Global Startup Watch: Say no to #manels and hyperloop feasibility in UAE 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 • 15 December, 2016 Startup Watch Hyperloop Dubai
Jordan Jordan’s Ekeif is becoming the Arab world’s Instagram for how-to videos How do you make ketchup at home? What are some self defense moves to use in case of an attack? Many of these questions will yield... Tala El Issa • 14 December, 2016 Ekeif Jordan Sima Najjar
Iraq To dream the impossible dream: an Erbil incubator When Mashal Sadiq arrived in Erbil after completing her undergraduate studies in the UK she was just looking for a little break from the... Lucy Knight • 14 December, 2016 Incubator myedream iraq
U.A.E Big data, food for thought at Dubai’s Smartcon ‘Big data’ is an increasingly cited buzzword but not always completely understood in relation to the planning and optimization... Elias Jabbe • 13 December, 2016 big data Smart Cities Smart Dubai
Palestine Crowdfunding as a business model? Taita Leila in Palestine says yes The idea of crowdfunding a fashion line is a familiar concept to Western fashion brands but few use the technique as the only sales method... Christina Ganim • 13 December, 2016 Taita Leila palestine Fashion
Egypt Real-time translation for Europe bound refugees and migrants [Wamda TV] Refugees and migrants from eastern Europe, the Middle East and Asia have been making their way to European Union countries for many years,... Lucy Knight • 13 December, 2016 ET Call refugees Egypt
Egypt Rising Up: Egypt's entrepreneurs as important as ever The Rise Up Summit, the region’s foremost entrepreneur get-together, closed yesterday on the news of yet another brutal terrorist... Rachel Williamson • 12 December, 2016 RiseUp Summit Egypt Alexandria Angels
Global What I know about IoT: Cedric Giorgi The Internet of Things (IoT) is throwing off some new innovations, one of which is the need for something called a ‘low power... Rachel Williamson • 12 December, 2016 IoT Sigfox Spimesense Labs
Regional Investing in MENA’s emerging market [WamdaTV] Foreigners looking to establish businesses in MENA’s emerging market not only need to cope with local business regulations and... Dana Ballout • 12 December, 2016 will hutson LMTD uae
Regional Founders depression: The dark side of the startup hype in MENA Sitting at a startup accelerator program aimed at supporting young entrepreneurs in Jordan, Ala’a Suleiman, cofounder and CEO of... Maisa Khudair • 11 December, 2016 Founders depression mental health Jordan
Lebanon Not seen, not heard: Lebanon’s woman problem When Mohamad Najem wrote a public post about refusing to be part of an all-male panel for a tech conference in Beirut, it was shared more... Brooke Anderson • 11 December, 2016 women on panels lebanon manel
Saudi Arabia Saudi’s 9/10ths graduates first batch Saudi’s 9/10ths Start Up Accelerator has just graduated its first batch of six startups. The startups include Polyinspect, Kaspercab,... Abdullah Baghawitah • 11 December, 2016 9/10th Saudi Arabia ksa
Egypt Innoventures announces $1.6M fund Innoventures CEO, Hesham Wahby, announced December 6 the launch of a new 30 million Egyptian pound (US $1.6 million) fund, Innoventures... Eman Mostafa • 09 December, 2016 Innoventures Reactor VC4Africa
Egypt Karmsolar unveils product, deals in Apple-style launch In a presentation that drew considerably on those of an Apple product launch, Egypt off-grid solar power specialist Karmsolar announced new... Rachel Williamson • 09 December, 2016 KarmSolar solar power solar pumping
Regional Rebranding? 12 steps to doing the tech right [Opinion] After closing a $3 million funding round in September our online home services marketplace Movesouq rebranded to Servicemarket. The... Bana Shomali • 08 December, 2016 ServiceMarket movesouq uae
Egypt Egypt's online recruitment platform Wuzzuf acquires Viriphi Egypt’s online recruitment platform Wuzzuf announced on Thursday its acquisition of job assessment platform Viriphi for an... Eman Mostafa • 08 December, 2016 Programme jobs assessment Egypt
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