The urban Middle East is perhaps better known for its dusty cities than for its flora. But Lebanese design and technology company Green Studios is carving out a garden empire …
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June 11 saw €121 million ($164.7 million) of European Investment Bank (EIB) financing extended to the Lebanese private sector in four transactions. Two of these came via loans worth €45 …
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It was a long time coming. When Al-Mawarid Bank and local startup Presella jointly announced the bank’s equity participation in the company yesterday, it had been almost a year since Banque …
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Marwan Kheireddine is the chair and general manager of Al-Mawarid Bank, one of the shareholders in the Virgin Megastore franchises in Lebanon and Saudi Arabia, and a former minister in the previous …
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Lebanese banks have enjoyed a long history of Iraqi businessmen coming to the country and banking here, or so boasts Makram Sader, secretary general of the Association of Banks in …
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ArabNet’s second Digital Summit in Dubai saw a diversity of ideas and technologies in the digital startups showcased during the three-day conference. More than 30 startups pitched at the event, …
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“Local investors whine about entrepreneurs. Usually the real challenge in most markets is that the investors don’t have their act together, the investors don’t take risks and the investors don’t …
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Each year the observers and analysts of Lebanon’s banking performance eagerly await the publication of Bilanbanques, a wholly numbers-driven compendium of data and performance ratios on the banking sector produced …
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Regional gaming startups now have a champion in the form of MEGAplay — the Middle East Gaming Alliance, an organization dedicated to nurturing regional gaming startups. The launch was announced Tuesday by …
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All Lebanese businesses must seek regional expansion — or so it is drilled into the heads of local entrepreneurs. A typical Lebanese business model is to test a product in …