Kuwait Kuwait’s fund Arzan VC announces third investment of the year Last time we checked with Arzan Venture Capital, Kuwait’s newest Series A fund, Managing Partner Hassan Zainal told Wamda that Arzan... Reine Farhat • 25 March, 2015 Arzan VC investement kuwait
Regional Souq.com opens API to the public to spur MENA ecommerce Souq.com announced Friday that it will be making its API (application program interface) available to the public, allowing third party... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 25 March, 2015 api Souq.com ShopGo
Regional Watch Facebook's F8 live stream and get the exclusive t-shirt: first-come first-served Hey there - Stephanie Nour, community manager here. Our friends over at Facebook are hosting their annual developer conference, F8, ... Wamda • 24 March, 2015 Developers Facebook
Lebanon Leap Ventures' new $71M fund is 'ready for business’ Henri Asseilly at ArabNet Beirut earlier this year. (Image via Lucy Knight) As we previously reported, the focus of the ‘sponsored a... Lucy Knight • 24 March, 2015 ArabNet Beirut Venture Capital Investment
Regional Groceries through smartphones: how ecommerce is changing MENA's shopping habits We all remember how our grandmothers used to yell to "Abou Ahmad," the grocery shop owner at the bottom of the building, to fill... Tala El Issa • 24 March, 2015 spinneys geant begala
Regional Kelly Hoey on the power of networks to create opportunity [WamdaTV] At last week’s ArabNet Beirut conference, Wamda caught up with Kelly Hoey, the New York-based startup mentor, community-building expert, a... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 24 March, 2015 team culture arabnet beirut 2015 kelly hoey
U.A.E UAE startup emphasizes humanity's 'sameness' The business of doing good – better known as corporate social responsibility (CSR) – has been around for decades. But with the... Rachel McArthur • 24 March, 2015 uae
Global Corridor for UK and MENA investment in SMEs opened up further by UK regulation The Dubai-based international investment platform Eureeca announced today that they have recently received the stamp of approval from the... Wamda • 23 March, 2015 FCA eureeca Dubai
Maghreb How one entrepreneur is bringing new life to traditional Tunisian handicraft “I am not going to pretend that I had any idea of what I was doing,” Leila Ben Gacem tells me when we meet in the medina, the old quarter o... Christine Petré • 23 March, 2015 Handicrafts Art Social Entrepreneurship
Maghreb Is localization the key to Genious becoming the GoDaddy of MENA? Can you name the leading web host or registrar in the Arab world or Africa? Hamza Aboulfeth, founder of Morocco’s only registrar and most f... Aline Mayard • 22 March, 2015 Web hosting Genious MENA
Lebanon Lebanese startups gain access to more money and support than ever #ArabNetBeirut The Circular 331 panel. A Lebanon-based $71 million fund focusing on the Middle East and North Africa; plans for a Beirut chapter... Lucy Knight • 20 March, 2015 Kuwait National Fund iSME Leap Ventures
Maghreb Careem shakes things up in Morocco by acquiring Taxiii Back in January, we were talking about how taxi apps made their entrance in Morocco, and were to become the hot market in the kingdom.... Aline Mayard • 19 March, 2015 Taxiii careem taxi service
Regional Mother is the necessity of all innovations #MothersDay Have you wondered about the roots of your entrepreneurial spirit or how your childhood affected your career path? Take a minute, think... Maya Rahal • 19 March, 2015 YasmineElMehairy JihadKawas ElieHabib
Regional Islamic economy presents significant opportunity for MENA entrepreneurs "The Islamic economy constitutes in all its sectors a new and important chance that all startups in the Arab region must seize." This... Pamela Kesrouani • 18 March, 2015 islam Islamic economy
Lebanon Flat6Labs to launch Beirut accelerator Regional accelerator Flat6Labs will open a chapter in Beirut, cofounder Hany El-Sonbaty announced today at the Arabnet conference. The... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 18 March, 2015 beirut accelerator Flat6Labs
Lebanon How putting her kids first led this Lebanese entrepreneur to launch a startup Life’s daily struggles make it easy to forget how hard it is to be a mother, let alone a working one. Lebanese Ingrid Salloum,... Reine Farhat • 18 March, 2015 women entrepreneurs lebanon Advice
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