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Scaling a lean startup in Iraq: how Easy Bites took Erbil by storm

Restaurants and fast food outlets are booming in Kurdistan. According to one official in Erbil, Kurdistan’s capital now boasts close to 5...

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Restronaut Feeds Foodies and Founders in Dubai

Restronaut.me recently launched as an online-meets-offline startup by Dubai restaurateur Leith Matthews. Based on successful events at...

Startup Communities Food & Beverage

Rocket's HelloFood Launches in Saudi Arabia and Morocco; Can It Tackle the Middle East?

Yesterday, Rocket Internet expanded their HelloFood brand into Saudi, marking the German clone factory's first expansion of its...

Rocket Internet Food & Beverage Delivery

Meet Qatar's First Raw and Vegan Food Company

Qatar has one of the highest obesity rates in the world. About 40% of its citizens are obese, and experts predict that number could rise...

Organic Food Food & Beverage

5 Takeaway Questions from Arabnet Beirut 2013

Despite the conflict next door, Arabnet Beirut managed to rally a good crowd this year for new debates on the state of tech...

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Who Loves Labneh? Lebanese Brand Krock's Eyes the Gulf

Day after day, Ramzi Jalbout and his colleagues would gather during their lunch break at St. Georges Hospital in Beirut. Usually 9-to-5ers...

Scaling Expansion Food & Beverage

Ethical Food Enterprise Panel, Social Enterprise Week

Part of a series of events for Social Enterprise Week, this session features social entrepreneurs who launched food enterprises discussing...

Conferences Environment Food & Beverage

Expanding Salad Boutiques from Kuwait to the GCC [Wamda TV]

In an interview at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, Doa’a Abdul Wahab, co-founder of A2D storage in Bahrain, and managing director of Sa...

Conferences Food & Beverage

Food-zilla Launches Customers Online Food Ordering Service for Dubai

The latest of several sites focused on food ordering and discovery in Dubai, Food-zilla launches today to focus on offering a personal...

Food & Beverage

Sallaty Brings Online Grocery Shopping to Jordan

When Samia Jarrar first met her husband, she had no idea that she would end up starting a company with him. But in 2011, six years after...

Delivery E-commerce Food & Beverage

Egypt's Tourism Gets Back on Its Feet at Rouqayah's Ranch

You think you're driving into the middle of nowhere, then thoughts of classic horror plots jump to mind. But once you arrive through...

Egypt Environment Food & Beverage

Arabic Cooking Community Shahiya Expands into English, Considers Tablet App

Fresh off of a round of Series A investment from MEVP, Shahiya is looking into new growth models as it continues to tackle the...

Arabic Content Food & Beverage Mobile

iFood's Mobile App Rises to the Top of the Food Delivery Pack in Jordan

Jordan has changed in a variety of ways since I lived there a year ago; perhaps a small win given the recent turmoil is that it’s become m...

Food & Beverage Mobile Mobile Apps

Jordan's Snax Revolutionizes the Convenience Store

As protesters in Jordan take to the streets to demonstrate against rising gas prices, one convenience store in Jordan is catering to...

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Weekly Wrap-Up: November 18-22

This week was all about looking outside to identify and adapt solutions to problems within local ecosystems. What are your thoughts about...

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Staging a Culinary Coup: Zooba Reimagines Traditional Egyptian Food

When you walk into this little restaurant on the main street in Zamalek district, you can’t help it but notice its colorful front, which r...

Food & Beverage

Wild Peeta Goes Lean, Launching Crowdfunded Franchises and a New TV Show

Dubai is not known for being lean. “Because the Gulf is such a new region, everything is geared towards big imported brands,” says Mohamed P...

Scaling Entertainment Food & Beverage

Reviving a Dying Brand: Indonesia's Yupi Indo Jelly Gum [Case Study]

This is the third installment of a new series on Wamda featuring companies in emerging markets around the world. Founded in Indonesia in...

Aureos Expansion Food & Beverage

Recap: The 4 Companies That Received Series A Investment from MEVP

Beirut-based venture capital firm MEVP (Middle East Venture Partners) is on fire. After announcing 5 investments in March, they have ...

Fashion Food & Beverage Investment

Can Coffeehouses Boost Creativity in the Arab World?

Since their inception in Istanbul in the 16th century, coffeehouses have been centers of free-wheeling and off-hand discussions, venues...

Food & Beverage

Entrepreneur of the Week: Melih Odemis of Yemeksepeti [Wamda TV]

This week's Entrepreneur of the Week is Melih Odemis, co-founder of Yemeksepeti, an online food ordering and delivery service that also ...

Endeavor Entrepreneur of the Week Food & Beverage

Meet the Bahraini Woman Serial Entrepreneur Who Runs Two Companies at Once

After a career working in corporate and government worlds, Doa'a Essa Abdul Wahab had decided 2010 would be the year she started her first...

Food & Beverage

Wamdat Inspire Talk: Melih Odemis of Food-Ordering Site Yemeksepeti [Wamda TV]

Melih Odemis, co-Founder of Yemeksepeti, discusses how he and his co-founders initially were inspired to be entrepreneurs at our June...

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Weekly Wrap-Up: September 30 - October 04

This week, we've highlighted a number of startups that keep on setting the bar higher for themselves. What drives you to go further? Pic of ...

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