Wamda

U.A.E

MENA's Agile community is on the rise

When it comes to building a movement organically, a sense of community often plays an instrumental role. Think of the startup scene in...

agile uae

Jordan

Digitizing financial transactions in the region: go startups!

The rise of the fintech industry in the region throughout the years, proves that this sector has a big impact on emerging markets despite...

Fintech online payment Oasis 500

Saudi Arabia

Young GCC designers heating up the gaming scene

Mobile games have become increasingly popular over the years as smartphones continue to improve with brand new technologies. In the Gulf,...

Gaming game design startups

Syria

Arageek: the reader comes first, even at our expense

‘Arabic content worth reading’ is the motto many Arabic content platforms hold to against the rise of poor online Arabic...

arageek raseef22 Arabic Content

Global

What I know about the future of high-speed transport: Colin Rhys

In late 2016, the UAE’s first-mover deal with high-speed transport system Hyperloop promised commuters to travel from “Dubai to...

Hyperloop One What I Know WIK

Morocco

Screendy: focusing on product, not customer outreach

What if entrepreneurs no longer needed to look for customers and could just focus on creating the best product for them? This is what...

association Business entrepreneurs

Kuwait

Kuwait gets its own Community at #MixNMentor Nuwait

Faces old and new were at Kuwait City’s Dar Hamad venue on May 10, to attend the third Mix N’ Mentor Nuwait, hosted by The...

Mix N' Mentor Nuwait Mentorship The National Fund for SME Development

Regional

What do MENA telcos want to be when they grow up? Part II

This is the second article of two about telecom companies in MENA and how they should be adapting. The first is here. In this part we are...

Telcos du anghami

Global

Startup Watch: It’s all about the money, money, money and solar power

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 Investment 500 startups

Kuwait

Managing Instagram comments got much easier

This article is a crosspost from Nuwait. 27-year-old Kuwaiti Khalid Al-Mutawa is one versatile man. He travels around the world, runs...

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U.A.E

What do MENA telcos want to be when they grow up? Part I

This is the first article of two about telecom companies in MENA and how they should be adapting. In the opening sequence of...

Telcos du anghami

Regional

What's your share of the company? [Opinion]

The Souq.com deal was great for the news media cycle, but was it so great for the investors? In tech, these types of events are fraught...

Souq.com investments VCs

Egypt

What I know about fab labs: Sherry Lassiter

Despite two-decades in science journalism, Sherry Lassiter has become part of the technology story rather than a storyteller. After...

Fab Foundation Maker Faire Cairo Fab Lab Egypt

U.A.E

Mobile payments startups on the rise in MENA

A bevy of geolocation startups already exist in Dubai, yet the Dubai and Riyadh-based Proxera is using its technology to help companies...

seamless ecommerce Retail

Saudi Arabia

Uxbert proves startups can make it in Saudi Arabia

The UAE is considered one of the most important startup hubs in the region. Yet the Saudi Nadeem Bakhsh decided to move his user experience...

Saudi Arabia Uxbert UX

Global

Startup Watch: Wikipedia under attack, the Ja Rule mess-up and the magic of vinegar

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 Wikipedia Saudi Arabia

Jordan

#MixNMentor coming to Amman: focus on scalability

It’s that time of the year again! Mix N’ Mentor is back to Amman. While the WRL team has found that the cost structure and...

Mix 'n Mentor mix n mentor Amman

Regional

New startups on the block: May

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

new startups Healthcare Travel

U.A.E

Halla Walla, on a mission to represent Arab culture through emojis

It took two months of intense research for Yasmin Rasool and Eriko Varkey to bring the stories of Shaikha, Lula, Waleed and Ahmed to life....

Arabic digital content Emojis halla walla

Kuwait

Instagram, an attractive choice for merchants

This article is a crosspost with Nuwait. In Kuwait, Instagram is an attractive choice for entrepreneurs trying to promote a product or...

instagram kuwait Nuwait

Saudi Arabia

Gorfah and the seven business models

What do you do when you don’t know which business model suits you? This is what Gorfah faced, a Saudi startup working in an $8...

Saudi Arabia ksa Gorfah

U.A.E

What I know about starting up in Dubai: Will Hutson

Originally from Florida, Will Hutson was first introduced to the Middle East while working on one of Disney’s initial global social...

What I Know LMTD will hutson

Saudi Arabia

A journey to the cloud, Arabsea

Being able to keep up with the latest technologies is a good advantage for a company but not easy. Launched in Saudi Arabia in 1980,...

Arabsea SMACC Cloud

U.A.E

Cybersecurity in UAE: more education, less speculation

According to a promotional video for the inaugural OPCDE (Operational Code) conference, 75 percent of all legitimate websites have...

uae cyber security Comae Technologies

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