Wamda

U.A.E

Is the cyber hack coming to a computer near you?

In the summer of 2016, Mohamed Amine Belarbi’s cyber security startup Vul9 began approaching potential clients. He was shocked by the...

cyber security Vul9 Comae Technologies

Global

Startup Watch: streaming, Trump travel ban and workplace boo boos

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 uae Oil

Bahrain

Middle East newspapers need to get with the digital plan

We’re on our smart devices, all of the time. We know that. What we also know is that the majority of us are getting our news from...

Digital Media Index Newspapers digital transformation

Algeria

Offshore easier than home for Algerian ecommerce startup Zawwali

Algeria’s crusty postal system, lack of addresses and minimal online payment options made international expansion for ecommerce...

Zawwali ecommerce Echrily

Saudi Arabia

The Saudi women taking on the kingdom’s education sector

As Saudi Arabia wants to diversify its economy away from oil, education is essential for the upbringing of a generation endowed with the...

Saudi Arabia ksa Emkan Education

U.A.E

What I know about approaching corporations: Jean-Michel Gauthier

When Jean-Michel Gauthier talks about unemployment, he does not point to job matching technology as the only solution his company is trying...

What I Know internsME corporations

Lebanon

Agritech sprouts among Lebanon’s startups

In the mountains of Broummana above Beirut, an entrepreneur is growing vegetables through his hydroponics invention that he hopes will...

agritech hydroponics lebanon

Jordan

In the blink of an eye: how biometric tech is reforming aid work in Jordan

Eyes, ears, fingers and possibly body odors are becoming as important as hearts and lungs for the existence of many humans. Activities...

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Egypt

Egypt’s Edfa3ly finds a Kuwaiti safe haven

This article has been crossposted from Nuwait. Egyptian ecommerce play Edfa3ly has achieved the dream - a successful expansion into the...

Nuwait edfa3ly ecommerce

Saudi Arabia

Nana Direct makes grocery shopping easier in Saudi Arabia

Sami Al-Helwah took his time to enter the Saudi retail market with his Nana Direct grocery shopping application. The young Saudi...

Nana Direct Saudi Arabia ksa

Iraq

US travel ban harms Iraqi entrepreneurs

For an Iraqi makerspace founder, the repercussions of President Trump’s executive order to put a ban on travelers from seven...

Science Camp Basra Nawres Arif

Global

Startup Watch: Pac-Man and retreat of the multinational giants

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 Souq.com Pac-Man

U.A.E

Adventure2Venture kickstarts investor-entrepreneur retreats [Know your VC]

“I am not very happy about how some investors treat startups and are somehow unfair to entrepreneurs.” This is how Rami AlKarmi...

Angel Investment Adventure2Venture Dubai

Regional

More tech, more jobs, more growth [Opinion]

A new middle class is emerging in ‘growth market’ cities, and it will be technology-enabled businesses that help create new...

Opinion Growth cities jobs

U.A.E

Hyphen founder’s gutsy life choice leads to a global adventure

“Luck doesn’t exist, it’s created by people taking risks and finding opportunity.” This is what Nigerian serial...

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Egypt

New startups on the block: February

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

new startups Jarra Carriage

United States

MENA startup culture shows signs of early Silicon Valley

The MENA region is a beacon of largely unchartered technological territory with its potential often stunted by lagging institutional...

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Morocco

Ketabook turns niche market into a Maghreb bookseller’s dream

The story of Ketabook is the one of a historian father and his marketer son. It started 17 years ago when Mohamed El Mansour, a history...

Ketabook Amazon culture

Bahrain

From adversity to opportunity: Bahrain’s entrepreneurship as economic resilience

For some countries, political and economic disruptions have stalled development. But over the past few decades, Bahrain has boasted a proud...

Bahrain C5 Accelerate Amazon Web Services

Egypt

Jordan's POSrocket turns restaurant registers to a thing from the past

Four years as the cofounder of a successful food delivery company, acquired by Turkey's Yemeksepet in 2012, Zeid Husban was ready for...

posrocket ifood.jo POS

Global

What does the future hold for wearable technology?

The arrival of wearable technology has marked a completely new era. The industry has evolved to a point where we can create devices...

wearable Wearable devices google glass

Regional

Women rising to the top in MENA [Infographic]

This article is a crosspost with Payfort. Female entrepreneurs are founding companies at an ever increasing rate across the world and...

women entrepreneurs nabbesh mrusta

U.A.E

More startups on the scene at Gulf CX Awards

“As an SME we can offer an opportunity for personalisation,” said Ayman Al Awadhi, managing director of Dubai’s The...

gulf cx awards Customer Service User Experience

Saudi Arabia

5 things you need to know about Saudi ecommerce [Opinion]

Ecommerce revenues in Saudi Arabia are staggeringly poor compared to countries where the sector is more established. In 2016, ecommerce...

ecommerce Trends Opinion

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