MarkaVIP Announces Deal with PayPal; Will Consumers Warm to Online Payment? E-commerce may be one of the fastest-growing and most promising startup sectors in the Middle East, but it still poses several challenges.... Nina Curley • 09 May, 2013 Flash Sales MarkaVIP PayPal
Can This Arabic App Recommender Escape the Fate of AppGratis? Last month, AppGratis made the news after it was pulled from the Apple Store, just a few months after raising a $13.5 million... Aline Mayard • 09 May, 2013
Students Imagine Crazy Tech Ideas at Minya's Second Innovation Day in Egypt Despite a train conductor strike that paralyzed Egypt’s railways in mid-April, the engineering Faculty at Minya University pushed ahead w... Hanan Solayman • 09 May, 2013 Egypt Competitions
How to Build Your Startup: Fly or Die, from the 6th StartupQ8 Building on the success of our last 5 monthly events in Kuwait, the 6th StartupQ8 took place on March 25th with the topic: “how t... Abdullah Alshalabi • 09 May, 2013 Startup Q8
Developing Low Cost, High Quality Education in Egypt Every year, Egyptian parents face the dilemma of choosing a school to enroll their children in, often debating between a range of... Hanan Solayman • 08 May, 2013 Egypt Education
Trends in Internet Usage in the Arab World [Report] Did you know that 28% of Arab internet users prefer social media as their main source of news? Individuals worldwide are downloading... Reem Boudraa • 08 May, 2013 Social Networks Social Media Mobile
Bnooki Offers a One-Stop Shop for Bank Products in Lebanon: Can it Expand? Figuring out what banks offer in Lebanon is notoriously difficult, says Elie Bou Jaoude. “There are more than 600,000 searches on G... Maya Rahal • 08 May, 2013 Financial management
Meet the Jordanian College Graduate Who Rose to Startup Success by Reporting the Weather Jordanian entrepreneur Mohamed Al-Shaker is very, very passionate about the weather. “I’ve had an interest in weather since I was 4 years o... Glen Dalakian II • 08 May, 2013 Science Jordan Competitions
WamdaCard Out of Private Beta, Now Accepting Applications Fresh out of private beta, Wamda's newest program, WamdaCard, offers entrepreneurs discounts and benefits on a range of products and ... Wamda • 08 May, 2013 WamdaCard
Which Countries Have the Lowest Costs for Startups? [Infographic] Entrepreneurs in the Arab world who may be self-funding, are bootstrapping, or are just looking for an inexpensive place to start their... Ahmed Gabr • 07 May, 2013 Jordan Egypt Ecosystem
What Do Saudi Entrepreneurs Think about Entrepreneurship in the Kingdom? As entrepreneurship awareness builds lately in the Arab World, Saudi Arabia, with its abundance of free capital and interest among the... Ahmed Gabr • 07 May, 2013 Saudi Arabia
STC Ventures Invests $3 Million in Jabbar's Ad Network ikoo Regional advertising network ikoo has secured $3 million in investment from STC Ventures, a venture capital fund backed by Saudi Telecom... Nina Curley • 07 May, 2013 Jabbar Digital Advertising Digital Marketing
Lebanon’s Game Cooks Releases Mobile Multiplayer Title NERDS On top of their recent release, Captain Oil, Game Cooks studios in Lebanon just launched new mobile game NERDS on both... Glen Dalakian II • 07 May, 2013 Mobile Gaming Gaming
10 Tips from Mix n' Mentor Doha At Mix n' Mentor Doha, we gathered over 100 mentors and entrepreneurs for a half-day event that fostered in-depth discussions about team ... Nina Curley • 06 May, 2013 Mix n Mentor Tips Advice
Accelerator Flat6Labs Jeddah Launches in Saudi Arabia Bringing the accelerator trend to Saudi Arabia, Flat6Labs Jeddah was just launched by Qotuf AlRiyadah, a company that supports small and... Glen Dalakian II • 06 May, 2013 Flat6Labs Accelerators
The Rise of Virtual Currency: A Look at Bitcoin and Ripple The stunning rise and crash of digital currency Bitcoin last month has created a vast amount of worldwide interest in what could be a... Gulay Ozkan • 06 May, 2013 Financial systems Virtual Currency
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