Saudi Arabia Beauty ecommerce platform Golden Scent to expand following Series A funding round Golden Scent, one of the leading Saudi beauty ecommerce platforms, plans on further growing the business after receiving a Series A funding... Staff writer • 21 February, 2018 ksa Golden Scent ecommerce
Saudi Arabia Ecommerce eyewear platform is betting on growing niche markets The global eyewear market was valued at $109 billion in 2016 and is projected to exceed $170 billion by 2022. In the Middle East, a... Rana Freifer • 17 January, 2018 uae ksa eyewa
Lebanon When online payments exceed pay-on-delivery in Lebanon [Wamda TV] There is no doubt that the MENA is embracing a revolutionary retail transformation, and that tech is at the core of this shift in shopping... Rana Freifer • 19 November, 2017 209 Lebanese Wine ecommerce lebanon
U.A.E DAFZA launches first regional ecommerce free zone Dubai CommerCity H.H. Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, chairman of the Dubai Airport Freezone Authority (DAFZA), launched 'Dubai CommerCity,' an... Staff writer • 01 November, 2017 DAFZA Dubai CommerCity uae
Saudi Arabia A Saudi Arabian student succeeded in home-cooked food delivery orders This year, online food orders in Saudi Arabia reached $644 million so far, and are expected to exceed $1 billion by 2019. After noting... Maya Rahal • 08 October, 2017 Mathaqi مذاقي Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia Big opportunities for startups in KSA [Report] The number of entrepreneurship support organizations in the KSA, including funds, coworking spaces, incubators and accelerators, has nearly... Maya Rahal • 13 June, 2017 Saudi Arabia ksa Wamda Research Lab
Egypt Fustany's secret Egyptian fashion sauce The power of a female-led community is highly under-estimated, says Fustany founder Amira Azzouz. “Women have a power of... Radwa Rashad • 19 April, 2017 fustany Fashion Media
U.A.E The Souq sale is a game changer for MENA ecommerce [Opinion] We all heard the news: Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer by sales and market capitalization, founded 23 years ago in... Yorgos Kleivokiotis • 03 April, 2017 Amazon Souq.com acquisition
U.A.E Why is the Souq.com acquisition so significant? [Opinion] For those who have been in the dark, Amazon has acquired Souq.com for over $650 million. The news of an acquisition of this size has... Abed Agha • 29 March, 2017 Souq.com Amazon acquisition
Egypt People still love print, says e-book startup Kotobna Egyptian e-book platform Kotobna is breaking the stranglehold of traditional book publishers, but they are also finding that people still... Radwa Rashad • 20 March, 2017 Kotobna Publishing e-publishing
Qatar Qatar startup gives activewear a modesty makeover Nike has won plaudits for its high-performance sports hijab, but for women wanting ‘modest’ sportswear, that’s as good as... Rachel Williamson • 19 March, 2017 sportswear Oola modest fashion
Egypt Signed, sealed: deliveries get tech'd in Cairo Personal transport is easily the most popular sharing economy business in Egypt, as Uber, Careem and Ousta compete hard for market share,... Radwa Rashad • 01 March, 2017 Bosta Oustaman Ousta
Global You created a store within a marketplace. Now what? [Opinion] A very common approach for brands and retailers that want to start selling online is to set up a ‘shop-in-shop’, or a branded... Yorgos Kleivokiotis • 23 February, 2017 ecommerce marketplace Souq.com
Turkey Turkey’s Sukolay taps water delivery for disruption Turkey is a country of plastic bottles - in cafes, on the street, and in the home. Although many parts of Turkey do generally have... Alexandra Locke • 19 February, 2017 turkey sukolay WATER
Algeria Offshore easier than home for Algerian ecommerce startup Zawwali Algeria’s crusty postal system, lack of addresses and minimal online payment options made international expansion for ecommerce... Lilia Blaise • 08 February, 2017 Zawwali ecommerce Echrily
Egypt New startups on the block: February Startups are launching faster than we can write about them, so here’s our list of raw newbies to... Lucy Knight • 31 January, 2017 new startups Jarra Carriage
Egypt Egypt’s Edfa3ly finds a Kuwaiti safe haven This article has been crossposted from Nuwait. Egyptian ecommerce play Edfa3ly has achieved the dream - a successful expansion into the... Eman Mostafa • 05 February, 2017 Nuwait edfa3ly ecommerce
Saudi Arabia 5 things you need to know about Saudi ecommerce [Opinion] Ecommerce revenues in Saudi Arabia are staggeringly poor compared to countries where the sector is more established. In 2016, ecommerce... Yousef Shanti • 26 January, 2017 ecommerce Trends Opinion
Palestine Crowdfunding as a business model? Taita Leila in Palestine says yes The idea of crowdfunding a fashion line is a familiar concept to Western fashion brands but few use the technique as the only sales method... Christina Ganim • 13 December, 2016 Taita Leila palestine Fashion
Regional Rebranding? 12 steps to doing the tech right [Opinion] After closing a $3 million funding round in September our online home services marketplace Movesouq rebranded to Servicemarket. The... Bana Shomali • 08 December, 2016 ServiceMarket movesouq uae
Saudi Arabia What to expect at Arabnet Riyadh 2016 Arabnet Riyadh has proven to be one of the biggest forums in Saudi Arabia: in 2015 it gathered more than a 1,000 participants from all over... Abdulghani Kataya • 04 December, 2016 Saudi Arabia ksa riyadh
Lebanon Arab world’s streaming app Anghami raises Series B Lebanon-born music streaming app Anghami has raised a Series B round at an undisclosed value, the company said in a statement. The round... Rachel Williamson • 02 November, 2016 anghami Middle East Venture Partners Investment
U.A.E Mums are big business as Mini Exchange raises $3M UAE startup Mini Exchange has closed a $3 million round with its original and new investors, according to Arabian Business. The startup... Rachel Williamson • 01 November, 2016 Mini Exchange Mumzworld ecommerce
Turkey Turkish wedding marketplace Dugun sets its sights on KSA with Zafaf.net Turkish wedding marketplace Dugun sets its sights on KSA with Zafaf.net It was the bras that ruffled some feathers. CEO Emek... Alexandra Locke • 18 October, 2016 dugun zafaf Saudi Arabia