Wamda

Yemen

Putting Yemen's crossroads online

Every morning in Sana’a’s Alqa’a square, dozens of unemployed men wait on the side of the street hoping to get work....

Palestine

Palestinian fintech startup simplifies online and mobile trading

The lack of online Arabic content has been a driving force for many startups in the Middle East. It happens to be one of the core reasons,...

Economies startup Fintech

Regional

The journey towards MENA’s future jobs: a train wreck or a gentle stroll?

The battle between old and new is fierce. Ride hailing apps versus yellow cabs, telcos versus VoIPs, Youtube versus TVs. But the future is...

wef employent jobs

Egypt

Widebot: building Facebook chatbots gets easier

With over 11 million users engaging chatbots currently functioning on Facebook Messenger, most notably Uber’s ride requesting...

Facebook Messenger Arabnet Battles Cairo chatbot

Saudi Arabia

What I know about building a happy company: Alper Celen

You cannot spread happiness without being happy yourself. This tenet is the driving force behind Alper Celen’s aim to build the...

Joi What I Know Employment

Global

6 tips for becoming a successful entrepreneur

Being a true entrepreneur is not for everyone, as it is not a simple lifestyle mode. It is a very challenging task and requires a...

Expert Advice startups Success Stories

Tunisia

Cyberesa improves e-tourism in Tunisia

Despite the regional instability and tourism shakiness, Tunisian e-tourism is actually witnessing bright days and is not affected by the...

Tourism technologies Cloud

Global

Investing for dummies: how to start investing in startups [Opinion]

Investing into startup companies is becoming more and more of a interest for a growing number of the wealthy. The reasons for this...

investement startups Funding

Lebanon

Lebanon’s digital industry: the battle of BDL circulars

This article is an extension of Lebanon’s Circular 331: The birth of an industry piece, published here yesterday. On...

BDL Leap Ventures Bookwitty

Egypt

Egypt calls for financial inclusions

The Egyptian online payment sector remains heavily hampered by a wide gap between available solutions and the needs of 91 million...

e-Finance fawry Mostafa Elnahhas

Regional

Middle East Investment Summit explores MENA's VC trends

With the largest B round funding in the history of the Middle East tech ecosystem (41 million dollars for Fetchr) and Amazon’s...

Middle East Investment Summit Fetchr Angus Paterson

Lebanon

Lebanon’s Circular 331: The birth of an industry

In August 2014, Banque du Liban (the Central Bank of Lebanon, abbreviated as BDL) issued Circular 331 with the aim of injecting 400 million...

BDL Circular 331 bookwitt

Egypt

Arabnet Dubai promotes investments in the MENA's emerging markets

As Arabnet CEO Omar Christidis took his last strides on the Arabnet Digital Summit stage in Dubai and shared some telling numbers, the...

Aqar Map Astrolabs Oman Technology Fund

Jordan

Jordan’s WEF accentuates SMEs as key economic drivers in the Middle East

Entrepreneurship is no longer only discussed in private meetings and coworking spaces, it is increasingly becoming relevant on a macro...

wef Oasis 500

Kuwait

What I know about successful crowdfunding: Saleh Altunaib

This article is a crosspost from Nuwait. Crowdfunding is an alternative form of funding that allows early entrepreneurs to finance...

Crowdfunding kuwait Nuwait

Turkey

Smart waste management, one bin at a time

Creating waste is what humans seem to do best, and we’re getting better at it. By 2025 it is predicted that 4.3 billion city...

Evreka smart waste management Smart Cities

Jordan

Scaling in the right direction #MixNMentor Amman

The Jordanian ecosystem came together at Zain Innovation Campus ZINC in King Hussein Business Park on the 18th...

mix n mentor Amman Scaling fundraising

Global

Boost your business with these 7 must have startup tools

The famous tycoons like Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page, Jeff Bezos and many more influential people have astonished the world with their...

Business Development Tools Listicle

Global

Startup Watch: facial recognition airports, bedtime stories and HR bots

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

U.A.E

Why telehealth is so attractive to investors [Opinion]

In his book ‘Healthcare Disrupted’, Jeff Elton comments that ‘until recently, the world changed and healthcare –...

Opinion Healthcare telehealth

Tunisia

How this Tunisian channeled fashion into a startup

When Arbia Smiti founded Carnet de Mode (Fashion Diary) in 2011, the crowdfunding platform captured the attention of the French media,...

startup Mode Fashion

Regional

The opportunity of an inclusive sharing economy in MENA

It’s 9am. A commuter leaves home heading for her office in the local tech business hub. After 30 seconds a car has arrived to take...

lebanon uae Egypt

Tunisia

Seedstars pushes Tunisian startups to scale more

At the Mediterranean School of Business campus in Tunis, the Seedstars team gathered a dozen Tunisian startups around a competition that...

scalibility seedstars internationnalisation

Tunisia

The Startup Act bill is opening new doors for Tunisian entrepreneurs

Tunisian entrepreneurs are finally seeing a draft of the Startup Act. The latest is that it’s under negotiation before being...

Startup Act entrepreneurs regulation

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