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Jordan

Oasis500 takes to the skies with aviation tie-up

MENA accelerator Oasis500 is stepping into the formidably tough aviation sector, signing a partnership with Royal Jordanian yesterday...

aviation royal jordanian industrial internet

Regional

A closer look at Azza Fahmy’s transformation from local, Egyptian-born jewelry designer to international luxury brand [Report]

Aramex has published a report, in collaboration with Wamda and the American University in Cairo (AUC), on Azza Fahmy an Egypt born luxury...

jewelry Azza Fahmy american university of cairo

Regional

Are MENA’s SME business reforms doing enough?

Governments have been adding their cogs to the startup machine of MENA. Enough though? (Image via Mikehoolboom.com) For entrepreneurs...

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Egypt

Nahdet el Mahrousa, a focus on the supporter of social enterprises [Report]

Aramex has published a report, in collaboration with Wamda and the American University in Cairo (AUC), on Nahdet El Mahrousa (NM), an...

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Regional

MENA innovators blow up a tech storm [Infographic]

In February a powerful sandstorm swept up from the Sahara, engulfing Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan in a haze of dust. Wind speeds of up 60...

wind turbines renewable energy

Regional

Where are the gaps in the digital Arabic content sector? [Infographic]

In the past several years, the MENA region has witnessed a rapid growth of internet and smartphone penetration - and these trends are...

Taghreedat DAC Digital Arabic Content

Regional

Mo'men Group's recipe for success [Report]

Aramex has published a report, in collaboration with Wamda and the American University in Cairo, on Mo’men, a fast food chain of r...

Mo'men aramex

Regional

Digital Arabic Content: an industry brief [WRL report]

In the past few years, the MENA region has witnessed a rapid growth of internet and smartphone penetration - and these trends are projected...

Taghreedat DAC Digital Arabic Content

Regional

The challenges and changes that shaped Woopra’s growth [Report]

Aramex has published a report, in collaboration with Wamda and the American University in Cairo (AUC), on Woopra, a real-time customer...

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Global

5 minute guide to the Internet of Things [Infographic]

Coffee machines able to order new supplies for you. Electronic pet feeders that can schedule and feed your dog. Cars...

The Internet of Things Guide IoT

Lebanon

Souk el Tayeb, a social business and its growth in Lebanon [Report]

A social project creating a healthy diet. (Image via Souk el Tayeb) Aramex has published a report, in collaboration with...

Souk el Tayeb aramex wamda

Regional

MENA online market to soon create billion dollar companies

The iMENA Group has published, in partnership with Kauffman Fellows Press, a report outlining how the MENA region’s online sector will r...

Khaldoun Tabaza growth iMENA

Lebanon

Data key to the growth of the MENA gaming industry [Wamda TV]

For the gaming industry of the Middle East to grow, developers need to expand to other markets. Equally, the region needs to present a...

MEGA 2015 gaming industry

Regional

How big is social media in MENA? [Reports]

Arabic online content is still scarce in the Middle East but social media users are making up for the shortfall, two new reports have...

Social Media Digital Media Science DMS

Saudi Arabia

Saudi startup Meshlytics uses data to help universities keep in touch with alumni

In the age of e-classrooms and e-schools, traditional universities have begun to compete with the free tools and flexibility of the...

Meshlytics Saudi Arabia Data

Regional

How ArabiaWeather battles the forces of nature

Residents of the Middle East don't need me to tell them that this year so far has been a doozy in terms of weather. First, we had...

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Syria

How Syrian entrepreneurs are creatively working through war

The tech ecosystem is booming in the MENA, we keep hearing. More investments were made in regional startups last year than ever before,...

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Egypt

What the restaurant sector of Egypt needs to know [Infographic]

Ask any entrepreneur in Egypt and they will tell you right away that one of the biggest challenges faced when starting up is finding solid...

Amir Allam restaurants ElMenus

Regional

The Arab region's freelance economy: some data

By all accounts the global freelance economy is burgeoning. For many, it acts as a way to earn income in the absence of formalized,...

freelance Employment nabbesh

Regional

A deeper look at the last 4 years of investments in MENA Startups [Wamda TV]

What are the key investment trends and challenges affecting MENA’s entrepreneurship ecosystem? What factors should the ecosystem consider w...

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Saudi Arabia

The future is bright, the future is ecommerce in Saudi Arabia

This article was posted originally on Firnas.org. This year, online payment solution provider PayFort released the State...

E-commerce Saudi Arabia firnas

Egypt

Egypt is in urgent need of smaller business

All big businesses were once small. Super billionaire Bill Gates was once a young guy in a garage. His giant, Microsoft, didn’t become a g...

smes event Egypt

Jordan

Do tech entrepreneurs have the solution to a brighter future for Jordan?

Jordan is facing a potential crisis. While GDP growth has been steady for the past few years and is projected to remain that way, the...

scale-ups scale up Mentorship

Regional

The Mentor Effect, Wamda Insights Vol. 1

Through Wamda Insights, a new quarterly publication from the Wamda Research Lab, we aim to share new knowledge and data on the Middle East...

Wamda Research Lab Funding Mentors

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