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Bahrain

Bahrain's answer to OpenTable announces $300,000 second investment round

Bahrain’s newest table reservation application, eatapp.co, has just announced a second funding round, totaling $300,000. The r...

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U.A.E

'Never behave like an employee': Rasha Shehada's key to business success

On the factory floor. (Image via Diamond Line) At not yet 29, Rasha Shehada is already the managing director of an international trading...

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Regional

5 predictions for ecommerce in the Arab World in 2015

This article is a crosspost with the Payfort blog. At Payfort, we always gather our teams in January to discuss and plan for...

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Saudi Arabia

Sawerly announces $200,000 round from QB Co

This piece has been adapted piece from Firnas. Sawerly, the online marketplace that connects photographers and clients, have...

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U.A.E

How Flat6Labs Abu Dhabi is stoking creativity in the UAE

Select mentors featured as part of Flat6Labs Abu Dhabi's intensive program. The newly launched Flat6Labs Abu Dhabi, helmed by Managing...

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U.A.E

UAE's price comparison website Pricena steps into Saudi Arabia

[Update: Two years after its launch in 2013, Middle East-focused shopping comparison site Pricena.com has generated 1 million leads to its...

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Global

Does your startup have what it takes to get into a top accelerator?

Applying for a MENA accelerator or a global one can turn out to be a time-consuming process, so it’s important to make ...

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Regional

Why do funded entrepreneurs fail to raise money again (and again)?

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

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Egypt

3 Cairo coworking spaces offering a new approach to education

A reduction in rent costs is no longer the only reason for coworking spaces to trend in Egypt, rather, the expansion is looking to include...

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Jordan

Tamatem Games hits six million milestone but won't be celebrating (yet)

After landing two million downloads in two months last summer, Jordan’s Tamatem Games has closed out 2014 with more big numbers: the g...

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Regional

When looking for investment, you need the law on your side

At the dawn of a new year, and potentially a new era of investment in the Middle East, startups and entrepreneurs would do well to take...

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Global

The most innovative – and weird – devices from CES 2015

The last two years brought us thinner and larger mobile phones and devices than ever before, but 2015 is set to be the year of virtual...

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Maghreb

'We need to learn to learn from failure,' says Morocco Technopark's Omar Balafrej

It’s been seven years now that Omar Balafrej has been running Technopark, and over that period, he has seen his share of M...

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Egypt

The pros and cons of being a foreign founder in Egypt

UK citizen and former financial analyst Emily Renny is a cofounder of the gamified crowdfunding platform Tennra, and has lived in...

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Regional

10 things MENA entrepreneurs learned about managing cash flow in 2014

Image source: smartwealthplanner.com (link) At the end of each year, we like to take some time out to regroup and go over the year’s m...

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Jordan

Jordan's gaming industry steadily grows

Over the last few years Jordan’s IT and entrepreneurship fields have witnessed sizeable boom. The most significant of them...

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Maghreb

Industry focus key to a successful incubator, says Tunisian expert Leila Charfi

If there’s one person that knows the incubators/accelerators sector in Maghreb, it’s Leila Charfi. The Tunisian, who describes herself as “...

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Saudi Arabia

Mobily Ventures invests in Saudi ecommerce store Dokkan Afkar

This is the fourth investment made by Mobily Ventures in six months. Having first invested in Lebanese music streaming service...

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Lebanon

Career banker-turned-entrepreneur sees opportunity in Lebanon's banking sector

While financial tech is a fast growing sector globally, there is still room for growth in Lebanon. While many banks use...

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U.A.E

Ustad Mobile to scale mobile ed tech programs to the Middle East

Access to technology has long been seen as key to developing education programs in low-income countries, but the availability...

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Regional

Winds of change: 4 major changes to the MENA ecosystem in 2014

2014 was certainly a year of impact for the entrepreneurial scene of the Arab region. From increasingly accessible money in the streets,...

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Lebanon

Beirut+ TV: The first Lebanese animation channel

For husband and wife Toni Yammine and Maya Zankoul not a moment is wasted when it comes to expending their creativity energy. In 2013 they...

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Regional

The growing m-health sector of the Middle East, too slow?

When the Arabic medical information platform AlTibbi accept their World Summit Award for best mobile medical content in February...

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Regional

Why should fresh graduates choose to work for a startup?

Most of the region’s fresh graduates start their careers chasing jobs with big corporations, because they believe that will allow them to b...

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