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Can e-commerce site Cazamoda overcome the challenges of family business?

As a market for e-commerce builds in the region, many offline retailers are considering going online to launch their own e-commerce...

Challenges Logistics Namshi

Empowering Moroccan artisans to sell on Etsy and Ebay

With the success of Etsy and Ebay, artisans can now become entrepreneurs more easily and market their products to a large global...

Social Entrepreneurship

Edgy streetwear brand challenges sedate Egyptian fashion market

Young Egyptian streetwear brand Krak Baby has successfully brought 1990s-revival trucker hats and graphic t-shirts to the local fashion...

How ArabHardware built a strong community in Egypt and pivoted into e-commerce

It’s not every day that a forum gains enough of a following to turn into an e-commerce store. But this is what Egypt’s ArabHardware has...

Hardware Content Portals Arabic Content

The Future of E-Commerce panel in Dubai

Dubai Internet City will be hosting a panel discussion on the transformation of the e-commerce industry in the Middle East and the need...

E-commerce

Mumzworld seeks investment from 'empowered' women angels; how it's persuading moms to buy online

Mumzworld, the Dubai-based e-commerce portal for goods related to mothers, children, and babies, has announced that it’s open for a new r...

Angel Investment E-commerce Women

How the Arab startup ecosystem grew in 2012 [Videographic]

In the past year, the startup ecosystem in the Arab region took a leap forward, with several new launches, a few major acquisitions, and a ...

Acquisitions Investment

How Namshi is doubling down on operations as it goes from startup to scaleup

“I can't stress how much we're trying to break away from the bubble and hype around our funding rounds, and see ourselves as a startup t...

Logistics Dubai Shipping

UAE eCommerce Summit

The UAE eCommerce Summit is the first installment of a new annual event that seeks to highlight the latest innovations in the eCommerce...

E-commerce

ShopGo makes it easier for any e-commerce company to manage logistics with Aramex

This month, e-commerce solution ShopGo (a Wamda portfolio company) has released Aramex Suite, a new module that allows e-commerce stores to...

Logistics E-commerce

Maghreb

3 ways Moroccan online gift retailer Mescadeaux is acquiring customers

When Youssef Hassar got married last year, there was only one problem: he and his wife couldn’t agree on the wedding list. His wife w...

Gifts Lean Methodology E-commerce

How CashU spinoff PayFort is trying to improve Cash on Delivery

The region’s newest payment gateway is pioneering some interesting new options for consumers to buy online. Launched in Dubai in late ...

Payment Gateways E-commerce

Football e-commerce store launches in Dubai to offer fans more niche apparel

It's not hard to see a Barca jersey almost anywhere in the Arab world these days. But when it comes to finding more obscure jerseys, the...

Sports E-commerce

3 startups tackling grocery e-commerce in Egypt

Over the past decade, online grocery stores have been popping up in the U.S. and around the world with relative success. Even Amazon.com...

Food & Beverage E-commerce

E‐Commerce.ma in Casablanca

The second edition of E‐Commerce.ma, a Moroccan E‐commerce, E-payment and Digital Marketing event, will take place at the Office des Cha...

E-commerce

How Supermama, Shahiya and Mumzworld are supporting moms this Ramadan

Ramadan can be overwhelming for moms, as they balance families with work and social obligations. To support moms, and women in general,...

Ramadan Health E-commerce

Can Wrapp’s success be replicated in the Middle East? Just Gift It expands social gifting

If you’re hoping to launch a startup that will grow quickly, Sweden’s Wrapp is one to look to. After launching in Sweden in November 2011, ...

Social Gifting E-commerce

5 predictions about the future of digital, from Arabnet Dubai

Arabnet’s first Digital Summit in Dubai brought together the startup community and the digital media and marketing industries to hash out ...

Digital Advertising Arabnet Innovation

Mobile payment solution launches in Kuwait, looks to region

Finding the right platform for online and mobile payment continues to be one of the top challenges for Arab startups selling online. Over...

Payment Gateways Mobile E-commerce

It's not easy being the Amazon of Morocco

With Livremoi (a play on words between “books & I” and “ship me”), Caroline Dalimier and Mathieu Malan want to be the Amazon of Morocco...

E-commerce

Riding the e-commerce wave, price comparison site Bkam announces investment from Jabbar

Egyptian price comparison site Bkam.com has announced its launch in the UAE, following recent investment from Jabbar Internet Group...

Aggregation Jabbar Investment

Why Saudi Arabia could be the next big e-commerce hub in the Arab world

Saudi entrepreneurs have often cited the challenges to opening an e-commerce startup in the Kingdom. Many note a lack of public trust...

Saudi Arabia Demystifying E-Commerce E-commerce

Desado announces investment from iMENA Holdings; how does it stack up in flash sales?

It’s been said that there needs to be more linguistic creativity when it comes to branding in the Arab world. The announcement of D...

Flash Sales Scaling Investment

Can Jordanian flash sales site Harir crack the Saudi market?

The hour of daily deals may be fading in the Arab world, but flash sales is quick on its heels as the model of the moment. Since...

Saudi Arabia E-commerce

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