Wamda

Bahrain

Tackling the region’s growing problem, diabetes

For years, Hussain Albar watched his mother suffer from diabetes. Each day, she would prick herself several times in order to log in a...

Healthcare Diabetes uae

Bahrain

Flat6labs and Al Baraka Banking Group to support entrepreneurs

Al Baraka Banking Group and Flat6labs signed an MOU to collaborate in a series of activities including creating the startup and...

Flat6Labs Al Baraka Banking Group entrepreneurship

U.A.E

Mobile payments startups on the rise in MENA

A bevy of geolocation startups already exist in Dubai, yet the Dubai and Riyadh-based Proxera is using its technology to help companies...

seamless ecommerce Retail

Bahrain

Egyptians win big in MITEF Arab Startup Competition

The MIT Enterprise Forum (MITEF) of the Pan Arab Region announced the winners of the 10th MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup...

MIT Enterprise Forum Pan-Arab

Bahrain

Fetchr buys Bahrain courier company in expansion push

Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo Group (YBA Kanoo), one of the largest family-owned multinational businesses in the Middle East, has announced that...

Fetchr acquisition uae

Bahrain

Startup Watch: breaking stuff, pain = gain, and working for the man

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...

Google Startup Watch Uber

Bahrain

China in Bahrain: building shared interests

For centuries, Bahrain and China have trading with each other along the ancient Silk Road. In the past, Bahrain traded pearls,...

Bahrain china Brinc

Bahrain

Middle East newspapers need to get with the digital plan

We’re on our smart devices, all of the time. We know that. What we also know is that the majority of us are getting our news from...

Digital Media Index Newspapers digital transformation

Bahrain

From adversity to opportunity: Bahrain’s entrepreneurship as economic resilience

For some countries, political and economic disruptions have stalled development. But over the past few decades, Bahrain has boasted a proud...

Bahrain C5 Accelerate Amazon Web Services

Bahrain

Bahrain’s shift from oil to silicon [Opinion]

Of the businesses registered in Bahrain, 80 percent are SMEs and they are basically what drive our economy. We have other large...

Hamed Fakhro Bahrain Advice

Bahrain

Rowad Majlis "The Speed"

Rowad Majlis “The Speed” is a quarterly networking event bringing the local entrepreneurial community together for a...

Bahrain Networking Rowad

Bahrain

Bahrain’s Eat raises $2M

Editor’s note: this article was updated on October 12 to include a comment from Reserve Out. In what they are labelling...

Eatapp eat Bahrain

Bahrain

Turn8 Pre-Accelerator Program

The Turn8 Hub Pre-accelerator Program is a free 2-week intensive program from October 9 to 18 for technology startups in...

Bahrain accelerator Funding

Bahrain

Seedstars Bahrain 2016

Seedstars World is coming for its inaugural event to Bahrain! The event will take place at CH9 Hub on September 24, where the best...

Pitch competition seedstars

Bahrain

Skip ahead: Skiplino wants to put queuing behind us

According to a Lebanese Central Bank official at the Arabnet Beirut summit this year, the Lebanese enjoy queuing in banks and use the...

Skiplino LevelZ SAAS

Bahrain

How to reach a million customers in one year

To most entrepreneurs, the road from launch to market-fit is tough. It is filled with bottlenecks and rejections, ranging from "who...

food and beverage Eatapp Opinion

Bahrain

Vinli launches in Bahrain

Making driving more seamless in a growing market. (Image via Vinli) Connected car platform Vinli is launching in Bahrain, its first stop...

VIVA Bahrain M2M Vinli

Bahrain

Thinkers and Doers present Investing in Culture: Business and Social Impacts

The culture industry is booming in the Arab world, with the creation of world-level artistic infrastructures coupled with the renovation...

Artistic gathering Thinkers and Doers Investment

Bahrain

Bahrain wants startups to call it home

As almost every country in the Middle East begins to focus on attracting and developing an entrepreneur market, Bahrain is setting itself...

BIM Bahrain Investment Market Cloud Accelerator

Bahrain

Bahraini startup streams success?

For 10 years Ali Mahmood was obsessed with amateur motorbike and go-kart racing. He wanted to take his love of the sports to another...

Livestream Live streaming Utrack.tv

Bahrain

How one Bahraini jeweler sparkles in a competitive market

Making her mark with jewels. (Images via Curve Jewellery) If you want to find jewelry traders operating in the Arabian Gulf, a simple...

Curve Jewellery Vital Voices Bahrain

Bahrain

Bahrain gets its first official angel investor network courtesy Tenmou

An entrepreneur pitches his augmented reality app to investors. (Images via Tenmou) An annoyance for the growing startup scene of the...

Hasan Haider MENA Angel Investment Network Bahrain

Bahrain

MENA Angel Investors Summit 2015 in Bahrain

Bahrain’s second MENA Angel Investors Summit 2015 will take place on May 11th to bolster the investment ecosystem and endorse...

events Bahrain

Bahrain

How entrepreneurs are shedding light on Bahrain's underground music scene

Aalaat performed at Malja Bahrain last month. (Image via Malja's Facebook page.) Tiny Bahrain has been making a lot of noise lately. The...

malja malja bahrain mideast tunes

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