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Egypt

Egypt's ecommerce potential drives startups to push past challenges

Startups Yaoota and Kickin both launched in June with a goal of exploiting the massive potential of Egyptian ecommerce, but both...

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Regional

Mobile dominates even offline shopping in MENA [Report]

Shoppers and retailers in the MENA region have long known that consumers have been spending more and more money online. What is new,...

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Saudi Arabia

Report sheds new insights on booming Saudi ecommerce market

This post was originally published on Firnas.org Ecommerce is growing exponentially in Saudi Arabia; the market is expected to...

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Lebanon

Why should you venture into e-commerce in the Arab region? [Infographic]

In an attempt to get more entrepreneurs enthused about starting online businesses, and helping them see why the Middle East is a good...

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Regional

Why is the Arab region attractive for expats? [Infographic]

The Middle East Internet Group (MEIG), a joint venture of Rocket Internet and MTN, released this week its latest infographic, depicting...

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Entrepreneurial success for the over 30s [Infographic]

Starting fresh doesn’t mean starting young. The stereotype of the young entrepreneur may have been inspired by the success of some e...

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Can smartphone tracking tools revitalize brick-and-mortar retail?

Whether on a shopping mission or merely killing time before a meeting, your wandering around the shops has more of an impact that you...

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Regional

How do Arabic speakers use mobile apps? [Infographic]

Last time we checked in, Khaled Swilat’s startup App Mahal, a search engine for Arabic apps, had 40,000 downloads, 39,000 of...

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Global

8 essential skills for growing your team [Infographic]

Do you need to expand your team but don't know how to start? According to data extracted from LinkedIn, the best recruitment managers are a...

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Why does Richard Branson think business opportunities are like buses? [Infographic]

It’s sometimes considered a sign of instability when a person moves from one job to another in many different industries, but some...

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15 funny a-ha! moments from successful entrepreneurs [Infographic]

It only takes a second, a sudden impulse, to realize that you actually have an idea. This moment usually comes after individual research,...

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15 MENA incubators to help nurse your company

More and more governmental entities, corporations, and individuals believe in the potential of entrepreneurship to improve economies in...

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Palestine

How these two Arab startups are joining forces to support #Gaza

More and more individual and collective initiatives are being launched every day across the Arab region – and the whole world for that m...

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E-commerce will account for 8% of Saudi retail by 2015 [Infographic]

Design company Pixheart recently published an infographic about e-commerce in the Saudi market, with information about how the current st...

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Startupization: the risk, the cost, and the rewards [Infographic]

“Our mission is to inspire everyone from engineers to moms to do a startup.” This is how Anna Vital starts her blog featuring an inf...

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4 of your worst startup fears, and how to overcome them [Infographic]

Do you think you have a good idea for a business? Are you getting ready to start building it but have some hesitation haunting you? In her...

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World Bank wants to help Lebanese and Tunisian diasporas give back

As part of a new project, Integrating the Middle East and North Africa (i-MENA) aiming to foster MENA global integration, the World Bank...

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The startup marathon: how to endure to the finish line [Infographic]

Building a startup is like a marathon, and endurance is key. In the infographic below, Anna Vital goes through some of the main worries...

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4 ways to engage your Twitter audience this Ramadan

It’s that time of year again: Ramadan. During this period, many online startups look back to their last year’s analytics to try to make the ...

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Moroccan private fund offers alternative to government funding

It is not unusual to hear Moroccan entrepreneurs complain about the lack of funds available for investment in their country, as well as...

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What is the next step for improving funding conditions for MENA entrepreneurs?

Though the investment scene for MENA’s entrepreneurs is evolving, large gaps remain. In the 2013-2014 World Economic Forum Global C...

What you should know about Amman's tech sector [Infographic]

According to a recent infographic, Amman is growing to become the regional technology capital for startups. The data featured shows that in...

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Can this Saudi initiative become the Wikipedia of Arabic infographics?

In light of many recent attempts to enhance online Arabic content, three Saudi entrepreneurs have launched Arinfographic.net to archive...

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Saudi Arabia

What are users in the Arab world watching on YouTube? [Infographic]

YouTube’s potential for regional startups is clear: Saudi Arabia alone accounts for 190 million YouTube views a day, and other...

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