All posts tagged "Morocco"
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1.9KStartupsMorocco’s property portal Mubawab gets acquired by Dubai-based Bayut’s parent
Dubai-based Emerging Markets Property Group (EMPG) that’s the parent company of one of the largest property listing websites of UAE, Bayut, has...
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3.1KInvestmentsMoroccan bus booking startup Lagare.ma raises over $200,000, plans expansion to Egypt & Tunisia
Lagare.ma, a Moroccan bus booking platform has raised ~$217,000 (2 million Moroccan Dirhams) in funding. Founded in 2014 by Issam Darui in,...
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2.4KNewsMorocco to tax Airbnb listings from 2019
The property rentals offered on Airbnb in Morocco will be subject to tax, starting from 2019. Moroccan government has taken this decision...
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3.5KNewsUber suspends operations in Morocco amid regulatory difficulties
Uber is suspending its operations in Morocco, citing ‘no clarity in law for ride-hailing apps’ as the reason. The ride-hailing company has...
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2.9KEntrepreneurshipWhat 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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3.4KNewsDubai-based video content startup Buzzkito raises $1.7 million in Series A investment from Africinvest
Dubai-based video content startup Buzzkito that was born in Morocco has raised $1.7 million as Series A investment from Africinvest, a Tunisian...
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3.7KNewsMorocco’s viral content platform Welovebuzz to expand to Egypt
Welovebuzz, the Moroccan platform that is often referred as Buzzfeed of North Africa is expanding to Egypt. The eight-year-old platform has been...
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5.0KAcceleratorOman’s Wadi Accelerator offers $100K investment to post-MVP startups from MENA, Iran, & Pakistan
Almost all the governments in MENA especially the ones in GCC are making their efforts to turn their countries into entrepreneurial hubs....
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4.4KStartups2017 Roundup: 17 biggest stories from MENA’s startup ecosystems
Until few years ago, there were only handful of startups in MENA. You could literally count them on your fingers. But things have...
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1.6KNewsMorocco bans all cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin
Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies are still a grey area in most of the MENA countries. There may have been few statements here and there...