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Searching for success in MENA's postal address sector

"Yes, I will sign for that package." (Images via Aramex) “So you take the main street, you turn at the pharmacy after the streetlight, t...

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Saudi Arabia

Going solo with a Saudi ecommerce site

This article has been cross-posted from Firnas.org Saudi Arabia is one of the three largest ecommerce markets in the Gulf in terms of...

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How this startup is taking on the region's $15 billion cosmetics market

While Faisal Hakki was working at the Jordanian VC firm Accelerator Technology Holdings, where he screened, evaluated, and helped...

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How Elmenus is leveraging the trend of Egyptian food going digital

Egyptians are increasingly combining their love of food – the product on which they the majority of their yearly incomes – with the sur...

ElMenus Food delivery Delivery

[SlideShare] The future of the internet is in developing economies

The internet may have been born decades ago in the West, but its future might well play out primarily in developing countries. This is, at...

Slideshare Delivery Mobile

Iraq

Iraqi startup Miswag.net helps merchants transition to the internet

Miswag.net, Baghdad’s first internet-based startup with real potential to grow, launched less than a month ago to help local merchants in B...

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Meet the Bahraini computer engineer launching a seafood delivery service

Two Bahrainis, Mohammed Toraif and Sayed Jaffer, are set to launch Fish Transporter in the last quarter of 2013. As suggested by the...

Delivery

A chat with HungerStation, an online delivery platform for Saudi Arabia [Wamda TV]

Fast food market sales in Saudi Arabia are expected to grow to $4.5 billion by 2015. Although Saudi youth are increasingly inclined to make...

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Rocket's HelloFood Launches in Saudi Arabia and Morocco; Can It Tackle the Middle East?

Yesterday, Rocket Internet expanded their HelloFood brand into Saudi, marking the German clone factory's first expansion of its...

Rocket Internet Food & Beverage Delivery

Aramex Launches Shop and Ship in Dubai: What it Means for E-Commerce Merchants

Aramex will soon be launching its international shipment service, Shop and Ship, in Dubai, in a move that could dramatically boost...

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Sallaty Brings Online Grocery Shopping to Jordan

When Samia Jarrar first met her husband, she had no idea that she would end up starting a company with him. But in 2011, six years after...

Delivery E-commerce Food & Beverage

What the UAE's New Home Shipping Service Means for E-Commerce

In my very first post for Wamda one year ago, I spoke about shipping concerns as one of the five major infrastructure needs for regional...

Delivery E-commerce

PayPal Launches Middle East Operations with Aramex Partnership

PayPal, which is already an active payment platform in the region, has announced the official launch of its operations in the Middle East...

Payment Gateways E-commerce Delivery

Can a Young E-Commerce Logistics Startup Take On Aramex in the UAE?

"Typical courier companies are not built to handle the logistics of e-commerce", says entrepreneur Robin Antony, founder of Powergistix, a...

Delivery E-commerce

Jordan’s Wheels Express Closes Despite Steady Customers: Did it Scale Too Quickly?

In May 2011, Wheels Express was a rising star in Jordan. It graduated from Oasis500 and was one of the first companies to secure...

Expansion Failure Oasis500

Ayaady Feeds Egypt with Fresh, Sustainable Produce [Wamda TV]

[Arabic] Despite launching during the political turmoil in Egypt in December 2012, Ayaady, a meat company based in Alexandria, is finding...

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Enabling E-Commerce: A Chat With Iyad Kamal of Aramex [Wamda TV]

At Arabnet 2012, Iyad Kamal, COO of Aramex International, explains how Aramex is enabling e-commerce throughout the Arab World and...

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