Wamda

Regional

What I Know about the right time to crowdinvest: Eureeca’s Chris Thomas

Chris Thomas, co-CEO and cofounder of equity crowdfunding platform Eureeca, has sat at both ends of the proverbial funding table. He has...

What I Know eureeca Chris Thomas

Saudi Arabia

The lifecycle of an app: From an idea to a successful business [slideshow]

Daily app downloads have reached 50 million globally, out of which 95 percent get deleted within a month, according to the Digital...

Digital Leadership in Mobile Apps Innosoft Alsharqia Chamber

U.A.E

How these twins made conservative fashion trendier

When twin sisters Rawan and Suzan Alsadi began wearing the hijab, they realized that the market does not cater to their fashion needs....

uae Rozan Designs Fashion

Global

Startup Watch: The vampire startup, the era’s new banks and the dark side of entrepreneurship

The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your...

Startup Watch Facebook Amazon

Regional

What MENA entrepreneurs should know before moving to Europe and the US

Expanding your business beyond the MENA region is a challenge. People in the know cite such a venture’s costliness, point out...

Entrepreneur Europe MENA

Global

Artificial Intelligence is making mobile apps even smarter

Artificial Intelligence (AI) enables computers to do much of what humans have traditionally done, and even to correct our mistakes. AI...

AI Mobile Apps Google

Egypt

Mobile billing consolidated in Egypt following TPay’s acquisition of DCBEgypt

There are over 95 million SIM cards registered with Egypt’s three mobile networks: Etisalat Misr, Orange (Mobinil previously), and...

Egypt TPay DCBEgypt

Saudi Arabia

A Saudi teaching platform attracts a million students

One year following the failure of an ecommerce platform they had launched due to the lack of market readiness, Saudi entrepreneurs Mohammed...

ksa Saudi Arabia Noun

Jordan

Are Arabs tuning in to podcasts? [Q&A]

In 2006, only 22 percent of the adult population in the United States were aware of the term ‘podcast’, but this figure rose to...

podcast Sowt

Tunisia

What I know about building an ecosystem from scratch: Wassel Berrayana

In 2000, Wassel Berrayana was an employee in HQ Sun Microsystems, one of Silicon Valley’s companies, when he decided to leave his job...

it decentralization entrepreneurship

Regional

When Facebook means business for MENA women

If you are a woman, have founded, cofounded, or own a business, and are interested in using Facebook and Instagram to grow it, then you...

SheMeansBusiness Facebook instagram

Regional

You are what you wear, 2.0

Wearable smart devices are rapidly changing the face of technology in the 21st century, and the MENA is no stranger to that evolution....

GITEX Future Stars Wearable devices Technology

Global

Startup Watch: Kidpreneurs loading, virtual shopping, and anti-depression apps

The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your...

Startup Watch Kidpreneurs virtual reality

Regional

SourceNow: A digital solution that redefines the industrial services marketplace

For several years, the UAE has consistently topped regional rankings of entrepreneurship and innovation. Most recently, the 2017 Global...

GE SourceNow IT solutions

Jordan

This is how Jamalon brought print-on-demand to the MENA

Ala Alsallal was still a university student when he perceived a need for high-quality published content in the Arab world. While he was...

Jordan Jamalon e-books

Egypt

When online groceries delivery reaches new edges in Egypt

Segway and similar transportation options for delivering groceries are increasingly being used in countries such as the US, where one in 10...

Egypt goodsmart Fakahany

Saudi Arabia

This is how 3 Saudi female students launched a mobile repair company

Fixing electronic devices such as phones and laptops is a field dominated by men, especially in the Arab world. However, a group of young...

Saudi Arabia Fixtag Mobile

Kuwait

How do you price your product

This article is a crosspost from Nuwait. The price of a product can either make it popular or undesired. When pricing, there are a...

Pricing kuwait Product valuation

Global

What I know about losing the label and defining myself: Genny Ghanimeh

Looking at Genny Ghanimeh’s resume, one might think she hasn’t slept a day in the past 15 years, but yet she’s full of...

Genny Ghanimeh What I Know Tips

Regional

Battle of the finances: venture capital vs. private equity

If a business is searching for a source of external funding, it can turn to various sources. Some of these sources may be vastly different,...

Venture Capital private equity Funding models

Global

Startup Watch: Message from the Pharaohs, zombie startups, and indoor farming

The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your...

Startup Watch Coworking Spaces VC

Algeria

How this Algerian entrepreneur is recycling plastic waste

Unemployment rate in Algeria increased to 10.5 percent, reaches almost 27 percent of the youth, and 20 percent of women, according to...

algeria waste trash

Global

Hey you, is there anybody out there listening [Part 2]

In the first part of this series, we looked at the business of online music in the Middle East. In this part, we will focus on the struggle...

Online music Crowdfunding zoomaal

Regional

Middle Eastern environmental startups get on the right side of the green line

In recent years, the tech sector around the world has come to recognize the importance, the urgent necessity even, of going green. The...

Sustainability Cleantech green

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