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Egyptian fashion e-commerce startup looks to Eureeca for funding

For the first time, Dubai-based equity crowdinvestment platform Eureeca is hosting a campaign launched by an...

Can a private equity firm seed a viable startup ecosystem in Tunisia?

Update 01/03/2014: This article has been edited to take into account new informations. Startup investment in Tunisia is often...

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The Middle East gets its first peer-to-peer lending site, with Sharia compliance

Looking back at the year, 2013 has clearly been the year of crowdfunding– especially in emerging markets and the Middle East. This y...

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Activity-tracking app wins at Startup Weekend Doha as women attend in record numbers

An activity monitoring mobile application, created by a team that included two high school students, won first prize in the...

Startup Weekend

How are teenagers using social networks? Can Shots of Me surpass Facebook?

Shots of Me, the new social network for selfies (photos taken of oneself), has famously raised $1.1 million USD in a seed-funding round...

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Egyptian startup Integreight looks to crowdfund its award-winning Arduino shield

In today’s unstable economic and political climate, in which Egyptian entrepreneurs struggle to achieve success, the founders of the ...

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Egyptian startup makes it easier to consume audio content in Arabic

Although podcasts have became popular the world over, they haven't taken off in Arabic, perhaps thanks to a lack of options for hosting...

Europe's Web Summit 2013: Impressions from North African startups

When I received a press invitation to one of Europe’s hottest tech conferences, Web Summit, I jumped at the opportunity to check it o...

Conferences

Celebrities suit up with online tailoring from Dubai

“We’re effectively ‘stealing’ from the Brooks Brothers and Jos. A. Banks of the world,” says Tarig El Sheikh, cofounder of bespoke online s...

Retail Online retail E-commerce

Wamda’s new Pitch N’ Mentor heads to Cairo

Alongside the Rise Up Egypt event coming to Cairo on November 24th, Wamda's Pitch N' Mentor will take place as the region's first of its k...

Pitching

What it takes to build a billion dollar tech company, and what it means for startups in the Arab world

Yesterday, Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures took an honest look at what it takes to build a billion dollar company in Silicon...

Investment Trends

5 trends driving VC investment in the Arab world [Report]

Venture capital in the Middle East and North Africa is on the rise, according to the latest MENA Private Equity Association report. The...

Venture Capital Investment

MENA PEA Venture Capital in the Middle East and North Africa 2013 [Report]

The MENA Private Equity Association recently released their Third Venture Capital in the Middle East & North Africa Report, 2013 Update...

Venture Capital Report Investment

Boris Johnson announces £100 million tech fund for Middle East startups

In a move designed to bring booming tech ecosystems in the UK and the Middle East closer together, London mayor Boris Johnson...

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4 reasons why game developers should consider crowdfunding

Update: The campaign mentioned at the end of the piece is updated to show a more realistic representation of an unknown developer raising...

Developers Crowdfunding Mobile Gaming

5 ways to compete with Amazon, and why its model isn't 'profitless'

After almost two decades in online retail, Amazon is still the punchline to jokes about profitability. “Amazon, as best I can tell, is a ...

Amazon Scaling Payment Gateways

Could Middle East e-commerce benefit from Pinterest?

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Egyptian fashion e-commerce startup looks to Eureeca for funding

Can a private equity firm seed a viable startup ecosystem in Tunisia?

The Middle East gets its first peer-to-peer lending site, with Sharia compliance

Activity-tracking app wins at Startup Weekend Doha as women attend in record numbers

How are teenagers using social networks? Can Shots of Me surpass Facebook?

Egyptian startup Integreight looks to crowdfund its award-winning Arduino shield

Egyptian startup makes it easier to consume audio content in Arabic

Europe's Web Summit 2013: Impressions from North African startups

Celebrities suit up with online tailoring from Dubai

Wamda’s new Pitch N’ Mentor heads to Cairo

What it takes to build a billion dollar tech company, and what it means for startups in the Arab world

5 trends driving VC investment in the Arab world [Report]

MENA PEA Venture Capital in the Middle East and North Africa 2013 [Report]

Boris Johnson announces £100 million tech fund for Middle East startups

4 reasons why game developers should consider crowdfunding

5 ways to compete with Amazon, and why its model isn't 'profitless'

Could Middle East e-commerce benefit from Pinterest?

Is building hardware in China the secret to crowdfunding a huge seed round?

How a startup goes from idea to IPO [Infographic]

How to Attract Venture Capital Interest seminar in Dubai

iMENA invests $7 million in Rocket Internet's ‘Easy Taxi’; here's how it plans to compete in Saudi Arabia

4 questions we'd like to see answered at Webit, the tech conference in Istanbul

10 of Reid Hoffman's most valuable tips from LinkedIn's Series B pitch deck

Dubai's Emaar launches $100 million fund for emerging designers

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