Regional Global VCs investing in MENA are like pink diamonds: rare but existent Though it might seem quiet, some VCs are on the prowl. Towards the end of 2014 Wamda published an interview with Lebanese VC Khaled Nasr.... Lucy Knight • 10 March, 2015 MarkVIP Jereen Utrack.tv
Regional Souq.com opens API to the public to spur MENA ecommerce Souq.com announced Friday that it will be making its API (application program interface) available to the public, allowing third party... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 25 March, 2015 api Souq.com ShopGo
Syria Displaced Syrian developers bringing unique skill sets to benefit the region Syrian entrepreneurs and developers at Startup Weekend Damascus (image via Huffington Post). Syria’s nearly four-year-old civil war has l... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 09 February, 2015 picasso interactive php open source
Saudi Arabia Traditional Saudi products make a move to online The articles mentioned below were all originally posted on firnas.org According to a VISA study of the MENA’s internet usage, r... Lucy Knight • 03 November, 2014 E-commerce N2V Saudi Arabia
Arab Entrepreneurs Spread the 'Power of Yalla' This piece was originally published on the Harvard Business Review Blog on June 25, 2013. In 2003, after two years in Texas, Moe... Habib Haddad • 01 July, 2013 Lean Methodology ShopGo Sustainability
