Wamda

Lebanon

Young Engineers Forum 2018

Entrepreneurship: The Engine of Socioeconomic Transformation Co-organized by: Order of Engineers & Architects, Rural...

Lebanon

What does Lebanon need to foster real innovation? Insights from Mix N’ Mentor Beirut

Since the launch of Beirut Digital District (BDD) in 2012, a startup hub was created for Lebanese entrepreneurs to connect, network and...

Mix N' Mentor Mix n Mentor Beirut Mentorship

Lebanon

Wamda’s Mix N’ Mentor roadshow heads to Beirut. Apply now

After hosting a successful Mix N’ Mentor in Amman last month, the roadshow for Wamda's flagship event will...

Mix N' Mentor beirut

Iraq

Jusoor Startup Roadshow

The Startup Roadshow is Gathering Syrian Entrepreneurs Across 5 Cities to Support Refugee-Led Startups The Startup Roadshow, a...

Lebanon

Tripoli Startup Forum 2018

Tripoli Startup Forum 2018 is the third annual exhibition for North Lebanese startups and the entrepreneurship ecosystem supporting...

lebanon Tripoli TEC

Lebanon

Three students teams awarded by Theemar Tripoli Investment Fund

Theemar Business Idea Competition’s (TBIC) final event was held on Saturday May 12 at AZM Educational Campus. TBIC is a...

lebanon Theemar Tripoli startups

Lebanon

Meet the winner of Beirut Editors Lab

On April 27 and 28 April, the Global Editors Network, in partnership with the International Center for...

competition

Lebanon

Fabric Aid won the first edition of the ‘Get in the Ring Beirut’ competition

Fabric Aid, a startup which enables underprivileged people to get decent clothing at affordable prices, won the first edition of the...

lebanon SmartEx Get in the Ring Beirut

Lebanon

Could this 3D-printing startup remove one of the biggest construction costs in Dubai?

I met two startups in less than two weeks working in innovating the construction industry. And this is only in Lebanon. One cannot...

Buildink 3d printing Construction

Lebanon

Beirut Editors Lab Hackathon

On 27-28 April 2018, the Global Editors Network (GEN) will gather some of the best media innovators from the region at Flat6Labs in Beirut...

hackathon lebanon Media

Lebanon

areeba debuts contactless biometric payment cards in the Middle East

Gemalto, one of the world leaders in digital security, is supplying its Visa biometric contactless bank card to areeba, a Lebanese...

lebanon areeba biometric contactless bank cards

Lebanon

Four years after Circular 331: The ecosystem needs more Seed Stage funds

It was never the same for the Lebanese ecosystem after 2014. Banque du Liban’s (BDL) Circular 331 was meant to create the foundations...

lebanon BDL Circular 331

Lebanon

Diabetes monitoring startup wins a $50,000 Seed Boost fund during Speed@BDD’s fifth Demo Day

Spike, a mobile assistant that helps diabetics better manage their diabetes, won the second edition of Speed@BDD’s Seed Boost. The...

lebanon Speed@BDD Spike

Lebanon

Lebanese online interior design platform Moodfit raised a $400K seed round

Moodfit, one of the first online interior design platforms in the MENA region, closed a $400,000 seed investment round from Seeders...

MoodFit Seed funding MEVP

Lebanon

Four winning teams at Jusoor’s fourth Entrepreneurship Competition for Syrian startups

Four teams were awarded at Jusoor’s fourth annual entrepreneurship competition and bootcamp for Syrian startups in Beirut. The...

lebanon Jusoor Entrepreneurship Competition Jusoor Entrepreneurship Bootcamp

Lebanon

Improving electricity and fake news detection through data #AUBWiDS2018

Data desert is a term often used to describe certain areas, whether unprivileged or not, where data is not regularly collected to form a...

aub Women in Data Science Data

Lebanon

5 new trends at ArabNet Beirut 2018

Lebanon is a small market that is often described in the news as an unstable country full of corruption and problems on all levels. While...

ArabNet Beirut Arabnet Diabetes

Lebanon

AUB Stanford Women in Data Science Conference

AUB Stanford Women in Data Science (WiDS) conference is a global conference organized in collaboration with Stanford ICME (Institute for...

beirut WIDS STEM

Lebanon

$48M MIC Ventures telco fund launched to boost ICT startups in Lebanon

MIC Ventures, a $48 million telco fund initiated by MIC 1 and MIC 2, the two mobile operators in Lebanon managed by Touch and Alfa, was...

lebanon alfa touch

Lebanon

cewas Startup Program - Lebanon [Call for Applications]

Here is your chance to build your water, sanitation or waste idea into a business, with expert trainings, access to cash financing and...

lebanon WATER Sustainability

Lebanon

ArabNet Beirut 2018

The 9th edition of ArabNet Beirut 2018 will take place on February 20-22. The event will feature more than 80 speakers from the MENA region...

Arabnet Innovation startups

Lebanon

Jusoor Entrepreneurship Competition 2018

Jusoor opened up registration for its fourth annual Entrepreneurship Competition this month. The competition is open for application...

syria Entrepreneur jusoor

Lebanon

Two winners at AUB’s Hult Prize competition

The second edition in a row of the Hult Prize competition was held on campus at the American University of Beirut (AUB). The Hult Prize...

lebanon aub hult prize

Lebanon

The Lebanese Venture Capital and Private Equity Association launched

The Lebanese Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (LVCPEA) was officially launched bringing together a number of major players...

lebanon VC The Lebanese Venture Capital and Private Equity Association launched

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