Wamda

U.A.E

Mobile payments startups on the rise in MENA

A bevy of geolocation startups already exist in Dubai, yet the Dubai and Riyadh-based Proxera is using its technology to help companies...

seamless ecommerce Retail

U.A.E

UAE’s Trukker announces 1,000 percent growth in 7 months

Trukker, second place winner of the startup track at the MITEF Arab Startup Competition achieved 1,000 percent growth since its commercial...

Trukker MITEF Arab Startup Competition

Global

Startup Watch: Wikipedia under attack, the Ja Rule mess-up and the magic of vinegar

The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your...

Startup Watch Wikipedia Saudi Arabia

U.A.E

Halla Walla, on a mission to represent Arab culture through emojis

It took two months of intense research for Yasmin Rasool and Eriko Varkey to bring the stories of Shaikha, Lula, Waleed and Ahmed to life....

Arabic digital content Emojis halla walla

U.A.E

Jadopado is acquired by Mohamed Alabbar

Editor's note: this story has been update May 11 to include the acquirers of Jadopado and a comment from Omar Kassim. In a statement...

JadoPado uae noon.com

Global

Cutting the waste of your supply chain, Throughput [Wamda TV]

With oil prices falling to record lows in the last few years one typical reaction is to look where to cut costs in order to keep businesses...

throughput rigbasket uae

U.A.E

What I know about starting up in Dubai: Will Hutson

Originally from Florida, Will Hutson was first introduced to the Middle East while working on one of Disney’s initial global social...

What I Know LMTD will hutson

U.A.E

Cybersecurity in UAE: more education, less speculation

According to a promotional video for the inaugural OPCDE (Operational Code) conference, 75 percent of all legitimate websites have...

uae cyber security Comae Technologies

U.A.E

A ‘Qall Out’ to debaters fed up with social media

“Going live is a big shift in how we communicate, and it's going to create new opportunities for people to come together,”...

Qall Out Munathara debates

U.A.E

Six healthtech startups pitch during Dubai 100 finale

Investors and healthcare industry leaders from UAE and around the world came together for the finale of Dubai 100’s second...

Dubai 100 pitch event healthtech

U.A.E

Sheraa and Air Arabia to launch ‘Travel and Tourism’ track

Coming on the heels of its successful inaugural accelerator showcase day, Sheraa - a launch pad for aspiring entrepreneurs in the United...

Sheraa sharjah uae

U.A.E

ATECH World

ATECH World is a combination of events, exhibitions and conferences that will bring the latest cutting-edge technology into the MENA...

abu dhabi uae Technology

U.A.E

Telemedicine, coming together for the UAE?

Editor’s note: Telehealth, and telemedicine, are often used interchangeably and cover a broad category of solutions in the healthcare...

telemedicine digital healthcare health at hand

U.A.E

Ola Doudin on the potential of Bitcoin in the region [WamdaTV]

Bitoasis is a service that allows users in the Middle East to easily buy and sell Bitcoin. Launched in Dubai in 2014, Bitoasis is now...

BitOasis Bitcoin

U.A.E

Young Emiratis use technology to improve quality of life in Dubai

The UAE entrepreneurial ecosystem is full of expats. Not hard to believe when taking in account the country’s population is...

innovation arabia uae emiratis

U.A.E

startAD Angel Rising 2017

The development of a broad, sophisticated class of investors is a necessity in a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem, and can be a critical...

uae Seed funding startup

U.A.E

What we learned about the media industry at #STEP2017

The reader is king. After an era of praising content as the supreme power in media, the focus today is shifting towards the...

Step 2017 Step Conference Media

Global

Tracking skateboard tricks from UAE to LA

Rideblock talks building a product in the UAE with a market in the US It was an argument over who had pulled off a better Ollie - a...

RideBlock uae Flat6Labs

U.A.E

The Souq sale is a game changer for MENA ecommerce [Opinion]

We all heard the news: Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer by sales and market capitalization, founded 23 years ago in...

Amazon Souq.com acquisition

U.A.E

Business for Better

UAE-based university students and graduates between the ages of 18 and 35 will have the chance to pitch their innovative ideas for...

sharjah uae entrepreneurship

U.A.E

Why is the Souq.com acquisition so significant? [Opinion]

For those who have been in the dark, Amazon has acquired Souq.com for over $650 million. The news of an acquisition of this size has...

Souq.com Amazon acquisition

U.A.E

Amazon buys Payfort

Not only is Amazon buying Souq.com, but it has also today bought Payfort. “Today as part of Souq Group Inc. we are pleased to...

Amazon Payfort souq

U.A.E

New platform for healthy food launched from Dubai

Plotos, a digital nutrition and wellness platform and app, launched today with funding of $100,000 to address the UAE’s growing...

uae Plotos Eniverse Technologies

U.A.E

Is a marketplace enough to penetrate UAE’s laundry services?

A woman gazes at her new purchase. ‘Lucky me’, a 1959 advert for washing machines says. And indeed lucky her. Rather than...

marketplaces get laundry Washmen

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