18 Iftar feasts from your phone

Typically during Ramadan there is a spike in the region’s food industry. Early mornings and late nights boost take-away food sales...

Maysaa Ajjan • 06 June, 2016

Bilbayt Lebanese Food Kitchen 24h.ae

Uber’s getting cuddly with KSA - but it’s not what you think [Opinion]

  My initial reaction to Uber’s $3.5 billion round was: great! It is easy to frown upon the deal and question why the...

Laith Zraikat • 06 June, 2016

Public Investment Fund Opinion Arzan VC

Activate and accelerate: 14 CE tools for corporations

In May of this year, British banking and financial services company Barclays partnered with Flat6Labs to open Egypt's first...

Jonas Feller • 02 June, 2016

Expo 2020 Dubai Collaborative Entrepreneurship corporations

Arab girls defy stereotypes at Microsoft Imagine Cup

Two teams from Tunisia alongside one from Bahrain will represent MENA at the global final in Seattle. (Images via Eduard Cousin) Malak...

Eduard Cousin • 31 May, 2016

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MENA’s startup health movement: a MEMakers report

In a new report from Wamda Research Lab (WRL) in partnership with GE, we interviewed over 120 entrepreneurs, investors,...

Willam Altman • 29 May, 2016

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Exploring the frontiers of Arabic natural language processing

Humans and machines, such a beautiful pairing. (Image via Sdtimes.com) A monetized mobile app that crowdsources the digitization of Arabic...

Samuel Wendel • 25 May, 2016

Sakhr Arabic Snippets NYU Abu Dhabi

Changing MENA with the 'sharing economy'

HBR Creative Platform puts collaboration at the center. (Imave via HBR Creative Platform) This article is an edited crosspost from...

Asmaa Guedira • 24 May, 2016

What I know about game publishing: Joseph Shomali

The profits to be made in gaming are not to be sniffed at. But that's generally for countries outside of the Middle East. In 2014...

Lucy Knight • 23 May, 2016

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Crowdfunding, an increasingly popular option for MENA

Crowdfunding, or raising money from multiple donors through an online platform, has seen a bumpy start in the Middle East. This may be...

Daria Solovieva • 19 May, 2016

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From e-shop to doorstep: finding the right fulfillment model

Marketplaces have the choice between different types of fulfillment models (Image via F1online) The success of an ecommerce B2C platform...

Aline Mayard • 18 May, 2016

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Ecommerce driving Middle East digital economy: Payfort

Ecommerce is the furnace driving growth in the Middle East’s online economy but local online airline bookings are by far the highest...

Rachel Williamson • 15 May, 2016

State of Payments 2016 Payfort Entertainment

TechWadi's 4th webinar: How to Raise Funds for the Causes You Care About

Whether it’s an innovative new app or a children’s book, most great ideas need funding to get started! TechWadi are holding their fourth we...

Wamda • 03 May, 2016

LaunchGood.com Amani Khalidi webinar

Creative Chaos' Full Stack Virtual Team, at your service [Exclusive offer]

  Creative Chaos wants to help startups build and manage their products as a technology partner. The tech company, which offers services r...

Wamda • 02 May, 2016

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InnovFest unBound 2016 in Singapore

As the anchor event of Singapore's Smart Nation Innovations Week, InnovFest unBound 2016 is back this year...

Wamda • 28 April, 2016

Asian startups Innovfest unbound Exhibition

Your definitive list of MENA coworking spaces

This piece has been updated from its original publishing date on July 2013. Without external support, building a successful startup can...

Aline Mayard • 28 April, 2016

Dubai Technology Entrepreneurship Centre (DTEC) The Coworking Café Startup Haus

20 MENA startups keeping your car on the road

This is the second part of our week-long look at smarter transport in MENA. Read the first here and the second here. Car sales...

Maysaa Ajjan • 27 April, 2016

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Edtech and the future of work in MENA

Countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are in the midst of a tremendous inflection point, with the future of the...

Willam Altman • 26 April, 2016

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Africa StartUp Cup Summit 2016

Africa StartUp Cup was created to recognize the achievements of outstanding entrepreneurs who have grown dynamic businesses during their...

Wamda • 25 April, 2016

Africa Startup Cup Ghana 2016

Are angel investors born or made? [Opinion]

Angel investors are in short supply in MENA. How do we 'grow' more? (Image via LabsofLatvia) There is no longer a question as to whether...

Tammer Qaddumi • 21 April, 2016

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Changing the way MENA moves

Smart transportation has the potential to change many things in modern life, from the very roads people use to get to work to the way whole...

Rachel Williamson • 21 April, 2016

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Magnitt wants to be MENA startups' connection

Can an online platform successfully connect investors to entrepreneurs? (Images via Magnitt) All experts and stakeholders agree that for a...

Pamela Kesrouani • 20 April, 2016

Connections MAGNiTT

Apply for the Said Khoury Award for Entrepreneurs and Innovators

The Said Khoury Award for Entrepreneurs and Innovation are accepting applications for their new batch of entrepreneurs. At tribute to...

Wamda • 19 April, 2016

Arab youth Said Khoury Awards applications

Deadline for applying for the Hello Tomorrow Challenge 2016 now open

Hello Tomorrow Challenge, a global startup competition for promising science and technology projects that aim to create positive change in...

Wamda • 19 April, 2016

Who's hiring in MENA? [Infographic]

Access to talent is a key difficulty for employers large and small in MENA. In an upcoming Wamda Research Lab report the findings...

Rachel Williamson • 17 April, 2016

Access to Talent recruitment Payfort