Wamda

Lebanon

Beirut gets a new accelerator, UK Lebanon Tech Hub now open

A giant Twitter deck at the UK Lebanon Tech Hub. (Images via Lucy Knight) Standing on a podium in a carpark in a fast sweltering Beirut,...

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Lebanon

Zoomaal founder shares tips from $330k Series A round

The Zoomaal team at their offices in Beirut. After raising a seed round of $75,000 in Q3 of 2013 (from Wamda, MEVP, and Sawari Ventures),...

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Egypt

Sun shines on Egypt's solar startups

Sarah Mousa eyed the small boys, vigorously hacking at each other with sticks in the narrow backstreet of Cairo’s Al Darb Al Ahmar...

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Regional

How animation studio Kharabeesh drew its own success

Kharabeesh was one of the first companies to start making animated and video Arabic content, but their success didn’t come...

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Regional

How ArabiaWeather leveraged big data and processing power to stay ahead of the competition

Hurricane approaches. (Image via symonsez.wordpress.com) The story of ArabiaWeather is one referred to in the Middle East startup...

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U.A.E

Wamda and General Electric announce partnership

Wamda and General Electric (GE), one of the world’s leading technology companies, are joining hands to enable and support the industrial e...

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Global

How to develop succinct workflow policies

Workflow policies, whether for startups or large corporations, are a good way to smooth out work processes and avoid task conflicts...

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Egypt

More options for Cairo startups as coworking spaces multiply

Two years ago the number of coworking spaces in Cairo could be counted on one hand, but as their numbers have multiplied they’re now b...

Jordan

Girls in Tech hosts its first bootcamp in Jordan

Participants of the first Girls in Tech bootcamp in Jordan. (Images via Tala El Issa) One month into their existence and...

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Jordan

DIY app wins top prize at first ever RedTroops JO Hackathon

The developers of Edy, an iOS app that blends the creative photo sharing elements of Instagram with the DIY work of online marketplaces...

Regional

Bahraini wearable could add a new dimension to social interaction

The Feelix is another wearable that may reach the market. The bracelet syncs with a user's smartphone and sends him or her...

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Regional

Don't be afraid to scale

This is a crosspost with LinkedIn. The MENA entrepreneurship landscape has come a long way since the days when I was at...

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Jordan

TOP Academy seeks to create a ‘technical talent pipeline' in Jordan with software engineering course

Dozens of MENA startups rely on the assistance that regional seed accelerators provide to catapult them forward—and it in turn helps the o...

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Kuwait

Volume and variety mark this year's #MITEFArab

The 8th annual MIT Enterprise Forum of the Pan Arab region witnessed a record number of participants on Sunday April 19, with more...

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Global

How one Jordanian's innovative approach to job hunting got Airbnb's attention

Nina Mufleh wants a job at Airbnb. Like thousands of others though, when she began her quest, she quickly found her applications and calls...

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Egypt

2 Egyptian startups heading to Germany’s Pirate Summit

Winners of the event, Germany bound. Two Egyptian startups are heading off to Germany. Crowd Analyzer, a platform analyzing social...

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Jordan

New Jordan startup looking to harness creativity of youth

Youngsters need skills, and particularly in today’s job market they need skills that are going to set them apart from the thousands of o...

Regional

Vea starts fundraising campaign to expand its tire rubber tubes upcycling operations

Vea, an environmental fashion store in Beirut’s downtown Souks mall, has launched a $10,000 campaign on MENA crowdfunding platform Zo...

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Maghreb

One guest at a time: how a newly launched hotel aims to boost Tunis’ medina

Tucked away in one of the small alleys of Tunisian capital Tunis’ old town, the medina, you find the seven-room boutique hotel Dar B...

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Turkey

Turkish news site to launch Arabic version from Beirut

The Istanbul offices of haberler.com By the end of 2015 Beirut is going to be home to another news portal for the Arabic speaking region,...

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Regional

How this startup made 6 figures in 6 weeks

When HomeSwipe founder Michael Lisovetsky arranged a meeting with Silicon Valley investor Tim Draper, he knew he needed to come up with...

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Maghreb

More work, less stress: inside the Blue House, Morocco's residence for startups

Surf tourism has grown in popularity over the years, and Morocco’s little village of Taghazout, north of Agadir, has not escaped...

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Regional

MEVP announces first round of $30M MEVF II fund

Yesterday, Middle East Venture Partners announced the first round of investments as part of its $30 million Middle East Venture Fund II....

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U.A.E

Two years in, In5's impact on Dubai's entrepreneurship sector

“In5 is a center specialized in supporting the development of private companies and entrepreneurs and in the encouragement of creativity a...

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