Wamda

Kuwait

The impact of Ramadan on social media users

This article is a crosspost with Nuwait. The holy month of Ramadan is an opportunity for its adherents to both do good and practice self...

socialobby ghaliah Nuwait

Kuwait

Noor Al Qatami: one 2016's most powerful Arab women

This is an edited crosspost from Nuwait. Kuwaiti Noor Al-Qatami was chosen as one of the 100 most powerful Arab women in...

Noor Al Qatami Saveco kuwait

Maghreb

Is Algeria ready for Aquasafe's IoT?

Is Algeria ready for IoT? In 2013 Iman Malek was certainly wondering: her company Aquasafe had created Internet-connected tools to allow...

aquaculture IoT Agriculture

U.A.E

In5 Media Hub, latest incubator with industry approach

Dubai-based incubator In5 is finally putting the finishing touches to its media-focused hub. First announced in November 2015 they...

in5 In5 media hub Payfort

Maghreb

New $51M World Bank fund to target Morocco

Morocco has been missing a strong investment fund dedicated to startups, but this will change in autumn when the World Bank launches a...

Financement world bank morocco

U.A.E

500 Startups invests in UAE gifting marketplace

UAE-based gift-giving platform Joi has recieved investment from 500 Startups. With this first round founders Ritesh Tilani and...

500 startups joi gifts Investment

Regional

What I know about mentoring: Kathleen Bury

Despite having alumni spread across 14 countries the UK-based foundation Mowgli is still having to work very hard to get people to...

Mowgli relationships

Syria

High risk, high reward: Mag Optics wants to change the way we see

Biotech is a high risk, high cost, high reward world. It's one that Mag Optics, a London-based startup founded by a Syrian...

MAG Optics lasik MEMakersGE

Egypt

Ramadan a flash point for Egypt food startups

Egyptians’ food spending over Ramadan hit an average of 35 billion Egyptian pounds (US$3.5 billion), or about 15 percent of their...

Agrimatic Akla Baity Yumamia

Regional

MENA by the numbers: what do they really mean?

Internet penetration, media consumption or ecommerce spending rates all tell one piece of a broader story about how the internet is being...

Payfort infographics Data

Regional

Meet the makers: GE Garages and the future of industrial entrepreneurship

As the MENA region grapples with non-hydrocarbon diversification in the aftermath of the oil price shock, a slew of strategic announcements...

MEMakersGE GEMS robotics

Global

The future of everything: tech of 2016 [Infographic]

The technology you hear about everyday - artificially intelligent robots, self driving cars - are just the tip of science these...

Systems Metabolic Engineering open AI perovskite

Jordan

For tech’s sake, get out of our way [Opinion]

Last October we found out the royal court wanted some major changes to reawaken Jordan’s technology sector. This was no surprise...

regulation Opinion Policy

Global

Religious readings get innovative

This article is a crosspost with MIT Technology Review Arab Edition. It is quite common in religious circles to read Islam’s holy...

Brandwise-apps Quran Khatma sawab

Maghreb

‘Tunisian DNA’ essential to major US cloud deal

An American success often hides a diaspora success. In the case of Predictix it goes far beyond that. Predictix, a US-based retail cloud...

acceleration Predictix usa

Europe

Aramex leads $8.5M Series B in UK address startup

Aramex has led a $8.5 million Series B funding round in British startup What 3 Words, a company that is creating a universal postal code...

Eddress what3words Locname

Maghreb

AIG becomes Jumia, but is a rebrand a good idea?

Few internet services have made as much noise as Africa Internet Group (AIG), and now it’s seeking to make more with a major...

rebranding Africa Internet Group Kaymu

Egypt

Is Ousta Egypt's fastest growing startup ever? [Q&A]

[Update July 27: five months after launching Ousta is negotiating a $5.6 million investment round.] Ride hailing app...

ride hailing Ousta careem

Regional

Big data in health: good for anything yet?

Using big data in healthcare, anywhere, might it be true to say no one seems to quite know what they’re doing yet? But Dr....

Ver2 Digital Medicine MEMakersGE healthcare analytics

Maghreb

The year Morocco's digital economy levels up

This is the second of three articles about the state of digital payments in Morocco. Read the first here. Morocco’s financial...

Regulations fin-tech

Kuwait

Getting them young: empowering Kuwait’s youth entrepreneurs

This article has been crossposted from Nuwait. Two organisations, one local the other not, are trying to give Kuwait's young people...

Injaz Nuwait sirdab lab

Regional

When MENA investors don’t bank on women

For years, Lebanese entrepreneur Rayan Zahab would get called in for job interviews, only to hear hiring managers say the same thing: they...

Golden Seeds Snapay Women Investing in Women Digital

U.A.E

Startups, compete at your own risk

Be it money, equity, consultation, incubation or simply a platform to fine-tune the elevator pitch, startup competitions have manufactured...

Arab Start Up competition Startup MENA GCC Pitch Challenge Dubai+Acumen Business Plan Competition

U.A.E

From buyouts to partnerships

This article was first posted on the Coentrepreneurship platform. More than half of all corporate-startup initiatives in MENA were...

Collaborative Entrepreneurship Dubai Expo 2020 GE

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