Wamda

Jordan

Wysada raises $5M+ Series A funding from Silicon Badia

Wysada, an online luxury retailer of home goods, décor, and interior furnishings, which has been described as a One Kings Lane’s cl...

silicon badia wysada investement

Egypt

Egypt's ecommerce potential drives startups to push past challenges

Startups Yaoota and Kickin both launched in June with a goal of exploiting the massive potential of Egyptian ecommerce, but both...

yaoota kickin Egypt

Saudi Arabia

Hellofood closes big year in Saudi with Mobily Ventures investment

Hellofood’s big year in Saudi Arabia just got its cherry on top: investment from the newly launched Mobily Ventures. After its April 2013 ...

otlob talabat foodonclick

Global

Best practices for ecommerce SEO (Part II)

Earlier this week we shared five tips on how to get the most out of the SEO for your ecommerce site. Here are another five current and...

SEO

Regional

$40M renewable energy fund to launch in MENA

Large, established global corporations have dominated the renewable energy market in the MENA region. But many others who would...

renewable energy

Regional

How did these three Arab startups take advantage of TechCrunch Disrupt

Getting your product known and used internationally is tough, especially if you’re based in the Arab world. To address this head on, a s...

TechCrunch Disrupt competition Europe

Lebanon

MEVP’s IMPACT Fund announces $12.5M investment in 5 Lebanese tech startups

Managing Partner Walid Hanna announcing the investments The Middle East Venture Partners fund (MEVP), one of Lebanon’s larger Venture C...

impact fund Banque du Liban MEVP

Global

Best practices for ecommerce SEO (Part I)

Whether you’re only just thinking of starting an online store or you’ve already launched into the fray, you’ll quickly find that there’s a w...

SEO

Maghreb

Toufik Lerari, the entrepreneur who believes communication is Algeria's future

Toufik Lerari is one of those Algerian entrepreneurs who are changing the way foreigners and Algerians alike see the oil-producing...

Fikra Allégorie communication

Jordan

Solutions to Jordan's unemployment on display at Akhtaboot job fair

One of the greatest challenges confronting Jordan is the lack of opportunity for young people here. While there generally aren’t enough j...

akhtaboot

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...

academy uae Dubai

Egypt

Saving the world, one game at a time

Last month, at a two-day workshop organized by the United Nations Development Program, lucky Cairo youngsters got a look at how to...

undp Social Entrepreneurship Gaming

Maghreb

AMPION launches 4 road trip hackathons throughout Africa, to educate and invest in entrepreneurs

Last year, a diverse crowd of 30 Africans and Europeans embarked on an unusual adventure: they hopped a bus leaving from...

Ampion hackathon Startupbus

U.A.E

Payment gateway Telr to target MENA and Southeast Asia on strength of Series A round

Online payment gateway Telr, based between Singapore and Dubai, has secured Series A funding from Hatcher and iMENA,...

iMENA hatcher Telr

Maghreb

Entrepreneurs learn a lesson in storytelling at #YMEstartup Tunis

Walking through the doors of Tunisia’s Elgazala Technopark on Monday October 13th, there was one thing I couldn’t help but not...

events your middle east #YMEStartup

Regional

Former Maktoob exec raises 800K to bring social TV app to MENA

The Los Angeles-based, MENA-focused app Vyu has just closed an $825,000 USD round led by Jordan’s Jabbar Internet Group. The company will u...

Saudi Arabia

Report sheds new insights on booming Saudi ecommerce market

This post was originally published on Firnas.org Ecommerce is growing exponentially in Saudi Arabia; the market is expected to...

Payfort online payment Saudi Arabia

U.A.E

Language game app to take the pain out of learning

The growth of online learning products has created a huge range of ways to learn a foreign language, from the comprehensive-but-pricey...

erly stage studios Education

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...

Egypt

Rise Up Cairo empowers Egyptians while looking abroad

The second full day of this year’s Rise Up Summit just off Cairo’s Tahrir Square started slowly; participants trickled into...

rise up cairo rise up summit coauthored

Regional

One desperate entrepreneur asks the community: should I give up?

Pondering the future at Mix N' Mentor, Piotr is seated at center. This post was originally published on Medium. My team and I are going...

SwypeOut

Egypt

Egyptian law firm helping entrepreneurs find their legal footing

The legal procedures necessary for establishing a startup are considered the first and most important steps entrepreneurs have to...

law Egypt Legal

Saudi Arabia

On the strength of new investment, Saudi emotion sharing app leaves for Silicon Valley

The last time I spoke to Mohammed AlKadi, founder of Feelit, a social app for emotion sharing, it was January of this year....

feelit investement Saudi Arabia

Regional

3 ways bitcoin can make a difference for entrepreneurs in the Arab world

Exchanging money for services with people outside the region is a special hassle for the Arab world. At best, entrepreneurs have to...

Bitcoin Freelancers Outsourcing

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