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Startup Watch: Message from the Pharaohs, zombie startups, and indoor farming

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 Coworking Spaces VC

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Hey you, is there anybody out there listening [Part 2]

In the first part of this series, we looked at the business of online music in the Middle East. In this part, we will focus on the struggle...

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Careem partners with Chinese Didi Chuxing to accelerate innovation in the region

Careem, the ride-hailing and internet platform in the Middle East and North Africa, announced yesterday a strategic partnership with Didi...

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Startup Watch: Facebook TV, gone with the wind, and crowdfunding in the UAE

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 Facebook TV Google Play Store

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Positive ICT growth in the Arab world reflects more opportunities for SMEs

The 'smart' use of information and communication technology (ICT) by companies is a critical factor for success in innovation,...

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Startup Watch: Paint is back, punished Google, and tech titans AI clash

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 Google Paint

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Hands off my phone!

Since the Wannacry ransomware attack in mid-May, talk of cyber security (and its deficiencies) has skyrocketed. Protecting our computers,...

Phone cyber security privacy

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4 courses every tech entrepreneur should take to stay afloat

In the past few years, changes in social media show that something can work like magic one day, and become outdated the next. Given the...

What I Know SEO online marketing

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Startup Watch: Game of Thrones’ princess-preneur, food on Mars, and hotel-tech

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 Emoji Game of Thrones

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Startup Watch: Overfunding kills, cybersecurity smartphones, and Toyota’s AI fund

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 Jawbone AI

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New World Bank initiative targets women entrepreneurs

The World Bank announced last Saturday the creation of the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) to finance and support...

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Startup Watch: ME millennials getting their hands dirty and Japan’s new platformer

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 Robocop iPhone

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For profit or nonprofit? What is the answer for social entrepreneurs [Opinion]

Word on the street – or in the district, based on the buzz at BDD – is that the hot topic today in social entrepreneurship is...

Opinion Social Entrepreneurship For Profit

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Startup Watch: Naughty Google, ATM anniversary and the joy of saying 'no'

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 Google Facebook

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Can a MOOC protect online activists from getting hacked?

The hacking of NGOs, journalists and human rights workers’ accounts have become more common during the last six years. A recent...

Advocacy Assembly MOOC Esraa Haidar

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Startup Watch: Robots, iPhones, hacking of Ukraine and Bitcoin's rival

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 cybersecurity Uber

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A smart, cost-effective way to build your ecommerce site [Opinion]

The broad expansion of internet and its related technologies is impacting people’s daily routines and changing the way they...

oped ecommerce Online shopping

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Seed round legally explained

This article is a crosspost from SME Law. During the past three years, the economic cycle of the region, coupled with the influx of...

seed round startups Funding

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Entrepreneurs Today, For Tomorrow - Winning as a Racehorse or Unicorn?

The Entrepreneurs Today, For Tomorrow event is a one-day conference which aims to bring a number of speakers to share and discuss what...

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Solve at MIT 2017

Solve identifies and supports lasting solutions to the world's most pressing challenges. It’s a community who brings...

MIT challenge MENA

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Startup Watch: Techies for kids, entrepreneurship in outer space, and more on Islamic fintech

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 startups entreprenership

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Beyond classic marketing tools: how to contract with social media influencers

This article is an edited crosspost with SME Law. The classic advertising scheme is evolving, with classic advertising strategies ceding...

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What I Know about KPIs: Talal Almuhanna

This article is a crosspost from Nuwait. Key performance indicators (KPIs) is a type of measurement that aims to help human resources...

Nuwait KPIs What I Know

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MIT's new technologies for extracting drinking water from the air

Operating out of MIT the Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab (J-WAFS) is an initiative that coordinates and promotes...

MIT Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab

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