Maghreb Who will be king of Morocco's real estate portals? Samsar ads plastered around the city could be a thing of the past. (Image via Aline Mayard) If you want to understand Morocco’s d... Aline Mayard • 29 July, 2015 lamudi selektimmo mubaweb
Maghreb Moroccan automobile classifieds platform Moteur.ma announces Malaysian investment Moteur.ma lets Moroccans buy cars online. Car classifieds website Moteur.ma announced late last week that they raised an investment via... Aline Mayard • 05 August, 2015 Moteur.ma car classifieds
U.A.E The Dubai startups at your service For the money-rich and time-poor white collar workers of Dubai, chores are largely a thing of the past. For several years at least,... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 20 July, 2015 maids.ae helpling service economy
Palestine Goodbye San Francisco loyalty card, hello Ramallah startup When Mohammed Amleh left a well paid job in the loyalty card business, in San Francisco, to return to Palestine to launch a startup, people... Tala El Issa • 21 July, 2015 SWIPT ramallah palestine
Global Never miss a price drop again, ever So you bought some hotpants online for $400. Yes, you knew it was a steep price but you also knew that if you bought them your life was... Lucy Knight • 13 July, 2015 Lebanese Diaspora YCombinator Paribus
Egypt Egypt's ecommerce entrepreneurs break new ground Egypt has an alarmingly high population density which is a major cause of social and economic problems. But if you look at an ecommerce map... Eman Mostafa • 23 July, 2015 DealGamed Saboba edfa3ly
Egypt Lost in the City? LocName wants to find you Egyptian start-up 'LocName' did not emerge from Cairo’s bustling streets, but in the Spanish city of Barcelona. Two years ago, young E... Louise Sarant • 25 June, 2015 Locname Souq.com Jumia
U.A.E Art for everyman, a startup’s democratization of the art world Any kind of art you like. (Image via Pavilion 33) No longer the playground of the elite, art galleries and auction houses are becoming... Pamela Kesrouani • 12 July, 2015 Pavilion33 Flat6Labs
Regional Searching for success in MENA's postal address sector "Yes, I will sign for that package." (Images via Aramex) “So you take the main street, you turn at the pharmacy after the streetlight, t... Aline Mayard • 13 May, 2015 addy enwani Boxstop
Regional Elusive success: a closer look at MENA's potentially lucrative travel sector The potential of MENA’s travel and tourism sector is staggering. Some 352 million air travelers in the Arab world generated more than $480 ... Antoine Abou-Diwan • 19 April, 2015 hotelscombined.com hotelscombined travelervip
Global Facebook adds free peer-to-peer payments in Messenger This article is a crosspost with the Payfort blog. If you’re like most people, you know settling debts or splitting bills between f... Faisal Al Khalidi • 03 May, 2015
Maghreb Inside Jumia Maroc, a well-oiled machine It may be an ordinary building in the residential neighborhood of Socrate in Casablanca, but the discrete design doesn’t lie, we’re sta... Aline Mayard • 20 April, 2015 Jumia morocco Rocket Internet
Regional MEVP announces first round of $30M MEVF II fund Yesterday, Middle East Venture Partners announced the first round of investments as part of its $30 million Middle East Venture Fund II.... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 20 April, 2015 yougotagift The Luxury Closet AlTibbi
Maghreb This eshop plans to boost the makers scene in Morocco Being a maker, someone who creates electronic and robotic hardware, is not easy in Morocco. Buying electronic components is... Aline Mayard • 15 April, 2015 makers Hackers Hacker Culture
Palestine Why this high-fashion startup is prioritizing Palestine ElMuda's founders Ruba Abdulhadi (left) and Badea Jaber. High fashion is big business in the Middle East. In fact, the Arab region is one... Rachel McArthur • 06 April, 2015 elmuda palestine Fashion
Regional Starting (or investing in) an online business in MENA: lessons learned for founders and investors In the rush to create the next big success in MENA's online industry, it is useful to pause and ponder over key lessons our nascent... Khaldoon Tabaza • 16 April, 2015 online industry Khaldoun Tabaza iMENA
Jordan Not playing around: Jordanian startup Yaqut pursuing Arabic ebook market with gamified app After years of explosive growth, ebooks in English-language markets finally appear to be leveling off and stabilizing as an integral part... Samuel Wendel • 07 April, 2015 Ammar Mardawi Yaqut ebooks
Lebanon How a Lebanese ecommerce pioneer carved his niche The hype surrounding entrepreneurs and tech companies has breathed new life into the myth that startups are staffed by college dropouts in... Stephanie Nour Prince • 31 March, 2015 Karim Saikali lebanon E-commerce
U.A.E Dubai’s The Luxury Closet secures $2.2m in VC funds Dubai’s The Luxury Closet, an online platform buys and sells pre-owned luxury goods on consignment, has secured $2.2 million USD of its S... Antoine Abou-Diwan • 03 April, 2015 Kunal Kapoor The Luxury Closet investement
Egypt Jumia Egypt has two new CEOs, here's what one has to say Egypt is a major market for Jumia, Rocket Internet’s market place in Africa and they’re betting big on it. In December, they hired not jus... Aline Mayard • 30 March, 2015 Q&A Jumia
U.A.E Can small payments lead to big business? This article is a crosspost with the Payfort blog. There was a time when the motto of the internet was “information wants to be free." But ... Faisal Al Khalidi • 26 March, 2015 online transactions e-payments micropayments
Lebanon How ecommerce is breathing new life into an established offline toy business If you happen to be living in or visiting Lebanon, you will have noticed the large number of malls that cropped up in recent years, from... Reine Farhat • 11 March, 2015 traditional business online payment lebanon
Regional Souq.com opens API to the public to spur MENA ecommerce Souq.com announced Friday that it will be making its API (application program interface) available to the public, allowing third party... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 25 March, 2015 api Souq.com ShopGo
Maghreb 10 reasons to boost e-payment in Algeria In the past few years, I’ve had the chance to learn about the entrepreneurial ecosystem in more than one country in the MENA region and E... Abdellah Mallek • 13 April, 2015 e-payments algeria