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How investors can support entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Africa

The potential for entrepreneurship in the region is high, based on digital consumption and a startling increase in investment funding for...

Investment Venture Capital

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Property Finder becomes largest shareholder in Turkish real estate portal

Source: The National Property Finder increased its stake in Turkish property marketing website Zingat to almost 40 per cent from 17 per...

Expansion Stake Investment

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Careem's sale to Uber and how it affects the Mena startup ecosystem

I would have liked Careem to go public and remain independent because that is how you make the biggest statement about the maturity of the...

careem Uber acquisition

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E-groceries: The fastest growing e-commerce segment

In the $8.3 billion e-commerce sector in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena), it is the grocery segment that has perhaps experienced...

online grocery e-grocery Food delivery

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The anatomy of an exit in the Middle East

Khaled Talhouni is the managing partner at Wamda Capital Anyone active in the startup scene today seems to be pre-occupied with when and...

Venture Capital Exit strategies exiting

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MIT SciTech 2019

The MIT SciTech 2019 is happening on April 19-21, and this year's theme is “Envisioning the Future: Cities of...

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Convenience and efficiency drive Mena's health tech innovations

Where and when the world’s first hospital was established is frequently disputed, but there is little doubt that the Middle East was...

Health hackathon Health health tech

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The rise of the micro influencer

Social media influencers in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region command some of the highest fees in the world, but their...

Branding Social Media influencer marketing

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STEP Saudi

STEP started out as a series of workshops and small gatherings, and over 7 years has grown to become one of the largest tech experiential...

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Could ICOs be a better way to raise money?

The frenzy around cryptocurrency has died down in recent months, but a new asset class in the form of initial coin offerings (ICO), the...

ICO ethereum Bitcoin

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Can the digital era bridge the gender divide?

With International Women’s day approaching on 8 March, it is perhaps a timely reminder of the stark gender divide across the Middle...

Education STEM gender issues

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Namshi latest e-commerce platform to expand to Egypt as competition heats up

Namshi is set to expand to Egypt and establish a logistics base in Saudi Arabia following Emaar Malls' full acquisition of the...

E-commerce Namshi Noon

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100 Arab Start-ups that are shaping the Fourth Industrial Revolution in 2019

The World Economic Forum, in collaboration with the Bahrain Economic Development Board, has opened online applications for 100 Arab...

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Emaar fully acquires Namshi

Dubai’s Emaar Malls has fully acquired e-commerce retailer Namshi. This follows acquiring the remaining stake of Global...

ecommerce Retail Fashion

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The Middle East’s technological forte is in the food sector [Opinion]

As Gulfood draws to a close in Dubai this week, one of the biggest exhibitions in the region, the appetite for food is palatable [all puns...

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What we learned at Step Dubai 2019

The seventh Step conference concluded in Dubai on 14 February with some 6000 attendees and 300 startups exhibiting. The event, which...

Step Conference STEP Start

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Turkey and Saudi lead in patent applications in the Middle East

Turkey and Saudi Arabia rank the highest in the Middle East for patent applications according to a report from the World Intellectual...

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Dubai-founded Pixelbug gets acquired by American Besomebody

Source: Menabytes Cincinnati-based learning platform Besomebody that specializes in job placement and employer services has...

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GetJenny raises $2.3m from Dubai Angel Investors

Source: Menabytes Helsinki-based customer service-focused bot building platform GetJenny has raised $2.3 million (€2 million) as...

Expansion MENA AI

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Is there a role for startups in the Islamic economy?

With 1.8 billion Muslims worldwide, the Islamic economy is a lucrative sector, worth an estimated $2.1 trillion according to the State of...

Islamic Banking islamic finance Fintech

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Digital Dining: How food delivery is forcing restaurants to change

Food delivery apps have been a catalyst for change throughout the restaurant industry. What started as a response to the...

Food & Beverage Food delivery ride hailing

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Thinking of expanding to another country? Here are some points to consider

Moatassem Moatez has launched and scaled several startups in his role as business partner at Innovest Middle East. Geographical...

Expansion growth Mentorship

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Innovation in the hands of refugees

According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), there are 67 million refugees worldwide of these, 85 per cent are hosted by...

Refugee Refugee tech syria

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A look at Francophone Africa's tech ecosystem

By Fanny Dauchez - head of business development and regional alliances of Central and West Africa at Seedstars World The...

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