US photovoltaic company First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR), which plans to build one of the region’s biggest solar power plants in southern Jordan, said recent major oil price fluctuations mean it’s vital for states in the region to continue diversifying their energy sources. First Solar had announced...

The growing renewable energy investment opportunity in countries across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is garnering attention by international investors who will be at January’s World Future Energy Summit (WFES) to explore project opportunities. Through Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy...

Leading global online food delivery marketplace hellofood has expanded its offerings by partnering up with Dukkan and provide an online supermarket experience where groceries are a mere few click away from customers’ doorsteps in Amman. The partnership presents a stock list of over 400 products, from...

Wamda has published an excellent study on the funding / entrepreneur eco-system in the region.  The very good news is that startup funding is growing in the MENA countries with growth expected to accelerate in coming years.  In fact this study, compared to a previous study back in 2009, showed over...

Bursting onto the social media scene is Sowt, a new Jordanian online platform that allows people the ability to share their thoughts and ideas and to interact with each other using short audio clips. Sowt, which is Arabic for “voice,” founded by the Zureiqat siblings, Hazem, Tarek, and...

An infographic prepared by Innovative Jordan in collaboration with Int@j, Oasis500, Silicon Badia and Kharabeesh, demonstrates the impressive figures of Jordan’s achievements. Amman, the capital city of Jordan is predicted to be the silicon valley of the region. It has arisen to become number one...

Facebook, the leading social network which boasts over 1.25 billion monthly users around the world, doesn't seem to be losing momentum. Egypt and Jordan are the two countries that are leading Facebook's growth in the Middle East. A continuing steep rise in the number of internet users in Egypt and Jordan...

Startappz, In collaboration with some of the best resources on YouTube videos in the Middle East, released an infographic explaining the state of YouTube content producers in the Middle East covering various countries and categories, such as Jordan, Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, UAE, Saudi Arabia,...

Trina Solar Limited ("TSL"), a global leader in photovoltaic modules, solutions and services, announced today that it has recently reached an agreement to supply 1MW of Trina Honey photovoltaic modules to Mustakbal Clean Tech ("Mustakbal"), a EPC specialist focused on the Middle East and North America...

Smartphones represent 40% of total impressions in the Middle East, which is 45% higher than the global average, according to a report by InMobi. Smartphone penetration in the Middle East region is projected to grow up to 39% by 2015. Mobile transactions already represents 10% of e-commerce (similar...