Wamda

Egypt

Acasia Ventures leads pre-Seed round in Senegal’s Lengo AI

Egypt-based VC firm Acasia Ventures has led a pre-Seed investment round in Senegal-based SaaS startup Lengo AI, co-led by Ventures...

Acasia Ventures Lengo AI AI

Morocco

Morocco's Chari.ma acquires fintech app Karny.ma

Morocco-based B2B e-commerce platform Chari.ma has acquired its compatriot fintech app Karny.ma to facilitate mobile...

Chari.ma B2B e-commerce Retail

U.A.E

Aldar launches second incubator programme

Abu Dhabi-based property developer Aldar launches second edition of its Manassah programme, a six-month entrepreneurship incubator...

Manassah Aldar uae

Egypt

FOODICS raises $20 million in Series B

Saudi Arabia-based food and beverage (F&B) retail and restaurant management platform FOODICS, has raised $20 million in a Series B...

Foodics Sanabil Investments STV

Saudi Arabia

Businesses in Saudi Arabia are showing signs of recovery, with some big winners

By Khalid Suleimani and Loulwa Bakr, senior partners at Chrome Advisory Some of the most optimistic people did not expect to...

sme Retail

Lebanon

The trials of operating an e-commerce business in Lebanon

Philippe Abdeni is the chief operating officer at Bellamysworld, an e-commerce platform founded in 2003 in Lebanon for high-end luxury...

E-commerce Retail

Egypt

A15 doubles its investment in Intouch

Source: Daily News Egypt Leading tech investor, A15, has capitalised its investment in the Ireland-based retail personalisation...

AI Retail Investment

Saudi Arabia

Zid raises $2 million pre-Series A

Source: Menabytes Zid, a Riyadh-based Shopify-like e-commerce management startup that helps people (and businesses) set up their...

ecommerce Saudi Arabia Retail

U.A.E

In conversation with Savitar Jagtiani of Twinning

Savitar Jagtiani has a lot of experience taking a traditional brick and mortar business online. The Landmark Group, one of the largest...

startup Retail E-commerce

Regional

Emaar fully acquires Namshi

Dubai’s Emaar Malls has fully acquired e-commerce retailer Namshi. This follows acquiring the remaining stake of Global...

ecommerce Retail Fashion

Bahrain

Bahrain's Inagrab closes seed round

Source: Startup MGZN Bahraini startup Inagrab, a platform that helps retail businesses scale their business with the help of A.I...

Bahrain 500 startups Retail

Regional

From likes to buys: How the Middle East's retail sector has evolved

As shoppers in the Middle East enjoyed black/white/yellow Friday sales online this weekend, many of the physical retailers responded with...

E-commerce Retail Online shopping

Jordan

When refugee kids’ drawings inspire a new social enterprise in Jordan

Similar to many millennials, Jordanian Zaid Souqi gets bored very quickly; within several years he changed jobs around four times, but it...

Jordan Social Entrepreneurship The Orenda Tribe

Lebanon

This Lebanese startup is reinventing secondhand retail

August 25 was the Secondhand Wardrobe Day and there is a reason to celebrate it. Trashion, bale retail, or secondhand businesses are not...

Fabricaid secondhand clothing Retail

Regional

Entrepreneurship is disrupting MENA’s real estate and retail gurus

The first half of 2017 was an exciting one for enterprises and startups in the MENA region with mega deals taking the ecosystem by storm....

acquisition VC investment Real Estate

U.A.E

Mobile payments startups on the rise in MENA

A bevy of geolocation startups already exist in Dubai, yet the Dubai and Riyadh-based Proxera is using its technology to help companies...

seamless ecommerce Retail

Regional

Seamless Middle East 2017

Seamless Middle East 2017 will be bringing some of the most influential names from the region in the sectors of payments, ecommerce and...

payment solutions ecommerce Retail

Lebanon

Tripoli-based startup brings online retail to local merchants

Lebanon’s northern coastal city of Tripoli, once the center of trade in the region, is now too often associated with political...

Tripoli lebanon Navybits

Egypt

Thought Leadership

Acasia Ventures leads pre-Seed round in Senegal’s Lengo AI

Morocco's Chari.ma acquires fintech app Karny.ma

Aldar launches second incubator programme

FOODICS raises $20 million in Series B

Businesses in Saudi Arabia are showing signs of recovery, with some big winners

The trials of operating an e-commerce business in Lebanon

A15 doubles its investment in Intouch

Zid raises $2 million pre-Series A

In conversation with Savitar Jagtiani of Twinning

Emaar fully acquires Namshi

Bahrain's Inagrab closes seed round

From likes to buys: How the Middle East's retail sector has evolved

When refugee kids’ drawings inspire a new social enterprise in Jordan

This Lebanese startup is reinventing secondhand retail

Entrepreneurship is disrupting MENA’s real estate and retail gurus

Mobile payments startups on the rise in MENA

Seamless Middle East 2017

Tripoli-based startup brings online retail to local merchants

This Egyptian fashion startup has its eyes on Europe

Can smartphone tracking tools revitalize brick-and-mortar retail?

Celebrities suit up with online tailoring from Dubai

6 tips from a French entrepreneur for launching in the Arab world

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