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Lebanon

5 Lebanese food startups

Every Arab country likes to call itself the best food culture in the region. We’re not about to start splitting hairs on who...

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Saudi Arabia

Foodics: the Saudis taking on Gulf restaurant giants

In Saudi, the food and beverage (F&B) sector is one of the largest in the Gulf. Probably no surprise there, as in MENA food and...

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U.A.E

From shop to your shelf, El Grocer grows

Delivery services are a part of Dubai’s residential lifestyle, and some residents are even spoilt for choice with stores at the...

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Egypt

Ramadan a flash point for Egypt food startups

Egyptians’ food spending over Ramadan hit an average of 35 billion Egyptian pounds (US$3.5 billion), or about 15 percent of their...

Agrimatic Akla Baity Yumamia

Regional

Samih Toukan talks new Grabbd app and Jabbar’s direction in 2016

Jabbar Internet Group's CEO Samih Toukan. (Image via Wamda) Mobile apps focused on food and drinks seem to be popping up faster than...

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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...

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Jordan

Foodlve recalculates the food equation

All your ingredients neatly packaged and in one place. (Images via Foodlve) Cooking is becoming less appealing as technology combined...

The Cherry Share Recipes Foodlve

U.A.E

UK’s Deliveroo makes its UAE debut

Deliveroo's app now available in Dubai. (Images via Deliveroo) The UK-based food delivery site Deliveroo is launching in the UAE. With a...

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Maghreb

Yuzu helps Moroccans cook and eat better with less effort

Dinner is ready! (Images via Yuzu) Everybody agrees: cooking at home is the easiest way to eat healthy and cheaply. But how many of us...

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Regional

Technology is taking over the world (and the Middle East)

This is a crosspost with Boostmena. Google was founded in 1998 and Facebook was founded in 2004. Fifteen years ago, businesses had no way...

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Lebanon

How Lebanon’s food scandal spurred startup solutions

The Lebanese are all over the world, and more often than not their cuisine acts as the ultimate ambassador for the tiny Middle Eastern...

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Lebanon

Lebanese expat bakes up a healthy business in Tripoli

At the worn-out Bou Khalil mall on the edge of Lebanon’s northern capital of Tripoli, Soumaya Merhi makes wheat-free baked goods for...

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Regional

From Beirut to the Gulf, Armenian cuisine expands its reach

It is no longer a surprise to see successful female entrepreneurs. However, when one comes across them in the food and beverage sector...

Mayrig food beirut

Kuwait

The war story behind Rocket Internet's acquisition of Kuwait's Talabat

This piece was originally published on February 15th, 2015 on LinkedIn. When 33-year-old Kuwaiti entrepreneur Abdulaziz Al Loughani first...

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Kuwait

Rocket Internet acquires Kuwait’s Talabat for $170M, largest MENA tech acquisition since Maktoob

Since Yahoo! acquired Maktoob in 2009 for $165 million the region has anticipated the next big exit. Today the German ecommerce...

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Regional

Building the Arab region’s biggest B2B market place is not without its challenges

Two years ago Syrian entrepreneur Salim Akil was poised to make his SearchinMena.com, a Yellow Pageseque search engine, the region’s l...

Egypt

Egypt's agritech entrepreneurs bring the farm to the boardroom

For eight millennia the thin strip of land along the Nile, and the green fan of the Delta, supported Egypt's growing...

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Lebanon

Japan's Cookpad to acquire Lebanon's Shahiya for $13.5M to enter the Arab world

Japan's largest recipe portal Cookpad is set to acquire Lebanon's Shahiya for a reported $13.5 million in a landmark deal for the Arab...

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Jordan

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5 Lebanese food startups

Foodics: the Saudis taking on Gulf restaurant giants

From shop to your shelf, El Grocer grows

Ramadan a flash point for Egypt food startups

Samih Toukan talks new Grabbd app and Jabbar’s direction in 2016

Egypt's next meal ticket in tech

Foodlve recalculates the food equation

UK’s Deliveroo makes its UAE debut

Yuzu helps Moroccans cook and eat better with less effort

Technology is taking over the world (and the Middle East)

How Lebanon’s food scandal spurred startup solutions

Lebanese expat bakes up a healthy business in Tripoli

From Beirut to the Gulf, Armenian cuisine expands its reach

The war story behind Rocket Internet's acquisition of Kuwait's Talabat

Rocket Internet acquires Kuwait’s Talabat for $170M, largest MENA tech acquisition since Maktoob

Building the Arab region’s biggest B2B market place is not without its challenges

Egypt's agritech entrepreneurs bring the farm to the boardroom

Japan's Cookpad to acquire Lebanon's Shahiya for $13.5M to enter the Arab world

Turkey's Yemeksepeti acquires a majority stake in Jordan's ifood.jo

From Saudi to the US: selling camel milk as the new superfood

Marketing in Ramadan: do well by doing good

Fighting infrastructure and politics, this entrepreneur built Beirut's first coworking space

4 tips for cracking the F&B market

How Elmenus is leveraging the trend of Egyptian food going digital

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