Emaar’s acquisition of Namshi & battle of three forces in Middle...
Emaar Malls has finally acquired the remaining 49% stake in Namshi, Middle East’s leading fashion ecommerce platform, almost two years after it obtained the...
2018 top 10 funded startups in the Middle East & North...
2018 was a great year for startups in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) as it continued to see a rise in investments....
Momentum Works’ predictions for 2019 – Middle East
A few days back we gazed into our crystal ball and shared with you our 2019 predictions for Southeast Asia.
We now turn our...
New investment boom of property marketplaces?
Last year, a good friend of ours, who wanted to build a property marketplace (“à la Opendoor style”) in a country of 200+ M...
Homegrown ecommerce in Middle East finally overtaken Chinese players?
Two words that strike excitement in every online retailer's mind- Black Friday. For religious and cultural reasons, Black Friday in the Middle East is...
Can companies still accept investment from Saudi Arabia?
Saudi reporter event continues. The executives of "unicorns" who have received or seek to receive big investments from SoftBank's Vision Fund may now have...
Changing ecommerce in the Middle East: Mumzworld’s $20 million B-round Financing
Once dominated by one company
Before 2016, the entire ecommerce industry in the Middle East was ... quiet, barely noticed by ecommerce giants like Alibaba.
Souq.com,...
