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U.A.E

Could AbsoluteGeeks.com be the region’s next big tech site?

What do you get if you combine three Dubai-based technology lovers, a firm friendship, and the omnipresent World Wide Web? As it turns...

absolutegeeks.com

Jordan

Jordan's Beladcom sold a virtual stable for $2,200. What does this mean for Arab gaming?

How much would you pay for a virtual stable on a distant planet in a virtual universe? Whatever the number in your head, it’s likely less t...

planet toulan beladcom Gaming

Saudi Arabia

In Medina, public and private sectors join forces to boost small business

Lately, we’ve been hearing of many new Saudi initiatives that are supporting entrepreneurship in the Kingdom; the most recent of...

saudi Support Organizations Public-Private Partnerships

Lebanon

Real time traffic info + big data: meet Lebanon's latest traffic app

Early this year, Lebanese entrepreneur and iOS developer, Ramy Khawandi launched Tari2ak (‘your route’ in Arabic) a mob...

Tari2ak traffic beirut

Saudi Arabia

UTURN cofounder launches a platform for outdoor activities in Jeddah

This article has been crossposted from Firnas.org. Inspired by his personal struggle with finding out about outdoor activities in Jeddah,...

Saudi Arabia Entertainment Uturn

Egypt

Cairo's streets get a makeover, beginning with sponsored kiosks

While the Egyptian government might be spending the most effort (and EGP) to beautify the streets of Cairo, private entities are also...

venture lab auc venture lab kiosk

Global

Small-batch Pakistani shoes startup launches Kickstarter to target Arab world

In 2010, Waqas Ali didn't know that a regular visit to his ancestral village of Okara in the Punjab region of Pakistan, and chance meeting...

markhor pakistan

Saudi Arabia

4 ways to tackle Saudi ecommerce, from an Oasis500 mentor

Sometimes, you can talk to people for hours and not understand how the time passed so quickly. And then there are those times when a half...

Saudi Arabia Social Media Marketing

Jordan

Jordanian serial entrepreneur pivots from selling gadgets to 3D printing his own

Loay Malahmeh is becoming what he never thought he would be – a serial entrepreneur. From TickyTacky.me to 3Dmena, the Jordanian e...

tickytacky 3d printing 3dmena

Could this Tunisian connected home device challenge Google's Nest?

Tunisian entrepreneurs don’t seem to run short of ambition; Chifco is just more proof (others can be f...

CONNECTED HOME Chifco connected devices

U.A.E

Middle East kids fashion marketplace off to a strong start

E-commerce has proved once again to be a promising industry for entrepreneurs in the Arab region. After witnessing the rise of many online...

kids wear Mini Exchange charity

Audio news for the blind with new Saudi app

Despite finding it hard to keep up with rapid developments in the world of technology, Hamza Abbasi, 21, has found success with the launch...

saudi Saudi Arabia

How 5 teenagers built one of Algeria's biggest websites

The story of Algeria’s eighth most visited website started eight years ago when police showed up to shut down a suburban street market. F...

Ouedkniss algeria classified

What can a Dubai fashion startup teach you about social entrepreneurship?

“There’s a story behind the clothes we wear. Do you know what the story is about? More often than not, it’s about modern day slavery, child...

fashion supply chain just Fashion

Starting up, getting acquired, and shutting down: GoNabit co-founder's advice on the entrepreneurial journey

Yesterday, we published the first article based on an interview with Dan Stuart, the co-founder of the MENA’s first daily deals site, G...

shutting down selling livingsocial

Lebanon

Could password woes go out the window with new Lebanese app?

“I woke up one morning and my digital world had fallen apart,” says Priscilla Sharuk. Inspired by the traumatic...

cybersecurity MyKi lebanon

Can smartphone tracking tools revitalize brick-and-mortar retail?

Whether on a shopping mission or merely killing time before a meeting, your wandering around the shops has more of an impact that you...

Retail Analytics

Starting up, getting acquired, and shutting down: GoNabit co-founder's advice on the entrepreneurial journey

In a startup ecosystem as young as the Arab region’s, there are only a few founders that have completed the full entrepreneurship cycle, f...

livingsocial gonabit

Turkey’s Prisync has its eye on the Middle East

The growth of e-commerce has brought with it a surge in the choice of products and suppliers at customers’ fingertips. It has never been e...

E-commerce turkey

'Tinder for trivia': SwypeOut, Lebanon's newest mobile game

As the Arab world has become home to the world’s most active gamers, it has increasingly been eyed as a potential hotbed for game d...

SwypeOut lebanon

Egypt

Thought Leadership

Could AbsoluteGeeks.com be the region’s next big tech site?

Jordan's Beladcom sold a virtual stable for $2,200. What does this mean for Arab gaming?

In Medina, public and private sectors join forces to boost small business

Real time traffic info + big data: meet Lebanon's latest traffic app

UTURN cofounder launches a platform for outdoor activities in Jeddah

Cairo's streets get a makeover, beginning with sponsored kiosks

Small-batch Pakistani shoes startup launches Kickstarter to target Arab world

4 ways to tackle Saudi ecommerce, from an Oasis500 mentor

Jordanian serial entrepreneur pivots from selling gadgets to 3D printing his own

Could this Tunisian connected home device challenge Google's Nest?

Middle East kids fashion marketplace off to a strong start

Audio news for the blind with new Saudi app

How 5 teenagers built one of Algeria's biggest websites

What can a Dubai fashion startup teach you about social entrepreneurship?

Starting up, getting acquired, and shutting down: GoNabit co-founder's advice on the entrepreneurial journey

Could password woes go out the window with new Lebanese app?

Can smartphone tracking tools revitalize brick-and-mortar retail?

Starting up, getting acquired, and shutting down: GoNabit co-founder's advice on the entrepreneurial journey

Turkey’s Prisync has its eye on the Middle East

'Tinder for trivia': SwypeOut, Lebanon's newest mobile game

Will Sharquity succeed in reproducing the Eureeca model in Egypt?

300% growth demands expansion for Moroccan sports site

Code no more: Jordanian platform debuts drag-and-drop builder for in-app ads

The story behind Cairo's first coworking success

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