Startup investment deals in MENA plummeted 67 percent in March as the coronavirus pandemic hits investor appetite, according to a report from startup ...
When the going gets tough Middle Eastern entrepreneurs stand resilient and better equipped than their global peers to navigate the COVID-19 ...
Saudi Arabia “is clearly a market that you really want to focus on,” said Jack Selby, managing director of investment firm Thiel Capital ...
2019 witnessed a significant improvement in the Saudi Arabian startup scene with 71 deals taking place, a 92 percent increase compared to 2018, ...
MENA startups “biggest challenge is how do you scale these businesses while markets are very fragmented,” said Fadi Ghandour, Executive ...
2019 was a blockbuster year for startups in the Middle East and North Africa with a total funding of $3.8 billion, headlined by Careem, which sold to ...
Egyptian transport technology startup Swvl will expand into two cities in Pakistan in the next two weeks and begin operations in Nigeria’s ...
In June Saudi Arabia announced it would be relaxing the 49 percent limit for foreign strategic investors in shares of listed companies. The move came ...
The MENA region’s startup ecosystem is growing, with a 66 percent increase in total funding across all MENA-based startups since H1 2018, ...
The workplace messaging startup Slack filed documents Friday to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange, the latest of a group of richly valued ...
Lyft said on Monday it would seek to raise some $2 billion in its public share offering, in the first major listing in the ride-hailing sector.The San ...
Altria, one of the world’s biggest tobacco companies, is spending nearly $13 billion to buy a huge stake in the vape company Juul as cigarette ...
Can a hamburger or steak be labeled "meat" if it is plant-based? That question has sparked a debate about US food labels as key US cattle ...
The Dubai-based messaging app, Telegram, has attracted several Russian investors, including Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich, since it announced its ...
Uber should be classified as a transport service and regulated like other taxi operators, the European Union’s top court said in a landmark ...
Aljawharah Alqahtani was studying at the Princess Nora bint Abdul Rahman University in Riyadh when she saw a need for a mobile repair shop tailored ...
The World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa being held at the Dead Sea in Jordan, this month from May 19-21 will also see a ...
Bahrain is currently hosting the global "Get in the Ring" start-ups competition for the first time after a strategic partnership was struck ...
Bzzt, the peer-to-peer Swedish transportation startup, first launched the podtaxi service in Gothenburg during spring 201
Research has shown that face-to-face communication really makes the difference
Fashion blogger Chloe Grace Allen explains how she dreamt of being her own boss
The start-ups that are securing the largest amounts of funding in the region seem to be the ones that cater to a society driven by consumerism...
With the launch of PowerPack, companies now have an opportunity to easily convert any hashtag or emoji into an auto responder
The agreement aims to enable beneficiaries of the program to be aware of ways on how to establish their small business
Flat6Labs announces expansion at ADMS 14 and its mandate is to support entrepreneurs with ideas but are not sure how to actualize them
A new Dubai based enterprise seeks to revolutionize making money through online shopping in the region
Israel has earned her nickname the start-up nation, due to her vibrant entrepreneurship in hi-tech
Using online platforms to sell equity to a large pool of investors could boost Arab businesses, experts say
The rise of high-tech businesses in the Middle East is the latest ‘revolution’ to transform the region, according to a Washington-based ...
Yahoo on Tuesday announced it has bought a startup behind a smartphone movie application, extending a shopping spree launched after Marissa Mayer ...
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