Wamda

Kuwait

Mix N’ Mentor Nuwait is back with more community updates

This article is a crosspost from Nuwait. Dwelling on the success of its previous editions, Mix N’ Mentor Nuwait is...

Nuwait Mix N' Mentor The National Fund for SME Development

Global

Startup Watch: Business tips from a drug lord, burnout and the futility of the job interview

The world of entrepreneurship news is ever growing and sometimes it’s hard to know where to start when you want to catch up. To...

Startup Watch Programme business plans

Morocco

Lamia Bazir is rethinking social entrepreneurship in Morocco

Lamia Bazir could have made a career outside Morocco, advocating for women’s empowerment and gender equality all over the world....

Atlas Leadership empowerment

Egypt

California calls for 8 ROV robot winners

Remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) skimmed underneath the surface of a swimming pool, surrounded by students with joysticks and controllers...

ROV Arab Competition remotely operated vehicles Aquaphoton

Egypt

Cairo’s Maker Faire enchants children, adults, and Minions

Over 11,000 people attended the Maker Faire Cairo over the weekend, making it one of the biggest tech events in the region. The event...

Maker Faire Cairo Fab Lab Egypt makers

Kuwait

What I know about scaling right: Zaina Albader

This article is a crosspost from Nuwait. For Kuwaiti entrepreneurs looking to scale their startups, Saudi Arabia is very...

Bookr What I Know kuwait

Morocco

Bidaya Space in Morocco searches for seed stars

Casablanca greentech incubator Espace Bidaya has helped 19 startups launch into the world since it began, and 14 are on track to survive...

morocco Bidaya startups

Regional

10 steps corporations must take before investing in startups [Opinion]

Corporations want to innovate, but issues such as tighter R&D budgets and organizational bureaucracy can make tapping outside sources -...

corporate venture capital the cribb

Egypt

Is Egypt finally ready for ride-sharing?

Uber and Careem fares have become unaffordable for many Egyptians, as fuel costs continue to rise following the floatation of the currency...

Buseet Kalax Swvl

Regional

What we learned about the media industry at #STEP2017

The reader is king. After an era of praising content as the supreme power in media, the focus today is shifting towards the...

Step Conference Step 2017 Media

Saudi Arabia

Takamol Holding helping both startups and investors

It’s a common scenario: Saudi entrepreneurs complain about the lack of investment and venture capital put into startups, while...

Saudi Arabia ksa Musharakah

Global

Startup Watch: Another bad re-brand, giving that investment back and robots need emotions

The world of entrepreneurship news is ever growing and sometimes it’s hard to even know where to start when you want to catch up....

Startup Watch yahoo! iran

Regional

New startups on the block: April

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

new startups IoT ecommerce

Global

Tracking skateboard tricks from UAE to LA

Rideblock talks building a product in the UAE with a market in the US It was an argument over who had pulled off a better Ollie - a...

RideBlock uae Flat6Labs

Lebanon

Agri-logistics wins Lebanon's first agritech hackathon

A logistics idea called Sou2 Baladi won Lebanon’s first agritech hackathon on Sunday, taking home $3,000 and a place in the new...

Agrytech Accelerator Berytech agritech

Lebanon

What I know about bad investments: Walid Mansour [Know your VC]

In a debate in 2016 Walid Mansour was keen to shed the image of VCs as “cigar smoking fat cats”. “We have investors...

MEVP Know your VC What I Know

U.A.E

The Souq sale is a game changer for MENA ecommerce [Opinion]

We all heard the news: Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer by sales and market capitalization, founded 23 years ago in...

Amazon Souq.com acquisition

Egypt

Voxera beats roaming bill and VOIP ban

Voxera cofounder Amr El Gebaly arrived home after a holiday with his wife to a menu-like list of roaming charges on his phone bill. That...

Voxera data roaming charge VOIP ban

Egypt

Out of Africa: the Egyptians are coming

Egyptian healthcare startup Vezeeta is expanding into the Levant, the latest of a series of companies from Egypt to start leaving...

Vezeeta Performly Crowd Analyzer

Palestine

Appmahal hopes for Middle Eastern chat app hit

Palestinian startup Appmahal has launched a localized version of Whatsapp, and hopes this will provide the competitive edge it needs in a...

Siha Whatsapp WeChat

Saudi Arabia

Riyadh is Mix N’ Mentor’s first stop this year

The Saudi ecosystem is getting more and more exciting, and Wamda is on trend: we host the first Mix N’ Mentor of the year on April 22...

Saudi Arabia ksa mnm

Regional

Why Amazon acquired Souq.com

This article is a crosspost with Centric.ae. Seeking global world domination in the ecommerce marketplace, Amazon acquired...

Souq.com acquisition Amazon

Regional

Social entrepreneurship needs a culture change [Opinion]

It should come as little surprise that social entrepreneurs across the Middle East and North Africa have become rather lackadaisical over...

Social Entrepreneurship Opinion

Global

Startup Watch: the Souq deal, juice cleanses, and how to vet your VC

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...

souq beirut water taxi Investment

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