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UberPITCH: pitching competition for arabnet digital showcase

Uber and ArabNet are launching UberPITCH, a competition where entrepreneurs have 15 minute online pitch sessions for the chance to...

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40 free tools to start and grow your own business

This article is a crosspost with the Maqtoob blog. "If you don't build your dream, someone else will hire you to help them build...

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Goldman Sachs leads new $100M round for Hellofood

Hellofood, the global online food delivery platform, whose most recent acquisitions in the region were the food delivery...

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How animation studio Kharabeesh drew its own success

Kharabeesh was one of the first companies to start making animated and video Arabic content, but their success didn’t come...

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How ArabiaWeather leveraged big data and processing power to stay ahead of the competition

Hurricane approaches. (Image via symonsez.wordpress.com) The story of ArabiaWeather is one referred to in the Middle East startup...

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Challenges that spark ideas: GE's CMO meets MENA startups, discusses problems and solutions

In January 2015, entrepreneurs from the Middle East and North Africa met with Beth Comstock, GE's Chief Marketing Officer, at Masdar City...

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Bahraini wearable could add a new dimension to social interaction

The Feelix is another wearable that may reach the market. The bracelet syncs with a user's smartphone and sends him or her...

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Don't be afraid to scale

This is a crosspost with LinkedIn. The MENA entrepreneurship landscape has come a long way since the days when I was at...

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Vea starts fundraising campaign to expand its tire rubber tubes upcycling operations

Vea, an environmental fashion store in Beirut’s downtown Souks mall, has launched a $10,000 campaign on MENA crowdfunding platform Zo...

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How this startup made 6 figures in 6 weeks

When HomeSwipe founder Michael Lisovetsky arranged a meeting with Silicon Valley investor Tim Draper, he knew he needed to come up with...

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MEVP announces first round of $30M MEVF II fund

Yesterday, Middle East Venture Partners announced the first round of investments as part of its $30 million Middle East Venture Fund II....

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Elusive success: a closer look at MENA's potentially lucrative travel sector

The potential of MENA’s travel and tourism sector is staggering. Some 352 million air travelers in the Arab world generated more than $480 ...

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What global investors want from entrepreneurs, an expert advises

There are some questions that continuously occur in the minds of entrepreneurs - if I want to get seed financing, or that second round of...

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Starting (or investing in) an online business in MENA: lessons learned for founders and investors

In the rush to create the next big success in MENA's online industry, it is useful to pause and ponder over key lessons our nascent...

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Eureeca webinar on future financial crisis

Eureeca is organizing a webinar on strategies to anticipate a possible future economic and financial crisis similar to the 2008 financial...

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How young Arabs are fueling the MENA media market [Report]

Global consulting firm Strategy& has published a report on the potential of MENA’s youth and how they have shifted the local media i...

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From Beirut to the Gulf, Armenian cuisine expands its reach

It is no longer a surprise to see successful female entrepreneurs. However, when one comes across them in the food and beverage sector...

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MENA online market to soon create billion dollar companies

The iMENA Group has published, in partnership with Kauffman Fellows Press, a report outlining how the MENA region’s online sector will r...

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'They're not there yet but they will be soon': Ubisoft analyst on MENA gaming [Wamda TV]

No matter how you slice it, the gaming industry in the Middle East lags behind European, Asian, and American markets when you look at...

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What if it all came together?

This article is a crosspost in partnership with Huffington Post. To outside observers the Arab world looks anything but happening;...

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Digital music in the Arab world, 4 industry players give their insights

There is no doubt that music is important to us, there is also no doubt that the same goes for the way in which we listen to it. But while...

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6 of the most innovative Muslim startups for 2015

This article is a cross-post with Ummah Wide, a US-based digital media startup that focuses on stories and the culture of the Islamic...

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Womena, solving the gender imbalance of the region’s angel investors

“We do not want a mentality of men versus women, but rather a comprehensive mentality for knowledge sharing between the two genders i...

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Hatcher announces new seed and Series A funding for MENA startups

Hatcher, the Singapore-based ‘B2B venture builder’ connecting startups in emerging markets with investors, is looking to “double down,” as ...

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