Wamda

Wamda Mix N' Mentor Events in Amman, Beirut, and Dubai

After the success of Wamda's CoE E-Commerce event in June, Wamda is now hosting three mentorship events in three cities! If you came to CoE ...

Accelerators

Innoventures and Fascila Launch Startup Reactor Acceleration Program

Last week, Innoventures announced the launch of a new entrepreneurial support program called ‘Startup Reactor’. Launched in...

Accelerators Ecosystem Egypt

Animation Studio Curl Stone Launches Jordanian Superhero Show, with Regional Support

Curl Stone Studios is gaining momentum after launching new superhero series Nashmi Man, and participating in...

Accelerators Endeavor

10 Ways to Improve Your Chance of Being Incubated

Hans Christensen has worked to help entrepreneurs throughout the MENA region launch business, in his role as the director of Silicon Oasis...

Accelerators Investment Pitching

Microsoft Finally Targets Egyptian Developers with BizSpark, Mobile App Competition

“Developers developers developers developers,” a sweaty Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO, famously chanted during a Microsoft conference a few y...

Accelerators Cloud Computing Ecosystem

SeedStartup's First Demo Day Reveals Global Products

There was a stark sartorial contrast between investors in suits and the more casually-clad entrepreneurs at the Make Business Hub last week...

Accelerators Angel Investment

Egyptian Accelerator Flat6Labs Hits Its Stride in Cycle 2 Demo Day

Flat6Labs, the Cairo-based accelerator, held its third demo day event on the 17th September, dubbed the “Cycle 2 Demo Day”. Not only did the...

Accelerators Acquisitions Egypt

Egyptian Social Gaming Startup FunWave Delivers Football Fun

Egypt is full of football fanatics, and the region is as well. So it made perfect sense that Egyptian social games start-up FunWave’s ...

Accelerators Angel Investment Egypt

Cairo Workspace The District Celebrates Six Months of Success

Six months is usually too soon to celebrate a birthday, but things had been going so well for The District recently that celebrations were...

Accelerators Coworking Spaces

Seeqnce Launches 8 Web Startups at 2012 Accelerator Program Finale

LivingSocial's recent exit made for good small talk, but hardly daunted budding web entrepreneurs in Lebanon this past Saturday night, as a...

Accelerators Competitions Investment

Fekrety, the AUC's Business Idea Competition, Approaches Final Round

Fekrety, the national business idea competition organized by The American University in Cairo’s School of Business – Ent...

Accelerators Competitions

i360 Hub Launches Traveling Accelerator for Idea Stage Entrepreneurs in MENA

Continuing the accelerator boom in the region, i360 Hub has launched a new seed funding program that pledges to take entrepreneurs from...

Accelerators Innovation Investment

N2V Announces First StartAppz Investment in Mobile App Startup iAraby

N2V has announced investment in Arabic mobile developer company iAraby, via its mobile investment vehicle and accelerator,...

Accelerators Mobile Mobile Apps

A Look at Oasis500's 5th Angel Event: Are Accelerators in the Middle East Doing Their Job?

Jordanian tech accelerator Oasis500 hosted its 5th Angel Investment event in Amman last night, bringing together 100 members of the...

Accelerators Oasis500

Egyptian E-commerce Site OpenDayz Helps Small Businesses Sell Products Online

A shopping trend that’s been growing in Egypt recently is the “Open Day.” Someone, usually a female, buys or creates a batch of niche ...

Accelerators

Flat6Labs Joins Global Accelerator Network

Tech startups seeking acceleration and support in Egypt now have a better chance to connect with peers around the globe. After Wamda's...

Accelerators

Get Up Start Up in Cairo: Alternative Education Wins the Day

El-Sawy Culture Wheel (SCW), the avant-garde capital of Cairo’s cultural scene, was the location of Cairo’s latest entrepreneurial com...

Accelerators Innovation Startup Communities

Maghreb Startup Initiative Launches Competition for North African Entrepreneurs

North African entrepreneurs, get your ideas ready: The Maghreb Startup Initiative is now live. Founded as a partnership between the...

Accelerators Competitions

Wamda Announces Partnership with Flat6Labs

During Flat6Lab’s Demo Day in Cairo, CEO Ramez Mohammed announced the accelerator’s partnership with fellow entrepreneurship hub Wamda. Wam...

Accelerators Investment

New VC Sinbad Ventures to Focus on Early Stage Global Web and Mobile Startups

Ahmad Takatkah, the former Head of Investments for N2V, has announced the launch of new venture capital fund Sinbad Ventures, which will...

Accelerators Investment

Egyptian Accelerator Flat6Labs Shows Growth at Second Demo Day

The great and the good of Egypt’s entrepreneurial ecosystem gathered for the showcase of Flat6Labs’ latest clutch of ready-to-grow acc...

Accelerators Angel Investment Ecosystem

Shaping the Entrepreneurial Future of Egypt

The 2012 AUC Research Conference, held this past week at the university's New Cairo campus, was an exercise in uniting Egypt's...

Accelerators Angel Investment Arabic Content

Building a Learning Management System in Saudi Arabia: Acadox

During our undergraduate studies in King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) we, Mohammad Al-Hareeqi, and Nedal Mourad, and...

MITEF Arab Business Plan Competition Accelerators MIT

Journey to Amman: 5 Tips from Startups in the Arab World's Tech Capital

At the end of last month, Fadi Ghandour talked about the 8 different steps Jordan took to create an enabling environment for tech...

Accelerators Ecosystem Oasis500

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