Global Startup Watch: how to be a CEO, Jay Z, and China’s new Gulf bud 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... Rachel Williamson • 08 December, 2016 Startup Watch Jay Z Back to the Future
Kuwait Life after Talabat: Interview with Mohammed Jaffar This article was originally published on Nuwait. The acquisition of Talabat by German internet company Rocket Internet was the... Khalid Al-Shammaa • 07 December, 2016 talabat kuwait
Palestine Gaza hackathon solves ‘lady problems’ With engaging spirit and thrill, 60 participants took part in the first Lady Problem Hackathon in Gaza last week. The event was for... Rafat Abushaban • 07 December, 2016 Lady Problems Hackathon palestine gaza sky geeks
Tunisia Spark Tunisia student geekout bridges social divides Two members of the winning team at Spark Tunisia came from a high school in Aïn Draham, one of the poorest areas in the country. A... Lilia Blaise • 07 December, 2016 Innovation Technologie Start-up
Lebanon Beirut’s southern suburbs home to robotics education Electronics and hardware education is gaining traction across Lebanon as maker schools and workshops are popping up across the... Maysaa Ajjan • 07 December, 2016 Kalimat lebanon robotics
U.A.E Aviation industry startups take off at Intelak incubator in Dubai After an intense day of pitching, four startups with aviation industry-centric business ideas got to walk away with 50,000 Emirati dirhams... Elias Jabbe • 06 December, 2016 Intelak aviation EMIRATES
Regional Cleantech in MENA: where are we at? [Infographic] In less than ten years, MENA’s waste production will outpace comparable economies in South Asia and Africa. Some entrepreneurs... Teeb Assaf - Julia Eberhard • 06 December, 2016 MEMakersGE WRL Cleantech
Regional New startups on the block: December Startups are launching faster than we can write about them, so here’s our list of raw newbies to... Lucy Knight • 06 December, 2016 new startups Transport Healthcare
Saudi Arabia Saudi loves logistics [Infographic] With increasing populations, new and expanding cities, and greater infrastructure, there is an increasing need for more goods to be... Lucy Knight • 05 December, 2016 Logistics Transport Saudi Arabia
U.A.E What I know about drones: Matt Karau Drones, or more accurately unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are proliferating in our skies. No longer simply surveying suspicious people... Lucy Knight • 05 December, 2016 Drones nyuad Drones for good
Egypt Who's investing in Egypt now anyway? [Know your VC] Egypt’s economy is in bad shape, so who would want to invest in startups and SMEs in this current gloomy atmosphere? Tarek Fahim,... Radwa Rashad • 05 December, 2016 Know your VC Endure Capital JuiceLabs
Saudi Arabia What to expect at Arabnet Riyadh 2016 Arabnet Riyadh has proven to be one of the biggest forums in Saudi Arabia: in 2015 it gathered more than a 1,000 participants from all over... Abdulghani Kataya • 04 December, 2016 Saudi Arabia ksa riyadh
U.A.E Melltoo’s secondhand story Growing up in France as one of 13 children meant Morrad Irsane’s clothes, shoes, and books, were hand-me-downs. Irsane has since... Archana Menon • 04 December, 2016 melltoo uae algeria
Morocco Moroccan enviro-startups turn their eyes on Africa This year COP22 succeeded in shifting into a real platform for action for the development of innovation and entrepreneurship - in Morocco,... Yassine Bakir • 04 December, 2016 Maroc COP22 Start-up
Jordan Uber and Careem: a yellow cab's worst nightmare in Jordan “We don’t need Uber or Careem, the yellow cab is the boss,” chanted yellow cab drivers protesting outside Jordan’s... Tala El Issa • 01 December, 2016 Uber careem Jordan
Regional Between a rock and a hard place: the trend towards for-profit social enterprises [Opinion] Reducing the focus of my work as a social entrepreneur to become a social intrapreneur wasn’t an easy decision. I started working... Kamel Al-Asmar • 01 December, 2016 Social Entrepreneurship social enterprise Scaling
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