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Arabic Q&A site Jawabkom turns down 4 VCs

It took Twitter 24 months to reach one million users. Tumblr published its one-millionth blog after 27 months. Facebook’s millionth user s...

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12 lessons learned in helping your talent thrive

Photo credits. Looking back at 2014, it was quite a fruitful year in terms of funds announced and investment deals closed. But one...

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M-health apps taking the pulse of the region

Following up on our recent piece on m-health in the region, we’ve compiled a list of other health applications and platforms that are...

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A deeper look at the last 4 years of investments in MENA Startups [Wamda TV]

What are the key investment trends and challenges affecting MENA’s entrepreneurship ecosystem? What factors should the ecosystem consider w...

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Startup MENA GCC Pitch Challenge

Startup MENA is currently inviting tech startups from the GCC to apply for the Startup MENA GCC Pitch Challenge from now till February 1st...

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5 predictions for ecommerce in the Arab World in 2015

This article is a crosspost with the Payfort blog. At Payfort, we always gather our teams in January to discuss and plan for...

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Why do funded entrepreneurs fail to raise money again (and again)?

This is the third of a series of interviews with top investors from the MENA region, in an attempt to shed light on funding opportunities...

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When looking for investment, you need the law on your side

At the dawn of a new year, and potentially a new era of investment in the Middle East, startups and entrepreneurs would do well to take...

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ArabNet Beirut 2015

ArabNet Beirut is 3-day conference that will take place from March 17th till 19th 2015 at Hilton Hotel, Beirut, Lebanon. It will be...

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10 things MENA entrepreneurs learned about managing cash flow in 2014

Image source: smartwealthplanner.com (link) At the end of each year, we like to take some time out to regroup and go over the year’s m...

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What do you learn after running a startup for two years?

Whether you have a success or failure story as an entrepreneur, lessons will always be learnt. After cofounding Cobone, one of the...

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Winds of change: 4 major changes to the MENA ecosystem in 2014

2014 was certainly a year of impact for the entrepreneurial scene of the Arab region. From increasingly accessible money in the streets,...

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The growing m-health sector of the Middle East, too slow?

When the Arabic medical information platform AlTibbi accept their World Summit Award for best mobile medical content in February...

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MENA Spaces Challenge, Deadline January 12th, 2015

Zoomaal and Mideast Creatives have partnered up to launch MENA Spaces. The purpose of this initiative is to enable the establishment and...

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Why should fresh graduates choose to work for a startup?

Most of the region’s fresh graduates start their careers chasing jobs with big corporations, because they believe that will allow them to b...

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To be an entrepreneur rid yourself of illusions

Ali Elouafiq has cofounded, with Ali Lakrakbi, iMote, a connected device that help localize one’s cellphone and keys. Now, about to start a...

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The biggest opportunities for would-be founders in 2015

The best companies solve the biggest problems – the really hard ones that few people even know about, much less know how to tackle. T...

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Careem acquires Saudi-based home delivery service Enwani

For the regional entrepreneurship ecosystem the year is starting on an inspiring note. After the recent acquisition of Shahiya by Japanese...

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TOP Talks ME Conference

The Online Project announced the #TOPtalksME conference that will discuss all matters related to the Ice Bucket Challenge and learn how to...

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BuBleik's Book Club: Rich Dad, Poor Dad

BuBleik is a platform that provides the basic business services to quickly and easily start doing business in Lebanon. It recently started...

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twofour54’s Issa Aghabi talks funding and failure [Wamda TV]

Last month, at our final Mix N’ Mentor of the year in Dubai, we took the opportunity to talk to mentors about their particular areas of e...

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Startup-corporate partnerships 3/3: 6 success stories

Announcing the ShopGo deal In our series on startup-corporate partnerships we've looked at the logic behind the relationships, and why...

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Investor and entrepreneur Noor Sweid talks to Wamda about angel investing [Wamda TV]

At our final Mix N’ Mentor of the year in Dubai earlier this month we took some time to talk to the mentors about their particular areas o...

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Startup-corporate partnerships 2/3: why are there so few?

The second in our series of three articles looking at the intricacies of the startup-corporate relationship, we follow on from the logic...

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