U.A.E Personal finance app Wally launches on Android, aimed squarely at UAE A year after its initial launch at Arabnet Beirut, personal finance application Wally is now rolling out Wally+, a... Abdulghani Kataya • 12 November, 2014 wally finance Mobile
Regional How to develop competitive strategy The Wamda Research Lab’s new report on investment activity in the MENA region highlights several alarming data points. The finding that i... Ahmed Moor • 09 November, 2014 strategy
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... Rachel Williamson • 29 October, 2014 yaoota kickin Egypt
U.A.E Astrolabs launches pilot course for its Academy The Dubai-based entrepreneurship platform Astrolabs is set to launch one of its latest components, the Astrolabs Academy, which will... Hayden Pirkle • 23 October, 2014 academy uae Dubai
Regional Dubai's listings site Melltoo on the hunt for investors The world of classified ads has moved a long way from one having to trawl through the back sections of local newspapers looking for... Alexander Hawkes • 28 September, 2014 listings meltoo uae
U.A.E Could AbsoluteGeeks.com be the region’s next big tech site? What do you get if you combine three Dubai-based technology lovers, a firm friendship, and the omnipresent World Wide Web? As it turns... Natasha D'Souza • 22 September, 2014 absolutegeeks.com
Jordan Jordan's Beladcom sold a virtual stable for $2,200. What does this mean for Arab gaming? How much would you pay for a virtual stable on a distant planet in a virtual universe? Whatever the number in your head, it’s likely less t... Hayden Pirkle • 23 September, 2014 planet toulan beladcom Gaming
Audio news for the blind with new Saudi app Despite finding it hard to keep up with rapid developments in the world of technology, Hamza Abbasi, 21, has found success with the launch... khaled sleiman • 15 September, 2014 saudi Saudi Arabia
How 5 teenagers built one of Algeria's biggest websites The story of Algeria’s eighth most visited website started eight years ago when police showed up to shut down a suburban street market. F... Aline Mayard • 10 September, 2014 Ouedkniss algeria classified
AstroLabs+Google announce plans for Dubai coworking space At San Francisco’s TechCrunch Disrupt conference this week, the entrepreneurship platform AstroLabs announced their collaboration ... Lucy Knight • 11 September, 2014 tech communities MENA Dubai
Telr and Innovate Payments merge to boost e-commerce in global emerging markets Telr, the payment gateway for emerging markets based between Dubai and Singapore, has announced that it will merge with Innovate Payments,... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 08 September, 2014 innovate payments Telr Payment Gateways
Diaspora key to making Lebanon more business friendly, says Nokia's Ramzi Haidamus In the early 1980s, at the age of 17, Ramzi Haidamus migrated from his war-ravaged home of Lebanon, leaving his family behind.... Anwar Aridi • 07 September, 2014 dolby ramzi haidamus world bank
Starting up, getting acquired, and shutting down: GoNabit co-founder's advice on the entrepreneurial journey In a startup ecosystem as young as the Arab region’s, there are only a few founders that have completed the full entrepreneurship cycle, f... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 03 September, 2014 livingsocial gonabit
WebTeb goes mobile with Arabic language app Leading Arabic health and lifestyle portal Webteb has announced the launch of its mobile WebTeb App, the first of its kind in... khaled sleiman • 18 August, 2014 webteb Health
Next 10 years is key for MENA's long-term sustainability, says Badr Jafar Badr Jafar speaking at UN Headquarters in New York. Working in the entrepreneurship sector you hear optimism all the time – especially in t... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 17 August, 2014 sharjah pearl initiative badr jafar
Lebanon PinPay leads mobile payments trend in Lebanon Mobile phones in emerging markets are still widely used for texting, making phone calls, taking pictures, reading news, and using... Reine Farhat • 14 August, 2014 m-pesa pinpay Beirut Digital District
Aramex launches logistics support network for regional entrepreneurs Aramex and Infofort are launching a new program that focuses on helping startups and SMEs across their network. Aramex and Infofort ... Wamda • 13 August, 2014 aramex Support Organizations
Jordan Tamatem Games' secret to 2 million downloads in 2 months Amman-based games publisher Tamatem announced last week that they had hit 4 million downloads. When Wamda spoke to them this week that... Lucy Knight • 12 August, 2014 tamatem Jordan Gaming
Entrepreneurship isn't free - here's why This article has been cross-posted with Quartz. There is good news and bad news about entrepreneurship. The good news is that there is... Daniel Isenberg • 05 August, 2014 money entrepreneurship Funding
Beirut coworking space AltCity is finding its path In a quiet moment, AltCity's work friendly cafe. (Image via Facebook) Stepping into the spacious offices of AltCity on Beirut’s b... Lucy Knight • 05 August, 2014 Altcity lebanon Accelerators
Easy Taxi secures $40m in Series D funding, eyes regional expansion Easy Taxi, a Brazilian taxi calling app backed by Rocket Internet, has announced a Series D fundraising round of $40 million USD, led by... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 03 August, 2014 share economy easy taxi careem
Istikana vying against fierce competition to be the Netflix for the region Televisions have been in widespread use in many countries for over fifty years; surprisingly, though, TV viewing habits largely haven’t c... Alexander Hawkes • 27 July, 2014 istikana netflix uae
Can adapted Google algorithm get MENA customers to shop online? According to experts, e-commerce is the fastest growing sector in the Gulf. For the UAE in particular, they expect its value to reach... Eman Mostafa • 31 July, 2014 uae Expansion Egypt
How this startup is taking on the region's $15 billion cosmetics market While Faisal Hakki was working at the Jordanian VC firm Accelerator Technology Holdings, where he screened, evaluated, and helped... Hayden Pirkle • 20 July, 2014 same day delivery kohlah beauty products