Jordan Data science: how is it good for government? All those zeros and ones - how can you make the most of them? (Image via Digitalgov.gov) “Understanding and innovating with data... Tala El Issa • 15 May, 2016 Kai Chan INSEAD data science
Lebanon Brate raises $400K in seed funding Lebanese startup Brate announced yesterday that it raised $400,000 in seed funding from a New York based angel... Maya Rahal • 12 May, 2016 brate Seed funding investement
Lebanon Priority shares and liquidation preference, the lowdown The number and type of shares a founder owns in a startup is a crucial point to think about in the context of venture capital... Rita Khoriaty • 12 May, 2016 liquidation shares Soumrani Lawyers & Legal Counsel
Iran Iran's gaming market, an overview part II Such a large market, with a few hurdles still. (Images via Sourena Game Studio) Yesterday I shared some statistics on who is using the... Hassan Mehdiasl • 12 May, 2016 Free2Play Sanctions Sourena Game Studio
Saudi Arabia KSA e-store caters to electronics hobbyists A Hobby District circuit. (Images via Hobby District) Amateur circuit designers have surged into the electronics manufacturing sector... Ahmed Gabr • 12 May, 2016 Massimo Banzi HobbyDistrict MEMakersGE
Maghreb Are you entrepreneur material? This app will tell you Have you got what it takes to be an entrepreneur? (Image via Rachel Williamson) If you’re working in a corporate job and have a startup i... Aline Mayard • 11 May, 2016 Founders Test hidden founders app
Iran Iran's internet users, an overview With nearly 80 million people in Iran you can imagine there is a huge internet audience waiting to be pounced upon. Unfortunately,... Hassan Mehdiasl • 11 May, 2016 Sourena Game Studio iran Gaming
Jordan Meet the 16-year olds who brought the NASA Space Apps hackathon to Jordan The pilots of NASA Space Apps Amman: Rasha Khateeb (left) and Maram Abu Hussein (right). (Images via Sam Wendel) The countdown to Jordan’s ... Samuel Wendel • 11 May, 2016 NASA Space Apps Challenge Zain Group MEMakersGE
Lebanon Deadline for participation at the Femme Francophone Entrepreneure 2016 La cinquième édition de cet appel à candidatures a pour but de soutenir deux femmes francophones entrepreneures dans... Wamda • 10 May, 2016
Jordan A Startup Week first for the Arab World Salwa Qattan, left, from Careem, Fouad Jeryes from CashBasha, and Rahmeh Abu Shweimeh of She Cab. (Image via Tala El Issa) For its... Tala El Issa • 10 May, 2016 Mlabbas She Cab Startup Week
Egypt A visual map of the Cairo startup ecosystem The map links all of the players in the Cairo ecosystem. (Images via Istebdaa Consulting) This is an edited crosspost from LinkedIn. The... Tamer Taha • 10 May, 2016 ecosystem mapping Yomken Egypt
U.A.E Reserveout raises $4M Series A Dubai-based Reserveout announced on Sunday that it has raised a Series A round of over $4 million led by regional VC firm Silicon... Maya Rahal • 09 May, 2016 announcement ReserveOut silicon badia
Maghreb What I know about virtual reality: Walid Sultan Midani VR is fun but you've got to be careful, says Walid. (Image via Digital Mania) The attraction between virtual reality (VR) developers and... Lucy Knight • 09 May, 2016 MEMakersGE WIK What I Know
Lebanon Lebanese entrepreneurs introduce on demand waterless car washing Blink My car train their Lebanese bikers for their waterless car wash services. (Image via Blink My Car) One cup of water. Apparently... Maysaa Ajjan • 09 May, 2016 Drought Waterless car washing greensteam
Kuwait She started at 9: tech entrepreneur Yasmine Mustafa Yasmine Mustafa pitching her product, Roar For Good, during an event in Philadelphia. (Image via Tec.co) This is a crosspost with... Reine Farhat • 09 May, 2016 ROAR for good Nuwait TEDx
Lebanon Lebanon's startup clusters go beyond Beirut As Lebanon develops its tech startup culture to become a serious player in the region, the capital of Beirut has become the country’s u... Brooke Anderson • 08 May, 2016 Chouf Entrepreneur Bio Soil Outreach Leadership Academy
