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World Economic Forum searches for the best 100 Arab startups

The World Economic Forum (WEF) is on the lookout for the best 100 Arab startups as part of its Startup4IR initiative. The initiative, in...

World Economic Forum Startup4IR Fourth Industrial Revolution

U.A.E

Jamalon signs agreement with Lulu.com in a Middle East publishing expansion

Jamalon.com, MENA's online bookstore, signed a Print-On-Demand (POD) agreement with Lulu.com, a global self-publishing platform,...

Jamalon partnerships news watch

Regional

$100M invested in MENA fintech [WRL report]

Fintech startups in MENA have raised over $100 million in funding in the last 10 years, and a new report indicates the number of startups...

WRL State of Fintech Payfort

Egypt

Amazon to soon launch logistics center in Egypt

Amazon is in the process of considering a logistics center in Egypt, as the Daily News Egypt reported. Hany Kesis, former chairperson of...

Amazon Expansion news watch

Regional

360Vuz secures an undisclosed round of venture capital led by Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority

360Vuz, the virtual reality startup in the Middle East, announced that it had raised an undisclosed round of venture capital led by Dubai...

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Egypt

Careem sacks Egypt boss

Careem’s Egypt managing director Wael El Fakharany said in a tweet today that he was sacked by the car hailing startup. Egypt...

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U.A.E

Minds on a Mission gets Emirati students thinking

“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn” were the wise words from Benjamin Franklin that inspired the win...

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Tunisia

What 5 Tunisians learned from 4 Finns about their startups

Learn your pitch, include all of the relevant information, and show - don’t tell - how you plan to scale, Finnish coaches told...

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Saudi Arabia

Softbank frees up $8B cash for joint-Saudi fund

Japan’s Softbank Group has sold a stake in UK chip design firm, Arm Holdings, to fund its investment in in the $100 million...

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Tunisia

Travelcar raises $15.8M Series B

Travelcar, a startup that enables you to make your car available for renting at airports when you travel instead of paying for expensive...

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U.A.E

UAE launches new entry scheme to attract entrepreneurs

In a bid to remain a top destination for entrepreneurs in the region the UAE launched last week a new entry visa scheme. They hope to...

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Iraq

US travel ban harms Iraqi entrepreneurs

For an Iraqi makerspace founder, the repercussions of President Trump’s executive order to put a ban on travelers from seven...

Science Camp Basra Nawres Arif

Egypt

What startups should know about Egypt’s IMF reforms

All Egypt is feeling the weight of economic reform, but not all entrepreneurs will feel the impact equally. Last week, the...

IMF reforms bankruptcy

Iran

Turkish payments startup Iyzico closes $13M Series C

On July 15, Barbaros Ozbugutu and Tahsin Isin were celebrating in Istanbul. After years of bureaucracy, their online payment company...

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Global

Startup Watch: disruption might get you, AI making the diagnosis and so long Yahoo!

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...

Startup Watch yahoo! AI

Global

Startup Watch: weirdest new year countdown, food in 2050, and the ugly side of Silicon Valley

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...

Startup Watch Unicorn Bots

U.A.E

Jisr Venture Partners like to look outside MENA [Know your VC]

Jisr Venture Partners founder and chairman Waleed Albanawi is making another investment into the food and beverage (F&B) space by...

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Saudi Arabia

Careem now a unicorn, raising $350M

Careem has become the Middle East’s second ‘unicorn’, after investment from Japan's ecommerce giant Rakuten Inc and...

careem STC Venture Capital

Egypt

Egypt loosens rules on mobile money

In what will be welcome news to Egypt’s burgeoning fintech startups, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) is starting a bid to formalize...

Fintech Central Bank of Egypt mobile money

Global

Startup Watch: Say no to #manels and hyperloop feasibility in UAE

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...

Startup Watch Hyperloop Dubai

Jordan

Uber and Careem: a yellow cab's worst nightmare in Jordan

“We don’t need Uber or Careem, the yellow cab is the boss,” chanted yellow cab drivers protesting outside Jordan’s...

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Turkey

Turkish ride sharing app Volt raises over $500K

Turkish ride sharing service Volt has raised $550,000 from Lebanon-based investor Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP), with participation...

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Palestine

Mashvisor becomes first Palestinian startup accepted to Silicon Valley's 500 Startups

Real estate analytics platform Mashvisor has been chosen for the 19th round of acceleration at Silicon Valley’s 500 Startups, making...

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U.A.E

Mix N’ Mentor is returning to Dubai, MENA’s startup capital

Wamda’s flagship event, Mix N’ Mentor, is finally returning to the uncontested MENA capital for anyone with a startup and the gusto to thr...

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