Alireza Jozi

It is no shock that Iran currently has a very weak internet quality in terms of speed & bandwidth as well as more infrastructure aspects. Iran’s current internet speed comparing to other middle eastern countries doesn’t look good either. But things are changing now. Slow internet doesn’t just mean smashing...

5th anniversary of the annual Pioneers festival will be held on May 24-25 in Vienna Austria. Once again Pioneers Festival is bringing brightest tech innovators, startups and investors from all corners of the world to the 500 year old imperial place of Hofburg in the heart of the Austrian capital.

Messaging apps have always been a hot media topic in the Middle East. News about messaging and communication apps being banned are among the top headlines seen in the past years.

Tehran during start rush hours is a nightmare where no one want to be caught in. Some startups could help Tehran’s traffic congestion.

Iran’s first mobile network operator MCI or AKA Hamrah Aval will lose big after the mobile number portability (MNP) rule gets enabled.

First years in the inception of a startup ecosystem comes with a lot of cloning and market gap filling. There are some models and startup sectors which are still missing in Iran’s startup scene. We are going to identify these missing business models in this post.

A partnership between Omid Entrepreneurship Fund and Iran ministry of communications has taken place to further support Iranian startups.

In this episode we talk about: TechRasa's market report, Iran's payment infrastructure to accept international payment, MTN and Iran's fiber optic network, Tourist guid to Iran, Iranian cosmetics and beauty startups and more.

Iran is one of the highest cosmetic consumer markets in the world. Here are some Iranian startups in beauty and cosmetics.

South African telecom company MTN started its negotiations on getting involved in Iran's national fiber optic project less than a year ago.