U.A.E

The bakery that finds clients on Instagram

The food and beverage sector is incredibly competitive in the Middle East, something that Rami Badawi and Amber Haque know only too well....

Triska Hamid • 18 August, 2019

Food & Beverage foodtech Social Media

Regional

The state of social media in the Middle East

Consumers in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) are among the most active users of social media platforms. The region’s large...

Triska Hamid • 21 April, 2019

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U.A.E

How family traditions inspired a jewelry business

Emirati Salama Mohamed started her pearl business inspired by the roots of her family. Her late grandfather, Mosa Al Qubaisi, was a...

Marina Makary • 04 October, 2017

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Regional

When Facebook means business for MENA women

If you are a woman, have founded, cofounded, or own a business, and are interested in using Facebook and Instagram to grow it, then you...

Archana Menon • 20 August, 2017

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Kuwait

Instagram, an attractive choice for merchants

This article is a crosspost with Nuwait. In Kuwait, Instagram is an attractive choice for entrepreneurs trying to promote a product or...

Berthe El Aya • 02 May, 2017

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Global

Startup Watch: Funerals, Telegram breach, and InstaSnap Feud

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...

Dana Ballout • 04 August, 2016

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Saudi Arabia

A Saudi social market could replace Instagram for ecommerce

  The internet offers huge opportunities for women and entrepreneurs in Saudi Arabia. (Image via Artistia) Instagram has become...

Ahmed Gabr • 03 May, 2016

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Regional

MENA's social media strongholds [Infographic]

Social media has a huge influence on business in the Middle East, be it as a marketing tool or a company platform through which...

Rachel Williamson • 27 December, 2015

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Saudi Arabia

What you should know about Saudi’s social media behavior

A screenshot from the video created along with the TOP report Saudi Arabia is still growing into a market that regional and global tech...

Maya Rahal • 09 September, 2015

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U.A.E

Can Yebab use photo messaging to take on Instagram?

Instagram is one of the most popular social networking sites to upload and share images, but the founders of Yebab believe that their...

Elsy Melkonian • 15 March, 2015

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Regional

What global investors want from entrepreneurs, an expert advises

There are some questions that continuously occur in the minds of entrepreneurs - if I want to get seed financing, or that second round of...

Eman Mostafa • 19 April, 2015

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What You Look Like to a Social Network [Infographic]

Facebook makes a lot of us feel warm and fuzzy; if commenting on ‘life event’ photos and smugly stalking friends and family halfway around ...

Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 24 December, 2013

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Saudi photo editing app reaches #1 in UAE, Kuwait App Stores [Podcast]

Smartphones have brought photography, a once secondary feature in cellphones, to the center of the industry’s evolution, creating ripe o...

Ahmed Al Majid • 29 August, 2013

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Bahraini startup becomes popular by turning Instagram photos into art

As serendipity would have it, entrepreneur Yazin Al-Irhayim stumbled into a lucrative business idea while attending a workshop at the...

Leena AlOlaimy • 22 August, 2013

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How one Saudi woman entrepreneur found success through Instagram [Wamda TV]

When 26 year old Sarah Al Dabbagh graduated with a degree in early childhood education from Simmons College in Boston she returned to...

Zeina Tabbara • 31 October, 2013

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