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Jawabkom sounds like an Arabic Ask.com, but Jordanian 'trep Raed Malhas has developed an online service with greater depth- and it's filling the market need in the MENA region for a majorly underrepresented online demographic.

Businesses work tirelessly to fortify and maximize their consumer loyalty. It's more relevant than ever today, with competition more intense than ever.

With much talk about the MENA region's e-commerce industry, some might assume that all's quiet on the m-commerce front. Wrong. There's T-Pay.

What's worse than being a small island anticipating a tropical storm? A small island that is also dealing with a massive debt crisis, which could change its political status.

Egypt has been experiencing a plethora of economic problems, and the many regime changes and recent security concerns with the Islamic State has only been adding fuel to the fire.

Despite being under occupation, Palestine does have an entrepreneurial ecosystem that is slowly but surely becoming more dynamic.

CEO Reem Haj Ali was inspired to develop DoctorUna back in 2012 after noticing the "difficulties that arise when a person is attempting to book an appointment with a doctor."

Social entrepreneurship is booming globally, and the MENA region is no exception, especially in the UAE.

The 2015 edition of the CFO Strategies Forum, staged by Naseba, will take place in Dubai on October 25-26, 2015.

The 2015 Arab IPO Summit will take place in Dubai from September 14-17, themed Gateway to Capital, Growth and Value.

The GCC and the rest of the MENA region has seen their respective industries in this sector soar, and it's exciting to know that there are little to no signs of a slowdown.

Saudi Arabia's best and brightest women are ambitious to say the least.

Burundi, already in the midst of any and all forms of chaos and instability to the highest degree, has opened voting booths for a presidential election that is, safe to say, controversial.

Syriza's election victory in late January looked like a new turning point for Greece.

We tend to forget that Arabic fonts on word processors are very limited… or even that a multitude of them exist.

The July acquisition of White Payments by Payfort has all the signs of becoming a huge turning point in the MENA's somewhat blossoming e-commerce industry.

As the MENA region's F&B industry continues to soar, most entrepreneurs view this as an opportunity to open up their own F&B business. But Reda Islam, Rashed Islam, and Mahmoud Elsaid were inspired to partake in this growth a little differently.

If a market or industry has room for improvement, and nobody seems to take notice, then sometimes it's best for an entrepreneur to rise to the occasion and initiate change in that sector.

Kidney transplants have become routine, and heart transplants are increasing in prevalence with huge success rates. But, there's a whole new school of thought coming our way, and some of it sounds incredible.

Uber's popularity keeps on growing in the MENA region, with the company now expanding its sharing economy fleet in the capital of Saudi Arabia.

This story takes sports scandals to a whole new level.

This new partnership with Aramex has expanded The Happy Box's reach, making their services available internationally.

At a press conference at Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), Saudi Arabian business magnate HRH Prince Alwaleed bin Talal made headlines worldwide after pledging his entire US$32 billion wealth to charity.

E-commerce payment services company, PayFort released this year's State of Payments report, highlighting all that you need to know about the region's electronic commerce sales and trends.

Things often change unexpectedly- and in this particular startup's case, it changed for the better.

Several South Korean MPs said at a session that North Korean Defense Minister Hyon Yong-chol was executed in late April after falling asleep.

Constellation Hotels, a part of the Qatar Investment Authority, has purchased a 64% stake in the Maybourne Hotel Group that owns Claridge's, The Berkley, and The Connaught.

The UK Lebanon Tech Hub was finally unveiled in Lebanon at the Beirut Digital Park, after British Ambassador to Lebanon Thomas Fletcher announced the program at the Banque du Liban Accelerate startup conference back in November 2014.

Johnstone explains that the startup's goal is to "help brands improve the performance of their digital assets (websites and apps), by harnessing the power of content marketing, social media and user-generated content."

Women of the GCC are slowly (but surely) getting the careers they truly deserve, but there is still some way to go.