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Algeria

How this Algerian entrepreneur is recycling plastic waste

Unemployment rate in Algeria increased to 10.5 percent, reaches almost 27 percent of the youth, and 20 percent of women, according to...

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Algeria

From dates to big data, entrepreneurship as therapy

“You need to start by entering your order into the machine,” a waiter explained to Hadj Khelil at a McDonald’s in Paris....

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Algeria

Seedstars Algiers

Seedstars World is on a mission to identify the best seed-stage entrepreneurs and provide them with an opportunity to win up to USD 1...

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Algeria

Algeria’s startup culture: from the ground and up

Lack of e-payment systems, sluggish bureaucracy, and scarce access to financing are some of the issues faced by an aspiring Algerian...

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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...

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Regional

Jordanian innovator, once turned down by Stars of Science, is named its champion

The hottest entrepreneurship prize in the region was awarded to Jordanian innovator Sadeem Qdaisat in a narrow victory at Stars of Science...

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Algeria

Is Algeria finally getting a startup ecosystem?

Back in January, Algeria had zero coworking spaces. Today it has two easily accessible spaces, in Algiers, where entrepreneurs can meet,...

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Algeria

Seedstars Algeria 2016

Seedstars World is coming back to Algeria! This time bigger, stronger, better. On October 29, the 12 best startups from Constantine,...

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Maghreb

An IoT craze in Algeria?

For the few Algerian startups commercializing Internet of Things (IoT) products, starting out was hard. Just two years ago, the mere...

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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...

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Maghreb

For a night, Maghreb joined forces to solve their social problems

What if Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia joined forces to solve their social problems? It’s a germ of an idea that a small number of...

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Maghreb

What happens if someone steals your idea?

A month ago a story made the headlines in Algeria: in 2014 the well-known, deep-pocketed media entrepreneur Kamel Haddar allegedly stole...

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Maghreb

Kaymu takes the lead in Algerian ecommerce

Kaymu leads Algeria’s budding e-commerce sector. (Images via Kaymu) With its 40 million inhabitants, Algeria’s untapped digital market is s...

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Maghreb

Entrepreneurship lessons from the Algerian desert

Slimane Kadi turned the desert into a succesfull business. (Images via Mehdi Bennaceri) This is a story about entrepreneurship in its most...

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Regional

Health and education apps dominate at Arab Mobile Challenge

Five teams from five countries are heading to the world finals in Barcelona. (Images via Arab Mobile Challenge) Third time’s the c...

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Maghreb

Algeria to get its first coworking space

Coworking and more at Sylabs (Image via Sylabs) The Algerian web community has many brillant tech minds, motivated marketers, and...

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Maghreb

Science club to startup: Coursella targets Algerian education

On the 2012 International Day of Pi, four Algerian computer science students launched a geeky science club they wanted to use to change...

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Maghreb

How will technology change education in Algeria?

Crowded classrooms, teacher strikes - Algeria's education is not doing well. (Image via McIlwraith Education) Want a recipe for a perfect...

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Maghreb

Morocco's online health service DabaDoc expands its reach

When Zineb Yacoubi returned to Morocco after eight years abroad, she was struck by how difficult it was to book a medical appointment....

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Maghreb

10 reasons to boost e-payment in Algeria

In the past few years, I’ve had the chance to learn about the entrepreneurial ecosystem in more than one country in the MENA region and E...

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Meet the entrepreneur who created Algeria's online advertising sector

Maghreb

Thought Leadership

How this Algerian entrepreneur is recycling plastic waste

From dates to big data, entrepreneurship as therapy

Seedstars Algiers

Algeria’s startup culture: from the ground and up

Melltoo’s secondhand story

Jordanian innovator, once turned down by Stars of Science, is named its champion

Is Algeria finally getting a startup ecosystem?

Seedstars Algeria 2016

An IoT craze in Algeria?

Is Algeria ready for Aquasafe's IoT?

For a night, Maghreb joined forces to solve their social problems

What happens if someone steals your idea?

Kaymu takes the lead in Algerian ecommerce

Entrepreneurship lessons from the Algerian desert

Health and education apps dominate at Arab Mobile Challenge

Algeria to get its first coworking space

Science club to startup: Coursella targets Algerian education

How will technology change education in Algeria?

Morocco's online health service DabaDoc expands its reach

10 reasons to boost e-payment in Algeria

Meet the entrepreneur who created Algeria's online advertising sector

How 5 teenagers built one of Algeria's biggest websites

SEA Xchange Algeria, deadline August 23rd

Run your startup like Algeria plays football

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