Global What does the future hold for wearable technology? The arrival of wearable technology has marked a completely new era. The industry has evolved to a point where we can create devices... Mohsin Syed • 29 January, 2017 wearable Wearable devices google glass
Regional Women rising to the top in MENA [Infographic] This article is a crosspost with Payfort. Female entrepreneurs are founding companies at an ever increasing rate across the world and... Wamda • 29 January, 2017 women entrepreneurs nabbesh mrusta
U.A.E More startups on the scene at Gulf CX Awards “As an SME we can offer an opportunity for personalisation,” said Ayman Al Awadhi, managing director of Dubai’s The... Lucy Knight • 26 January, 2017 gulf cx awards Customer Service User Experience
Saudi Arabia 5 things you need to know about Saudi ecommerce [Opinion] Ecommerce revenues in Saudi Arabia are staggeringly poor compared to countries where the sector is more established. In 2016, ecommerce... Yousef Shanti • 26 January, 2017 ecommerce Trends Opinion
Global Startup Watch: India’s ‘soonicorns’, Zuckerberg in politics and the curse of antibiotics 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... Maya Rahal • 26 January, 2017 Startup Watch Mark Zuckerberg antibiotics
Jordan Jordan marries traditional aid with new innovation This is a crosspost from Devex - When aid goes digital: 4 factors to bear in mind Technology and innovation are continuing to transform... Helen Morgan • 25 January, 2017 Jordan Social Entrepreneurship IrisGuard
U.A.E Talking about fintech in MENA [Wamda TV] Everything starts with a payment. Payfort’s Omar Soudodi, talking to Wamda, said that the wealth transfer is the foundation of... Lucy Knight • 24 January, 2017 Fintech mix n mentor dubai Payfort
Morocco Moroccan 'search engine for sales' Vendo raises seed round Two-year-old Moroccan ecommerce search engine Vendo.ma has raised 2.7 million dirhams (US$267,000) from a business angel based in... Lilia Blaise • 24 January, 2017 Vendo Jumia ecommerce
Jordan Content Master: images of the people for the people Content Master is taking a different tack to other image curators around the world, by being dedicated to serving the Middle East... Maisa Khudair • 24 January, 2017 the online project Content Master Stock Images
Tunisia Tunisia startup makes robots, not human substitutes When Anis Sahbani left his job as a university lecturer in France to start a robot-making startup in Tunisia, half of his friends thought... Lilia Blaise • 23 January, 2017 Enova Robotics profile robotics
U.A.E STEP gets $2M Series A, plans a digital media empire STEP Group has closed a Series A funding round with a $2 million investment from regional investors, including Wamda Capital,... Maya Rahal • 23 January, 2017 Step Conference Step music Wamda Capital
U.A.E Using big data and AI to fill the digital Arabic content void When it comes to digital content there’s not much out there in Arabic. In fact, according to data released in the 2016 Media in... Elias Jabbe • 23 January, 2017 narrativa flat6labs abu dhabi AI
Saudi Arabia Melltoo expands to Saudi with new funding The Dubai-headquartered peer-to-peer marketplace Melltoo has said they are ready to expand to Saudi Arabia now they have acquired new... Lucy Knight • 23 January, 2017 Investment melltoo ecommerce
Tunisia New York startup vibe in Tunisian competition Houda Ghozzi, the woman behind Tunisia’s Open Startup competition, was tired of programs that taught students how to pitch but then... Lilia Blaise • 22 January, 2017 Open Startup Tunisia Columbia University BIAT
Egypt What startups should know about Egypt’s IMF reforms All Egypt is feeling the weight of economic reform, but not all entrepreneurs will feel the impact equally. Last week, the... Rachel Williamson • 22 January, 2017 IMF reforms bankruptcy
U.A.E Hidden gold mines for MENA’s air tech entrepreneurs If Paul Papadimitriou’s realistic air tech projections can be summed up in one piece of cautionary advice for startups, it is that in... Vanessa Khalil • 22 January, 2017 Travel aviation GE
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