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Saudi Arabia

Saudi cloud-based POS startup Foodics closed a $4M funding round

Saudi Arabia's Foodics has closed a SAR 15 million ($4 million) investment round, led by Raed Ventures and Riyad Taqnia Fund (RTF) with...

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Saudi Arabia

Saudi Aramco licenses NOMADD to create waterless cleaning systems

Saudi Aramco entered into a technology licensing agreement with NOMADD Desert Solar Solutions, the Saudi-based startup that commercializes...

Aramco Solar panels NOMADD

Saudi Arabia

Saudi’s crowdshipping platform wants to be in everyone’s luggage

Saudi Entrepreneur Khaled Sehly was a pharmacist before he quit his job to become an entrepreneur. In March 2017, Sehly launched...

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Saudi Arabia

What I know about ecommerce in Saudi Arabia: Mazen AlDarrab

Saudi Arabia is one of the most promising ecommerce markets in the Arab region, despite the challenges that face the sector in the...

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Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia hosts GE’s first Predix-powered hackathon in the region

General Electric (GE) hosted its first Industrial Internet of Things hackathon, powered by Predix, using big data to improve healthcare in...

MEMakersGE Predix hackathon

Saudi Arabia

This Saudi entrepreneur wants to bring you the Serviis you need

According to data released in the WRL report, supporting organizations in the Kingdom, such as funds, coworking spaces, accelerators and...

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Saudi Arabia

The lifecycle of an app: From an idea to a successful business [slideshow]

Daily app downloads have reached 50 million globally, out of which 95 percent get deleted within a month, according to the Digital...

Digital Leadership in Mobile Apps Innosoft Alsharqia Chamber

Saudi Arabia

A Saudi teaching platform attracts a million students

One year following the failure of an ecommerce platform they had launched due to the lack of market readiness, Saudi entrepreneurs Mohammed...

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Saudi Arabia

Endeavor Revive Sharqiya

Endeavor Saudi Arabia, in collaboration with Global shaper community, will be running their monthly event ‘Revive’ on August 19...

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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

Bahrain

Seedstars GCC

Seedstars World is on a mission to identify the best seed-stage entrepreneurs and provide them with an opportunity to win up to USD 1...

GCC Gulf seedstars

Saudi Arabia

BIBAN 2017 SME Forum

The BIBAN 2017 SME Forum is a 4 day conference which will provide practical insights and delve deeper into how SMEs in Saudi Arabia can...

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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...

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...

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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...

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Saudi Arabia

This is what this Saudi VC firm seeks in an entrepreneur

Though Saudi Arabia is rich in financial resources, startups there often find it difficult to access to funding especially in early stages....

ksa Saudi Arabia Inspire Ventures

Regional

Sports news are the most published on the region’s e-newspapers

Arabic news portals are increasingly relying on digital marketing channels, now that people refer to these portals for news. Social...

Digital Media Index news portals Newspapers

Saudi Arabia

Becoming an employee in the company you founded: Esimsar

Following the acquisition of Saudi Esimsar by Propertyfinder in 2014, its founder Tarek Zeitoun chose to continue working in his company as...

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Saudi Arabia

How this Saudi female entrepreneur is driving forth book culture

The average Arab citizen reads approximately 35 hours and 17 books every year. Research showed that on average, an Arab reads 11 books in...

Saudi Arabia Dhad Manar Saud Alomayri

Saudi Arabia

Vision 2030: SME Opportunities in KSA and MENA

"Vision 2030: Small and Medium Enterprises Opportunities in KSA and MENA" will be taking place on July 11 at 500 Startups in San...

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Bahrain

Tackling the region’s growing problem, diabetes

For years, Hussain Albar watched his mother suffer from diabetes. Each day, she would prick herself several times in order to log in a...

Healthcare Diabetes uae

Saudi Arabia

What I know about developing games as a freelancer: Tariq Mokhtar

Tariq Mokhtar, a Saudi freelance developer, started learning game developing through Unity, a platform he used to design his own project....

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Saudi Arabia

Saudi entrepreneur launches new servicing platform

The increasing impact of digital content on people’s daily lives, is driving more regional entrepreneurs to launch Arabic platforms....

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Saudi Arabia

Wamda reveals insights about the Saudi entrepreneurial ecosystem

“Cloning ecosystems might not necessarily work, and might not be sustainable given the different characteristics of each country....

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