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What are the most surprising e-commerce trends in the Middle East this year?

After PayPal released its Insights report yesterday, which details trends in e-commerce in the Middle East, we chatted with Elias Ghanem,...

PayPal Payment Gateways E-commerce

PayPal Insights: E-commerce in the Middle East [Report]

A new report by PayPal takes a comprehensive look at statistics and trends in e-commerce in the Middle East, specifically the UAE, Saudi...

M-commerce Mobile Penetration PayPal

Put global recruiting trends to work in your job search

New LinkedIn data may spell good news for the ever-increasing number of job seekers in the Middle East. A recently released study...

PayPal Insights e-commerce report reveals trends in mobile, travel in the Middle East

The idea that mobile is the future of e-commerce isn’t new, but it may surprise some to learn that shoppers in the Gulf already p...

Mobile Penetration Travel Mobile

How is the Arab world using smartphones? [Infographic]

Two phones out of five in the Middle East are smartphones, according to new data from the International Data Corporation. But how...

Global

What do employers look for on social media? [Infographic]

While LinkedIn is often hailed as the go-to social network for professionals, and job seekers in particular, many employers also scout a...

Job Recruitment Programme Social Media

The most popular websites in Algeria [Infographic]

Due to several technological issues, including the 3G debacle, Algeria is behind most other countries in the region when it comes to the...

internet algeria Internet growth

This is the state of Twitter in 2013, while on the verge of a potential IPO [Infographic]

Seven years after its launch, Twitter is on the verge of an IPO. Even though both CEO Dick Costolo and cofounder Jack Dorsey have denied...

twitter Infographic Social Networks

Women entrepreneurs are more innovative than men in the Arab world

Women’s entrepreneurship is all the rage lately. Mentions of women in the global media have risen from a catatonic 200 times a year to 1...

Women

Is CSR making an impact in the Arab world? [Infographic]

Corporate social responsibility has expanded in the region in recent years and continues to offer a way for companies to support their...

Infographic CSR

Can the Arab world freelance its way out of unemployment?

You've heard it before: unemployment is a major issue in the Middle East. New Gallup data reveals that, unfortunately, things haven't...

Programme

Why are interns and recruiters unsatisfied in Morocco? [Infographic]

It’s no secret that recruiting in the Arab world is hard. And with so many recruiting platforms, each claiming to offer a miraculous so...

Interns Job Recruitment

15 tools that the most successful entrepreneurs use [Infographic]

For today’s entrepreneurs, finding the right management and marketing tools can be just as important as hiring the right team member. In t...

Tips Advice Infographic

How the Arab startup ecosystem grew in 2012 [Videographic]

In the past year, the startup ecosystem in the Arab region took a leap forward, with several new launches, a few major acquisitions, and a ...

Acquisitions Investment

How effective are native ads? [Infographic]

Statistically, you’re more likely to survive a plane crash than to click on a banner ad. Perhaps this is why native ads are increasing in p...

How the world will replace employees with entrepreneurs [Infographic]

The age of the traditional job, and the security that comes with it, may soon be coming to a close. It’s been said that entrepreneurship i...

Infographic

How do the top technology companies make money? [Infographic]

How are the world's major e-commerce, mobile apps, entertainment, social media, search, and hardware companies making profits? A new...

profitability revenue streams Scaling

Nokia and Facebook dominate the UAE mobile market

At the end of last week, we took a look at the fact that smartphones are outselling feature phones worldwide. In the Arab world,...

Statistics Mobile Penetration smartphones

Smartphones are outselling feature phones: a look at the opportunity in the Arab world

You saw the news yesterday: smartphones are outselling feature phones globally. As of Q2 2013, smartphone sales now account for...

Data Mobile Trends

Google vs. Facebook: How do they compare? [Infographic]

Although Facebook and Google are wildly different companies, it's easy to think of the two as comparable when it comes to leading Silicon...

Infographic Facebook Google

What are the best strategies for boosting your website's traffic? [Infographic]

Regardless of your content type, business model, or target market, every website's main goal is to increase the number of visitors on a...

SEO Infographic

How Algeria's mobile operators fare on social media [Infographic]

A strong social networking strategy can be a game-changer in any industry. Mobile operators for example, many of which have been around...

Telecommunication Infographic Social Media

What happens online every 60 seconds [Infographic]

While you're taking a full minute to Google "grumpy cat," Amazon just made $83,000 in sales, 571 new websites were created, and 1.4 million ...

Social Networks Social Media Digital Media

How workplace dynamics are changing in the Arab world [Infographic]

Nine in ten professionals in the Middle East and North Africa have friends and relatives who have been hit by unemployment. But times are...

Infographic Programme

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