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.... Marina Makary • 24 August, 2017 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... Rana Freifer • 24 August, 2017 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... Aline Mayard • 23 August, 2017 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... Hamad Almuraikhi • 23 August, 2017 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... Radwa Rashad • 22 August, 2017 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... Maya Rahal • 22 August, 2017 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... Tala El Issa • 21 August, 2017 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... Maya Rahal • 21 August, 2017 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... Archana Menon • 20 August, 2017 SheMeansBusiness Facebook instagram
Global How to face the fear of missing out in the workplace [Podcast] Whether we like it or not, we are constantly being affected by the ‘fear of missing out’ or ‘FoMO’, a term coined... Tala El Issa • 20 August, 2017 Patrick McGinnis entreprenership workplace
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.... Hamad Almuraikhi • 17 August, 2017 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... Rana Freifer • 17 August, 2017 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... Michelle Wu • 16 August, 2017 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... Tala Salem • 16 August, 2017 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... Radwa Rashad • 15 August, 2017 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... Maya Rahal • 15 August, 2017 Saudi Arabia Fixtag Mobile