Regional Exploring the frontiers of Arabic natural language processing Humans and machines, such a beautiful pairing. (Image via Sdtimes.com) A monetized mobile app that crowdsources the digitization of Arabic... Samuel Wendel • 25 May, 2016 Sakhr Arabic Snippets NYU Abu Dhabi
U.A.E Bitoasis secures seed funding led by Wamda Capital Fintech startup Bitoasis has announced its first round of funding, an undisclosed sum led by Wamda Capital. The round included Barry... Maya Rahal • 24 May, 2016 Coindesk Wamda Capital Bitcoin
Egypt Cantalop signs on for $100,000 angel investment Egypt is brimming with job search sites on the cusp of expansion. (Image via Cantalop) Two years after its launch, Egyptian job search... Eman Mostafa • 24 May, 2016 youth unemployment Egypt unemployment rate job search
Regional Changing MENA with the 'sharing economy' HBR Creative Platform puts collaboration at the center. (Imave via HBR Creative Platform) This article is an edited crosspost from... Asmaa Guedira • 24 May, 2016
Regional What I know about game publishing: Joseph Shomali The profits to be made in gaming are not to be sniffed at. But that's generally for countries outside of the Middle East. In 2014... Lucy Knight • 23 May, 2016 games xp babil games Joseph Shomali
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... Sara Aggour • 23 May, 2016 Awfar Markets Knock Mart Egypt
Yemen How one company grabbed 70% market share in Yemen Amazon, Tesla Motors and Tupperware are amongst some big company names that didn’t turn a profit for years, and are proof that if... Lucy Knight • 23 May, 2016 Oxfam Care International Unicef
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... Rachel Williamson • 22 May, 2016 State of Payments 2016 yaoota Payfort
Maghreb How is this startup bootstrapping solar and water solutions? Alto Solution has entered the tough B2B market for energy and water products. (Image via Alto Solution) How can we continue humanity’s d... Aline Mayard • 22 May, 2016 renewables solar desalination desalination
Egypt Is Alexandria coming out of Cairo's shadow? Alexandria still has Cairo hustle, but not the size. (Image via Pinterest) Alexandria is Egypt’s second largest city - its five million p... Eman Mostafa • 19 May, 2016
Regional Crowdfunding, an increasingly popular option for MENA Crowdfunding, or raising money from multiple donors through an online platform, has seen a bumpy start in the Middle East. This may be... Daria Solovieva • 19 May, 2016 AFKARMENA eureeca zoomaal
U.A.E Global incubator 1776 announces Dubai location The number of startups coming out of the UAE is on the rise closely followed by coworking spaces, incubators and accelerators. The... Archana Menon • 18 May, 2016 Government support 1776 incubators
Jordan How Jeeran monetized its digital content by going offline The Jeeran team at their Egypt launch in 2015. (Image via Wamda) As internet penetration in MENA skyrockets, demand for local digital... Samuel Wendel • 18 May, 2016 The Gamefiers Yelp Uturn
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... Aline Mayard • 18 May, 2016 fulfillment Hmall Jumia
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... Eduard Cousin • 17 May, 2016 onine obituaries elwafeyat Egypt
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... Rachel Williamson • 17 May, 2016 Tamween Internet Society Yemen
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