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Lebanon

Real time traffic info + big data: meet Lebanon's latest traffic app

Early this year, Lebanese entrepreneur and iOS developer, Ramy Khawandi launched Tari2ak (‘your route’ in Arabic) a mob...

Tari2ak traffic beirut

Lebanon

Could password woes go out the window with new Lebanese app?

“I woke up one morning and my digital world had fallen apart,” says Priscilla Sharuk. Inspired by the traumatic...

cybersecurity MyKi lebanon

Lebanon

Lebanese youth benefit from Zoomaal funding

Shhhhhhhhhh. It seems that the determination of youth in the Lebanese city of Tripoli is steadfast in the face of political and security...

Tripoli books Youth

Lebanon

Mix N' Mentor is back in Beirut this September. Sign up now!

The next stop on Wamda’s 2014 Mix N’ Mentor Roadshow, Mix N’ Mentor Beirut, will take place on September 27th, 2014. This will be the first...

mnm Mix n Mentor

Lebanon

twofour54 invests in Arabic online game developer Falafel Games

Falafel Games, the designer and producer of Arabic Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG), just received...

falafel games TwoFour54 Investment

Lebanon

PinPay leads mobile payments trend in Lebanon

Mobile phones in emerging markets are still widely used for texting, making phone calls, taking pictures, reading news, and using...

m-pesa pinpay Beirut Digital District

Lebanon

Can mobile games be social? Meet Qwidz, a board game gone mobile

Ever wondered why board games like Monopoly, Chess and Risk are still popular? Unlike mobile and online games, board games increase...

games Mobile Gaming

Lebanon

Lebanese developer overcomes technical challenges to launch Arabic mobile word game

After attending a seminar about the lack of digital Arabic content at ArabNet 2012, Samer Hamandi came up with the idea of Charbaka, a...

Mobile Gaming Arabic Content Mobile

Lebanon

AltCity organises a 12-Hour hackathon to build ultralight application

Altcity.me is organizing DevAppLB Ultralight 12-Hour Hackathon, on Saturday May 3rd from 9am to 9pm at the Beirut Digital District...

Beirut Digital District Altcity competition

Lebanon

SLUSH+Startup Sauna Pitching & Networking in Beirut

For the first time, startups and tech companies in Lebanon have an opportunity to join the world-class one-month accelerator program at...

Altcity co-working space

Lebanon

ShopBuilder hopes to boost e-commerce in Lebanon

After realizing the huge opportunity for e-commerce in Lebanon, Emile Boustani, a Lebanese entrepreneur who spent 20 years in the...

lebanon Payment Gateways E-commerce

Lebanon

Demystifying failure at Arabnet 2014

From left to right: Walid Hanna, Afif Toukan, Abdallah Absi, Fadi Bizri, and Mahamad Tanahy. If there was one session at this year’s ...

Lebanon

MEVP announces a $50 million fund and 6 new investments

Last year, Lebanon's Central Bank debuted a startup-friendly policy that will allow it (the Bank du Liban or BDL) to guarantee up to 75% of...

Lebanon

Can a bootstrapping entrepreneur succeed with an electronics e-commerce store in Lebanon?

“I came back to Lebanon to renew my papers then decided to look for opportunities here,” says serial entrepreneur...

lebanon Bootstrapping cash-on-delivery

Lebanon

What the new Lebanese Army mobile app is really designed to do

After visiting their offices, I was surprised that Lebanese app company apps2you never made it big in the media. Powered by...

Security Mobile

Lebanon

What the Central Bank of Lebanon's new investment policy means for startups

Around 10 days ago, the Central Bank of Lebanon (the Banque du Liban) released an announcement that it had instituted a new policy to...

Banks Government Investment

Lebanon

Wixel Studios launched Little Heroes, Big deeds; will it bring them long-awaited success?

“To make a successful game, you need to have a good product and a lot of money to market it,” says Ziad Feghali, one of the...

Education Gaming

Lebanon

Beirut's new Co-Working +961 space hosts first startup pitch event

Last week, at the newly launched Co-working +961 space in Beirut, entrepreneurs, investors, and startup enthusiasts gathered to...

Pitching MIT Coworking Spaces

Lebanon

Zoomaal launches first crowdfunding platform for the Arab world

The Middle East’s newest crowdfunding platform, Zoomaal, launched today, offering entrepreneurs, artists, and socially-minded doers the c...

abdallah absi Crowdfunding zoomal

Lebanon

Organic juice startup targets Beirut's high society

Swaying palm trees, sun-dappled sidewalks, image-conscious ladies who lunch; sometimes, at certain angles, especially during traffic jams,...

Food & Beverage

Lebanon

New initiative launches in Cairo and Beirut to support Arabic content online

There’s a reason why initiatives like Taghreedat and Arabic Web Days are focusing on boosting Arabic content on the...

Translation Arabic Content

Lebanon

The Arab World's Hottest Hardware Startup this Year? Instabeat Raises $11K in 5 Days

Swimmers, says Lebanese entrepreneur Hind Hobeika, have it tough when it comes to technology. To measure their performance, they’ve been f...

Stars of Science Hardware Sports

Lebanon

Solvermine: The Region’s First Crowdsourced Problem-Solving Platform [Wamda TV]

Solvermine is the first product from start-up Fekra2 (Idea2). Co-founders Sabrine Assem & Noha Askar explain that although there are...

Competitions Crowdsourcing Ecosystem

Lebanon

The opening of Innovation Factory building in Beirut

Public Interest Design Levant, an NGO dedicated to design thinking and entrepreneurship, and IZEM for industrial design, are bringing The...

Innovation factory PID IZEM

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