Global You created a store within a marketplace. Now what? [Opinion] A very common approach for brands and retailers that want to start selling online is to set up a ‘shop-in-shop’, or a branded... Yorgos Kleivokiotis • 23 February, 2017 ecommerce marketplace Souq.com
Bahrain Startup Watch: breaking stuff, pain = gain, and working for the man The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your... Rachel Williamson • 23 February, 2017 Google Startup Watch Uber
Regional STEP 2017: disrupting MENA tech and music scene In case you weren’t around for all the buzz and bustle that took place at STEP 2016, here’s what you missed: Early 2017 was mome... Rami Deeb • 22 February, 2017 Step Conference STEP Dubai
Algeria Algeria’s startup culture: from the ground and up Lack of e-payment systems, sluggish bureaucracy, and scarce access to financing are some of the issues faced by an aspiring Algerian... Stefania D'Ignoti • 22 February, 2017 algeria Gotta Love Algeria Eblink
Bahrain China in Bahrain: building shared interests For centuries, Bahrain and China have trading with each other along the ancient Silk Road. In the past, Bahrain traded pearls,... Ola Aboukhsaiwan • 22 February, 2017 Bahrain china Brinc
Jordan The food chain of mobile: how VoIPs are devouring telcos If you think maintaining your long distance relationship is a private matter, you are most certainly wrong; telcos and governments are... Tala El Issa • 21 February, 2017 Telecommunication VOIP OTT
U.A.E Human economics: Sharjah’s homegrown approach to becoming a startup hub Sharjah is in debt, so it’s lucky they’re well on their way to diversifying the economy away from big corporations. In... Vanessa Khalil • 21 February, 2017 sharjah Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center Sheraa
U.A.E Wamda hosts student workshop around education and mobility in UAE No matter the developing or developed country you are coming from there are always going to be flaws in an education system, and the Middle... Maya Rahal • 20 February, 2017 Mohamed Bin Zayed Future Generations design thinking workshop
Jordan What I know about iris recognition: Imad Malhas It all started with the Hajj. Imad Malhas took it as a personal challenge to solve a problem unique to Saudi Arabia: during the annual... Tala El Issa • 20 February, 2017 IrisGuard biometrics iris recognition
Egypt Tinder for business: Geomingle wants to send you on a ‘date’ Londoners have embraced the dating app with such passion that an Egyptian entrepreneur has built a spin off, which he hopes will have an... Eman El-Sherbiny • 20 February, 2017 GeoMingle tinder location-based networking
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia's massive Public Investment Fund has become active in tech startup investing This article is a crosspost with CB Insights. Over the last year, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced a number of economic... CB Insights • 19 February, 2017 vision 2030 ksa Saudi Aramco
Turkey Turkey’s Sukolay taps water delivery for disruption Turkey is a country of plastic bottles - in cafes, on the street, and in the home. Although many parts of Turkey do generally have... Alexandra Locke • 19 February, 2017 turkey sukolay WATER
Jordan Tarjama bridges language gap Medieval Arabic translations preserved the cultural heritage of ancient Greece and Rome. Today the same knowledge transfer continues and... Abdulghani Kataya • 19 February, 2017 Joran uae Tarjama
Global The secret to startup success in Africa This is an excerpt of an article crossposted from Harvard Business Review. A tale of two strategies Why do so many... Harvard Business Review • 16 February, 2017 Ghana Nigeria M-Kopa
Global Startup Watch: the failure of entrepreneurship, software parties and peak app The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your... Rachel Williamson • 16 February, 2017 Startup Watch Bite Tech VAT
Morocco New seed fund Outlierz launches in Morocco [Know your VC] A new Morocco-based seed fund called Outlierz is looking to provide “smart capital” for early stage Africa startups. The... Rachel Williamson • 15 February, 2017 Outlierz Hassan Haider seed fund
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