Wamda

U.A.E

Sending money home with ease, Now Money [Wamda TV]

Expatriates in the UAE send a lot of money home. A lot. According to the World Bank’s migration and remittances factbook for 2016,...

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U.A.E

Load-Me keeps on trucking

Load-Me, the Dubai startup that connects regional truckers with delivery loads through a marketplace app, has come a long way since its...

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Bahrain

Fetchr buys Bahrain courier company in expansion push

Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo Group (YBA Kanoo), one of the largest family-owned multinational businesses in the Middle East, has announced that...

Fetchr acquisition uae

Global

Pixelbug looks to take Silicon Valley

Pixelbug, the augmented and virtual reality pioneer founded in Dubai, has gone from dominating the MENA market to turning heads in Silicon...

PixelBug silicon valley accelerator

U.A.E

Jamalon signs agreement with Lulu.com in a Middle East publishing expansion

Jamalon.com, MENA's online bookstore, signed a Print-On-Demand (POD) agreement with Lulu.com, a global self-publishing platform,...

Jamalon partnerships news watch

U.A.E

What I know about starting up too soon: Loulou Khazen Baz

When Loulou Khazen Baz launched Nabbesh in 2012, she found herself introducing a strange concept to the Middle East and North Africa. In...

What I Know WIK nabbesh

U.A.E

Lawyering up getting easier with Dubai startup

When Armenian-Ukrainian Suzanna Kalendzhian started practicing as a lawyer in the Middle East in 2011, she saw a gap in the market....

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U.A.E

Going postal in Dubai, finally

When Mohamed Al Araimi and Bello Abubakar built a grocery delivery startup they weren’t expecting it to create the backdrop for their...

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U.A.E

Dubai’s Carswitch.com raises $1.3M

Carswitch.com has secured $1.3 million investment from Glowfish Capital, the early stage incubator, after achieving a solid 30 percent...

carswitch.com Transport news watch

U.A.E

What I know about data science in the UAE: Baghdad Gherras

Data science in the UAE is just beginning to the scratch the surface of what’s possible. That’s one of the key points...

What I Know WIK data science

U.A.E

Minds on a Mission gets Emirati students thinking

“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn” were the wise words from Benjamin Franklin that inspired the win...

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U.A.E

Gulf Capital SME Awards 2017

For the 6th year in a row, the Gulf Capital SME Awards continues to celebrate and recognize outstanding SMEs from the UAE that have shown...

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Turkey

Modest fashion site Modanisa closes new round

Modanisa, the Turkey-based modest fashion site, has closed a fourth round of funding. Led by Dubai-based VC Wamda Capital for an...

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U.A.E

Integreat Center serves Dubai's special needs youth

Millions of disabled people in the Middle East face exclusion, and almost certainly discrimination. A survey conducted by Dubai’s...

Integreat Center social enterprise Social Entrepreneurship

Regional

New startups on the block: March

Startups are launching faster than we can write about them, so here’s our list of raw newbies to...

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U.A.E

Lean and Agile Middle East Summit 2017

Lean and Agile Middle East (Agile ME) and Heriot-Watt University Dubai (HWUD) are organizing the third annual Lean and Agile Middle East...

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U.A.E

STEP Conference 2017

The largest interactive gathering in MENA will be bringing thousands of entrepreneurs, investors and tech and media enthusiasts...

Step Conference STEP Music

Saudi Arabia

What I know about building a content channel: Mohammed Asfour

The story of Jordan-based Kharabeesh began in 2008 when its cofounder and VP of content Wael Attili wanted to create a content channel to...

Kharabeesh What I Know Scaling

U.A.E

Mohamed Bin Zayed Majlis for Future Generations

On March 7-8 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center, the ‘Mohamed Bin Zayed Majlis for Future Generations’ will host 3,000...

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U.A.E

The uptick in sellers on ecommerce platforms [Q&A]

While consumers are often the center of attention in ecommerce platforms, sellers are just as important according to UAE’s online...

Jado Pado ecommerce marketplaces

Bahrain

Startup Watch: breaking stuff, pain = gain, and working for the man

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...

Google Startup Watch Uber

U.A.E

Human economics: Sharjah’s homegrown approach to becoming a startup hub

Sharjah is in debt, so it’s lucky they’re well on their way to diversifying the economy away from big corporations. In...

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U.A.E

Wamda hosts student workshop around education and mobility in UAE

No matter the developing or developed country you are coming from there are always going to be flaws in an education system, and the Middle...

Mohamed Bin Zayed Future Generations design thinking workshop

Jordan

Tarjama bridges language gap

Medieval Arabic translations preserved the cultural heritage of ancient Greece and Rome. Today the same knowledge transfer continues and...

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