U.A.E Careem v Uber: the local kid is winning Careem’s flexibility in dealing with governments may give it the edge it needs over Uber and upstarts such as Egypt’s... Rachel Williamson • 06 October, 2016 careem Uber Ousta
Regional Digital Arabic content: A massive opportunity to capitalize on [Wamda TV] In 2015, the population of the Arab world reached 375 million, of which 41.5 percent use the internet. Digital Arabic content stands at 3... Abdulghani Kataya • 20 September, 2016 Arabic Content Mix n Mentor Mix n Mentor Beirut
U.A.E Mumzworld launches Arabic app Parenting ecommerce site Mumzworld has launched an Arabic app, a move they say is a first in the Middle East. The app includes more than... Rachel Williamson • 04 September, 2016 Mumzworld ecommerce
Palestine 5 steps to ecommerce success in Gaza It took five years for a small team of professional coders in Gaza to launch their own ecommerce solution Loqta, after noticing how much... Rafat Abushaban • 07 August, 2016 Loqta Gaza ecommerce
Egypt Cairo Sitters signs Kamelizer as angel investor Cairo Sitters has announced an investment from Egyptian angel fund Kamelizer at the Berlin Tech Open Air Conference today. CEO Hossam... Rachel Williamson • 13 July, 2016 Cairo Sitters Orcas Kamelizer
U.A.E 500 Startups invests in UAE gifting marketplace UAE-based gift-giving platform Joi has recieved investment from 500 Startups. With this first round founders Ritesh Tilani and... Natasha D'Souza • 05 July, 2016 500 startups joi gifts Investment
Egypt Ramadan a flash point for Egypt food startups Egyptians’ food spending over Ramadan hit an average of 35 billion Egyptian pounds (US$3.5 billion), or about 15 percent of their... Eman Mostafa • 03 July, 2016 Agrimatic Akla Baity Yumamia
Kuwait Noor Al Qatami: one 2016's most powerful Arab women This is an edited crosspost from Nuwait. Kuwaiti Noor Al-Qatami was chosen as one of the 100 most powerful Arab women in... Ana Tadic • 07 July, 2016 Noor Al Qatami Saveco kuwait
Egypt How the Arab Spring planted seeds of innovation in Egypt [Podcast] This podcast is a crosspost with Knowledge@Wharton. The 2011 uprising in Egypt that saw the overthrow of longtime President Hosni... Knowledge @Wharton • 27 June, 2016 philanthropy Ahead of the Curve Egypt
Egypt Is Ousta Egypt's fastest growing startup ever? [Q&A] [Update July 27: five months after launching Ousta is negotiating a $5.6 million investment round.] Ride hailing app... Radwa Rashad • 29 June, 2016 ride hailing Ousta careem
Egypt 15 Egyptian fashion startups for your sartorial radar Ecommerce is a driving force for economic growth in the Middle East. And with this growth of ecommerce has come a slew of ... Maysaa Ajjan • 13 June, 2016 Maison Saedi ZAAM UpFuse
Egypt Cairo delivery sector heats up as Goodsmart seeks expansion Opening the fridge after a long day at work and realizing someone has taken the last cold drink, or coming home to find you’ve... Sara Aggour • 23 May, 2016 Awfar Markets Knock Mart Egypt
Regional From e-shop to doorstep: finding the right fulfillment model Marketplaces have the choice between different types of fulfillment models (Image via F1online) The success of an ecommerce B2C platform... Aline Mayard • 18 May, 2016 fulfillment Hmall Jumia
Egypt What do Egyptian shoppers want? [Infographic] Egypt: MENA's largest market by far. (Image via Wamda) This is a crosspost with Yaoota Magazine. Egyptian shoppers are a... Rachel Williamson • 22 May, 2016 State of Payments 2016 yaoota Payfort
Egypt Dead but not gone: El Wafeyat brings funerals online Death notices are yet another area where online businesses are chewing into newspaper profit models. (Images via El Wafeyat) El Wafeyat... Eduard Cousin • 17 May, 2016 onine obituaries elwafeyat Egypt
Egypt FilKhedma puts tradesmen at your fingertips Omar Ramadan in his still-spartan new digs in New Cairo. (Images via Filkhedma) Home maintenance service Filkhedma has just moved into a... Eduard Cousin • 15 May, 2016 home maintenance Taskty Omar Ramadan
Regional Ecommerce driving Middle East digital economy: Payfort Ecommerce is the furnace driving growth in the Middle East’s online economy but local online airline bookings are by far the highest... Rachel Williamson • 15 May, 2016 State of Payments 2016 Payfort Entertainment
Yemen Making ecommerce work in Yemen Startups can arise in the oddest of places. (Images via Rachel Williamson) When Wamda was contacted in January by Adeeb Qasem, of... Rachel Williamson • 17 May, 2016 Tamween Internet Society Yemen
Saudi Arabia KSA e-store caters to electronics hobbyists A Hobby District circuit. (Images via Hobby District) Amateur circuit designers have surged into the electronics manufacturing sector... Ahmed Gabr • 12 May, 2016 Massimo Banzi HobbyDistrict MEMakersGE
Saudi Arabia Et3arraf brings traditional Saudi courting online Et3arraf is a meeting of the ways: old evolving into the new. (Image via Et3arraf) Hundreds of years ago in the Arabian Desert,... Brooke Anderson • 27 April, 2016 Matchmaking love Et3arraf
Global Top 7 takeaways from Amazon's shareholder letter Amazon is one of the world's biggest companies, and as of last year its biggest retailer. (Image via EPA) Amazon has faced down... Rachel Williamson • 10 April, 2016 Jeff Bezos Amazon Tips
Kuwait Meet the women ‘Instapreneurs’ of Kuwait Her Highness Hind Al-Sabeeh during her opening speech. (Images via Reine Farhat) This article is a crosspost with Nuwait. It would... Reine Farhat • 11 April, 2016 twentytwo Injaz Kuwait Khaleejesque
Regional Online payment products are imperfect, but consumers can protect themselves This could be one way to prevent credit card fraud, not exactly practical though. (Image via kupunawiki.com) The marriage of credit... Maarid Fazili • 21 March, 2016 ecommernce Online payments Payfort
Kuwait Talabat cofounders acquire Q8flowers.com for $3M Cofounders of Talabat.com has accquired florist delivery site Q8flowers.com for one million Kuwaiti dinar (US$3 million). The deal,... Lucy Knight • 18 March, 2016 Q8flowers talabat acquisition