Wamda

Startup Maroc hits the road again with an ambitious roadshow

April is a busy month for Startup Maroc. The group of friends, who have been working for three years to help foster an entrepreneurial...

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PayPal partners with Cairo Amman Bank to boost regional e-commerce

PayPal, as part its continued expansion throughout the Middle East, announced a new partnership with Cairo Amman Bank yesterday at the...

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3 ways Bitcoin can change how the Arab region uses money

Over the course of two days last month, self-described social media utilization agency The Online Project (TOP) held Cointalks...

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NGO Nahdet El Mahrousa teams up with Barclays Bank Egypt to fight unemployment

After three years of political turmoil, the economy of Egypt is suffering from a lack of stability that was translated into a remarkable...

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Halal P2P lending site Liwwa partners with e-commerce site Feesheh

Liwwa, the halal crowdinvestment site launched last November in Jordan, is adding a new facet to its business model: a partnership with...

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What it will take to maximize business success in the Middle East

How can business choices yield high profits and high social impact in a rapidly changing consumer culture? What are the...

Wharton

A radical solution to the region's payment challenges, from serial ecommerce entrepreneur

At this point, it wouldn’t come as a surprise to learn that Moustafa Mahmoud eats, drinks, and sleeps e-commerce, in addition to having l...

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Babson College launches a program for public and private sector leaders PROMOCODE Included

Babson College is offering the world’s first public program targeted at public and private sector leaders, entitled Driving Economic Growth ...

Babson

TAG-Org expands its support services to startups with new program

Joining a growing group of organizations providing support to entrepreneurs in the region, the Jordan-based international business ...

Talal Abou Ghazaleh Innovation

Intel Egypt denies rumors blaming partial shutdown on political woes

In the midst of a not-so-pleasant economic situation in Egypt, Intel made headlines last week. A number of online news sources reported...

Intel Egypt

7 Palestinian startups vie for Arabreneur investment at recent pitch event

“These startups are as good as any in Toronto, Barcelona, or London,” said Palestinian entrepreneur extraordinaire Dr. Abdulmalek Al-Jaber ...

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Endeavor Jordan selects 3 startups to advance to International Selection Panel

Four of Jordan’s most promising entrepreneurs gathered recently for Endeavor Jordan’s Local Selection Panel (LSP), where they pitched the...

Jordan Endeavor Competitions

The first DComm Summit MENA in Dubai this month

The first DComm Summit MENA will take place in Madinat Jumeirah, in Dubai on 30 April 2014, with 200 invitation only thought leaders, as g...

How can the Arab world break barriers to scale?

Editor’s note: Fadi Ghandour is the the Chairman of Wamda, the founder of Aramex, and board member of Endeavor, an international non...

Fadi Ghandour

Mix n' Mentor Cairo mentors seek to remedy challenges faced by a growing, but fraught, community

The world of entrepreneurship is full of obstacles, especially in the Arab world. These can be legal procedures, development, employment,...

Fresh off Kickstarter glory, Integreight gears up for 1Sheeld due date

$85,210 USD. That’s how much funding the Egypt-based startup Integreight attracted for its award-winning product 1Sheeld during its 30-day ...

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How can the Arab world’s startup ecosystem work against gender discrimination?

If the global financial system had had more women in decision-making positions, would history have taken a different course? Women at the...

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Yamsafer tackles region's payment challenge with cardless bookings

Faris Zaher, CEO and co-founder of hotel bookings site Yamsafer, thinks his team may have come up with a solution to the region’s payment r...

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China's largest search engine takes on Google in Egypt

The digital media scene – especially that in the Arab region – seems to be an appealing market for competition between China and the U.S., ...

Baidu china Egypt

Elance's Dubai hiring announcement signals increased regional focus

Nearly two years after hiring a Startup Mobilizer based in Cairo, multinational online staffing platform Elance has moved to hire a...

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Oasis500 launches Omraan, a funding competition for startups working to solve urban problems

As it intensifies its effort to spread entrepreneurial culture in the region, Jordanian tech-focused incubator Oasis500 launches its first...

Competitions

Palestinian software companies merge; set sights on changing U.S. healthcare market

iConnect-Tech and 2i Software, two software development companies with front offices in Chicago and programming teams based in Palestine,...

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UniVenture, Tunisian incubator launched by business angels, seeks applicants

UniVenture's first graduating class In May 2010, ten Tunisians entrepreneurs created the Carthage Business Angel association to...

Business Angels Incubator

Cairo Ashoka event seeks to empower communication between female social entrepreneurs and media

Women are playing an increasing role in helping to solve the growing social problems in the Arab world due to successive...

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