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From Egypt to the Gulf: conquering the HR market

Attracting good staff is the MENA-based entrepreneur’s constant lament, yet Egyptian Rania Abdallah says there are ways to solve this d...

Eman Mostafa • 02 July, 2015

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Silicon Valley investor on MENA’s road to startup success

Bern Shen at Flat6Labs mentoring a startup team working on children education. Investor Bern Shen is optimistic about the MENA region’s a...

Pamela Kesrouani • 03 June, 2015

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Beyond Oil: Tech and Future of Work in MENA

Moving from traditional to knowledge economies is a prickly problem for any country, but especially so for oil-bound Middle Eastern...

Pamela Kesrouani • 10 May, 2015

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UAE startup emphasizes humanity's 'sameness'

The business of doing good – better known as corporate social responsibility (CSR) – has been around for decades. But with the...

Rachel McArthur • 24 March, 2015

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Designer Fatma Almulla merges Western fashion with Emirati culture

Emirati entrepreneur Fatma Almulla has developed her own unique style in the world of design and creativity and crowned it by launching...

Pamela Kesrouani • 06 April, 2015

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Mobile solar power in UAE gets a $10M boost

Enerwhere, a Dubai-based energy startup company that supplies the commercial sector with transportable solar-hybrid power plants, has...

Wamda • 09 March, 2015

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Dubai startups vie for the prize at GCC Pitch Challenge

More than 60 Dubai-based entrepreneurs applied but only 10 had the chance to take part in the third edition of the GCC Pitch Challenge....

Pamela Kesrouani • 11 March, 2015

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New app encourages users to go offline

As studies pop up suggesting social media makes us miserable and some countries go as far as legally restricting children from using...

Rachel Williamson • 24 February, 2015

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Bright future for drones industry on display at UAE contest

The winning, Swiss, team. (Image via Drones for Good) Dubai Internet City was buzzing with the sounds of drones this week at the inaugural...

Sushmitha Pidatala • 12 February, 2015

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'Never behave like an employee': Rasha Shehada's key to business success

On the factory floor. (Image via Diamond Line) At not yet 29, Rasha Shehada is already the managing director of an international trading...

Lucy Knight • 20 January, 2015

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Dubai's 'Drones for Good' competition enters finals

Look at that drone go. (Images via Dubai government) Dubai’s government is pushing engineers and entrepreneurs to create drones that a...

Wamda • 30 January, 2015

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Employment platform success for 2CVs

There is no doubt that with the increasing willingness of people to move to other countries for work, plus the continuous search of...

Pamela Kesrouani • 08 February, 2015

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Dubai fintech startup Cashnomix acquired by Singapore firm

The Dubai tech startup Cashnomix, a cloud based platform that allows small businesses to collect money early on their invoices, has been...

Lucy Knight • 27 January, 2015

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Avoid UAE-specific startup challenges with these 4 tips

  There is no doubt that establishing a company, especially a startup, isn’t an easy job, no matter where you are in the w...

Pamela Kesrouani • 03 February, 2015

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Ustad Mobile to scale mobile ed tech programs to the Middle East

Access to technology has long been seen as key to developing education programs in low-income countries, but the availability...

Alexander Hawkes • 12 January, 2015

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Carpool Arabia: Looking to ease the UAE’s traffic congestion woes

Not many entrepreneurs can claim that their brightest business idea was born on the road, but for Frenchman Benjamin de Terssac, that was...

Rachel McArthur • 29 December, 2014

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"Decode Dubai 2015" combines developers and designers

Calling all developers and designers. In5, the innovation centre by Dubai Internet City, brings you the Decode Dubai competition, a one...

Wamda • 30 December, 2014

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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...

Maya Rahal • 23 December, 2014

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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

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Dubai's listings site Melltoo on the hunt for investors

  The world of classified ads has moved a long way from one having to trawl through the back sections of local newspapers looking for...

Alexander Hawkes • 28 September, 2014

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Rocket Internet car classifieds takes Saudi, Qatar, and the UAE in one big gulp

Over the years, the Samwer brothers’ Rocket Internet has made a name for itself; if not for its business model, for its aggressive (and b...

Stephanie Nour Prince • 18 September, 2014

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C3 Starter Program in UAE

Social enterprise C3, Consult and Coach for a Cause, is organizing their Starter Program, on Saturday, the 27th of September, in Knowledge...

Wamda • 16 September, 2014

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Next 10 years is key for MENA's long-term sustainability, says Badr Jafar

Badr Jafar speaking at UN Headquarters in New York. Working in the entrepreneurship sector you hear optimism all the time – especially in t...

Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 17 August, 2014

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LinkedIn of Arabia? Egypt’s answer to the recruitment question

It is often the case that entrepreneur experts advise those in their field not to think of regional expansion before their project has...

Eman Mostafa • 20 August, 2014

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