All posts tagged "Morocco"
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6.8KEcosystemGoogle is now accepting applications for second class of its Launchpad Accelerator Africa
Google had announced its Launchpad Accelerator Africa last year. The first class of the accelerator that was open to startups from Ghana, Kenya,...
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4.8KStartupsMorocco’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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6.1KInvestmentsMoroccan 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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7.4KNewsMorocco 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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6.2KNewsUber 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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5.5KEntrepreneurshipWhat 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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6.5KNewsDubai-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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7.3KNewsMorocco’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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10.1KAcceleratorOman’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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8.2KStartups2017 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...