Turkey’s nascent sector: UX design

Over 600 attendees keen to learn how to enhance customer experience. (Images via Lorena Rios) User experience design (UX) is an evolving...

Lorena Rios • 17 May, 2016

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Oman explores solar-powered oil recovery

The Amal Solar EOR Pilot Project. (Image via MIT) This article is an edited crosspost from the MIT Technology Review Arab Edition. Oman’s kn...

MIT Technology Review • 16 May, 2016

Oil Oman solar power

KSA car seller Haraj turns down $20M

If you happen to visit Haraj, an ecommerce website in Saudi Arabia, you may not know why it is valued at 600 million Saudi riyals (US$160...

Reine Farhat • 16 May, 2016

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Data science: how is it good for business?

Can you make data science work for your business? (Image via Alamy/Carol and Mike Werner) “Data is the new oil,” says big...

Tala El Issa • 16 May, 2016

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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...

Rachel Williamson • 15 May, 2016

State of Payments 2016 Payfort Entertainment

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...

Eduard Cousin • 15 May, 2016

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Data science: how is it good for government?

All those zeros and ones - how can you make the most of them? (Image via Digitalgov.gov) “Understanding and innovating with data...

Tala El Issa • 15 May, 2016

Kai Chan INSEAD data science

Brate raises $400K in seed funding

Lebanese startup Brate announced yesterday that it raised $400,000 in seed funding from a New York based angel...

Maya Rahal • 12 May, 2016

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Priority shares and liquidation preference, the lowdown

The number and type of shares a founder owns in a startup is a crucial point to think about in the context of venture capital...

Rita Khoriaty • 12 May, 2016

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Iran's gaming market, an overview part II

Such a large market, with a few hurdles still. (Images via Sourena Game Studio) Yesterday I shared some statistics on who is using the...

Hassan Mehdiasl • 12 May, 2016

Free2Play Sanctions Sourena Game Studio

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...

Ahmed Gabr • 12 May, 2016

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Are you entrepreneur material? This app will tell you

Have you got what it takes to be an entrepreneur? (Image via Rachel Williamson) If you’re working in a corporate job and have a startup i...

Aline Mayard • 11 May, 2016

Founders Test hidden founders app

Iran's internet users, an overview

With nearly 80 million people in Iran you can imagine there is a huge internet audience waiting to be pounced upon.  Unfortunately,...

Hassan Mehdiasl • 11 May, 2016

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Meet the 16-year olds who brought the NASA Space Apps hackathon to Jordan

The pilots of NASA Space Apps Amman: Rasha Khateeb (left) and Maram Abu Hussein (right). (Images via Sam Wendel) The countdown to Jordan’s ...

Samuel Wendel • 11 May, 2016

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Deadline for participation at the Femme Francophone Entrepreneure 2016

La cinquième édition de cet appel à candidatures a pour but de soutenir deux femmes francophones entrepreneures dans...

Wamda • 10 May, 2016

A Startup Week first for the Arab World

Salwa Qattan, left, from Careem, Fouad Jeryes from CashBasha, and Rahmeh Abu Shweimeh of She Cab. (Image via Tala El Issa) For its...

Tala El Issa • 10 May, 2016

Mlabbas She Cab Startup Week