Syria Syrian inventor on his journey of making a solar-powered washing machine [Q&A] Twenty-two-year old Syrian inventor Yaman Abou Jeib has the entrepreneurship community buzzing over him, and for good reason too. Aside... Maysaa Ajjan • 12 October, 2016 Glean Yaman Abou Jeib Cleantech
U.A.E Has Falafel Games raised the largest round for a gaming startup in MENA? Falafel Games, one of the first gaming studios to emerge in the Middle East, just closed a round of $2.6 million. The funding round was... Lucy Knight • 11 October, 2016 falafel games MEVP Investment
U.A.E A step in the ecotourism direction This year Dubai and Abu Dhabi topped the list of most sustainable cities in MENA. On the global ranking list, however,... Archana Menon • 11 October, 2016 MEMakersGE uae eco resort group
Regional Can audiobooks inspire more Arabs to read? [Wamda TV] Rawan Barakat, the founder of Raneen. (Image via Wamda) Studies have shown that Arab citizens hardly care about reading - dedicating... Kamel Al-Asmar • 11 October, 2016 Rawan Barakat Raneen Raneen Media
Iran Iran startup Snapp raises $22M Series A Iranian ride sharing startup Snapp has secured a 20 million euro (US$22 million) Series A investment. The deal, reported in Tech... Rachel Williamson • 10 October, 2016 Snapp Iran Internet Group Rocket Internet
Bahrain Bahrain’s Eat raises $2M Editor’s note: this article was updated on October 12 to include a comment from Reserve Out. In what they are labelling... Lucy Knight • 10 October, 2016 Eatapp eat Bahrain
Kuwait Is there a way to create high quality startups in Kuwait? This is an edited crosspost with Nuwait. We see plenty of buzz around the topic of startups in Kuwait. The 2 billion Kuwaiti dinar... Surya Rao • 10 October, 2016 Nuwait Mefazec kuwait
Lebanon Reboot Beirut hackathon features seasoned student entrepreneurs [Wamda TV] Over the past decade, there have been countless news stories pointing to a rise of student entrepreneurship globally. Lebanon is no... Dana Ballout • 10 October, 2016 Reboot Beirut aub student entrepreneurship
Egypt 'VC association wanted, please call Egypt for more details' [Opinion] There is no doubt the Egyptian startup ecosystem is young. If the startups are young, the investors are as well. As investors, we need... Tamer Azer • 09 October, 2016 Egypt venture capital association British Venture Capital Association
Kuwait Arabnet Kuwait draws crowds, demands action Entrepreneurship is a top priority for Kuwait’s power brokers who are spending a lot of money on developing an ecosystem, yet only a... Reine Farhat • 09 October, 2016 Arabnet Kuwait 2016
Jordan Nestrom and how to feed the next two billion Over half a century ago, the introduction of pesticides and modified irrigation systems helped save one billion people from famine,... Tala El Issa • 09 October, 2016 Agriculture Nestrom Yousef Wadi
Egypt Cairo Angels lead angel deal in Egypt's Hire Hunt Business angels network Cairo Angels has sealed an investment with the Egyptian startup Hire Hunt in September. Cairo Angels... Eduard Cousin • 06 October, 2016 cairo angels HireHunt Egypt
U.A.E Careem v Uber: the local kid is winning Careem’s flexibility in dealing with governments may give it the edge it needs over Uber and upstarts such as Egypt’s... Rachel Williamson • 06 October, 2016 careem Uber Ousta
Global Startup Watch: Who's reading your emails, the UAE mission to Mars and has power corrupted you yet? Here’s a roundup of what we’ve been reading this week on those new Pixel phones that do stuff with the flick of a wrist,... Lucy Knight • 06 October, 2016 twitter Space Cleantech
Regional MITEF Pan Arab awards $150K to refugee aid ideas Seven startups and NGOs (listed below) were awarded $150,000 in total at the MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab Innovate for Refugees award... Tala El Issa • 05 October, 2016 MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab Innovate for Refugees MIT Enterprise Forum Pan-Arab Natakallam
Global Braci capitalizes on Europe’s growing hard of hearing market Anwar Al Mojarkesh has built up a long list of inventions that he sought to one day realise. One was a “dancing pillow” that... Lucy Knight • 05 October, 2016 Braci sound alert MEMakersGE
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