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I pitched to Dave McClure: here's what I learned

When I first heard that Dave McClure was coming to Ramallah and Gaza, my immediate reaction was wow, we’re definitely doing something r...

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smartcon Dubai 2015: Leadership For a Data Driven Economy

Smartcon Dubai 2015 aims to equip its audience with the knowledge and leadership needed in a data driven economy. Held on 23-24 November...

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She Entrepreneurs 2016 applications open

She Entrepreneurs is a leadership program for young emerging women social entrepreneurs in the Middle East, North Africa and Sweden. The...

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Three killer strategies to engage your inactive app users [Opinion]

Keeping your app users engaged is an art and a science. (Image via eventasticme.com) Through my work with AppsGuru I've seen...

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Watch the Makers: Stars of Science season 7 promises surprises

Summer is out, schools are in and so is the biggest edutainment reality TV program of the region, Stars of Science (SOS). The show, an...

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Africa Code Week aims to teach 20,000 children to code in one week

Almost everybody has heard of Code.org, the American non-profit that aims to get kids to code. They’re hard to miss. In 2013, the o...

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MASHUP MENA Conference in Kuwait [Promo]

MASHUP MENA, now in its 2nd year, is an annual event that brings together an elite group of innovators, marketers and visionaries to one...

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A day in the life of a Facebook programmer

Facebook is one of the world’s most successful startups and - as for many tech startups - programmers are the bedrock of its...

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Raising the right kind of money [Opinion]

I was at last weekend’s Mix N’ Mentor Beirut, and after sitting in on two fundraising mentorship sessions it became clear that...

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Strategy, not technology, drives digital transformation [Infographic]

It shouldn’t surprise anybody, but companies with coherent digital strategies do better than those focusing on individual technologies, a...

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Zomato raises $60M round

Restaurant review app Zomato has raised a $60 million round, led by Singapore investment company Temasek, and will use some of those...

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How to attract and retain talent [Opinion]

People are arguably the single most important component of any venture. With the proliferation of technology startups in the region,...

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7 insights into MENA's biggest ecosystems [Infographic]

Do you know just how many of MENA’s startups come from Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and the UAE? Do you know how many men have founded...

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New Wamda Research Lab report, Country Insights looks at Egypt, Lebanon Jordan and UAE

Jerash, Jordan: more than 60 percent of MENA's startup support institutions are based in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and the UAE. (Images via...

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Where can you spend your bitcoins in the Middle East?

Though Bitcoin in MENA is in its infancy, demand and adoption are fast growing. (Image via BitOasis) This is a crosspost with...

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Language learning platform Duolingo launches in the Arab world

The language-learning platform Duolingo has launched in the Arab world, allowing Arabic speakers to learn English through free...

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Abraaj closes $375m North Africa fund

The Abraaj Group has closed its second north Africa-focused fund, but the financial gap between early-stage investments and the $10...

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5 tips for wearables-focused startups

Pauline Van Dongen's wearable solar shirt. (Image via Pauline Van Dongen) When it comes to wearable technologies the MENA region could do...

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10 ways open source tech is changing the rules of the game

In the last few years, open source software platforms such as Android have established themselves as essential catalysts for technology...

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Young Arab Leaders hosts its 7th Entrepreneur Journey Series (EJS)

Young Arab Leaders (YAL) is hosting its 7th Entrepreneur Journey Series (EJS) in strategic partnership with In5 & Series Sponsors are...

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Technology is taking over the world (and the Middle East)

This is a crosspost with Boostmena. Google was founded in 1998 and Facebook was founded in 2004. Fifteen years ago, businesses had no way...

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Augmented reality and medicine, is the Middle East ready?

After-surgery care in developing countries or remote locations can often be an unknown quantity, but the use of augmented reality during...

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To Lean or not to Lean?

The Lean business methodology works for every business – except for those it doesn’t. The model is increasingly...

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How do you build a smart city?

Dubai's smart city, Silicon Park, focuses on six pillars: life, society, mobility, economy, governance and environment.(Image...

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