Lebanese Recipe Sites Localize for Ramadan

To cater to cooks during Ramadan, two Arabic recipe sites have recently taken steps to make content their content more local and...

Nina Curley • 23 July, 2012

Food & Beverage Trends

Finding a Recipe for Success During a Revolution: Egypt's NOLA Cupcakes

Laila Sedky has achieved a lot so far for a 25-year old. By founding NOLA cupcakes just before the Egyptian revolution, she’s managed t...

Shaimaa El Nazer • 22 July, 2012

Food & Beverage

Moroccan Startup LaCartePlz Debuts Online Food Ordering in Rabat

Among the things I love most about my job are the innovation and creativity, but also contact and interaction with people like real...

Karim Jazouani • 22 July, 2012

Food & Beverage

The Journey of a Food & Beverage Entrepreneur in Amman

Nickolas Neibauer's friendliness at Caffé Strada seemed out of place at first in Amman. With his warm toothy smile, and American accent, I ...

Nina Curley • 04 July, 2012

Food & Beverage

Sneak Peek of Upcoming Restaurant Discount Site RoundMenu

We received word today that a new site has soft launched to offer discounts exclusively for restaurants in Dubai: RoundMenu. As daily deals...

Nina Curley • 11 June, 2012

Food & Beverage

Entrepreneur of the Week: Saudi Entrepreneur Deem Al-Bassam Pivots from Failure into Success [Wamda TV]

[This video is no longer available.] Saudi entrepreneur Deem Al-Bassam speaks to Wamda from her residence in Dubai, describing what went...

Nina Curley • 08 May, 2012

Failure Entrepreneur of the Week Food & Beverage

Beirutna: A Platform To Locate, Socialize and Share Favorite Places In Lebanon

A couple of years ago, four young Lebanese became frustrated enough by the lack of restaurant guides in Beirut that they spent a month...

Maya Rahal • 26 March, 2012

Food & Beverage Mobile Apps

New Collective Workspace MAKE Launches in Dubai

Leith Mathews came to Dubai in 2007 to work in the emirate’s booming food & beverage industry. Having a genuine passion for the i...

Nafez Dakkak • 21 February, 2012

Food & Beverage Startup Communities Coworking Spaces

Turkey

The long hard road that earned $589 million

A happy Nevzat Aydin in his Istanbul offices. (Image via Yemeksepeti) When Nevzat Aydin told his parents that he was returning to Turkey...

Lucy Knight • 31 May, 2015

mergers & acquisitions online food delivery yemeksepeti

Scaling an online reviews platform in Saudi Arabia [Wamda TV]

We met up with Jihad Alammar, the founder of Qaym, at Mix N’ Mentor Riyadh to discuss how his restaurant review site is scaling in Saudi Ar...

Wamda • 22 July, 2013

Reviews Mix n Mentor Mobile

Sister Entrepreneurs Open Trendy Café in Oman [Wamda TV]

Omani entrepreneur Amal Al-Khusaibi, Deputy Managing Director of The K’s Café, discusses how she and her sisters turned a small catering bu...

Wamda • 14 February, 2013

Conferences Ecosystem Food & Beverage

Weekly Wrap-Up: September 23-27

This week has been all about inspiration, and what it takes to foster a work environment that encourages creativity. How do you do it?  Pic ...

Wamda • 27 September, 2012

Airlines E-commerce Egypt

Weekly Wrap-Up: October 07-11

When it comes to change, this week was especially ripe in news about changing careers and directions. The question on everybody's mind is...

Wamda • 11 October, 2012

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Interactive Cooking Recipes: Hala Labaki of Shahiya [Wamda TV]

Hala Labaki, CEO and co-founder of Shahiya, explains at Arabnet 2012 the idea behind Shahiya, the platform providing interactive cooking...

Maya Rahal • 01 August, 2012

Food & Beverage