U.A.E Middle East Digital Group acquires Cobone.com to fill its ecommerce gap ExpatWoman.com team More than two years after being acquired by Tiger Global Management, Dubai-based daily... Maya Rahal • 08 December, 2014 ExpatWoman ME Digital Group cobone
Saudi Arabia Saudi's iPhady finds new home with Alfalak As part of its expansion strategy throughout Saudi Arabia, Alfalak Electronic Equipment and Supplies, a provider of IT and telecom... Safar Ayad • 19 November, 2014 apple
Egypt Egypt's ecommerce potential drives startups to push past challenges Startups Yaoota and Kickin both launched in June with a goal of exploiting the massive potential of Egyptian ecommerce, but both... Rachel Williamson • 29 October, 2014 yaoota kickin Egypt
Saudi Arabia Traditional Saudi products make a move to online The articles mentioned below were all originally posted on firnas.org According to a VISA study of the MENA’s internet usage, r... Lucy Knight • 03 November, 2014 E-commerce N2V Saudi Arabia
Global Best practices for ecommerce SEO (Part II) Earlier this week we shared five tips on how to get the most out of the SEO for your ecommerce site. Here are another five current and... Wissam Dandan • 28 October, 2014 SEO
Global Best practices for ecommerce SEO (Part I) Whether you’re only just thinking of starting an online store or you’ve already launched into the fray, you’ll quickly find that there’s a w... Wissam Dandan • 26 October, 2014 SEO
Regional Mobile dominates even offline shopping in MENA [Report] Shoppers and retailers in the MENA region have long known that consumers have been spending more and more money online. What is new,... Wamda • 21 October, 2014 smartphone penetration Mobile Report
Saudi Arabia Report sheds new insights on booming Saudi ecommerce market This post was originally published on Firnas.org Ecommerce is growing exponentially in Saudi Arabia; the market is expected to... Ahmed Gabr • 20 October, 2014 Payfort online payment Saudi Arabia
Regional 3 ways bitcoin can make a difference for entrepreneurs in the Arab world Exchanging money for services with people outside the region is a special hassle for the Arab world. At best, entrepreneurs have to... Aline Mayard • 15 October, 2014 Bitcoin Freelancers Outsourcing
Maghreb Is a traditional European delivery system the answer to MENA's payment and delivery woes? Ecommerce in the Arab world is in a particularly fascinating and exciting phase. Everybody knows it’s bound to boom, and wants to be a... Aline Mayard • 09 October, 2014 CoD cash-on-delivery Online delivery
Maghreb Could Jumia be the Alibaba of Africa? Alibaba’s successful IPO fixed everyone’s attention firmly on e-commerce in fast-growing markets, and especially on marketplaces, like eBa... Aline Mayard • 30 September, 2014 Jumia marketplace Rocket Internet
Regional The Middle Eastern startup blind spot: an obsession with money This article was co-authored by Melltoo founders Sharene Lee and Morad Irsane “How do you make money?” is a question everyone asks about Mel... Sharene Lee • 29 September, 2014 monetizing Funding
Regional Dubai's listings site Melltoo on the hunt for investors The world of classified ads has moved a long way from one having to trawl through the back sections of local newspapers looking for... Alexander Hawkes • 28 September, 2014 listings meltoo uae
Saudi Arabia 4 ways to tackle Saudi ecommerce, from an Oasis500 mentor Sometimes, you can talk to people for hours and not understand how the time passed so quickly. And then there are those times when a half... Reine Farhat • 24 September, 2014 Saudi Arabia Social Media Marketing
Jordan Jordanian serial entrepreneur pivots from selling gadgets to 3D printing his own Loay Malahmeh is becoming what he never thought he would be – a serial entrepreneur. From TickyTacky.me to 3Dmena, the Jordanian e... Robert Carroll • 17 September, 2014 tickytacky 3d printing 3dmena
U.A.E Middle East kids fashion marketplace off to a strong start E-commerce has proved once again to be a promising industry for entrepreneurs in the Arab region. After witnessing the rise of many online... Maya Rahal • 18 September, 2014 kids wear Mini Exchange charity
How 5 teenagers built one of Algeria's biggest websites The story of Algeria’s eighth most visited website started eight years ago when police showed up to shut down a suburban street market. F... Aline Mayard • 10 September, 2014 Ouedkniss algeria classified
Telr and Innovate Payments merge to boost e-commerce in global emerging markets Telr, the payment gateway for emerging markets based between Dubai and Singapore, has announced that it will merge with Innovate Payments,... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 08 September, 2014 innovate payments Telr Payment Gateways
Starting up, getting acquired, and shutting down: GoNabit co-founder's advice on the entrepreneurial journey In a startup ecosystem as young as the Arab region’s, there are only a few founders that have completed the full entrepreneurship cycle, f... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 03 September, 2014 livingsocial gonabit
Turkey’s Prisync has its eye on the Middle East The growth of e-commerce has brought with it a surge in the choice of products and suppliers at customers’ fingertips. It has never been e... Alexander Hawkes • 02 September, 2014 E-commerce turkey
Desado founder blazing a trail for Muslim fashion The world is increasingly recognizing the tremendous potential of the global Islamic economy — one that encompasses diverse sectors i... Natasha D'Souza • 25 August, 2014 muslim Fashion
Young Lebanese innovators honored by MIT, confirms a growing trend Update: Wamda has just learned that a third Lebanese, entrepreneur Rand Hindi, was also included in the MIT list (editors were... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 25 August, 2014 littlebits MIT
From Saudi to the US: selling camel milk as the new superfood A Palestinian raised in Saudi, Walid Abdul-Wahab moved to Los Angeles in 2009 to study at USC, where he discovered how health-conscious a... Aline Mayard • 20 August, 2014
How can the region attract more venture capital? Wamda's Q&A with Rabea Ataya Photo courtesy of Joi Ito. Earlier this year, Wamda launched its newest initiative, the Wamda Research Lab (WRL), a program that... Maya Rahal • 03 August, 2014 Rabea Ataya WRL bayt.com
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