Wamda

Egypt

The startups mapping Cairo's in between spaces

Informality is the rule in Cairo, be it the sprawling extra-legal settlements that form a moat around the city center, forgotten alleys...

Cluster Egypt CUIP

Maghreb

An IoT craze in Algeria?

For the few Algerian startups commercializing Internet of Things (IoT) products, starting out was hard. Just two years ago, the mere...

makerspaces IoT algeria

Regional

Be the CEO not the COO: finding space for vision-making [Opinion]

A whopping 70.6 percent of entrepreneurs in MENA say it’s difficult to balance daily operational work and fire-fighting with strategy...

Opinion Iqraaly strategy

U.A.E

Wamda Capital leads a $5M investment round in Kharabeesh

Wamda Capital announced leading a $5 million investment round in Kharabeesh, alongside Endeavor Catalyst Fund and Dash...

Kharabeesh Wamda Capital Investment

Regional

Startup Watch: IKEA domination, young blood, and death by space travel

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

Revealing the tracks of the MIT Media Lab Dubai workshop #MLDubai

Community Jameel and Wamda are hosting an MIT Media Lab multi-day workshop, bringing together different cultures, skills and expertise all...

Workshop community jameel Redefining Cities

Regional

5 [NOT Netflix] video streaming platforms available in MENA

2016 was a year of celebration for young MENA users hungry for video on demand (VOD) and online streaming services. Netflix entered our...

Video Streaming Video On Demand netflix

Jordan

Decorating Jordan’s homes with its trash

It all started in one of the oldest bookstands in downtown Amman when unemployed Alaa Ziadeh decided to build things... using his...

Jordan Environment Green entrepreneurs

Morocco

How Morocco's Highness beat tall poppy syndrome

What to do when your team is too qualified, and too expensive, for your own country? Highness, a Moroccan user experience agency,...

Highness morocco User Experience

U.A.E

Abu Dhabi, MENA’s fintech oasis?

Fintech has been the subject of significant interest from entrepreneurs and investors alike in the past few years, and this interest shows...

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U.A.E

Turn8 announces new $60M VC fund

UAE-based accelerator and investor Turn8 launched a $60 million venture capital fund on Sunday for technology innovation. This new fund...

turn8-accelerator-fund-announcement

Kuwait

Kuwait's ecosystem - from an investor’s point of view

This is an edited crosspost with two Nuwait articles. You can see the original versions here and here. Mussaad Al-Razouki is one busy...

Nuwait Mussaad Al-Razouki AbiDoc

Syria

Wikilogia: The Syrian NGO that brought open source learning to Damascus

As the nearly six year war raged on in Syria, hundreds of entrepreneurs and tech enthusiasts were quietly thriving in Damascus. They are...

syria Wikilogia Education

Regional

Tamatem: Gaming for 18 million users

As global gaming publishers overlook the Arab region’s hunger for localized mobile games, regional publishers are...

tamatem Gaming localization

Palestine

5 steps to ecommerce success in Gaza

It took five years for a small team of professional coders in Gaza to launch their own ecommerce solution Loqta, after noticing how much...

Loqta Gaza ecommerce

Lebanon

AUB’s Innovation Center: a haven for ambitious minds

In the heart of Lebanon’s leading university overlooking the Mediterranean Sea is a center harnessing a future vision for the...

lebanon Telecommunication aub

Global

How to professionalize a startup without stifling it

This is an edited crosspost from Harvard Business Review. Insurgent companies are full of foundational stories and most of them involve...

HBR Scaling growth

Lebanon

Back from the brink, FREE

How do you bring yourself back from the financial brink and complete a water irrigation prototype? Antoine Skayem’s company, FREE...

lebanon Free UK Lebanon Tech Hub

Global

Startup Watch: Funerals, Telegram breach, and InstaSnap Feud

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 instagram Saudi Arabia

U.A.E

Glassqube aims to be new piece in UAE startup puzzle

While there are far greater hardships in the world compared to starting your own business in the UAE it’s fair to say that the...

abu dhabi uae glassqube

Jordan

Zain Jordan wants you to ditch your console and grab your phone

There isn’t a better example than Pokémon Go to highlight the crucial role of mobile in the gaming industry. Several of the...

tamatem Gaming Telcos

Egypt

App Lab kills cash at Egypt festivals

Festivals, be they music or other, are bedevilled by two problems: ticketing fraud and cash. Early last year the founders of a new music...

App Lab Sandbox Oshtoora

U.A.E

Dubai dedicates a $275M fund for seven global challenges

The Dubai government and Dubai Holding have announced a one billion dirham fund (US$275 million) to address seven global challenges. The...

Dubai Government Dubai Holding MEMakers

Lebanon

Wamda announces Mix N' Mentor Beirut 2016

Wamda is organising Mix N’ Mentor Beirut on September 30th at the Beirut Digital District (BDD). Beirut is rapidly growing to...

Mix N' Mentor 2016 beirut Mentorship

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