Egypt Ramadan trends: what was the Middle East Googling this year? Ramadan television series were the top Google searches in the Middle East during the holy month, but the trends show that Arabs are also... Rachel Williamson • 13 July, 2016 Google Trends Ramadan Egypt
Lebanon A first year anniversary and a trip to Silicon Valley “We’re witnessing a change of mindset, in the banks, the investors, the supporters. You can see the effect, and this has all... Lucy Knight • 13 July, 2016 Speed@BDD silicon valley
Lebanon It’s all about the team, AUB Entrepreneurship Week Startups are all about the team, this was the simple advice put forward to attendees of AUB’s Entrepreneurship Week, June 27 to July... Maya Mansour • 12 July, 2016 AUB Entrepreneurship Week CRinn AEISEC
Maghreb Fantasy football kicking off in Tunisia Coaching Foot has proved that the American ‘fantasy football’ model has a thriving future in Tunisia. The country’s... Aline Mayard • 12 July, 2016 football coaching foot microsoft
Regional Arabic speech recognition for children [Video] The different Arabic dialects often make it harder for voice recognition services to understand and analyse the transmitted... Reine Farhat • 12 July, 2016 Votek Loujee speech recognition
U.A.E Careem to invest $100M in R&D Careem has announced a new strategy, plus their plans for global expansion. According to a statement released today they plan, over... Lucy Knight • 11 July, 2016 careem ride hailing Investment
Regional Invention is not about smarts, but logic If you have ever wondered how in the world our forefathers thought to invent the technologies we so much rely on today such as fridges,... Tala El Issa • 11 July, 2016 Steven Johnson Book Reviews Invention
U.A.E Dubai’s medical tourism prospects More often than not, planning a visit to a foreign country is an ambitious undertaking. Adding a stopover for a medical treatment during... Archana Menon • 11 July, 2016 MEMakersGE Medical Tourism Medigo
Regional The MENA cloud: how big and where’s it going? According to the Cisco Global Cloud Index, the Middle East and Africa is expected to have the highest cloud traffic growth rate in the... Tala El Issa • 10 July, 2016 Cloud Mena cloud alliance gulf infotech
Jordan Putting the creative in coworking, Amman Coworking spaces are popular features in startup hubs across MENA, giving businesses, entrepreneurs, and freelancers access to a stable,... Samuel Wendel • 10 July, 2016 hayyez Coworking Spaces ZINC
Kuwait The impact of Ramadan on social media users This article is a crosspost with Nuwait. The holy month of Ramadan is an opportunity for its adherents to both do good and practice self... Ahmed Gabr • 10 July, 2016 socialobby ghaliah Nuwait
Egypt 12 coworking spaces for startups in Egypt [Wamda TV] By 2012 the coworking space scene in Cairo and Alexandria was vibrant. Four years on, some have disappeared, some have expanded,... Aline Mayard • 10 July, 2016 302Labs AlMaqarr Coworking Space Business Yard
Kuwait Noor Al Qatami: one 2016's most powerful Arab women This is an edited crosspost from Nuwait. Kuwaiti Noor Al-Qatami was chosen as one of the 100 most powerful Arab women in... Ana Tadic • 07 July, 2016 Noor Al Qatami Saveco kuwait
Maghreb Is Algeria ready for Aquasafe's IoT? Is Algeria ready for IoT? In 2013 Iman Malek was certainly wondering: her company Aquasafe had created Internet-connected tools to allow... Aline Mayard • 07 July, 2016 aquaculture IoT Agriculture
U.A.E In5 Media Hub, latest incubator with industry approach Dubai-based incubator In5 is finally putting the finishing touches to its media-focused hub. First announced in November 2015 they... Daria Solovieva • 06 July, 2016 in5 In5 media hub Payfort
Maghreb New $51M World Bank fund to target Morocco Morocco has been missing a strong investment fund dedicated to startups, but this will change in autumn when the World Bank launches a... Aline Mayard • 05 July, 2016 Financement world bank morocco