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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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U.A.E

Careem v Uber: the local kid is winning

Careem’s flexibility in dealing with governments may give it the edge it needs over Uber and upstarts such as Egypt’s...

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Regional

Digital Arabic content: A massive opportunity to capitalize on [Wamda TV]

In 2015, the population of the Arab world reached 375 million, of which 41.5 percent use the internet. Digital Arabic content stands at 3...

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U.A.E

Mumzworld launches Arabic app

Parenting ecommerce site Mumzworld has launched an Arabic app, a move they say is a first in the Middle East. The app includes more than...

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Palestine

5 steps to ecommerce success in Gaza

It took five years for a small team of professional coders in Gaza to launch their own ecommerce solution Loqta, after noticing how much...

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Egypt

Cairo Sitters signs Kamelizer as angel investor

Cairo Sitters has announced an investment from Egyptian angel fund Kamelizer at the Berlin Tech Open Air Conference today. CEO Hossam...

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U.A.E

500 Startups invests in UAE gifting marketplace

UAE-based gift-giving platform Joi has recieved investment from 500 Startups. With this first round founders Ritesh Tilani and...

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Egypt

Ramadan a flash point for Egypt food startups

Egyptians’ food spending over Ramadan hit an average of 35 billion Egyptian pounds (US$3.5 billion), or about 15 percent of their...

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Kuwait

Noor Al Qatami: one 2016's most powerful Arab women

This is an edited crosspost from Nuwait. Kuwaiti Noor Al-Qatami was chosen as one of the 100 most powerful Arab women in...

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Egypt

How the Arab Spring planted seeds of innovation in Egypt [Podcast]

This podcast is a crosspost with Knowledge@Wharton. The 2011 uprising in Egypt that saw the overthrow of longtime President Hosni...

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Egypt

Is Ousta Egypt's fastest growing startup ever? [Q&A]

[Update July 27: five months after launching Ousta is negotiating a $5.6 million investment round.] Ride hailing app...

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Egypt

15 Egyptian fashion startups for your sartorial radar

Ecommerce is a driving force for economic growth in the Middle East. And with this growth of ecommerce has come a slew of ...

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Egypt

Cairo delivery sector heats up as Goodsmart seeks expansion

Opening the fridge after a long day at work and realizing someone has taken the last cold drink, or coming home to find you’ve...

Awfar Markets Knock Mart Egypt

Regional

From e-shop to doorstep: finding the right fulfillment model

Marketplaces have the choice between different types of fulfillment models (Image via F1online) The success of an ecommerce B2C platform...

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Egypt

What do Egyptian shoppers want? [Infographic]

Egypt: MENA's largest market by far. (Image via Wamda) This is a crosspost with Yaoota Magazine. Egyptian shoppers are a...

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Egypt

Dead but not gone: El Wafeyat brings funerals online

Death notices are yet another area where online businesses are chewing into newspaper profit models. (Images via El Wafeyat) El Wafeyat...

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Egypt

FilKhedma puts tradesmen at your fingertips

Omar Ramadan in his still-spartan new digs in New Cairo. (Images via Filkhedma) Home maintenance service Filkhedma has just moved into a...

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Regional

Ecommerce driving Middle East digital economy: Payfort

Ecommerce is the furnace driving growth in the Middle East’s online economy but local online airline bookings are by far the highest...

State of Payments 2016 Payfort Entertainment

Yemen

Making ecommerce work in Yemen

Startups can arise in the oddest of places. (Images via Rachel Williamson) When Wamda was contacted in January by Adeeb Qasem, of...

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Saudi Arabia

KSA e-store caters to electronics hobbyists

A Hobby District circuit. (Images via Hobby District) Amateur circuit designers have surged into the electronics manufacturing sector...

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