Wamda

Regional

New startups on the block: May

Startups are launching faster than we can write about them, so here’s our list of raw newbies to...

U.A.E

Halla Walla, on a mission to represent Arab culture through emojis

It took two months of intense research for Yasmin Rasool and Eriko Varkey to bring the stories of Shaikha, Lula, Waleed and Ahmed to life....

Arabic digital content Emojis halla walla

Kuwait

Instagram, an attractive choice for merchants

This article is a crosspost with Nuwait. In Kuwait, Instagram is an attractive choice for entrepreneurs trying to promote a product or...

instagram kuwait Nuwait

Saudi Arabia

Gorfah and the seven business models

What do you do when you don’t know which business model suits you? This is what Gorfah faced, a Saudi startup working in an $8...

Saudi Arabia ksa Gorfah

U.A.E

What I know about starting up in Dubai: Will Hutson

Originally from Florida, Will Hutson was first introduced to the Middle East while working on one of Disney’s initial global social...

What I Know LMTD will hutson

Saudi Arabia

A journey to the cloud, Arabsea

Being able to keep up with the latest technologies is a good advantage for a company but not easy. Launched in Saudi Arabia in 1980,...

Arabsea SMACC Cloud

U.A.E

Cybersecurity in UAE: more education, less speculation

According to a promotional video for the inaugural OPCDE (Operational Code) conference, 75 percent of all legitimate websites have...

uae cyber security Comae Technologies

U.A.E

A ‘Qall Out’ to debaters fed up with social media

“Going live is a big shift in how we communicate, and it's going to create new opportunities for people to come together,”...

Qall Out Munathara debates

Regional

5 steps to startup video stardom [Opinion]

I see everyday how online video can be an efficient and effective way for entrepreneurs and small businesses to develop their brand and...

YouTube Vidéo Online video

Global

Startup Watch: Facebook live broadcast boo boos, being ‘human’ and the world’s largest incubator

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...

Facebook AI libya

Regional

Where does MENA really do business? [Infographic]

Even as entrepreneurs look to the Gulf to expand their sales, they look to the Levant to expand their back office operations. Wamda...

Wamda Research Lab WRL backoffice

Regional

5 AI advertising startups to watch

This edited article was originally published on Centric. Using AI in marketing has been the new kid on the street for some time. With...

Artificial intelligence Marketing Advertising

Regional

4 startups that are changing Maghreb healthcare

A woman fainting at a railway station in Morocco, while waiting for the train that would take her three hours away for dialysis treatment,...

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Saudi Arabia

How Saudi entrepreneurs are trying to change their country #MixNMentor

“We think the future is Saudi Arabia in the region." This is how Walid Faza, partner at Wamda Capital, opened...

Saudi Arabia Mix N Mentor Riyadh

Regional

Online talent platforms: labor market connectors for the digital era in the GCC

Youth unemployment is one of the Middle East’s biggest challenges. Even as unemployment remains high and people are unable to land...

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Global

What I know about the science of remote sensing: Charles Elachi

Charles Elachi can call it a day. He was previously director of the Nasa Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) during its mission to Mars –...

What I Know Space sensors

Kuwait

Accelerating entrepreneurship in Kuwait: small yet steady steps

This article is a crosspost from Nuwait. Although entrepreneurial ecosystems are not created overnight, Kuwait is on its way to...

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Egypt

Car app fight club in Egypt

The market for tech-enabled transport in Egypt is tight: 13 companies are offering some kind of online ride hailing product. All of...

Transport Logistics taxi hailing app

Global

Facebook’s AR future is excitingly scary

Facebook’s focus on augmented reality (AR) hints at a future that’s exciting, but also a little scary. During his...

Facebook Augmented Reality virtual reality

Libya

Libyan entrepreneurship in the time of war [Opinion]

Recently, I was shyly approached by two young ICT engineers, Faisal and Omar, with an innovative startup idea: a pair of motion...

Tatweer Research BYTE HEXA

Global

Startup Watch: startup civil wars, rich Arabs, and Egypt's illicit entrepreneurs

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...

Startup Watch investors fake news

Lebanon

Arab women designers: not just fashion

The recent boom in Muslim modest fashion has brought Arab women designers onto the spotlight. The fashion field, however, is only the...

Design designers women founders

Egypt

Fustany's secret Egyptian fashion sauce

The power of a female-led community is highly under-estimated, says Fustany founder Amira Azzouz. “Women have a power of...

fustany Fashion Media

Tunisia

How Expensya built a business on partnerships

Expensya founder Karim Jouini said his success came down to good partnerships. “The number one reason to have partners...

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