Wamda

Regional

Synthesis and community: how MENA Game participants plan to boost the gaming industry

The MENA region is one of the fastest growing gaming markets in the world - for game developers - and is expected to reach $3.2 billion in...

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Egypt

Jumia Egypt has two new CEOs, here's what one has to say

Egypt is a major market for Jumia, Rocket Internet’s market place in Africa and they’re betting big on it. In December, they hired not jus...

Q&A Jumia

Global

Fadi Bishara on what will attract the VC from Silicon Valley [Wamda TV]

Catching up with Fadi Bishara at the recent ArabNet conference in Beirut Wamda got a chance to chat with him about his thoughts on the VC...

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Regional

Facebook launches Blueprint for startups; and main announcements from #F8

In one of its biggest conferences so far, Facebook revealed this week a slew of services, products, and features tailored to almost all...

F8 blueprint Facebook

U.A.E

Can small payments lead to big business?

This article is a crosspost with the Payfort blog. There was a time when the motto of the internet was “information wants to be free." But ...

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U.A.E

From boardroom to baby room: how Mona Ataya is building the UAE's one-stop shop for mothers

Mona Ataya is proving to be one of the UAE’s most prominent female entrepreneurs. The cofounder of Bayt.com, arguably the most successful o...

Mumzworld

Maghreb

Why crowdfunding isn't easy in North Africa

Following the success of Kickstarter.com and IndieGoGo.com, crowdfunding platforms around the world have taken off. There is big...

Smala & Co Jumpstart Africa zoomaal

Saudi Arabia

Saudi’s Rwaq team hope to create community of educators

This article has been crossposted from Firnas.org We are so close to an awakening in the Arab world. In the past three years there has been...

Maharah Rwaq ksa

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...

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...

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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...

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...

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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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...

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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...

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,...

women entrepreneurs lebanon Advice

Syria

Syrian social enterprise takes center stage at Jusoor competition

Any questions about what drives Syria’s entrepreneurs were answered at the recently concluded Jusoor Entrepreneurship Competition in Los A...

Egypt

Fadi Ghandour: entrepreneurship is a tool for social inclusion

Middle East governments and private sectors must both take action to increase social inclusion in the region if they want to build...

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