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Saudi Arabia

4 ways to tackle Saudi ecommerce, from an Oasis500 mentor

Sometimes, you can talk to people for hours and not understand how the time passed so quickly. And then there are those times when a half...

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Jordan

Jordanian serial entrepreneur pivots from selling gadgets to 3D printing his own

Loay Malahmeh is becoming what he never thought he would be – a serial entrepreneur. From TickyTacky.me to 3Dmena, the Jordanian e...

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Could this Tunisian connected home device challenge Google's Nest?

Tunisian entrepreneurs don’t seem to run short of ambition; Chifco is just more proof (others can be f...

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U.A.E

Middle East kids fashion marketplace off to a strong start

E-commerce has proved once again to be a promising industry for entrepreneurs in the Arab region. After witnessing the rise of many online...

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Audio news for the blind with new Saudi app

Despite finding it hard to keep up with rapid developments in the world of technology, Hamza Abbasi, 21, has found success with the launch...

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Entrepreneurial internship program launched in Ramallah

Leaders Organization (LO), a Palestinian NGO providing skill development and services to young entrepreneurs and startups, has launched ...

How 5 teenagers built one of Algeria's biggest websites

The story of Algeria’s eighth most visited website started eight years ago when police showed up to shut down a suburban street market. F...

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What can a Dubai fashion startup teach you about social entrepreneurship?

“There’s a story behind the clothes we wear. Do you know what the story is about? More often than not, it’s about modern day slavery, child...

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Bahrain

Bahrain women win innovation award at 2014 Microsoft Imagine Cup [Wamda TV]

Every year since 2003, the Microsoft Imagine Cup has invited student teams from around the world to compete for gold and glory, while...

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AstroLabs+Google announce plans for Dubai coworking space

At San Francisco’s TechCrunch Disrupt conference this week, the entrepreneurship platform AstroLabs announced their collaboration ...

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Starting up, getting acquired, and shutting down: GoNabit co-founder's advice on the entrepreneurial journey

Yesterday, we published the first article based on an interview with Dan Stuart, the co-founder of the MENA’s first daily deals site, G...

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Telr and Innovate Payments merge to boost e-commerce in global emerging markets

Telr, the payment gateway for emerging markets based between Dubai and Singapore, has announced that it will merge with Innovate Payments,...

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Starting up, getting acquired, and shutting down: GoNabit co-founder's advice on the entrepreneurial journey

In a startup ecosystem as young as the Arab region’s, there are only a few founders that have completed the full entrepreneurship cycle, f...

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Announcing the Mix N' Mentor Competition Amman finalist

1, 2, 3, startup! at Mix N' Mentor Amman. We’re ready to announce the winner of the Mix N’ Mentor Competition Amman edition: RedTroops, the ...

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Turkey’s Prisync has its eye on the Middle East

The growth of e-commerce has brought with it a surge in the choice of products and suppliers at customers’ fingertips. It has never been e...

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Egypt

Will Sharquity succeed in reproducing the Eureeca model in Egypt?

According to many entrepreneurs, the main problem currently facing business development is funding. As a solution, many...

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300% growth demands expansion for Moroccan sports site

Patience and passion can be worth more than fundraising or aggressive marketing; this is an often-repeated maxim that might sometimes be...

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Newly launched Mobily Ventures invests in Anghami, Easy Taxi

Mobily, a leading telecom in Saudi Arabia, will announce today the launch of Mobily Ventures, a venture capital fund seeking to invest...

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Code no more: Jordanian platform debuts drag-and-drop builder for in-app ads

When Samer Tarazi and Omar Massad of RedTroops – an in-app advertising-focused startup that connects advertisers and app developers, and a...

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The story behind Cairo's first coworking success

Coworking spaces are no longer news for entrepreneurs in Egypt, but no one in Cairo did it before The District, which launched three years...

TheDistrict Egypt Coworking Spaces

Global

3 examples of corporates and startups collaborating in emerging markets

When the corporate world isn’t a source of suspicion for the startup it’s often one of mockery. After all, how many sectors were disrupted b...

General Electric Coca-Cola Nigeria

Desado founder blazing a trail for Muslim fashion

The world is increasingly recognizing the tremendous potential of the global Islamic economy — one that encompasses diverse sectors i...

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Lebanon

Lebanese youth benefit from Zoomaal funding

Shhhhhhhhhh. It seems that the determination of youth in the Lebanese city of Tripoli is steadfast in the face of political and security...

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Young Lebanese innovators honored by MIT, confirms a growing trend

Update: Wamda has just learned that a third Lebanese, entrepreneur Rand Hindi, was also included in the MIT list (editors were...

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