Wamda

Bahrain

Startup Watch: breaking stuff, pain = gain, and working for the man

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...

Google Startup Watch Uber

Regional

STEP 2017: disrupting MENA tech and music scene

In case you weren’t around for all the buzz and bustle that took place at STEP 2016, here’s what you missed: Early 2017 was mome...

Step Conference STEP Dubai

Algeria

Algeria’s startup culture: from the ground and up

Lack of e-payment systems, sluggish bureaucracy, and scarce access to financing are some of the issues faced by an aspiring Algerian...

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Bahrain

China in Bahrain: building shared interests

For centuries, Bahrain and China have trading with each other along the ancient Silk Road. In the past, Bahrain traded pearls,...

Bahrain china Brinc

Jordan

The food chain of mobile: how VoIPs are devouring telcos

If you think maintaining your long distance relationship is a private matter, you are most certainly wrong; telcos and governments are...

Telecommunication VOIP OTT

U.A.E

Human economics: Sharjah’s homegrown approach to becoming a startup hub

Sharjah is in debt, so it’s lucky they’re well on their way to diversifying the economy away from big corporations. In...

sharjah Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center Sheraa

U.A.E

Wamda hosts student workshop around education and mobility in UAE

No matter the developing or developed country you are coming from there are always going to be flaws in an education system, and the Middle...

Mohamed Bin Zayed Future Generations design thinking workshop

Jordan

What I know about iris recognition: Imad Malhas

It all started with the Hajj. Imad Malhas took it as a personal challenge to solve a problem unique to Saudi Arabia: during the annual...

IrisGuard biometrics iris recognition

Egypt

Tinder for business: Geomingle wants to send you on a ‘date’

Londoners have embraced the dating app with such passion that an Egyptian entrepreneur has built a spin off, which he hopes will have an...

GeoMingle tinder location-based networking

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia's massive Public Investment Fund has become active in tech startup investing

This article is a crosspost with CB Insights. Over the last year, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced a number of economic...

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Turkey

Turkey’s Sukolay taps water delivery for disruption

Turkey is a country of plastic bottles - in cafes, on the street, and in the home. Although many parts of Turkey do generally have...

turkey sukolay WATER

Jordan

Tarjama bridges language gap

Medieval Arabic translations preserved the cultural heritage of ancient Greece and Rome. Today the same knowledge transfer continues and...

Joran uae Tarjama

Global

The secret to startup success in Africa

This is an excerpt of an article crossposted from Harvard Business Review. A tale of two strategies Why do so many...

Ghana Nigeria M-Kopa

Global

Startup Watch: the failure of entrepreneurship, software parties and peak app

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 Bite Tech VAT

Morocco

New seed fund Outlierz launches in Morocco [Know your VC]

A new Morocco-based seed fund called Outlierz is looking to provide “smart capital” for early stage Africa startups. The...

Outlierz Hassan Haider seed fund

Regional

How to start your journey as a mentor

This is an edited crosspost from New Shift. Mentors face many exciting challenges when advising early-stage entrepreneurs: studying a...

Mentor Advice

Tunisia

Sarah Magida Toumi: Tunisia’s top tree-hugger

For almost a decade Sarah Majida Toumi has been thinking about solutions to fight desertification in her country and sustainable...

Sarah Magida Toumi Agriculture acacias

Lebanon

How to organise a robotics competition

On a drizzly Sunday afternoon in a Beirut sports hall, 18 teams of students competed for the title of ‘best self-driving...

AUB robotics club self-driving car aub

U.A.E

Watch as the UAE fintech community grows

The UAE is steadily growing as a home to fintech startups creating a transformation in various areas of the region’s finance...

Fintech Startup Weekend uae

U.A.E

What I know about failure: Jean-Pierre Mondalek

A failed startup is not the end. Jean-Pierre Mondalek, general manager of the motors division at Dubizzle, is not ashamed of his...

Jean-Pierre Mondalek Dubizzle Failure

Lebanon

Entrepreneurship: an unequal playing field

The message aspiring business leaders get when they go to conferences and listen to motivational speeches by their role models, urging them...

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U.A.E

Dubai is growing the sounds of local talent

At 13 years old, Zain Khan, founder and CEO of The Sound Gaarden, started playing bass guitar for a few high school bands in...

the sound gaarden freshly ground sounds Music

Saudi Arabia

Saudi VCs: where we are, where we’re going [Opinion]

“We do not have enough venture capital investors in Saudi”, is a common theme heard from entrepreneurs across the kingdom....

Venture Capital VC Tadawul

U.A.E

UAE launches new entry scheme to attract entrepreneurs

In a bid to remain a top destination for entrepreneurs in the region the UAE launched last week a new entry visa scheme. They hope to...

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