Wamda

U.A.E

Maalexi raises $1 million investment from Stride Ventures

UAE-based Maalexi agriculture-focused fintech Maalexi has raised a $1 million venture debt from Stride Ventures. Founded in 2021...

Maalexi Stride Ventures Fintech

U.A.E

Maalexi raises $3 million in pre-Series A led by Global Ventures

UAE-based agriculture-focused fintech Maalexi, has closed $3 million in pre-Series A funding. The round was led by Global Ventures,...

Maalexi Global Ventures Agriculture

Egypt

Flat6Labs, SANAD launch agritech accelerator in Egypt

Egypt-based VC Flat6labs and SANAD Entrepreneurship Academy have launched an agritech accelerator programme to assist 10 to 12 startups...

Flat6Labs SANAD Agriculture

Morocco

Moroccan investment fund acquires stake in SOWIT

The SEAF Morocco Growth Fund has completed its fourth investment with its acquisition of a stake in SOWIT, a France-based company that uses...

Agriculture agritech

U.A.E

How do you grow tomatoes in the desert?

In the latest edition of our Food Technology podcast series, we spoke with Sky Kurtz, co-founder and chief executive officer at...

Agriculture agritech podcast

Jordan

Jordan Introduces its first Agritech Accelerator HASSAD

Source: Arabnet Since the early days of plant and animal domestication, agriculture has progressed enormously, enabled by rapid...

Agriculture Technology accelerator

U.A.E

In conversation with Sky Kurtz of the UAE's Pure Harvest

Pure Harvest Smart Farms is one of the first hydroponic farms in the Middle East region, growing tomatoes in a sensor-filled greenhouse. At...

hydroponics Agriculture agritech

Turkey

Tarfin raises $1.3 million in seed round

Tarfin recently completed a $1.3 million seed round led by Turkey-based Collective Spark Fund with co-investment from Wamda Capital. The...

Agriculture agritech Fintech

Global

Here’s how these four startups are making agriculture more efficient

During a business trip to Switzerland this year, I have had the chance to meet many startups from different parts of the world, but mainly...

Agrocenta Twiga Foods GreenTec

Lebanon

Startup Weekend Bekaa - Ag | Food | Water Innovation

Techstars Startup Weekend Bekaa is the place to look for a team, prototype and validate a business idea, and receive feedback from...

lebanon Agriculture Innovation

Regional

4th Future Agro Challenge (FAC) Global Championships

The 4th Future Agro Challenge (FAC) Global Championships will take place in Istanbul, Turkey in April 2018 during the Global Agripreneurs...

turkey Agriculture challenge

Regional

This is why MENA corporates should invest more in agriculture [Opinion]

Recent reports providing data on investments in the food and beverage (F&B) sector indicate its increasing importance to the Middle...

Agriculture oped Corporate investment

Tunisia

Sarah Magida Toumi: Tunisia’s top tree-hugger

For almost a decade Sarah Majida Toumi has been thinking about solutions to fight desertification in her country and sustainable...

Sarah Magida Toumi Agriculture acacias

Lebanon

Agritech sprouts among Lebanon’s startups

In the mountains of Broummana above Beirut, an entrepreneur is growing vegetables through his hydroponics invention that he hopes will...

agritech hydroponics lebanon

Lebanon

SwitchMed Green Entrepreneurship Training Program

Green entrepreneurship is a growing industry in the region, where there’s great potential in turning a ‘green’ product or...

lebanon beirut Agriculture

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,...

Agriculture Nestrom Yousef Wadi

Maghreb

Is Algeria ready for Aquasafe's IoT?

Is Algeria ready for IoT? In 2013 Iman Malek was certainly wondering: her company Aquasafe had created Internet-connected tools to allow...

aquaculture IoT Agriculture

Maghreb

Tunisian entrepreneurs find success in reviving local traditions

Children learning mosaic with Mosaikit. (Image via Neptune Mosaic) When Zied Abbis and Amine Draoui decided to preserve their country’s a...

Eco Mornag farm neptune mosaic traditions

Egypt

Hack4Egypt tackles the big issues

Mentor Tarek Amin, digital group head for Adline Media Network, offers some advice. (Images via Hacka Mena) Hack4Egypt is a chance to...

Nile University HEAT HACK4EGYPT

Egypt

Thought Leadership

Maalexi raises $1 million investment from Stride Ventures

Maalexi raises $3 million in pre-Series A led by Global Ventures

Flat6Labs, SANAD launch agritech accelerator in Egypt

Moroccan investment fund acquires stake in SOWIT

How do you grow tomatoes in the desert?

Jordan Introduces its first Agritech Accelerator HASSAD

In conversation with Sky Kurtz of the UAE's Pure Harvest

Tarfin raises $1.3 million in seed round

Here’s how these four startups are making agriculture more efficient

Startup Weekend Bekaa - Ag | Food | Water Innovation

4th Future Agro Challenge (FAC) Global Championships

This is why MENA corporates should invest more in agriculture [Opinion]

Sarah Magida Toumi: Tunisia’s top tree-hugger

Agritech sprouts among Lebanon’s startups

SwitchMed Green Entrepreneurship Training Program

Nestrom and how to feed the next two billion

Is Algeria ready for Aquasafe's IoT?

Tunisian entrepreneurs find success in reviving local traditions

Hack4Egypt tackles the big issues

Egypt's agritech entrepreneurs bring the farm to the boardroom

Egypt's green startups get a boost from mentor meet-up

The Young Entrepreneur Forum - Marrakech, Morocco

Can Cultural Entrepreneurship Soothe Political Strife? The Nile Project Unites East Africa with Music

Weekly Wrap-Up: December 09-13

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