Egypt App Lab kills cash at Egypt festivals Festivals, be they music or other, are bedevilled by two problems: ticketing fraud and cash. Early last year the founders of a new music... Rachel Williamson • 03 August, 2016 App Lab Sandbox Oshtoora
U.A.E Dubai dedicates a $275M fund for seven global challenges The Dubai government and Dubai Holding have announced a one billion dirham fund (US$275 million) to address seven global challenges. The... Maya Rahal • 02 August, 2016 Dubai Government Dubai Holding MEMakers
Lebanon Wamda announces Mix N' Mentor Beirut 2016 Wamda is organising Mix N’ Mentor Beirut on September 30th at the Beirut Digital District (BDD). Beirut is rapidly growing to... Wamda • 02 August, 2016 Mix N' Mentor 2016 beirut Mentorship
U.A.E From shop to your shelf, El Grocer grows Delivery services are a part of Dubai’s residential lifestyle, and some residents are even spoilt for choice with stores at the... Archana Menon • 02 August, 2016 el grocer Delivery Logistics
Regional How to land deals with the biggest fish in the market? [Wamda TV] Kharabeesh, an online media and entertainment network, has collaborated with Samsung to launch an application that has unlimited access to... Reine Farhat • 02 August, 2016 Collaborative Entrepreneurship Kharabeesh
Regional What I know about money and hardware: PK Gulati Hardware is in vogue. Where once you needed years, millions of dollars, and institutional support to launch a device or hardware... Rachel Williamson • 01 August, 2016 The Assembly hardware investing PK Gulati
Saudi Arabia New non-profit accelerator launches in Saudi Arabia The small investment ecosystem in Saudi Arabia is forcing startups to either start late or too slowly - so says Ozan Sonmez from King... Ahmed Gabr • 01 August, 2016 KAUST acceleration incubation
Syria Code your way up: Syrian startups teach code in Arabic As millions of Syrians fleeing a brutal war struggle to integrate into new countries, one barrier stands out above the rest:... Maysaa Ajjan • 01 August, 2016 Remmaz bitcode Education
A tale of two cities: how a Lebanese startup moved to San Francisco Elie Khoury knew he wanted to be in California ever since he was a child tinkering with computers in Byblos. “I didn’t have... Brooke Anderson • 31 July, 2016 Woopra data analytics lebanon
Global How to build smart cities After growing accustomed to smart phones, cars, TVs and even smart homes, there's a new wave of fascination with smart cities. Indeed,... Pamela Kesrouani • 31 July, 2016 MIT Media Lab community jameel Smartcities
Saudi Arabia Saudi getting smart on flooding? For the last four years PhD student Mustafa Mousa has been placing nodes (sensors) in various locations in Mecca and Thuwal. He wanted to... Lucy Knight - Jacqueline Sofia • 31 July, 2016 KAUST Saudi Arabia Sadeem
Regional Blueprint of a VC fund This is an edited version of an article that originally appeared on Medium. Newly formed VC firms are startups that are vying for... Mohamad Charafeddine • 28 July, 2016 venture capital fund term sheets Airbnb
Egypt 12 apps, six winners, and one big Egyptian competition Competitions can sometimes stint on the cash, but not the one held on Wednesday in the lush environs of the downtown American... Rachel Williamson • 28 July, 2016 Udacity Mobile App Launchpad Egypt
Global Startup Watch: Beware the Trump, driverless cars, celebrity engagements and the constant inventor 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... Lucy Knight • 28 July, 2016 Startup Watch Payfort driverless cars
Regional A Google for Arabic e-books To look for books in Arabic, on free websites, means to enter a cycle of endless electronic links, which might sometimes be unsafe.... Veroniqua Khachan • 27 July, 2016 Open araby Cubic connect Arabic digital content
U.A.E MENA’s Airbnb of the workspace? Thanks to a growing line up of coworking spaces, incubators, hot desks, and shared office space, the workspace revolution has... Archana Menon • 27 July, 2016 fluidmeet workspace
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