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U.A.E

UAE cleaning platform gets investment from Yemeksepeti founder

Outsourcing your housework can be a chore, pun intended. (Image via Stephen Swintek/Getty Images) JustMop, the latest addition to a...

Just Mop cleaning yemeksepeti

Global

How will we connect the next billion people? [Infographic]

This is an edited crosspost from Techinasia. The internet is good for economic development, studies have found. Not only the big fish...

Connected Infograhpic Tech in Asia

Jordan

Theeb: how to build a movie

The guys behind Oscar-nominated ‘Theeb’ have found themselves in Hollywood, building a napkin pitch into a...

bedouin ing Abdullah II Fund for Development Bayt Al Shawareb

Regional

Which 3D printer is best for prototyping?

RapidManufactory, Guillame Crédoz's workplace (Image via TCT Magazine) There's no doubt that 3D printing, the...

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Egypt

Enhancing Egypt’s creative economy

Hisham Basha, Azza Fahmy and moderator Ahmed El Attar discuss Egypt's creative economy. (Images via Eman Mostafa) Creative industries that...

creative economy British Council Egypt British Council

Pakistan

Pakistan's return as the 'California of Asia' [Opinion]

It's no secret that Pakistan’s startup scene is heating up, but the rise of a new middle class and the fruits of a heavy security...

Advanced Micro Devices AST Research FireEye

Syria

20 Syrian startups join Jusoor bootcamp in Beirut

Jusoor bootcamp starts in February. Jusoor has selected 20 startups for the second phase of its Entrepreneurship Program...

jusoor Jusoor Entrepreneurship Bootcamp syria

Maghreb

Founder Institute Tunisia graduates first class

Tunisian ICT Minister Nooman Fehri speaks at the Founders Institute. (Images via Founder Institute) Tunisia’s Founder Institute has g...

Founder Institute tunisia

Kuwait

Ajar Online redefines rental payments in Kuwait

This article is a crosspsot with Nuwait. Ajar Online cofounders, Talal Alyaseen and Shaheen Alkhudhari. (Image via Ajar Online) The idea...

property Ajar Online crosspost

Egypt

The kid with the amazing AR glasses

Vound inventor Aly Mohamed at an EU-sponsored contest for young scientists. (Image via Wamda) Aly Mohamed comes across as a...

deaf Aly Mohamed Vound

Saudi Arabia

Winners emerge from KSA verbal throwdown

MC Keith Wallace kept the punches flowing. (Image via Get in the Ring) The gloves were off last night in Riyadh at the regional final of...

Food For People Date Pits Filers Fadfid.com

U.A.E

Challenge Cup: a two minute pitch for $1M

Challenge Cup winners together. (Image via Shaffi Mather) Two minutes. That’s all the time 25 teams at the 1776 Challenge Cup had to c...

Cowlar Smart Detection Bra MUrgency

U.A.E

Enabling ecommerce with delivery

Cofounders, left to right, Sari Issa and Fares Nimri. (Images via CamelShip) Ecommerce is constantly evolving and becoming more...

Sky Net Parzel CamelShip

Regional

Wadi.com raises $67M Series A

Ecommerce platform Wadi.com announced yesterday the closing of a $67 million Series A funding round led by Al Tayyar Group. The...

Wadi.com Al Tayyar Group Series A

Regional

What I know about startups in MENA: Chris Schroeder

Chris Schroeder is one of the MENA entrepreneur's biggest foreign supporters. (Image via E&T Magazine) Investor and MENA-phile...

investor WIK What I Know

U.A.E

Introducing Flat6Labs' 6 latest UAE startups

Much like Hollywood is a celebrity hunting ground, Flat6Labs’ recent Demo Day suggests that Abu Dhabi might be the place to reel in...

StudentCart Metaphorio Jumpsuite

Regional

Ground control to the Middle East

An artists rendering of satellites and debris orbiting the earth. (Image via European Space Agency) Space technology is now on the...

Blink Mars Robotics AP-Swiss

Regional

Is ecommerce MENA's biggest digital market? [Infographic]

This is an edited crosspost from LinkedIn. Consumers have become smarter and faster in making buying decisions online,...

payment gateway CashU fin-tech

Egypt

Elves and Uber, together for Valentines

Valentine’s Day can be stressful. Those behind new startup Elves have decided to team up with Uber to help clients who forgot...

Genie of Arabia Elves Elvesapp

Palestine

Exoskeleton gives the gift of movement

AZR’s exoskeleton prototype is being tested in the lab. (Images via AZR Team) Three Birzeit University students in the West Bank have b...

Handicapped Exoskeleton Birzeit University

Regional

78 teams to second round, MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup Competition

During one of the mentorship sessions of last year's 8th edition of the Competition. (Image via MITEF Arab Startup Competition) The MITEF...

Semifinalists Fallound MIT Enterprise Forum Pan-Arab

Lebanon

Scriptr announces $4M Series A

Rabih Nassar during an interview with Wamda. (Image via Wamda) scriptr.io, the cloud platform for internet of things (IoT) solutions,...

Berytech Fund Scriptr.io announcement

Regional

Could MENA see a unicorn soon?

Extinct in the wild in the 1970s and reintroduced in the 1980s, the Arabian Oryx may be the animal closest to a unicorn. (Image...

CB Insights unicorns oped

Maghreb

Artists build businesses at Disrupt!/Media! Tunis

Audiovisual, tech, and culture lovers and professionals working together over the weekend. (Images via Mideast Creatives) Is three days...

Audiovisual disrupt!/Media! Cogite

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