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Egypt

Egyptian online fashion rental platform raises $1M from Algebra Ventures and 500 Startups

La Reina, an Egyptian online platform for rental couture, announced receiving $1 million in a Series A funding round led by Egypt’s...

Egypt La Reina Algebra Ventures

Regional

More family businesses to engage with tech and innovation: Techstars’ Jag Singh

Last month, Wamda had the chance to catch up with Jag Singh, managing director of Techstars’ METRO Accelerator for Retail, ahead of...

lebanon Jag Singh techstars

Saudi Arabia

Saudi DokkanAfkar.com launches new ‘Designer Program’

DokkanAfkar.com, one of the first ecommerce websites in Saudi Arabia for creative products, announced the launch of its ‘Designer...

Saudi Arabia DokkanAfkar ecommerce

Saudi Arabia

Niche e-grocery stores are gaining momentum and this Saudi startup is taking note

A research led by Think with Google, found that millennials are very much concerned about their health. If they’re going to live...

Saudi Arabia ecommerce f&b

U.A.E

Marketplace builder behind joigifts closes $1.5 M Seed Round

Dubai-based Enhance, a holding company that builds online marketplaces for the Middle East and Africa, has raised a Seed Round of $1.5...

uae Enhance joigifts

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...

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...

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...

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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...

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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...

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...

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...

Taita Leila palestine Fashion

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