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U.A.E

UAE launches national programme for coders

The UAE has unveiled a national programme to train 100,000 coders and set up 1,000 digital companies over the next five years. It also...

Google Coding

Tunisia

GOMYCODE: The Tunisian startup upskilling Africa's youth

Unemployment has long been a concern for governments across the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region, which suffers from the...

GoMyCode africa Coding

Regional

Coded raises $1.3 million pre-series A

Source: SME10X Along with being the first coding academy in the Middle East, Coded is also the startup that brought the first coding...

Coding cootcamp Investment

Saudi Arabia

Coding and conservatism: Saudi women learn online

Saudi Arabia’s conservative expectations of women have been a boon for the online education sector in the country. While recent...

Coding Women Women empowerment

Jordan

Teaching coding will lead digital jobs, and this Jordanian startup is seizing this opportunity

Even though digital talent is still scarce globally, and in the Middle East particularly, the fast-growing digital economy is leading an...

Jordan usa Y Combinator

Regional

Teaching coding to young refugees will generate job opportunities to thousands

There are almost 5.5 million registered Syrian refugees in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon, according to figures published by the United...

Coding teaching ngos

Tunisia

Teaching tech in Tunisia

On a Saturday afternoon, rather than playing video games or going out with some friends, 70 teenagers came to the Cogite coworking space to...

GoMyCode Yahya Bouhlel Wala Kasmi

Regional

GE Geeks Go for Gold Challenge

During this year's Rio 2016 Olympic Games, GE machines are tweeting in their native tongue - binary code – about their...

GE twitter Coding

Egypt

1864 Accelerator Cairo FinTech 2016 Hackathon

Coders, designers, and entrepreneurs are invited to take part in the first hackathon organized by the 1864 Accelerator, aimed at...

fin-tech Egypt hackathon

Syria

Code your way up: Syrian startups teach code in Arabic

As millions of Syrians fleeing a brutal war struggle to integrate into new countries, one barrier stands out above the rest:...

Remmaz bitcode Education

Lebanon

SE Factory prepares the next generation of coders in Lebanon

Any tech executive seeking to hire software engineers in Lebanon agrees there is a shortage in talent. To fill that gap, coding boot...

SE factory bootcamp Coding

Regional

Building a regional education platform: The Coding Circle [Q&A]

Coding is the future. (Images via The Coding Circle) Launched in Dubai in 2014, The Coding Circle is a tech and coding education...

Coding Circle Q&A Coding

Iraq

Curing Iraq's coder crisis

Iraqi startups suffer from a critical lack of skilled coders but a new bootcamp in Baghdad called The Week is trying to narrow this talent...

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Regional

Beirut's first hackathon for women breaks stereotypes

MENA's future developers pause for a photo at the She Develops hackathon. (Images via Karim Shehab) A lot has been said about the...

android developers She Develops app developers

Lebanon

Le Wagon deploys first batch of coders in Beirut

General manager of Le Wagon El Khoury speaks out (Image via Ayman Farhat) Coding school Le Wagon graduated its first batch of Beirut-based ...

Le Wagon beirut Coding

U.A.E

Makersbuilders joins the innovators of the Arab region

Makersbuilders with parents and children filling up In5 in 2014. (Images via Makersbuilders) Gaps in the market, children...

robotics MEMakers the cribb

Regional

Get your code on in the MENA region

The Coding Cirlce in action. (Image via The Coding Circle) We have covered in the past various coding camps and courses, for both adults...

Developing Algocode Le Wagon

Lebanon

Le Wagon gives its first coding bootcamp in Lebanon

Le Wagon is hosting its very first Bootcamp in Lebanon! This 9-week program is designed for beginners or "half-beginners" who want to ...

Bierut Le Wagon entrepreneurs

Lebanon

Back to school junior game creators

Spica Tech Gaming Academy, in coordination with AltCity for the "Back to School" season, wants to teach your children how to design video...

program Altcity kids

U.A.E

Let the coding begin, ArabCode.org launches in Dubai

The three stages of ArabCode.org's plan for coding (Images via ArabCode.org) Back in November 2013 when Dubai won the right to host Expo...

Tecom Investments code.org ArabCode.org

'Shut up and build something': reflections and how tos from Startup AddVenture Cairo

Egypt

Global

Should entrepreneurs know how to code?

Perfecting your product before testing it in the market is an outdated approach, many have argued. But what if coding a technical...

Lean Methodology Coding Customer Service

Thought Leadership

UAE launches national programme for coders

GOMYCODE: The Tunisian startup upskilling Africa's youth

Coded raises $1.3 million pre-series A

Coding and conservatism: Saudi women learn online

Teaching coding will lead digital jobs, and this Jordanian startup is seizing this opportunity

Teaching coding to young refugees will generate job opportunities to thousands

Teaching tech in Tunisia

GE Geeks Go for Gold Challenge

1864 Accelerator Cairo FinTech 2016 Hackathon

Code your way up: Syrian startups teach code in Arabic

SE Factory prepares the next generation of coders in Lebanon

Building a regional education platform: The Coding Circle [Q&A]

Curing Iraq's coder crisis

Beirut's first hackathon for women breaks stereotypes

Le Wagon deploys first batch of coders in Beirut

Makersbuilders joins the innovators of the Arab region

Get your code on in the MENA region

Le Wagon gives its first coding bootcamp in Lebanon

Back to school junior game creators

Let the coding begin, ArabCode.org launches in Dubai

'Shut up and build something': reflections and how tos from Startup AddVenture Cairo

First West Bank hackathon 'a new step' for Palestinian tech ecosystem

Rails Girls, a Finnish programming workshop for women, brings seminars to Cairo

Should entrepreneurs know how to code?

Thought Leadership

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