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Why accelerators are flocking to Tunisia

Are you ready for more Demodays? (Image via Flat6Labs) Tunisia has an impressive number of entrepreneurship training and mentoring...

Start'act Wikistartup Founders Institute

Jordan

Tamatem signs a partnership with global player Tapinator

The only way is up for gamers in Jordan. (Image via Tamatem) Jordanian game publishing platform Tamatem signed a partnership with US...

Tapinator MVI gaming industry

U.A.E

ArabiaWeather closes a round of $5M

CEO Mohammad Al-Shaker during one of the weather forecasts. (Image via ArabiaWeather) ArabiaWeather announced yesterday a $5 million...

Wamda Capital Jabbar Group MEMakers

Regional

Car-hailing app Careem raises $60M Series C

[Editor's note: This article has been updated to include details about Careem's peak pricing change.] Middle East-founded...

Wamda Capital Lumia Capital Abraaj Group

Egypt

Incubators prompt entrepreneurship in Upper Egypt

Hemma encouraged students at Assiut University to apply with innovative ideas. (Images via Hemma) Cairo often takes all the attention of...

Holol Techno-Falah Upper Egypt

Regional

8 MENA startup founders under the age of 20

Countries in the Middle East and North Africa currently own a vast reserve of an invaluable resource, one that can spur innovation and help...

teenage founders startups MENA

Maghreb

Yuzu helps Moroccans cook and eat better with less effort

Dinner is ready! (Images via Yuzu) Everybody agrees: cooking at home is the easiest way to eat healthy and cheaply. But how many of us...

Yuzu morocco Food delivery

U.A.E

What I know about pretotyping: Karina Sotnik

Karina Sotnik explaining the benefits of pretotyping. (Image via Wharton School) For Karina Sotnik, Silicon Valley was just the beginning...

Karina Sotnik What I Know Pretotyping

Regional

Megatrends in MENA: startup solutions for urban lives [Infographic]

The ultimate example of urbanization in MENA: Dubai from above. (Image via Picasa) 'Megatrends', according to EY, are...

Recycle Beirut urbanisation El Noor Geh

Egypt

This Egyptian fashion startup has its eyes on Europe

Online luxury sales are projected to grow by an unprecedented 20 to 25 percent over the next five years, according to a Boston Consulting...

maria munoz slickr Clothing

Regional

Online laundry sector booming despite obvious challenges

The desire for laundry services that are hassle free is on the rise. Clean and tidy. (Image via Washmen) Seizing their...

Washplus GetLaundry Washmen

Lebanon

Entreprenergy summit celebrates MENA startups

Marc Dfouni, cofounder and CEO of Eastline Marketing interviews MarkaVIP founder Ahmed Alkhatib. (Image via Abed Kataya) Just...

Aline Kamakian Lebanese League for Women in Business Ahmed Alkhatib

Lebanon

Social entrepreneurs tackle Lebanon's trash crisis

With the Naameh lanfill closed, trash has piled up the street. (Image via National Post) The piles of garbage in the streets and...

stratups crisis trash

Regional

Middle East and Turkey startups raise the temperature in Stockholm [Opinion]

MENA meets Stockholm at #sthlmtech. (Images via Aurore Belfrage) When talking to investors, corporates and media in the west about...

212 Istanbul Opinion Aurore Belfrage

Regional

MEVP closes second round on fund at $32M

[Editor's note: This article has been updated to include further investments announced in December 2015] Announcing Wednesday the...

VC Venture Capital MEVP

U.A.E

Social selling: The future of ecommerce in the Middle East?

Within the space of a few years, social media has become an integral part of everyday life. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other...

Shedd EZHeights Social selling

Lebanon

Crowdsourced interior design startup launches in Lebanon

Smartphones could soon help people decorate their homes and save money at the same time. Simply fill out a short online questionnaire,...

interior design Darwazah Ghassan Abi Fadel

Jordan

Fellowship for young women entrepreneurs connects rising stars from US and Jordan

Yara Al-Khader, founder and CEO of SA3ED.ME, pitches to judges during Demo Day at ZINC. (Images via Sam Wendel) “Recommendation s...

Privail Kuli Kuli Kollectco

Palestine

Gaza entrepreneur gives his 5 lessons for success

Castle Soft began in the late 1980s with a piece of paper, a pencil, and a vision to create accounting software that is reliable,...

al-aseal accounting software Majdi Abu Daff

Lebanon

An eco-friendly solution to dispose of pharmaceutical waste in Lebanon

A 'pill-board' building. (Image via Ziad Abi-Chaker) This article is a crosspost with the MIT Technology Review Arab Edition written by N...

MIT Technology Review Arab Edition cedar environmental expired medication

U.A.E

UAE's JadoPado raises $4M Series A

JadoPado CEO Omar Kassim. (Image via ResellerME.com) Online marketplace JadoPado has sold a 14.8 percent equity stake for $4 million,...

JadoPado acquisition Series A

Regional

MEC and Wamda partner to launch Corporate Entrepreneurship Services across MENA

MEC, one of the largest media agencies in the world and Wamda have signed a partnership to give MENA businesses access to innovation from...

MEC CER Corporate Entrepreneurship Responsibility

Maghreb

Tangiers Technopark, future hotspot for Moroccan tech? [Q&A]

Marouane Chelli has great ambitions for the newly launched Technopark in Tangiers. [Image via Marouane Chelli] After launching in...

tangiers tanger Technopark

Kuwait

How to leverage content at Mashup MENA

SMEs and startups that wish to reach more customers should offer smart content and leverage web analytics. This was the message at the...

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