U.A.E Payment gateway Telr to target MENA and Southeast Asia on strength of Series A round Online payment gateway Telr, based between Singapore and Dubai, has secured Series A funding from Hatcher and iMENA,... Maya Rahal • 21 October, 2014 iMENA hatcher Telr
Regional Mobile dominates even offline shopping in MENA [Report] Shoppers and retailers in the MENA region have long known that consumers have been spending more and more money online. What is new,... Wamda • 21 October, 2014 smartphone penetration Mobile Report
Maghreb Entrepreneurs learn a lesson in storytelling at #YMEstartup Tunis Walking through the doors of Tunisia’s Elgazala Technopark on Monday October 13th, there was one thing I couldn’t help but not... Courtney Joline • 21 October, 2014 events your middle east #YMEStartup
Regional Former Maktoob exec raises 800K to bring social TV app to MENA The Los Angeles-based, MENA-focused app Vyu has just closed an $825,000 USD round led by Jordan’s Jabbar Internet Group. The company will u... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 20 October, 2014
Saudi Arabia Report sheds new insights on booming Saudi ecommerce market This post was originally published on Firnas.org Ecommerce is growing exponentially in Saudi Arabia; the market is expected to... Ahmed Gabr • 20 October, 2014 Payfort online payment Saudi Arabia
U.A.E Language game app to take the pain out of learning The growth of online learning products has created a huge range of ways to learn a foreign language, from the comprehensive-but-pricey... Alexander Hawkes • 20 October, 2014 erly stage studios Education
Lebanon Messaging startup enlists Arab pop star to boost downloads Despite what you may see on the Instagram account of a Saudi royal, the Arab world is traditionally a very private place. From the high... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 19 October, 2014
Egypt Rise Up Cairo empowers Egyptians while looking abroad The second full day of this year’s Rise Up Summit just off Cairo’s Tahrir Square started slowly; participants trickled into... Ahmed Moor - Rachel Williamson • 19 October, 2014 rise up cairo rise up summit coauthored
Regional One desperate entrepreneur asks the community: should I give up? Pondering the future at Mix N' Mentor, Piotr is seated at center. This post was originally published on Medium. My team and I are going... Piotr Yordanov • 16 October, 2014 SwypeOut
Egypt Egyptian law firm helping entrepreneurs find their legal footing The legal procedures necessary for establishing a startup are considered the first and most important steps entrepreneurs have to... Eman Mostafa • 16 October, 2014 law Egypt Legal
Saudi Arabia On the strength of new investment, Saudi emotion sharing app leaves for Silicon Valley The last time I spoke to Mohammed AlKadi, founder of Feelit, a social app for emotion sharing, it was January of this year.... Reine Farhat • 15 October, 2014 feelit investement Saudi Arabia
Regional 5 entrepreneurs share a time they almost gave up [Wamda TV] Late last month at Mix N’ Mentor Beirut, we got to play the role of nosy reporters, dragging five mentors away from their sessions and g... Wamda • 15 October, 2014 giving up mix n' mentor beirut Mix n Mentor
Regional 3 ways bitcoin can make a difference for entrepreneurs in the Arab world Exchanging money for services with people outside the region is a special hassle for the Arab world. At best, entrepreneurs have to... Aline Mayard • 15 October, 2014 Bitcoin Freelancers Outsourcing
Maghreb Bolstered by one failure and two pivots, this Moroccan entrepreneur wants to become your temporary CTO The name Yassine El Kachchani should sound familiar to Wamda’s readers. He's one of the earliest Moroccan entrepreneurs, and his first v... Aline Mayard • 14 October, 2014 Pivot Failure
Lebanon 5 guerrilla marketing tips to hook the ideal customer What are the odds of your midlife crisis turning you into an entrepreneur, and a successful one at that? Roger Khater was 35 years old when... Maya Rahal • 14 October, 2014 Virtual office Guerilla marketing Bubleik
Global A university instructor's take on how to foster entrepreneurship in the classroom The author with one of her classes at Lebanese International University. They say that entrepreneurship can’t be taught, however, my e... Esraa Haidar • 14 October, 2014 Education
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