Wamda

Kuwait

The war story behind Rocket Internet's acquisition of Kuwait's Talabat

This piece was originally published on February 15th, 2015 on LinkedIn. When 33-year-old Kuwaiti entrepreneur Abdulaziz Al Loughani first...

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Egypt

Solar energy to light up Egypt's poorest villages

No longer just the remit of entrepreneurs, social issues affecting a nation have also been taken up by corporations, and PepsiCo Egypt has...

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Maghreb

Arabic sport outlet Elbotola raises $400,000 to expand to Middle East

Good things come to those who wait. Elbotola, the Arabic sports platform, has raised 4M dirham ($400,000) from Maroc Numeric Fund,...

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Kuwait

Rocket Internet acquires Kuwait’s Talabat for $170M, largest MENA tech acquisition since Maktoob

Since Yahoo! acquired Maktoob in 2009 for $165 million the region has anticipated the next big exit. Today the German ecommerce...

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Egypt

Egypt's Bey2ollak app adds bomb alert hashtag

Egyptian traffic app Bey2ollak has created a bomb scare hashtag to better inform Egyptians of urban threats after a spate of bombings...

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U.A.E

Abu Dhabi's twofour54 and Ericsson launch new partnership

twofour54, the commercial arm of Abu Dhabi’s Media Zone Authority, has partnered with Swedish multinational telecommunications pr...

Ericsson tech hub Issa Aghabi

Regional

The Arab region's freelance economy: some data

By all accounts the global freelance economy is burgeoning. For many, it acts as a way to earn income in the absence of formalized,...

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Egypt

Proposed Egypt technology park facing bureaucratic delays

Big plans to create a technology and entrepreneurial hub in the southern Cairo suburb of Maadi could be stalling, for which some are...

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U.A.E

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...

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U.A.E

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...

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Kuwait

$5 million private VC fund - Kuwait's first - announces 3 investments

Arzan Financial Group (AFG), one of the oldest and largest publicly listed investment firms in Kuwait, announced this week its investment...

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Egypt

First stop for Mix N’ Mentor 2015: Cairo

“There is progress… not at a Silicon Valley pace but you can see clear milestones,” Ideavelopers Managing Partner Tarek Assaad told Wamda i...

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Saudi Arabia

Sawerly announces $200,000 round from QB Co

This piece has been adapted piece from Firnas. Sawerly, the online marketplace that connects photographers and clients, have...

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U.A.E

How Flat6Labs Abu Dhabi is stoking creativity in the UAE

Select mentors featured as part of Flat6Labs Abu Dhabi's intensive program. The newly launched Flat6Labs Abu Dhabi, helmed by Managing...

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U.A.E

Startup graduating class reflects the ecosystem’s fast growth during Turn8’s Investor Demo Day

Speaking at the first Investor Demo Day of Dubai-based accelerator Turn8, Brent Traidman, a general partner at Silicon Valley-based Fenox...

Fenox Dubai pitch event

U.A.E

DSOA to launch technology entrepreneurship center

Before January comes to an end the Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA) will be launching the Dubai Technology Entrepreneurship Centre...

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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...

Startup Revolution ZINC Zain Jordan

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...

Traxn zinc incubator ZINC

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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