, here's what one has to say

Egypt is a major market for Jumia, Rocket Internet’s market place in Africa and they’re betting big on it. In December, they hired not jus...

Q&A Jumia

Regional

12 lessons learned in helping your talent thrive

Photo credits. Looking back at 2014, it was quite a fruitful year in terms of funds announced and investment deals closed. But one...

lessons Q&A Team building

Regional

6 regional VCs agree: To support the ecosystem, focus on making it profitable

This is the second of a series of interviews with top investors from the MENA region, in an attempt to shed light on funding opportunities...

Q&A WRL Wamda Research Lab

Regional

What do investors in the MENA want from startups?

This is the first of a series of interviews with top investors from the MENA region, in an attempt to shed light on funding opportunities...

investement Q&A WRL

Regional

Telr helps small merchants make friends with big banks

Sirish Kumar, during the Ecommerce Show 2015, at the Dubai International Exhibition and Conference Center The Middle East is at an...

epayment Sirish Kumar Q&A

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