Saudi Arabia Uturn's edgy Youtube hits get $10M investment The Uturn team. (Images via Uturn) In November 2015, Uturn Entertainment landed a $10 million investment from Beirut-based VC... Sara Aggour • 03 February, 2016 Uturn Saudi Arabia YouTube
Turkey 500 Startups launches $15M Turkey fund VC cash is shining on Istanbul's startups. (Image via Mybeautifuladventures.com) 500 Startups has launched a $15 million investment fund... Antoine Abou-Diwan • 22 October, 2015 erhan erdogan Webrazzi Summit yemeksepeti
Iran Pioneering PR in Iran: startup links SMEs to media Digital companies in Iran are flourishing, carving out a space in the local market in spite of the restrictions on foreign trade and... Federico Guerrini • 20 October, 2015 Akhbar Rasmi PR Newswire iran
Saudi Arabia How this Saudi app developer is nurturing talent [Update]: Ibtikar released a new trivia game called HEXA, with tens of thousands of questions in more than 15 different fields... Ahmed Gabr • 13 October, 2015
Regional Does your business really need an Arabic Top Level Domain? It’s now possible to buy domain names in non-roman letters including Chinese, Arabic and Russian, following a major expansion in the kinds o... Abdulghani Kataya • 29 September, 2015 TLD top level domains
Regional Three killer strategies to engage your inactive app users [Opinion] Keeping your app users engaged is an art and a science. (Image via eventasticme.com) Through my work with AppsGuru I've seen... Faisal Al Bitar • 17 September, 2015 retention churn rate Faisal Al Bitar
Regional A day in the life of a Facebook programmer Facebook is one of the world’s most successful startups and - as for many tech startups - programmers are the bedrock of its... Ayman Farhat - Mohamad Sleiman Haidar • 13 September, 2015 International Programmer's Day Programmer's Day Facebook
Regional Technology is taking over the world (and the Middle East) This is a crosspost with Boostmena. Google was founded in 1998 and Facebook was founded in 2004. Fifteen years ago, businesses had no way... Amir Farha • 23 August, 2015 Smart Devices smartphones Technology
Maghreb Nurture your network, PR tips for startups Entrepreneurs had a workshop in an intimate setting. (Images via Kaymu) When and how does one communicate the launch of a new project?... Sara Kadaoui • 30 June, 2015 Kaymu startupyourlife Casablanca
Regional Programmatic marketing, what is it and why entrepreneurs need it There is no doubt that marketing and advertising is now an essential part of any entrepreneur's business strategy. Even if the funding a... Pamela Kesrouani • 02 July, 2015 Artificial intelligence Rocket Fuel EMEA Dominic Trigg
Regional How international SEO is different, and how to do it right Effective search engine optimization requires close attention to details. Any digital marketer or SEO (search engine optimization)... Wissam Dandan • 19 May, 2015 Search Engine optimization Wissam Dandan SEO
Maghreb More work, less stress: inside the Blue House, Morocco's residence for startups Surf tourism has grown in popularity over the years, and Morocco’s little village of Taghazout, north of Agadir, has not escaped... Stephanie Nour Prince • 21 April, 2015 remote working the Blue House morocco
Global Facebook adds free peer-to-peer payments in Messenger This article is a crosspost with the Payfort blog. If you’re like most people, you know settling debts or splitting bills between f... Faisal Al Khalidi • 03 May, 2015
Regional 'They're not there yet but they will be soon': Ubisoft analyst on MENA gaming [Wamda TV] No matter how you slice it, the gaming industry in the Middle East lags behind European, Asian, and American markets when you look at... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 12 April, 2015 mena games conference beirut mena games conference teut weidemann
Lebanon How a Lebanese ecommerce pioneer carved his niche The hype surrounding entrepreneurs and tech companies has breathed new life into the myth that startups are staffed by college dropouts in... Stephanie Nour Prince • 31 March, 2015 Karim Saikali lebanon E-commerce
Regional How big is social media in MENA? [Reports] Arabic online content is still scarce in the Middle East but social media users are making up for the shortfall, two new reports have... Eman Mostafa • 14 May, 2015 Social Media Digital Media Science DMS
Saudi Arabia Saudis love of Twitter, an online marketers dream This article has been cross-posted from Firnas.org Twitter is one of the most popular social networks in Saudi Arabia. While for some it is... Ryan Adil • 25 January, 2015 twitter Hype Saudi Arabia
Global Facebook’s Jonathan Labin on how entrepreneurs can stand out [Wamda TV] At our final Mix N’ Mentor of the year in Dubai earlier this month we took some time to talk to the mentors about their particular areas of ... Wamda • 04 January, 2015 jonathan labin mix n mentor dubai Mix n Mentor
U.A.E Astrolabs launches pilot course for its Academy The Dubai-based entrepreneurship platform Astrolabs is set to launch one of its latest components, the Astrolabs Academy, which will... Hayden Pirkle • 23 October, 2014 academy uae Dubai
Lebanon Messaging startup enlists Arab pop star to boost downloads Despite what you may see on the Instagram account of a Saudi royal, the Arab world is traditionally a very private place. From the high... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 19 October, 2014
Lebanon 5 guerrilla marketing tips to hook the ideal customer What are the odds of your midlife crisis turning you into an entrepreneur, and a successful one at that? Roger Khater was 35 years old when... Maya Rahal • 14 October, 2014 Virtual office Guerilla marketing Bubleik
Global This season, fall into MOOCs Summer may be over, but the kids aren’t the only ones going back to school. A new year is starting, and it’s a perfect time to make some goo... Aline Mayard • 02 October, 2014 MOOCs
Lebanon TheFamily's Oussama Ammar, from entrepreneur to philosopher to investor Over the past few months, Oussama Ammar has become one of the most controversial figure of the French startup scene. A year ago, this... Aline Mayard • 23 September, 2014 TheFamily Diaspora
U.A.E Indian advertising company scaling to MENA on strength of $27M round When Chetan Kulkarni, CEO of Vizury, visited Dubai last month, it wasn’t to check out the Burj Khalifa or hit the malls. Founded in D... Pamela Kesrouani • 23 September, 2014