Regional Is it really necessary to protect your ideas? Gotta protect those brainwaves. (Image via FamousInventors.org) It’s an all too common scenario. An entrepreneur comes up with a brilliant ... Rachel McArthur • 27 March, 2016 Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company Wrapp EQT Ventures
Egypt Injaz turns to crowdfunding for Startup Egypt The funding crunch for Egypt’s startups is no secret. As seen at a recent Mix N’ Mentor in Cairo, it can in fact push... Rachel Williamson • 27 March, 2016 Escape HD Etba3ly 3D EpicVr
Jordan Launching Arab Women In Technology (Jordan Chapter) Arab Women in Computing (ArabWIC) have joined forces with Oasis500 to launch their Jordan chapter. An introductory event will be held at... Wamda • 25 March, 2016 launching ArabWIC Jordan
Regional Should you do it? The benefits and pitfalls of CSR Are CSR initiatives incompatible with the profit motive? Not necessarily. (Image via Business Review Europe) Corporate Social... Johnny Matta • 24 March, 2016 CSR in action johnny matta CSR
Jordan Bridging a video gap from Jordan The Metaphorio team (L to R) Waleed Qadi, Nadia Husseini and Khaled Husseini, want people to work together. (Images via... Alaa' Odeh • 24 March, 2016 Isra7 DropBox digital media content
Regional How valuation and cap tables work [How to] Have you ever wondered how valution is calculated and cap tables work? Read on. (Image via Business Collective) In the context of... Rita Khoriaty • 23 March, 2016 how to cap tables startup valuation
U.A.E Twofour54 acquires a stake in online art marketplace Collectionair Twofour54 announces its second investment this month. Abu Dhabi’s media and entertainment free zone Twofour54 has... Maya Rahal • 23 March, 2016 Collectionair DASH Ventures investement
Yemen Building startups from Yemen’s ruins The 10 winning startups of Yemen's second Afkar Award. (Images via Rowad Foundation) Talking about startups in Yemen, a country racked... Federico Guerrini • 23 March, 2016 National Company for Biogas Units Alashia Alshamsiah Mhlli
Maghreb Morocco's Sheaply finds opportunity in Jordan Sheaply turns international travelers into messengers. (Images via Sheaply) Moroccan ‘crowd-shipping’ startup Sheaply is heavily foc... Aline Mayard • 23 March, 2016 zaagel friendshippr Sheaply
Regional How Nabda Care is creating portable mobile healthcare services [Wamda TV] Nabda Care is a medical-social platform that aims to link patients, care providers, and personal medical records. It also provides patients... Maya Rahal • 22 March, 2016 Healthcare nabda care Egypt
Regional Enpact launches Startup Haus in Tunisia Kicking off Enpact's coworking space with a lively discussion. (Images via Startup Haus) Three months after its soft opening in... Mohammad M. Azraq • 22 March, 2016 incubation business reform incubators
Regional Wamda and Expo 2020 Dubai launch their first report on Collaborative Entrepreneurship [Infographic] Almost every other corporation operating in MENA engages with startups in one way or another. This is one of the exciting findings... Jonas Feller • 22 March, 2016 Expo 2020 Dubai Collaborative Entrepreneurship WRL
Regional Flat6Labs launches $5.6M fund Sawari Ventures partners: Hany Sonbaty, Ahmed Alfi, Wael Amin. (Image from archive) Flat6Labs Egypt announced yesterday that they are... Maya Rahal • 21 March, 2016 fund Sawari Ventures Flat6Labs
Egypt Egypt's cash crunch is affecting startups All Egyptians have struggled for US dollars since capital controls were imposed, but this year has been particularly difficult. (Image via... Eman El-Sherbiny • 21 March, 2016 black market foreign exchange forex
Regional Online payment products are imperfect, but consumers can protect themselves This could be one way to prevent credit card fraud, not exactly practical though. (Image via kupunawiki.com) The marriage of credit... Maarid Fazili • 21 March, 2016 ecommernce Online payments Payfort
Jordan How entrepreneurs transformed this Amman neighborhood Culturally conscious entrepreneurs, like those who founded Rumi Café, shown here, have turned Jabal Al-Weibdeh into one of Amman's ... Josiane Smith • 20 March, 2016 rumi cafe jo bedu gentrification
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