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Palestine

This is how Dawsat is reinventing the Middle Eastern diet

Mas Watad graduated from Al-Quds University as a nutrition specialist in 2003 and decided that, rather than simply raising people’s...

palestine Dawsat healthy food

Saudi Arabia

This Saudi platform encourages loyalty with coupons

After working in human resources in a big corporation in Saudi Arabia, then in the marketing field, Rayan Saleh noticed a lack of employees...

Kuwait

5 startups that dug their paths from university hallways

This article is a crosspost from Nuwait. Kuwait has one of the fastest growing business communities in the region, especially in the...

kuwait Baims Waterworks

Regional

What I know about building ecosystems in emerging countries: Linda Rottenberg

It only took Linda Rottenberg a brief conversation with a taxi driver in Buenos Aires to launch Endeavor. Initially an engineer, this...

What I Know Endeavor Linda Rottenberg

Global

Startup Watch: Facebook TV, gone with the wind, and crowdfunding in the UAE

The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your...

Startup Watch Facebook TV Google Play Store

Saudi Arabia

How Badir is accelerating entrepreneurship in the KSA

Over the past decade, Saudi Arabia’s entrepreneurial ecosystem has come a long way. One of the main players in nurturing and...

Badir ksa

Regional

New startups on the block: August

Startups are launching faster than we can write about them, so here’s our list of raw newbies to...

Startup List startups ecommerce

U.A.E

When an investment expert gets on board

Careem, the leading ride-hailing service in the Middle East and North Africa, announced today the appointment of Zach Finkelstein as vice...

careem Zach Finkelstein Lumia Capital

Kuwait

Young and hungry, Nu8.3 audience promises new opportunities

“You don’t necessarily have to be a founder [to gain experience],” said Abdullah Hamad Al-Jouan, the chairman of The...

Nu8.3 The National Fund for SME Development Networking

Saudi Arabia

New event in Saudi Arabia to help entrepreneurs develop their ideas

“Right before pitching my idea and going up on stage, I was doubting myself. But, I learned to believe in myself more. I also learned...

Saudi Arabia ksa Techpreneurship Sprint

Lebanon

Lebanese social startups develop solutions that ‘Makesense’

Senselab, a three-week bootcamp powered by Makesense Lebanon, gathered various Lebanese ventures aiming at designing, testing, improving...

Makesense Fabricaid Kharzaya

Turkey

What I know about building a living lab: Ersin Pamuksüzer

Aside from R&D centers and fablabs, open spaces to test, research, and apply new technological products or services are distressingly...

Living Labs What I Know

Lebanon

Sixth edition of Mix N’ Mentor Beirut coming on September 8

There is a reason why Beirut is talked about so much in the startup world. While the city may not be as big as Cairo or Amman or as...

mnm Mix n Mentor lebanon

Kuwait

How to manage and retain your best talent

This article is a crosspost from Nuwait. The debate over the best practices to retain and motivate employees is a never-ending...

talents Retain talents online tools

Lebanon

The music revolution will not be live, it will be digital [Part1]

In the first piece of this two-part series, we will be looking at the business of online music in the MENA, what are the numbers,...

lebanon anghami Elie Habib

Morocco

Dare Inc. a social incubator on the rise in Morocco

According to a study by the British Council and the Moroccan CISE (Moroccan Center for Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship), the...

Social Entrepreneurship startups incubation

Saudi Arabia

This is what this Saudi VC firm seeks in an entrepreneur

Though Saudi Arabia is rich in financial resources, startups there often find it difficult to access to funding especially in early stages....

ksa Saudi Arabia Inspire Ventures

Regional

A more digital Middle East is in the making [Opinion]

Pundits predict that the Internet of Things, or IoT, is going to change the nature of interaction between governments and businesses all...

oped Internet of Things IoT

Global

Startup Watch: Paint is back, punished Google, and tech titans AI clash

The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your...

Startup Watch Google Paint

Regional

Sports news are the most published on the region’s e-newspapers

Arabic news portals are increasingly relying on digital marketing channels, now that people refer to these portals for news. Social...

Digital Media Index news portals Newspapers

U.A.E

Turning waste to fuel: How one company is reducing the UAE’s carbon footprint

Karl Feilder, chairman and CEO of The Neutral Group (TNG), a cleantech company, sold his first company to Microsoft in 1995. Over the next...

Karl Feilder Carbon footprint biodiesel

Lebanon

When internet threatens Lebanon’s sustainability

In a private event held on July 24 at Phoenicia Hotel in Beirut, support organization Endeavor Lebanon gathered entrepreneurs, telecom,...

Endeavor Private sector Telecommunication

Global

Hands off my phone!

Since the Wannacry ransomware attack in mid-May, talk of cyber security (and its deficiencies) has skyrocketed. Protecting our computers,...

Phone cyber security privacy

Regional

GITEX and Wamda partner to promote collaborative entrepreneurship in MENA

GITEX Future Stars has selected Wamda, the leading platform for entrepreneurs in the Middle East and North Africa, as its knowledge partner...

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