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Maximizing Value: Monty Mobile Founder And CEO Mountasser Hachem

Two major avenues Hachem sees telcos losing returns on are SMS (Short Message Service) and digital advertising, which are the services Monty Mobile is focusing on.

By Megha Merani

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Dubai Studio City Launches A Hunt For Innovative Video Content Creators

By Entrepreneur Middle East Staff

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OSN Launches ASLI, A Platform For Regional Content Creators To Showcase Their Original Works

By Entrepreneur Middle East Staff

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MENA Investors’ Forecasts for 2018: Amjad Ahmad, Managing Partner, Precinct Partners

By Tamara Pupic

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MENA Investors’ Forecasts for 2018: Walid Mansour, Partner and CIO, MEVP

Investors are out with their forecasts for the MENA entrepreneurial ecosystem and they are bullish, to say the least.

By Tamara Pupic

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The Recap: Enterprise Agility Awards 2017

Produced by BNC Publishing, the 2017 Enterprise Agility Awards, Entrepreneur of the Year, was presented by du, with the support of Dubai Startup Hub, Luxury Partner, Cadillac; Platinum Ally, Sobha Hartland; Gold Allies, Thomson Reuters, OMD MENA and VentureSouq; and Ecosystem Partner, ArabNet.

By Entrepreneur Middle East Staff

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How Dubai’s Blockchain Advisor ConsenSys Is Creating A Community For The Emerging Tech

As an incorruptible digital ledger of economic transactions, blockchain is emerging as a new type of internet innovation that enables distribution of digital information without being copied.

By Sindhu Hariharan

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Global Fintech Startup TreasuryXpress Closes US$5 Million Funding From MEVP And Others

TreasuryXpress, an on-demand treasury management solutions provider, has closed a Series B investment of US$5 million from an investor consortium that includes Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP), iSME Capital, The Luxury Fund, and others.

By Sindhu Hariharan

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Jordan Welcomes BeyondCapital For Development Of Local Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

Endeavor Jordan and Silicon Badia have joined hands to launch a new investment entity BeyondCapital.

By Entrepreneur Middle East Staff

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Inside The MENA High Tech Boom

Enabling the region's high-tech industry could pivot the region for years to come- empowering Arab businesses, equipping youth with critical ICT skills, and maybe fundamentally alter the region's economic trajectory.

By Sam Blatteis

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UAE Payment Tech Startup Qpal Is Winner of Visa Everywhere Initiative MENA

Qpal beat 12 other finalists selected from a total of 190 entrants to emerge as winners of Visa's first-ever MENA edition of the Everywhere Initiative.

By Sindhu Hariharan

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Infographic: LinkedIn And Strategy&’s Empowering The GCC Digital Workforce Study

The Empowering the GCC digital workforce: Building adaptable skills in the digital era report found that the proportion of digital jobs GCC countries are particularly low- accounting for only 1.7% of the GCC workforce.

By Entrepreneur Middle East Staff

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MENA On Track For A Record Year Of Funding, Says MAGNiTT’s Q3 Funding Report

MAGNiTT MENA's Q3 2017 Funding Report is here, and the data reinforces the powerful surge of fundraising wins in the ecosystem that we've all been coming across lately.

By Sindhu Hariharan

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Batting It Out Of The Park: Zomato Founder And CEO Deepinder Goyal

How India's now-global startup struck out, hit home runs, and stays in the game.

By Aby Sam Thomas

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Amadeus Is Looking For Innovations To Shape Future Of MENA Travel Industry

The challenge is accepting entries only till October 20, 2017, so hurry and submit your application soon!

By Entrepreneur Middle East Staff

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Jordan-Based Home Design Startup Darpedia Raises Angel Investment

Darpedia, a platform connecting homeowners with interior design professionals, has raised US$200,000 from two undisclosed regional angel investors.

By Sindhu Hariharan

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Emirati-French Business Summit In Dubai Focuses On Strengthening Bilateral Ties

The Emirati-France Business Summit organized by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) in collaboration with the French Business Council, was held this week in Dubai, and attracted participation of 63 Emirati and French entities.

By Entrepreneur Middle East Staff

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Shazam For Cars: AI-Powered Seez Wants To Change The Way You Buy Cars

Seez is an app that helps you search, shortlist, and negotiate deals on a car of your choice- but it isn't just another cars marketplace.

By Sindhu Hariharan

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Dubai’s District 2020 To Be A Hub ‘For The Startup, The SME, And The Multinational’

Visitors to Cityscape, which runs from September 11-13 at Dubai World Trade Center, can learn more about more about the design and infrastructure behind the development that is a key part of the legacy of Dubai Expo 2020.

By Entrepreneur Middle East Staff

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Three Guidelines For Starting Your MENA E-Commerce Venture

Studies indicate that by 2020, the e-commerce business in the Middle-East is expected to grow to US$13.4 billion.

By Kye-Suk Jang

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The Refugee Learning Accelerator Invites You To Ideate For Refugee Youth

As the global spotlight falls on the ongoing refugee crisis in Syria and other Middle East regions, among its various impacts is the threat it poses to the future of millions of displaced students.

By Entrepreneur Middle East Staff

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We Got Funded! Online Travel Marketplace Wego Finds A Strategic Investor In MBC Group

Online travel marketplace Wego has entered into a strategic partnership with Middle East media conglomerate MBC Group, with the latter making a "significant amount" of investment in the online travel marketplace.

By Sindhu Hariharan

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AI Startup Narrativa Raises Funding From UAE’s Twofour54 And Other Investors

Narrativa's Artificial Intelligence (AI) product known as GabrieleAI translates data into narrative/descriptive content- a feature, which, for instance, simplifies the creation of mass content like financial reports and e-commerce product descriptions among others.

By Sindhu Hariharan

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Arab Youth Startup Marketplace In Dubai To Showcase MENA’s Youth Entrepreneurs

Now seems to be the right time for the aspiring entrepreneurs of the Arab region to take a leap of faith with a business idea that they have always wanted to execute.

By Entrepreneur Middle East Staff

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Flat6Labs Cairo Announces First Close Of Its EGP100 Million Fund

Early-stage startups in Egypt, the time is ripe to get your pitch decks ready, and present your venture to Flat6Labs Cairo.

By Sindhu Hariharan

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MENA Startups Secured US$290m In Funding Across 88 Deals In 2017: MAGNiTT

MAGNiTT MENA's H1 2017 (first half) funding report card for the MENA startup world is out, and it would be safe to say that the ecosystem has come through with flying colors.

By Sindhu Hariharan

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UAE HR Tech Startup Bloovo.com Closes US$3 Million Funding

"The job mismatch problem is a universal one, and what we try to do at Bloovo.com is to find the means to solve such a problem through the use of data science and advanced algorithms to make job matching a reality."

By Sindhu Hariharan

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A Three-Pronged Approach To Private Equity Success In The MENA Region

In the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region, the global financial crisis and the more recent decline in oil prices have reshaped the region with different economies and dynamics.

By Romen Mathieu

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Enabling The Arab World To Become The World’s Next Startup Hub

There are many reasons to believe in the Arab startups model.

By Amandine Lepoutre

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Innovation For Impact: MENA Startups Are Taking On The Refugee Crisis

MENA startups are taking on the refugee crisis, trying to make their solutions both socially responsible and financially sustainable.

By Tamara Pupic