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Jordan

Startup Revolution at ZINC Jordan

Last Sunday, Zain’s newly launched incubator ZINC hosted The Startup Revolution, a community meetup driven by entrepreneurs looking to c...

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Saudi Arabia

Mobily Ventures invests in Saudi ecommerce store Dokkan Afkar

This is the fourth investment made by Mobily Ventures in six months. Having first invested in Lebanese music streaming service...

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Egypt

AUC V-Lab launches 10 new startups in its third round

As part of its ongoing efforts to support startups and entrepreneurs in Egypt, the AUC Venture Lab has announced the 10 startups that...

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Regional

Careem acquires Saudi-based home delivery service Enwani

For the regional entrepreneurship ecosystem the year is starting on an inspiring note. After the recent acquisition of Shahiya by Japanese...

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Regional

Traxn launches with Zain, call for applications now open for Jordanian startups

In the past few years, MENA startups and corporations kept their distance, holding on to the assumption that corporates are too...

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Global

Meet Zilzar, the Islamic world's answer to Amazon

This article has been crossposted with Firnas.org Amazon and China’s Alibaba made ecommerce huge; now, it seems every other website is s...

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Maghreb

Morocco's Education Media Company raises $280,000 on the strength of an unusual story

The 9rayti team. Adam Bouhadma is only 24, and has just raised 2.5 million Moroccan dirhams ($280,000) for his company Education...

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U.A.E

Beam Wallet gets its first investment from Majid al Futtaim

In one of its first investments in the regional tech industry, Majid Al Futtaim Ventures announced an investment in mobile commerce...

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Regional

Wamda launches Traxn: a program to help startups scale through large corporates

Before we take a deep plunge into 2015, Wamda is wrapping up its 2014 efforts by launching Traxn (pronounced traction), a new program,...

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Regional

Still fighting for the funding, hot topic at Wamda’s Mix N’ Mentor in Dubai

On December 13 Wamda hosted it’s final Mix N’ Mentor of 2014 at the in5 Innovation Hub in Dubai. Hosting some of the city’s most active ent...

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Libya

Two Maghrebi women named new Ashoka Fellows

The Voice of Libyan Women's Alaa Murabit addresses a crowd. Ashoka Arab World, an organization dedicated to enabling social...

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Egypt

Egypt ed-tech firm eyes home turf for expansion [Wamda TV]

One of Egypt’s earliest technology companies is beginning to venture into its local education market, having already conquered the...

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Jordan

ArabiaWeather.com closes $2M investment round led by Badia Impact Fund

ArabiaWeather.com has announced a new round of investment, reported by some outlets to be $2 million, led by new investor Badia Impact...

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Egypt

Egypt startups need a big business leg up

During an International Development Research Centre (IDRC) roundtable on Tuesday, co-hosted by the Egyptian Centre...

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Bahrain

White Payments to officially launch in Bahrain and UAE

White Payments, the newly launched Bahrain-based online payments solution targeted at entrepreneurs throughout the Middle East, is a...

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Maghreb

Tunisian startup begins manufacturing innovative wind turbine; announces Microsoft partnership

Anyone who has had the chance to speak to Anis Aouini and Hassine Labaïed, the cofounders of Tunisia’s Saphon Energy, knows that ...

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U.A.E

Middle East Digital Group acquires Cobone.com to fill its ecommerce gap

ExpatWoman.com team More than two years after being acquired by Tiger Global Management, Dubai-based daily...

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Palestine

Startups have a role to play in rebuilding Gaza

Despite Israel’s destroying several billion dollars worth of property, businesses, and homes, displacing 500,000 people, and killing 2,200 ...

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Jordan

After recent award, Altibbi announces funding round

The Arabic medical portal Altibbi has closed a round of funding that is set to further shape the online medical information...

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Saudi Arabia

Careem raises $10M led by Saudi Al Tayyar Group

Careem, the Dubai-based ride sharing service a la Uber, announced yesterday that it has raised $10 million investment in a round, led...

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Regional

Startup MENA announces 2015 workshop series to strengthen ties between GCC and Europe

Startup MENA has announced its most ambitious plan yet, as part of its ongoing effort to build ties between European and Arab startup...

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Maghreb

Moroccan startups are finally gaining exposure, although GES had little to do with it

This year’s the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) took place in Marrakech under the high patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, f...

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Jordan

How to scale Jordan's gaming ecosystem? Community and strategy, say experts at Think ZINC

From left to right: Moderator and Zain CEO Ahmad Hanandeh, Alison Kelly, Greg Mitchell, Gavin Goulden, and Rachad Saddi. Taking advantage...

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Regional

The Mentor Effect, Wamda Insights Vol. 1

Through Wamda Insights, a new quarterly publication from the Wamda Research Lab, we aim to share new knowledge and data on the Middle East...

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