Wamda

Saudi Arabia

iot squared acquires Machinestalk to solidify position in Saudi market

Saudi Arabia-based internet of things (IoT) solutions provider “iot squared”, has fully acquired the Saudi IoT company...

iot squared Machinestalk STC

Egypt

CardoO raises $660,000 Seed round

Egypt-based IoT devices manufacturer CardoO has raised a $660,000 Seed funding round, led by The Alexandria Angels, with the...

CardoO IoT The Alexandria Angels

Saudi Arabia

Aramco’s Wa’ed Ventures co-invests €13 million Series A round in OQ Technology

Luxembourg-based 5G satellite operator OQ Technology, has closed a €13 million Series A funding round co-led by Saudi...

Wa’ed Ventures Aramco OQ Technology

U.A.E

IoT startup iWire raises $34 million Series A round

UAE-based internet of things (IoT) startup iWire has raised a $34 million Series A funding round, led by Noor Capital with participation...

iWire IoT

Bahrain

Bahrain’s Brinc, Tamkeen, Batelco invest in Turkey-based smart city startup AREYtech

Bahrain-based internet of things (IoT) and hardware accelerator Brinc Mena, Tamkeen Fund and Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco),...

AREYtech Brinc Mena tamkeen

Kuwait

eMushrif raises $2.3 million in Series A

Oman-based eMushrif has secured $2.3 million in a Series A funding round, led by IDO Investments, with participation from Phaze Ventures,...

eMushrif cMushrif IoT

Egypt

Amjaad Technology raises investment for ongoing pre-Series A

Cairo-based smart metre and internet of things (IoT) startup Amjaad Technology, has raised a six-figure funding round from Bahrain-based...

IoT Amjaad technology Energytech

Palestine

Liquid assets: Conserving Palestine’s water supplies

In the Palestinian territories, severe water shortages have become an unfortunate norm – while Israelis living in nearby Jewish...

palestine IoT AI

U.A.E

Smart farming for food security

The UAE consumes more than 80 per cent of its freshwater resources to produce less than 15 per cent of its food supply according to...

farming hydroponics sensors

U.A.E

WakeCap secures $1.6 million

WakeCap, the UAE-based construction technology startup has closed $1.6 million in seed investment from a group of global investors...

Construction IoT Hardware

Regional

A more digital Middle East is in the making [Opinion]

Pundits predict that the Internet of Things, or IoT, is going to change the nature of interaction between governments and businesses all...

oped Internet of Things IoT

Europe

RIOT

RIOT is among Europe’s first festivals focusing on Internet of Things, augmented/ virtual reality, and AI, with particular attention...

Germany RIOT Technology

Regional

New startups on the block: April

Startups are launching faster than we can write about them, so here’s our list of raw newbies to...

new startups IoT ecommerce

Lebanon

IoT-Leb: Internet of Things Made for Lebanon

IoT in Lebanon has the potential to cause a paradigm shift in several industries, including agriculture, healthcare, urban planning, and...

lebanon IoT Technology

Global

What I know about IoT: Cedric Giorgi

The Internet of Things (IoT) is throwing off some new innovations, one of which is the need for something called a ‘low power...

IoT Sigfox Spimesense Labs

Regional

smartcon Dubai 2016

This year’s smartcon Dubai 2016 will bring global thought leaders and practitioners to share best practices on...

Dubai conference IoT

Global

Vinli, now part of the US vehicle supply chain

Just 10 months after Vinli started shipping their connected car platform, the connected car startup has announced a partnership with a...

Vinli IoT MEMakersGE

Maghreb

An IoT craze in Algeria?

For the few Algerian startups commercializing Internet of Things (IoT) products, starting out was hard. Just two years ago, the mere...

makerspaces IoT algeria

Maghreb

Is Algeria ready for Aquasafe's IoT?

Is Algeria ready for IoT? In 2013 Iman Malek was certainly wondering: her company Aquasafe had created Internet-connected tools to allow...

aquaculture IoT Agriculture

Regional

Big data in health: good for anything yet?

Using big data in healthcare, anywhere, might it be true to say no one seems to quite know what they’re doing yet? But Dr....

Ver2 Digital Medicine MEMakersGE healthcare analytics

Regional

Applications open for Start IT with Etisalat

Start IT with Etisalat are on the lookout for this year’s batch of aspiring Egyptian entrepreneurs. The initiative,...

etisalat IoT start it

Egypt

Egyptian selfie drone wins $26K Swiss investment

Egyptian drone startup Drofie has attracted the attention of the Swiss, securing a 25,000 Swiss francs (US$26,000) investment and a spell...

Fame monster Latvia Kickstart Accelerator

Lebanon

Kwik emergency response sensor wins refugee hackathon

Fire and freezing cold are potentially fatal for refugees, but they are dangers which could be over due to 'emergency sensor'...

Open Source Action Network UNOCHA UNHCR

Egypt

Integreight launches IOT home automation kit

Integreight at the Bay Area Maker Faire in San Mateo, California: CTO Islam Mustafa, embedded software engineer Eslam...

home automation Togglit MEMakersGE

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