Regional Groceries through smartphones: how ecommerce is changing MENA's shopping habits We all remember how our grandmothers used to yell to "Abou Ahmad," the grocery shop owner at the bottom of the building, to fill... Tala El Issa • 24 March, 2015 spinneys geant begala
Regional When will the Middle East adopt Bitcoin? We ask 3 experts. (Image via bitcoin.org) Over the last few years, the MENA region has seen a growing interest in Bitcoin, the digital currency. While... Pamela Kesrouani • 12 March, 2015 Bitcoin
Regional 5 websites that put Arab designers on the international map Arab designers got talent, and now it’s time for the whole world to know. A few entrepreneurs have taken it upon themselves to bring t... Aline Mayard • 19 February, 2015 Art Design Fashion
Turkey Abraaj Group acquires 25% stake in Turkey's largest retailer The Abraaj Group has acquired a 25% stake in Hepsiburada.com, one of Turkey’s largest online retailers. The investment will allow H... Wamda • 23 February, 2015 Hepsiburada Abraaj Group turkey
U.A.E Can a UAE government app solve the address quandary of ecommerce delivery? Last March, Sheikh Mohammed promised to transform Dubai into a ‘Smart City’, and at Payfort we were eager to see how that pledge would mak... Omar Soudodi • 25 February, 2015 delivery solutions Makani payment solutions
Syria How Syrian entrepreneurs are creatively working through war The tech ecosystem is booming in the MENA, we keep hearing. More investments were made in regional startups last year than ever before,... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 02 February, 2015 tech-wd syria Hsoub
Regional Building the Arab region’s biggest B2B market place is not without its challenges Two years ago Syrian entrepreneur Salim Akil was poised to make his SearchinMena.com, a Yellow Pageseque search engine, the region’s l... Pamela Kesrouani • 17 February, 2015
Egypt Can this Egyptian entrepreneur follow her passion to success? This piece has been crossposted with Firnas. Entrepreneurs don’t necessarily have to create a new product or come up with a new service to ... Ahmed Gabr • 29 January, 2015 deena fadel joud
Regional 5 predictions for ecommerce in the Arab World in 2015 This article is a crosspost with the Payfort blog. At Payfort, we always gather our teams in January to discuss and plan for... Omar Soudodi • 20 January, 2015 Payfort
Saudi Arabia The future is bright, the future is ecommerce in Saudi Arabia This article was posted originally on Firnas.org. This year, online payment solution provider PayFort released the State... Reine Farhat • 25 December, 2014 E-commerce Saudi Arabia firnas
U.A.E Middle East Digital Group acquires Cobone.com to fill its ecommerce gap ExpatWoman.com team More than two years after being acquired by Tiger Global Management, Dubai-based daily... Maya Rahal • 08 December, 2014 ExpatWoman ME Digital Group cobone
Saudi Arabia Saudi's iPhady finds new home with Alfalak As part of its expansion strategy throughout Saudi Arabia, Alfalak Electronic Equipment and Supplies, a provider of IT and telecom... Safar Ayad • 19 November, 2014 apple
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... Rachel Williamson • 29 October, 2014 yaoota kickin Egypt
Saudi Arabia Traditional Saudi products make a move to online The articles mentioned below were all originally posted on firnas.org According to a VISA study of the MENA’s internet usage, r... Lucy Knight • 03 November, 2014 E-commerce N2V Saudi Arabia
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... Wissam Dandan • 28 October, 2014 SEO
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... Wissam Dandan • 26 October, 2014 SEO
Regional Mobile dominates even offline shopping in MENA [Report] Shoppers and retailers in the MENA region have long known that consumers have been spending more and more money online. What is new,... Wamda • 21 October, 2014 smartphone penetration Mobile Report
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... Ahmed Gabr • 20 October, 2014 Payfort online payment 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... Aline Mayard • 15 October, 2014 Bitcoin Freelancers Outsourcing
Maghreb Is a traditional European delivery system the answer to MENA's payment and delivery woes? Ecommerce in the Arab world is in a particularly fascinating and exciting phase. Everybody knows it’s bound to boom, and wants to be a... Aline Mayard • 09 October, 2014 CoD cash-on-delivery Online delivery
Maghreb Could Jumia be the Alibaba of Africa? Alibaba’s successful IPO fixed everyone’s attention firmly on e-commerce in fast-growing markets, and especially on marketplaces, like eBa... Aline Mayard • 30 September, 2014 Jumia marketplace Rocket Internet
Regional The Middle Eastern startup blind spot: an obsession with money This article was co-authored by Melltoo founders Sharene Lee and Morad Irsane “How do you make money?” is a question everyone asks about Mel... Sharene Lee • 29 September, 2014 monetizing Funding
Regional 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 listings meltoo uae
Saudi Arabia 4 ways to tackle Saudi ecommerce, from an Oasis500 mentor Sometimes, you can talk to people for hours and not understand how the time passed so quickly. And then there are those times when a half... Reine Farhat • 24 September, 2014 Saudi Arabia Social Media Marketing