Lebanon The UK Lebanon Tech Hub accentuates R&D financing in Lebanon [Wamda TV] Despite its vast intellectual and academic capital, Lebanon still falls behind developed countries in terms of research. Its gross... Rida Mawla • 25 May, 2017 UK Lebanon Tech Hub Nadim Zaazaa Elie Akhras
Lebanon Lebanon’s digital industry: the battle of BDL circulars This article is an extension of Lebanon’s Circular 331: The birth of an industry piece, published here yesterday. On... Marie-José Daoud • 24 May, 2017 BDL Leap Ventures Bookwitty
Egypt Egypt calls for financial inclusions The Egyptian online payment sector remains heavily hampered by a wide gap between available solutions and the needs of 91 million... Doaa Farid • 24 May, 2017 e-Finance fawry Mostafa Elnahhas
Regional Middle East Investment Summit explores MENA's VC trends With the largest B round funding in the history of the Middle East tech ecosystem (41 million dollars for Fetchr) and Amazon’s... Elias Jabbe • 23 May, 2017 Middle East Investment Summit Fetchr Angus Paterson
Lebanon Lebanon’s Circular 331: The birth of an industry In August 2014, Banque du Liban (the Central Bank of Lebanon, abbreviated as BDL) issued Circular 331 with the aim of injecting 400 million... Marie-José Daoud • 23 May, 2017 BDL Circular 331 bookwitt
Regional Talents get hired [Video] This video is a crosspost with IFC. Figures and statistics released by the World Bank reveal that 28 percent of the Arab... Rana Freifer • 23 May, 2017 Nabbesh.com Expert's advice
Egypt Arabnet Dubai promotes investments in the MENA's emerging markets As Arabnet CEO Omar Christidis took his last strides on the Arabnet Digital Summit stage in Dubai and shared some telling numbers, the... Elias Jabbe • 22 May, 2017 Aqar Map Astrolabs Oman Technology Fund
Jordan Jordan’s WEF accentuates SMEs as key economic drivers in the Middle East Entrepreneurship is no longer only discussed in private meetings and coworking spaces, it is increasingly becoming relevant on a macro... Tala El Issa • 22 May, 2017 wef Oasis 500
Kuwait What I know about successful crowdfunding: Saleh Altunaib This article is a crosspost from Nuwait. Crowdfunding is an alternative form of funding that allows early entrepreneurs to finance... Ahmed Gabr • 22 May, 2017 Crowdfunding kuwait Nuwait
Turkey Smart waste management, one bin at a time Creating waste is what humans seem to do best, and we’re getting better at it. By 2025 it is predicted that 4.3 billion city... Lucy Knight • 22 May, 2017 Evreka smart waste management Smart Cities
Jordan Scaling in the right direction #MixNMentor Amman The Jordanian ecosystem came together at Zain Innovation Campus ZINC in King Hussein Business Park on the 18th... Berthe El Aya • 21 May, 2017 mix n mentor Amman Scaling fundraising
Global Boost your business with these 7 must have startup tools The famous tycoons like Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page, Jeff Bezos and many more influential people have astonished the world with their... Vartika Kashyap • 21 May, 2017 Business Development Tools Listicle
Global Startup Watch: facial recognition airports, bedtime stories and HR bots 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... Rana Freifer • 18 May, 2017 Startup Watch
U.A.E Why telehealth is so attractive to investors [Opinion] In his book ‘Healthcare Disrupted’, Jeff Elton comments that ‘until recently, the world changed and healthcare –... Charlie Barlow • 18 May, 2017 Opinion Healthcare telehealth
Tunisia How this Tunisian channeled fashion into a startup When Arbia Smiti founded Carnet de Mode (Fashion Diary) in 2011, the crowdfunding platform captured the attention of the French media,... Aline Mayard • 17 May, 2017 startup Mode Fashion
Regional The opportunity of an inclusive sharing economy in MENA It’s 9am. A commuter leaves home heading for her office in the local tech business hub. After 30 seconds a car has arrived to take... Edoardo Giorgetti • 17 May, 2017 lebanon uae Egypt