Entrepreneurs
Canon Europe Acquires Kite.ly
Canon Europe today announced that it has acquired Kite.ly, the London-based mobile ecommerce platform specialising in personalised print. Kite.ly adds an important new focus area into Canon’s digital ...
Amazon to Acquire Souq.com
Amazon today announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Souq.com, the leading e-commerce platform in the Middle East. Joining the Amazon family will enable Souq.com to continue growing whil...
Digital Marketing Initiatives Are Key to Making Sure Business Keeps Moving Forward
My Startup World speaks to Wayin Richard Jones, the CEO of Wayin, about the digital marketing scenario in the Middle East, their new digital marketing CMS called Wayin and the value add it brings to t...
Real Business Loss from Cyberattacks is $861K per Security Incident
On average a single cybersecurity incident now costs large businesses $861,000. Meanwhile, small and medium businesses (SMB) end up paying $86,500. Most alarmingly, the cost of recovery significantly ...
Yvolv Ignites Startups With New Program
Yvolv, the technology JV between Alibaba Cloud and Meraas, is launching a new program aimed at technology startups. The program, Yvolv Ignite, aims to assist startups to focus on driving their core bu...
Four Easily Overlooked Reasons Your Online Business is Not Thriving
Whatever business you own, having a strong online presence is the need of the hour. Your activities on the internet determine your success or failure. Even if you have a business which is completely o...
Bahrain’s Business Environment Continues to Create Foreign Investment
Bahrain’s burgeoning business environment continues to create foreign investment opportunities, despite the knock-on effect of an uncertain globally economy, according to Servcorp, the leading provide...
Smartphone Maker Wileyfox’s CEO and CMO Leave
Wileyfox co-founders Nick Muir and Victoria Denman have stepped down from their respective positions of CEO and CMO at the smartphone manufacturer. Both of them will form a start-up accelerator called...
Musafir.com Inaugurates a new Technology Centre
Musafir.com, UAE’s first premium-experience travel website, today announced the launch of its third technology centre, in Pune, India. The company is looking to double its technology team by the...