Entrepreneurship
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10.8KHuda Beauty: the billion-dollar Dubai-based business that started with a simple blog
Huda Kattan has become a very popular name among women in the Middle East (and beyond). The 34-year-old social media influencer co-founded...
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3.8KPredictions and Expectations of MENA VCs for 2018: DASH Ventures’ Omar Sati and team
Amman-based DASH Ventures is one of the leading VC firms of the region. Founded in 2011, the firm has companies like Jamalon,...
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3.1KWhat Seedstars learned about different startup ecosystems of MENA by traveling around the region
Oceans of sand, pyramids, camels and shiny super-cars. This is what comes to mind when somone thinks of Middle East and North...
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4.0KHow to build a startup without quitting your day job
Question: What do Craigslist and Albert Einstein have in common? Answer: Their big idea started as a side project. 1905. Albert Einstein...
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1.9KFounders of Egyptian Streets make the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list for Media & Marketing
Mohamed Khairat and Mostafa Amin, founders of Egyptian Streets, one of the most popular online English news platform in Egypt, have been...
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2.5KHow entrepreneurship can build peace in conflict zones
More than 150 startups were created in Syria last year—from BitCode, a platform to teach youth how to code in Arabic, to...
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3.8K9 things I have learned about running accelerators and incubators
I have had the chance to manage different incubation programs during the last few years at Cairo University, INJAZ Egypt. During these...
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9.6KKhaled Ismail launches HIMangel, a $5 million angel fund to invest in early-stage Egyptian startups
Khaled Ismail, one of the most well known angel investors in Egypt, has announced the launch of HIMangel, a $5 million angel...
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2.4KUAE’s Crescent Enterprises launches $150 million corporate VC arm to invest in startups
UAE-based Crescent Enterprises that operates globally in different sectors through its businesses, strategic investments, has announced the launch of its venture capital arm...