Two new online payment options emerge in Morocco as telecom monopoly ends [Update: this article has been edited to add corrections concerning Fast Payment and the FNEM following a discussion with El Amine... Aline Mayard • 16 January, 2014 Payment Gateways E-commerce
U.A.E Souqalmal.com secures $1.2M from Hummingbird to expand content, mobile site Souqalmal.com, the Dubai-based financial comparison site led by Ambareen Musa, is set for a quantum leap, after securing $1.2 million... Nina Curley • 16 January, 2014 Souqalmal.com Investment
Lebanon's Game Cooks launches new game, makes global top 50 list Drawing on previous themes and skills they’ve built since their launch in 2012, Lebanese game developer Game Cooks has demonstrated a new m... Glen Dalakian II • 16 January, 2014 Mobile Gaming Gaming
Why the Uber attack in France is just the beginning This Monday, during a strike day organized by the French taxi drivers to protest the “unfair competition” they say Uber and its ilk r... Aline Mayard • 15 January, 2014 Uber
Lebanon's touch launches an app store; can it succeed where others have failed? Yesterday, touch, one of Lebanon's two major telecom companies, announced the launch of its Android-compatible app store, aimed at serving... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 15 January, 2014 apps app store apple
Ashoka Changemakers and GE reveal winners of the Women Powering Work competition Ashoka Changemakers and General Electric have announced winners of their Women Powering Work: Innovations for Economic Equality in ... Nina Curley • 15 January, 2014 Social Entrepreneurship Women
Meet the Moroccan startup that hopes to build a LinkedIn with customer relationship management This piece is part of New Work Lab's startup series. This past December, New Work Lab, Casablanca's new co-working space, hosted... Fatim Zahra Biaz • 14 January, 2014 Pitch Networking
Europe European accelerator Rockstart targets entrepreneurs from the Arab world As startup accelerators boom on a global scale, the Middle East is seeing a fair amount of the action. In 2013, several new... Maya Rahal • 14 January, 2014 Accelerators
Egyptian app starts acceleration at Y Combinator in Silicon Valley In 2014, it seems that startups from the Arab world will begin to break out onto an international stage. Following the buzz... Aline Mayard • 14 January, 2014 Accélérateur
Yes, we can (code)! Girls in Tech wants to build a girls tech community in Egypt Many don’t believe that women can be as successful as men in fields related to math and science. Coding and computer programming have p... Hanan Solayman • 14 January, 2014 Egypt Women
Bahrain's Blossom Events to expand, founder Rasha Khunji says Rasha Khunji, founder of Bahrain’s Blossom Events, trains entrepreneurs on how best to plan their companies, in an attempt to help stem t... Wamda • 13 January, 2014 blossom events wamdatv Bahrain
Entrepreneurship in the Middle East and the fallacy of online isolation If you haven't seen Shimi Cohen's video, "The Innovation of Loneliness," from this summer, it's even more relevant today, as movies like... Nina Curley • 12 January, 2014
Trends in mobile advertising in the Middle East It's no secret that mobile advertising is expected to grow globally in years to come, as smartphone use increases and the ability to... Ahmed Gabr • 12 January, 2014
4 ways to benefit from your competitors Entrepreneurs tend to feel more enthusiastic and motivated about executing their idea when they believe they were the first to think of... Muhanad Sabha • 12 January, 2014 competitors Marketing
Designer Reem Buqais on what it takes to succeed in fashion “Anyone can design,” says Reem Buqais during an interview after the 2nd Annual Leading Women in Business Forum at The Capital Club Bahra... Wamda • 12 January, 2014 reem duqais Bahrain Fashion
Weekly Wrap-Up: January 05-09 Running your startup In the last two weeks, there's been a lot of buzz around job titles and hierarchy within companies. With Medium and... Wamda • 10 January, 2014 Weekly Wrap-Up
