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Jordan

This is how Jamalon brought print-on-demand to the MENA

Ala Alsallal was still a university student when he perceived a need for high-quality published content in the Arab world. While he was...

Jordan Jamalon e-books

Egypt

When online groceries delivery reaches new edges in Egypt

Segway and similar transportation options for delivering groceries are increasingly being used in countries such as the US, where one in 10...

Egypt goodsmart Fakahany

Saudi Arabia

This is how 3 Saudi female students launched a mobile repair company

Fixing electronic devices such as phones and laptops is a field dominated by men, especially in the Arab world. However, a group of young...

Saudi Arabia Fixtag Mobile

Kuwait

How do you price your product

This article is a crosspost from Nuwait. The price of a product can either make it popular or undesired. When pricing, there are a...

Pricing kuwait Product valuation

Global

What I know about losing the label and defining myself: Genny Ghanimeh

Looking at Genny Ghanimeh’s resume, one might think she hasn’t slept a day in the past 15 years, but yet she’s full of...

Genny Ghanimeh What I Know Tips

Regional

Battle of the finances: venture capital vs. private equity

If a business is searching for a source of external funding, it can turn to various sources. Some of these sources may be vastly different,...

Venture Capital private equity Funding models

Global

Startup Watch: Message from the Pharaohs, zombie startups, and indoor farming

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 Coworking Spaces VC

Algeria

How this Algerian entrepreneur is recycling plastic waste

Unemployment rate in Algeria increased to 10.5 percent, reaches almost 27 percent of the youth, and 20 percent of women, according to...

algeria waste trash

Global

Hey you, is there anybody out there listening [Part 2]

In the first part of this series, we looked at the business of online music in the Middle East. In this part, we will focus on the struggle...

Online music Crowdfunding zoomaal

Regional

Middle Eastern environmental startups get on the right side of the green line

In recent years, the tech sector around the world has come to recognize the importance, the urgent necessity even, of going green. The...

Sustainability Cleantech green

Palestine

This is how Dawsat is reinventing the Middle Eastern diet

Mas Watad graduated from Al-Quds University as a nutrition specialist in 2003 and decided that, rather than simply raising people’s...

palestine Dawsat healthy food

Saudi Arabia

This Saudi platform encourages loyalty with coupons

After working in human resources in a big corporation in Saudi Arabia, then in the marketing field, Rayan Saleh noticed a lack of employees...

Kuwait

5 startups that dug their paths from university hallways

This article is a crosspost from Nuwait. Kuwait has one of the fastest growing business communities in the region, especially in the...

kuwait Baims Waterworks

Regional

What I know about building ecosystems in emerging countries: Linda Rottenberg

It only took Linda Rottenberg a brief conversation with a taxi driver in Buenos Aires to launch Endeavor. Initially an engineer, this...

What I Know Endeavor Linda Rottenberg

Global

Startup Watch: Facebook TV, gone with the wind, and crowdfunding in the UAE

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 Facebook TV Google Play Store

Saudi Arabia

How Badir is accelerating entrepreneurship in the KSA

Over the past decade, Saudi Arabia’s entrepreneurial ecosystem has come a long way. One of the main players in nurturing and...

Badir ksa

Regional

New startups on the block: August

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

Startup List startups ecommerce

U.A.E

When an investment expert gets on board

Careem, the leading ride-hailing service in the Middle East and North Africa, announced today the appointment of Zach Finkelstein as vice...

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Kuwait

Young and hungry, Nu8.3 audience promises new opportunities

“You don’t necessarily have to be a founder [to gain experience],” said Abdullah Hamad Al-Jouan, the chairman of The...

Nu8.3 The National Fund for SME Development Networking

Saudi Arabia

New event in Saudi Arabia to help entrepreneurs develop their ideas

“Right before pitching my idea and going up on stage, I was doubting myself. But, I learned to believe in myself more. I also learned...

Saudi Arabia ksa Techpreneurship Sprint

Lebanon

Lebanese social startups develop solutions that ‘Makesense’

Senselab, a three-week bootcamp powered by Makesense Lebanon, gathered various Lebanese ventures aiming at designing, testing, improving...

Makesense Fabricaid Kharzaya

Turkey

What I know about building a living lab: Ersin Pamuksüzer

Aside from R&D centers and fablabs, open spaces to test, research, and apply new technological products or services are distressingly...

Living Labs What I Know

Lebanon

Sixth edition of Mix N’ Mentor Beirut coming on September 8

There is a reason why Beirut is talked about so much in the startup world. While the city may not be as big as Cairo or Amman or as...

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Kuwait

How to manage and retain your best talent

This article is a crosspost from Nuwait. The debate over the best practices to retain and motivate employees is a never-ending...

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