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Wild Peeta Goes Lean, Launching Crowdfunded Franchises and a New TV Show

Dubai is not known for being lean. “Because the Gulf is such a new region, everything is geared towards big imported brands,” says Mohamed P...

Scaling Entertainment Food & Beverage

Reviving a Dying Brand: Indonesia's Yupi Indo Jelly Gum [Case Study]

This is the third installment of a new series on Wamda featuring companies in emerging markets around the world. Founded in Indonesia in...

Aureos Expansion Food & Beverage

Recap: The 4 Companies That Received Series A Investment from MEVP

Beirut-based venture capital firm MEVP (Middle East Venture Partners) is on fire. After announcing 5 investments in March, they have ...

Fashion Food & Beverage Investment

Can Coffeehouses Boost Creativity in the Arab World?

Since their inception in Istanbul in the 16th century, coffeehouses have been centers of free-wheeling and off-hand discussions, venues...

Food & Beverage

Entrepreneur of the Week: Melih Odemis of Yemeksepeti [Wamda TV]

This week's Entrepreneur of the Week is Melih Odemis, co-founder of Yemeksepeti, an online food ordering and delivery service that also ...

Endeavor Entrepreneur of the Week Food & Beverage

Meet the Bahraini Woman Serial Entrepreneur Who Runs Two Companies at Once

After a career working in corporate and government worlds, Doa'a Essa Abdul Wahab had decided 2010 would be the year she started her first...

Food & Beverage

Jordan

Reserving a Seat at the Table: Bashar Saleh of ReserveOut [Wamda TV]

Bashar Saleh, co-founder of ReserveOut.com, discusses how his company provides restaurant owners with an online web portal to facilitate...

f&b restaurants ReserveOut

Wamdat Inspire Talk: Melih Odemis of Food-Ordering Site Yemeksepeti [Wamda TV]

Melih Odemis, co-Founder of Yemeksepeti, discusses how he and his co-founders initially were inspired to be entrepreneurs at our June...

CoE E-Commerce Conferences E-commerce

Weekly Wrap-Up: September 30 - October 04

This week, we've highlighted a number of startups that keep on setting the bar higher for themselves. What drives you to go further? Pic of ...

Acquisitions Animation Competitions

Feeding Demand for Local, Organic Produce in the Arab World: Dubai's Ripe

It isn’t easy being green – especially when you’re in a desert. The UAE is fertile ground for local businesses, but when Becky Balderstone s...

Food & Beverage

Yemeksepeti to Enter MENA Region After $44M Investment from General Atlantic

As Webrazzi reported today, Yemeksepeti, a leading Turkish food ordering site, has announced a US $44 million round of funding from New...

Food & Beverage Investment

10 Tasty Food & Beverage Startups In The Arab World

Today we look at some of MENA’s most delicious and inspired food startups. From falafel to cupcakes, watermelon to shawarma, these tasty n...

Food & Beverage

Weekly Wrap-Up: September 09-13

The season of entrepreneurship events is just around the corner, so make sure you catch up on the latest news, and check out what...

Crowdfunding Food & Beverage Health

RoundMenu Announces $730K Round of Funding to Expand into New Markets

After launching just over a month ago, RoundMenu has closed its first round of investment, for US $730,000, led by HoneyBee Tech Ventures,...

Food & Beverage Mobile Apps Technology

Lebanese Recipe Sites Localize for Ramadan

To cater to cooks during Ramadan, two Arabic recipe sites have recently taken steps to make content their content more local and...

Food & Beverage Trends

Finding a Recipe for Success During a Revolution: Egypt's NOLA Cupcakes

Laila Sedky has achieved a lot so far for a 25-year old. By founding NOLA cupcakes just before the Egyptian revolution, she’s managed t...

Food & Beverage

Moroccan Startup LaCartePlz Debuts Online Food Ordering in Rabat

Among the things I love most about my job are the innovation and creativity, but also contact and interaction with people like real...

Food & Beverage

The Journey of a Food & Beverage Entrepreneur in Amman

Nickolas Neibauer's friendliness at Caffé Strada seemed out of place at first in Amman. With his warm toothy smile, and American accent, I ...

Food & Beverage

Sneak Peek of Upcoming Restaurant Discount Site RoundMenu

We received word today that a new site has soft launched to offer discounts exclusively for restaurants in Dubai: RoundMenu. As daily deals...

Food & Beverage

Entrepreneur of the Week: Saudi Entrepreneur Deem Al-Bassam Pivots from Failure into Success [Wamda TV]

[This video is no longer available.] Saudi entrepreneur Deem Al-Bassam speaks to Wamda from her residence in Dubai, describing what went...

Failure Entrepreneur of the Week Food & Beverage

Beirutna: A Platform To Locate, Socialize and Share Favorite Places In Lebanon

A couple of years ago, four young Lebanese became frustrated enough by the lack of restaurant guides in Beirut that they spent a month...

Food & Beverage Mobile Apps

New Collective Workspace MAKE Launches in Dubai

Leith Mathews came to Dubai in 2007 to work in the emirate’s booming food & beverage industry. Having a genuine passion for the i...

Food & Beverage Startup Communities Coworking Spaces

Turkey

The long hard road that earned $589 million

A happy Nevzat Aydin in his Istanbul offices. (Image via Yemeksepeti) When Nevzat Aydin told his parents that he was returning to Turkey...

mergers & acquisitions online food delivery yemeksepeti

Scaling an online reviews platform in Saudi Arabia [Wamda TV]

We met up with Jihad Alammar, the founder of Qaym, at Mix N’ Mentor Riyadh to discuss how his restaurant review site is scaling in Saudi Ar...

Reviews Mix n Mentor Mobile

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