Wamda

Jordan

Hello World Kids teaches programming in Jordanian schools

After Hanan Khader travelled to Silicon Valley in 2013 to represent her Jordanian company Aqar-Estate as part of the TechWomen program, she...

Hello World Kids Jordan Hanan Khader

Lebanon

Launch Summit experts advise entrepreneurs to begin with solving local problems

“Right now is a good time to be an entrepreneur… Ten years ago, if you said you’re an entrepreneur people thought you...

Launch Summit Altcity techstars

U.A.E

Compareit4me closes $2.4M funding round

The financial comparison site Compareit4me.com has closed a funding round of $2.4 million. According to a statement released by the...

Investment Compareit4me.com Wamda Capital

Tunisia

What I know about social entrepreneurship: Camille Courtaud

Social entrepreneurship, high impact entrepreneurship, social business, impact investing, so many mysterious words. What do they mean? Do...

Social Entrepreneurship Social Business Yunus Social Business

U.A.E

Dubai-based The Luxury Closet closes Series B round of $7.8M

The Luxury Closet has closed a Series B round of $7.8 million. Led by Wamda Capital, the investment is one of the highest in MENA this...

The Luxury Closet Wamda Capital Kunal Kapoor

Egypt

Going cashless in Egypt with Paymob

It is no secret that cash and informal transactions are still the norm in Egypt. Cash transactions account for 40 percent of the...

Paymob Egypt banking

Pakistan

Making money from Pakistan’s darkness

This article is the second in a series on solar energy in Pakistan. You can read the first article here. Imagine yourself living tens,...

pakistan solar energy Nizam Energy

U.A.E

Could this Dubai startup have produced the world’s thinnest smartphone?

A Dubai-based startup claims to have manufactured the thinnest smartphone available worldwide, with a width of 4.6 mm (a little more than...

carbon works Dubai smartphone

U.A.E

NYUAD Idea Lab rebrands to Start AD

Initially created to help students, New York University Abu Dhabi’s Idea Lab will be known as Start AD starting this month....

NYU Abu Dhabi MEMakersGE Start AD

Palestine

Borders may lock Gazan techies in, but they don’t lock support out

In a jam-packed hall at Box inc. in the heart of Silicon Valley, Gaza Sky Geeks hosted a startup event atypical of Bay Area...

gaza sky geeks Gaza 500 startups

U.A.E

From mortgages to Nancy Ajram, one man makes his digital mark on pop culture

Celebrity beta website Najem is three-months old and dedicated to the lifestyles of MENA's rich and famous. Think Buzzfeed with glamor....

Vinelab lebanon uae

Regional

Real innovation can only happen from within

I was recently invited to talk about innovation in healthcare in emerging markets at the Royal Society of Medicine’s Digital...

MEMakersGE Innovation

Global

Startup Watch: Elon Musk feels fear, US startups declining, and Saudi teen wants hijabi emojis

The world of entrepreneurship news is a complicated one to navigate. To help, here’s our roundup of what we’re reading on Elon...

Startup Watch Elon Musk DARPA

U.A.E

Nice and slow: Ekar launches with the watchful blessing of UAE authorities

Earlier this year, UAE news outlets were abuzz with the launch of Udrive, a car rental app running on a pay-per-minute scheme. Clickbait...

uae ekar Transport

U.A.E

Wrappup closes $800K investment round

Wrappup, an app that solves time wasting meetings by recording and flagging the important moments, has closed a seed round of...

Wrappup BECO Capital Investment

Turkey

Wamda Capital invests $2.2M in Insider

Wamda Capital announced today a $2.2 million Series A investment in Insider, a smart digital platform for marketers to personalize,...

Insider turkey Wamda Capital

Kuwait

Should you offer internships at your startup?

This article is a crosspost with Nuwait. You have excellent college grades, solid cover letter, stellar resume, and dozens of...

internships MyU studenthub

U.A.E

Movesouq closes $3M round

Home services marketplace Movesouq has closed a funding round of $3 million. The round was led by Addventure, an international VC out of...

movesouq Addventure home services

Global

4 ways human data can help plan a city

If you can overcome the paranoia of your online data being collected and mined by companies like Google or Facebook, and instead focus on...

MIT Media Lab Dubai Data

Lebanon

What I know about assessing startups for potential investment: Fadi Bizri

It can be difficult to find the right investor for what you know is a solid idea. But if the meetings with an investor drag on, you may...

Fadi Bizri B&Y Venture Partners B&Y Venture Partners

Lebanon

AUB students Reboot Beirut at hackathon

“The moment you realize that you can build and change things, you see something sucks and you do something about it, build a company,...

AUB Hackathon aub lebanon

U.A.E

Itworx Education glocalizes e-learning in EMEA and beyond

In 2003 Itworx Education was officially established as a division of its much older parent company, Cairo-based IT service...

itworx education uae EdTech

Global

From droid farmers to gamer therapists: why we can’t prepare students today for the careers of 2030 [Opinion]

This article is a crossposted with Medium. I recently reread To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. There’s one...

littlebits Opinion

$A fractal view of event technology$

U.A.E

A fractal view of event technology

Fractal Systems is a Dubai based company loading up exhibitions, airports, and event venues with samplings of holograms, drones, sliding...

MEMakersGE fractel robotics

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