Global Startup Watch: Chinese fintech, localization, and capitalizing on the Asian sun 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... Dana Ballout • 02 March, 2017 Startup Watch Fintech china
Egypt Signed, sealed: deliveries get tech'd in Cairo Personal transport is easily the most popular sharing economy business in Egypt, as Uber, Careem and Ousta compete hard for market share,... Radwa Rashad • 01 March, 2017 Bosta Oustaman Ousta
Regional Startup Investments: The evolution of the MENA ecosystem in 2016 [Report] Startup Investments: The evolution of the MENA ecosystem in 2016 [Report] from Wamda Research Lab 2016 was a booming year for i... Tarek Faycal • 01 March, 2017 investement Report WRL
Tunisia Tunisian startups' struggle to scale Tunisian entrepreneurs often ‘ask the experts’ how to internationalize their startup, and it’s a question that gained... Lilia Blaise • 28 February, 2017 Tunis internationnalisation Digitalmania
Egypt UK foreign minister Boris Johnson praises Egypt startups UK foreign secretary Boris Johnson praised the creativity and originality of Egypt’s entrepreneurs on Saturday during a networking... Doaa Farid • 28 February, 2017 Bosta boris johnson
Regional Is regional innovation standing in the way of investments? [Know your VC] Samih Toukan, chairman of Jabbar Internet Group says that the MENA region doesn’t lack innovative ideas, but rather... Maya Rahal • 28 February, 2017 Samih Toukan MENA investments
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... Archana Menon • 27 February, 2017 Kharabeesh What I Know Scaling
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... Tala El Issa • 27 February, 2017 Jado Pado ecommerce marketplaces
Tunisia Teaching tech in Tunisia On a Saturday afternoon, rather than playing video games or going out with some friends, 70 teenagers came to the Cogite coworking space to... Lilia Blaise • 26 February, 2017 GoMyCode Yahya Bouhlel Wala Kasmi
United States 3D printed hope: new limbs for Syrian refugees When Ibrahim Mohammad started selling juice in the streets of Lebanon at the age 12 to support his family, he made $0.5 a day. Back then,... Mai Ali • 26 February, 2017 hult prize Ibrahim Mohammad Omar Soufan
Lebanon Carrying the Lebanese flag, one export at a time Many Lebanese companies could pass as coming from anywhere – in technology, services, and even food. But a handful of them are... Brooke Anderson • 26 February, 2017 lebanon Semsom Ksara
Lebanon Big deals announced at Arabnet Beirut At Arabnet Beirut this week Flat6labs, a regional incubator, announced that it was accepting applications for a $20 million local... Abdulghani Kataya • 24 February, 2017 Arabnet ArabNet Beirut ArabNet Beirut 2017
Global You created a store within a marketplace. Now what? [Opinion] A very common approach for brands and retailers that want to start selling online is to set up a ‘shop-in-shop’, or a branded... Yorgos Kleivokiotis • 23 February, 2017 ecommerce marketplace Souq.com
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... Rachel Williamson • 23 February, 2017 Google Startup Watch Uber
Regional STEP 2017: disrupting MENA tech and music scene In case you weren’t around for all the buzz and bustle that took place at STEP 2016, here’s what you missed: Early 2017 was mome... Rami Deeb • 22 February, 2017 Step Conference STEP Dubai
Algeria Algeria’s startup culture: from the ground and up Lack of e-payment systems, sluggish bureaucracy, and scarce access to financing are some of the issues faced by an aspiring Algerian... Stefania D'Ignoti • 22 February, 2017 algeria Gotta Love Algeria Eblink
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