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Saudi Arabia

Saudi entrepreneur launches new servicing platform

The increasing impact of digital content on people’s daily lives, is driving more regional entrepreneurs to launch Arabic platforms....

Mnassa Osama Abdo ksa

Global

A smart, cost-effective way to build your ecommerce site [Opinion]

The broad expansion of internet and its related technologies is impacting people’s daily routines and changing the way they...

oped ecommerce Online shopping

Kuwait

10 online grocery stores catering to Kuwait

This article is a crosspost with Nuwait. According to the Total Retail Survey - Middle East 2016 report by PwC, the percentage of daily...

kuwait startups Online shopping

U.A.E

UAE sees first sharia compliant cryptocurrency

Ibrahim Mohammed moved from London to Dubai 10 years ago. In those years he launched and developed a series of successful financial...

Bitcoin Fintech uae

Saudi Arabia

Wamda reveals insights about the Saudi entrepreneurial ecosystem

“Cloning ecosystems might not necessarily work, and might not be sustainable given the different characteristics of each country....

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Lebanon

4 lessons from a rising Lebanese VC

When it comes to VCs on the Lebanese scene, Phoenician Funds is the new kid on the block. One year old now, it was cofounded by Jad...

Phoenician Funds Circular 331 lebanon

Global

Seed round legally explained

This article is a crosspost from SME Law. During the past three years, the economic cycle of the region, coupled with the influx of...

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Kuwait

What I know about first hires: Fahad Al-Falah

This article is a crosspost with Nuwait Having spent the last 20 years identifying, hiring, and retaining team members, Fahad Al-Falah...

Jordan

In Jordan, technology is serving refugees

Rana Kelani is an Iraqi refugee who arrived in Jordan four years ago. In the last year, she has learned how to code, found work and started...

refugees app WATER

Saudi Arabia

Saudi delivery apps that could save you from Ramadan traffic

Traffic in Saudi Arabia is an issue that gets worse every year, especially in Riyadh. With rising heat and fasting during the holy month of...

Mathaqi Marsool Tawseel

Regional

Aim low, shoot high: AI regional startups are keeping it real

In the past two years, both growth numbers and tech advancements in the AI industry have made it fairly easy for its outsiders to fantasize...

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Global

Startup Watch: Techies for kids, entrepreneurship in outer space, and more on Islamic fintech

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...

Startup Watch startups entreprenership

Iraq

Where does entrepreneurship stand in Iraq? [opinion]

Many small things are currently shaping the future of the startups ecosystem in Iraq. Even if the digital shift took some time to occur, in...

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Global

Beyond classic marketing tools: how to contract with social media influencers

This article is an edited crosspost with SME Law. The classic advertising scheme is evolving, with classic advertising strategies ceding...

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Lebanon

Region’s first shared electric scooter service launched in Lebanon

In a country where public transport has always been a hassle, and where traffic jams are a daily companion, an innovative approach to...

Loop SAL LoopShare Anwar Sukkarie

Egypt

Egyptian fintech startup digitizes the gameya

‘We can all go further together than we could all alone’, is the promise of the 2,000-year old practice of ‘jameya’...

MoneyFellows Ahmed Wadi Egypt

Iraq

First tech map for Iraq launched

This article is a crosspost from Bite.Tech Over the past six months, Bite.Tech, an independent newsletter covering the digital economy...

Bite.Tech Tech map startups

Saudi Arabia

This Saudi startup wants to digitize governmental entities

World of System and Software, a Saudi company, limiting its work to one sector, found that this hindered the reach of its products, in...

Saudi Arabia ksa WorldofSS

Morocco

Eco-Heat, the portable slow-cooker from Morocco

Beyond its appearance, which resembles that of a large Maharaja hat or fancy pillow, the Eco-Heat isotherm bag is in fact an ingenious...

morocco eco-heat

Global

What I Know about KPIs: Talal Almuhanna

This article is a crosspost from Nuwait. Key performance indicators (KPIs) is a type of measurement that aims to help human resources...

Nuwait KPIs What I Know

Morocco

Reinventing Whatsapp for sailors in Morocco

For Soremar Group, the Moroccan company specialized in maritime radio since the 1980s, improving communications and expanding their...

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Regional

New startups on the block: June

Startups are launching faster than we can write about them, so here’s our list of raw newbies to...

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Global

How to manage a business operation on opposite sides of the globe [Opinion]

We are lucky enough to live in a technologically-advanced time allowing us to expand and manage teams all over the world. In fact, the...

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Global

Startup Watch: Airbnb is making money, Rocket Internet might make money, Giphy hopes to make money

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...

Startup Watch Giphy Airbnb

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