Wamda

Regional

Is COD still the only way for ecommerce?

As the ecommerce market in MENA continues to grow by more than 40 percent annually, so does the urge to challenge the dominance of cash on...

JadoPado online payment MENA

U.A.E

Can the UAE become a global startup hub?

A Model City. A model of the experimental 'knowledge hub', Masdar City. (Image via EfficientDesign.de) A few key challenges...

The Box Vision 2021 startup hub

Maghreb

Programmers for hire: Scorify links talent with jobs

The hunt of developers. (Image via Mashable) Every industry has its own myths, and one often-heard claim in the tech sector is that...

startup hiring tech talent programmer

U.A.E

Wamda and GE organize closing day of MEMakers Venture Program

GE mentors and MENA entrepreneurs during the mentorship session (Images via Kamel El Asmar) A little over six weeks after launching the GE...

MEMakers GE Venture Program MEMakers

Regional

Lebanese entrepreneurs excel at Harvard Arab Weekend Competition

The WhiteLab team receiving the first prize. (Images via Harvard Arab Weekend) Ten MENA-focused entrepreneurs pitched their startups...

MoviePigs Slighter WhiteLab

Jordan

Inspire ME creativity conference aims to spark innovation in graphic design

Graphic designers in Jordan are a forward-thinking group, according to Medhat Eid, an Adobe Community Professional based in...

Graphic Design Inspire ME designers

Regional

Soraya Salti: Celebration of life

Soraya Salti. (Image via Skoll.org) "Passionate, energetic, humble, selfless, happy, positive." These are some of the few words people use...

soraya salti Injaz al Arab

Kuwait

Nuqat’s Copy+Paste Syndrome discusses imitation and innovation

This article is a crosspot with Nuwait. Are there any original ideas? Is imitating another idea a good thing? Does copying ideas encourage...

Nuqat Nuwait kuwait

Regional

Megatrends in MENA: the digital future [Infographic]

The 'digital future', described by EY as one of its megatrends, is upon us and rapidly changing how people live, eat...

EY mobile internet Winex

Lebanon

Seedstars World touches down in Beirut

Overall winners Codefish with the Seedstar competitors in Beirut. (Images via UK Lebanon Tech Hub) For the second year running Beirut...

Fallound Merchandizer Seedstars Global

Palestine

GITR Palestine announces champions

Three startups prevailed as champions of the Get in The Ring challenge, held for the first time in Ramallah on November...

Get In The Ring Foundation ramallah gaza sky geeks

U.A.E

Big Data leading innovation, SmartCon 2015

Bora Arslan believes that big data is overused and exaggerated, creating mistrust in people. (Images via Pamela Kesrouani) Big data “will t...

smartcon Smart Cities MEMakers

Regional

Beirut's first hackathon for women breaks stereotypes

MENA's future developers pause for a photo at the She Develops hackathon. (Images via Karim Shehab) A lot has been said about the...

android developers She Develops app developers

Maghreb

Four reasons why Morocco's startup ecosystem is at a tipping point [Opinion]

A new start for Moroccan startups. (Image via Travelling Book Junkies) Governments all around the world want to build strong startup...

Opinion Eiréné4Impact CEED

Lebanon

Lebanon's Global Entrepreneurship Week in full swing

GEW Lebanon's official launch at cohost ElementN drew many. (Images via GEW) Lebanon's Global Entrepreneurship Week is in full swing,...

MENA lebanon events

Jordan

Eureka Tech Talk ignites spark for tech and entrepreneurship in Jordanian kids

Two Eureka students present to the crowd. (Images via Samuel Wendel) Like many countries in the Middle East and North Africa, Jordan is...

Tech Talk global entrepreneurship week Eureka

Kuwait

Win a trip to attend Mix N’ Mentor Dubai on December 10

This announcement was originally posted on Nuwait. In October the Mix N’ Mentor’s roadshow landed in Kuwait, gathering over 100 entrep...

Nuwait mix n mentor dubai

Regional

Dealmakers 2015 offers an inside look at MENA’s investment landscape

“How many entrepreneurs here are currently trying to scale?” Nearly half of the people packed into the Grand Hyatt Amman’s conference hall r...

Dealmakers silicon badia Endeavor

U.A.E

UK’s Deliveroo makes its UAE debut

Deliveroo's app now available in Dubai. (Images via Deliveroo) The UK-based food delivery site Deliveroo is launching in the UAE. With a...

Index Ventures Accel Hummingbird Ventures

Palestine

Keeping Arabic alive with greeting cards

Maysa's sister Assel inspects their products. (Images via Loz) When you talk about what inspired Maysa Alshaer to create Loz, a...

Women on the Frontline Arabic language Loz

Egypt

Si-Ware's miniature MEMS worlds

Imagine looking through a microscope and seeing a fully-operational machine, with tiny motors and micro-sized mirrors to redirect...

fabless spectrometer Siware

Turkey

Optimism in Turkey’s startups continues at Webit’s DIGIT EMEA 2015

Webit Foundation's chairman Plamen Russev takes the stage. (Image via Andrii Degeler) The Webit DIGIT EMEA conference rolled into Istanbul...

Webit DIGIT EMEA Webit turkey

Maghreb

Devoxx Morocco brings together techies and startups

Connecting at Devoxx Morocco. (Images via Aline Mayard) I heard entrepreneurs voice a familiar complaint on a recent Monday evening at New...

Devoxx morocco Developers

Regional

Busting MENA's top 4 myths about bitcoin

(Image via SDTimes) Remember bitcoin? Despite making periodic headlines around the world and sparking debates among tech and finance...

Silk Road Mt Gox bitcoin wallet

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