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 Hellofood closes big year in Saudi with Mobily Ventures investment Hellofood’s big year in Saudi Arabia just got its cherry on top: investment from the newly launched Mobily Ventures. After its April 2013 ... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 28 October, 2014 otlob talabat foodonclick
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
Regional $40M renewable energy fund to launch in MENA Large, established global corporations have dominated the renewable energy market in the MENA region. But many others who would... Ahmed Moor • 27 October, 2014 renewable energy
Regional How did these three Arab startups take advantage of TechCrunch Disrupt Getting your product known and used internationally is tough, especially if you’re based in the Arab world. To address this head on, a s... Aline Mayard • 27 October, 2014 TechCrunch Disrupt competition Europe
Lebanon MEVP’s IMPACT Fund announces $12.5M investment in 5 Lebanese tech startups Managing Partner Walid Hanna announcing the investments The Middle East Venture Partners fund (MEVP), one of Lebanon’s larger Venture C... Maya Rahal • 26 October, 2014 impact fund Banque du Liban MEVP
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
Maghreb Startech Unconference, Tunisia What Prevents Tunisia From Generating IT Succes Stories ? This is the question Tunisian event organizer agency MAZAM, and American... Wamda • 24 October, 2014
Maghreb Toufik Lerari, the entrepreneur who believes communication is Algeria's future Toufik Lerari is one of those Algerian entrepreneurs who are changing the way foreigners and Algerians alike see the oil-producing... Aline Mayard • 23 October, 2014 Fikra Allégorie communication
Jordan Solutions to Jordan's unemployment on display at Akhtaboot job fair One of the greatest challenges confronting Jordan is the lack of opportunity for young people here. While there generally aren’t enough j... Ahmed Moor • 23 October, 2014 akhtaboot
U.A.E Astrolabs launches pilot course for its Academy The Dubai-based entrepreneurship platform Astrolabs is set to launch one of its latest components, the Astrolabs Academy, which will... Hayden Pirkle • 23 October, 2014 academy uae Dubai
Egypt Saving the world, one game at a time Last month, at a two-day workshop organized by the United Nations Development Program, lucky Cairo youngsters got a look at how to... Hanan Solayman • 22 October, 2014 undp Social Entrepreneurship Gaming
Maghreb AMPION launches 4 road trip hackathons throughout Africa, to educate and invest in entrepreneurs Last year, a diverse crowd of 30 Africans and Europeans embarked on an unusual adventure: they hopped a bus leaving from... Aline Mayard • 22 October, 2014 Ampion hackathon Startupbus
U.A.E Payment gateway Telr to target MENA and Southeast Asia on strength of Series A round Online payment gateway Telr, based between Singapore and Dubai, has secured Series A funding from Hatcher and iMENA,... Maya Rahal • 21 October, 2014 iMENA hatcher Telr
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
Maghreb Entrepreneurs learn a lesson in storytelling at #YMEstartup Tunis Walking through the doors of Tunisia’s Elgazala Technopark on Monday October 13th, there was one thing I couldn’t help but not... Courtney Joline • 21 October, 2014 events your middle east #YMEStartup