Regional New startups on the block: April Startups are launching faster than we can write about them, so here’s our list of raw newbies to... Lucy Knight • 05 April, 2017 new startups IoT ecommerce
Iraq A story of failure, or is it? Three years ago Wamda interviewed Iraqi Mohammad Al-Samarrai about his venture, the country’s first online food delivery site based... Lucy Knight • 08 March, 2016 Easy Bites Erbil Kurdistan
Lebanon Efiester plans parties in Paris with a foot in Beirut Efiester wants to make organizing parties between friends easier. (Images via Efiester) Robert Harfouche is Lebanese, and lives in France.... Aline Mayard • 06 March, 2016 party planner party efiester
Egypt Egypt's next meal ticket in tech Egypt birthed the Middle East's first delivery website with Otlob.com in 1999; today its digital food and beverage sector is finally... Lilian Abou Zeki • 19 January, 2016 Aklni Mumm Engezni
Kuwait Passion for food and design brought Basil AlSalem back to Kuwait This article is a crosspost with Nuwait. Kuwaiti entrepreneur Basil AlSalem discovered his passion for food and design when... Maya Rahal • 25 January, 2016 Cocoa Room B+F Nuwait
Regional ReserveOut announces aggressive expansion campaign ReserveOut, an online restaurant reservation platform announced plans for an aggressive geographical expansion in the Middle East and... Raed Khalil • 21 June, 2015 reservations Khalil Shadid ReserveOut
Bahrain Bahrain's answer to OpenTable announces $300,000 second investment round Bahrain’s newest table reservation application, eatapp.co, has just announced a second funding round, totaling $300,000. The r... Lucy Knight • 21 January, 2015 reservations investment round f&b
3 lessons in startup culture from Beirut's sudden success, Jai Kitchen This is the first in a series on the business of starting a food & beverage company in the Middle East. Check back periodically for... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 09 February, 2014 jai kitchen f&b beirut
U.A.E Can Indian Review Site Zomato Satisfy the Gulf? India's market of over 1 billion has been enough to sustain most of its tech startups, including success story FlipKart, the online book... Aline Mayard • 21 March, 2013 f&b Reviews Expansion
Jordan Reserving a Seat at the Table: Bashar Saleh of ReserveOut [Wamda TV] Bashar Saleh, co-founder of ReserveOut.com, discusses how his company provides restaurant owners with an online web portal to facilitate... Wamda • 23 September, 2012 f&b restaurants ReserveOut