Wamda

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Network International to acquire Emerging Markets Payments for $340M

Private equity firm Actis confirmed today its agreement to sell EMP (Emerging Markets Payments), a payments business in Africa and the...

Emerging Markets Payments Network International acquisition

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Offline healthcare going online in MENA

Not enough time for exercise? Perhaps apps might be of use. (Image via core0.staticworld.net) Healthcare. An increasingly diverse and...

Heathcare Fittpass The Wellness Log

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Out of office: how to manage a remote team

Remote workers, be they freelance or employees, are a fact of life in today's connected world. (Image via Continuant) The idea that work...

Loulou Khazen remote working freelance

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Zain Group acquires strategic stake in Lebanese company FOO

In the picture from left to right: Emre Gurkan (Zain Group Chief Strategy and Business Development Officer), Scott Gegenheimer,...

neXgen Zain Group Foo

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CSR in Action UK 2016: Building a sustainable future

The "CSR in Action" program is an initiative organized by the Al Ahli Holding Group to develop and enhance the...

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The life cycle of your customer [Infographic]

Retaining customers can be tricky in the online sphere. (Image via Dotsquares) As a new generation of Middle Eastern entrepreneurs...

digital consumer Infographic

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Sharing our way out of malaise: MENA and the sharing economy [Opinion]

A visual reprensentation of the concept that could transform the Middle East and North Africa. (Image via Meridian-180.org) In...

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Aramex, PayPal combine forces for ecommerce solution

Aramex and PayPal are working together to get around cross-border shipping and payments issues. (Image...

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MTN Entrepreneurship Challenge, powered by Jumia: Applications Open

The MTN Entrepreneurship Challenge is a Pan-African challenge that invites teams from across the continent to compete for over $75,000 in ...

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Vote NOW for 'Kiron' to help refugees access online education!

Kiron, a global, scalable solution that gives Syrian refugees the opportunity to access higher education and realize their ...

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How low oil prices are battering MENA [Crosspost]

This is an edited crosspost from Knowledge@Wharton. In late 2015, Saudi Arabia announced a record budget deficit of $98 billion, its...

AstroLabs Dubai oil prices crosspost

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Which 3D printer is best for prototyping?

RapidManufactory, Guillame Crédoz's workplace (Image via TCT Magazine) There's no doubt that 3D printing, the...

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Wadi.com raises $67M Series A

Ecommerce platform Wadi.com announced yesterday the closing of a $67 million Series A funding round led by Al Tayyar Group. The...

Wadi.com Al Tayyar Group Series A

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What I know about startups in MENA: Chris Schroeder

Chris Schroeder is one of the MENA entrepreneur's biggest foreign supporters. (Image via E&T Magazine) Investor and MENA-phile...

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Ground control to the Middle East

An artists rendering of satellites and debris orbiting the earth. (Image via European Space Agency) Space technology is now on the...

Blink Mars Robotics AP-Swiss

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Is ecommerce MENA's biggest digital market? [Infographic]

This is an edited crosspost from LinkedIn. Consumers have become smarter and faster in making buying decisions online,...

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78 teams to second round, MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup Competition

During one of the mentorship sessions of last year's 8th edition of the Competition. (Image via MITEF Arab Startup Competition) The MITEF...

Semifinalists Fallound MIT Enterprise Forum Pan-Arab

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Marketing for the growth of your mobile app: a Webinar by Nagi Salloum

Founder of Mobile Growth Academy Nagi Salloum is organizing a webinar to teach you the exact marketing system of leading Silicon Valley ...

Nagi Salloum webinar regional

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Could MENA see a unicorn soon?

Extinct in the wild in the 1970s and reintroduced in the 1980s, the Arabian Oryx may be the animal closest to a unicorn. (Image...

CB Insights unicorns oped

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6 areas of healthcare to watch in GCC

Healthcare spending in the GCC is going to grow exponentially, says a new EY report. Global professional services firm EY is predicting...

Vezeeta Gravilog MEMakers

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How to build a successful growth strategy

This article is a crosspost with Nuwait. If you’re spending too much at your company and still not growing at the same rate, you s...

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Starting from the end — Lean Decision Development [Opinion]

Deciding on a path to take can be difficult. (Image via alittlestarlette.wordpress.com) This is an edited version of an article that...

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Investors press 'like' on MENA's online publishers

Arabic online publishers are on investors' watchlists. (Image via Arabian Marketer) Closing a funding round very soon after launch is more...

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MENA game makers show off skills at Global Game Jam

Disclosure: the author was present at the Lebanon jam site as a participant with team Groovy Antoid, who produced the game Ugnug...

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