Jordan Decorating Jordan’s homes with its trash It all started in one of the oldest bookstands in downtown Amman when unemployed Alaa Ziadeh decided to build things... using his... Tala El Issa • 10 August, 2016 Jordan Environment Green entrepreneurs
Morocco How Morocco's Highness beat tall poppy syndrome What to do when your team is too qualified, and too expensive, for your own country? Highness, a Moroccan user experience agency,... Aline Mayard • 09 August, 2016 Highness morocco User Experience
U.A.E Abu Dhabi, MENA’s fintech oasis? Fintech has been the subject of significant interest from entrepreneurs and investors alike in the past few years, and this interest shows... Tarek Faycal • 09 August, 2016 abu dhabi global market fintech factory 1864 accelerator
Saudi Arabia Can solar startups survive in Saudi? [Video] Saudi is one of the top two markets entrepreneurs want to scale into, but being a primarily oil-based economy it may or may not be right... Rachel Williamson • 09 August, 2016 KAUST solar energy Saudi Arabia
U.A.E Turn8 announces new $60M VC fund UAE-based accelerator and investor Turn8 launched a $60 million venture capital fund on Sunday for technology innovation. This new fund... Maya Rahal • 08 August, 2016 turn8-accelerator-fund-announcement
Regional What's holding MENA's digital media market back? [Podcast] This podcast has been crossposted from Wamda Capital. Digital media is a growing market, but the amount of education still required for... Rachel Williamson • 08 August, 2016 Wamda Capital digital content Kharabeesh
Kuwait Kuwait's ecosystem - from an investor’s point of view This is an edited crosspost with two Nuwait articles. You can see the original versions here and here. Mussaad Al-Razouki is one busy... Ana Tadic • 08 August, 2016 Nuwait Mussaad Al-Razouki AbiDoc
Syria Wikilogia: The Syrian NGO that brought open source learning to Damascus As the nearly six year war raged on in Syria, hundreds of entrepreneurs and tech enthusiasts were quietly thriving in Damascus. They are... Maysaa Ajjan • 08 August, 2016 syria Wikilogia Education
Regional Tamatem: Gaming for 18 million users As global gaming publishers overlook the Arab region’s hunger for localized mobile games, regional publishers are... Tala El Issa • 07 August, 2016 tamatem Gaming localization
Palestine 5 steps to ecommerce success in Gaza It took five years for a small team of professional coders in Gaza to launch their own ecommerce solution Loqta, after noticing how much... Rafat Abushaban • 07 August, 2016 Loqta Gaza ecommerce
Lebanon AUB’s Innovation Center: a haven for ambitious minds In the heart of Lebanon’s leading university overlooking the Mediterranean Sea is a center harnessing a future vision for the... Dana Ballout • 07 August, 2016 lebanon Telecommunication aub
Global How to professionalize a startup without stifling it This is an edited crosspost from Harvard Business Review. Insurgent companies are full of foundational stories and most of them involve... Harvard Business Review • 04 August, 2016 HBR Scaling growth
Lebanon Back from the brink, FREE How do you bring yourself back from the financial brink and complete a water irrigation prototype? Antoine Skayem’s company, FREE... Lucy Knight • 04 August, 2016 lebanon Free UK Lebanon Tech Hub
Global Startup Watch: Funerals, Telegram breach, and InstaSnap Feud The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your... Dana Ballout • 04 August, 2016 Startup Watch instagram Saudi Arabia
U.A.E Glassqube aims to be new piece in UAE startup puzzle While there are far greater hardships in the world compared to starting your own business in the UAE it’s fair to say that the... Jacqueline Sofia • 03 August, 2016 abu dhabi uae glassqube
Jordan Zain Jordan wants you to ditch your console and grab your phone There isn’t a better example than Pokémon Go to highlight the crucial role of mobile in the gaming industry. Several of the... Tala El Issa • 03 August, 2016 tamatem Gaming Telcos
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