Maghreb For a night, Maghreb joined forces to solve their social problems What if Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia joined forces to solve their social problems? It’s a germ of an idea that a small number of... Yassine Bakir • 22 June, 2016 algerian startup initiative espace bidaya Lab'Ess
Palestine Scarcity fuels Gaza hardware invention boom Following the successful Bold Knot crowdfunding campaign* in 2015, Gazan entrepreneurs have started pursuing their own hardware... Rafat Abushaban • 22 June, 2016 Sketch Engineering The Explorer Robot Taawon
Egypt Egypt's Smart Care secures $1.2M from major foreign donor A major foreign donor has invested $1.2 million in Smart Care Medical Services, a digital healthcare management startup. The deal,... Rachel Williamson • 21 June, 2016
Regional How can startups build successful collaborations with corporations? This article was first posted on the Coentrepreneurship platform. Collaborative entrepreneurship initiatives are trending and an... Jana Kassem • 21 June, 2016 Coentrepreneurship Expo 2020 Dubai CE
Global The Facebook factor: hacking social media for growth [Wamda TV] A business today with no social media presence is, frankly, an anomaly. Continuously, surveys show that the use of social media as a... Lucy Knight • 21 June, 2016 Step2016 Advertising Facebook
Regional What I know about investing in robotics: Jose Berengueres To obtain his PhD in bio-inspired robotics at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Dr. Jose Berengueres studied the movement of a gecko in... Archana Menon • 20 June, 2016 Adasi pal robotics robotics
U.A.E Fare share: Uber and Careem set pace and purpose for MENA’s sharing economy Innovation and regulation can often have a paradoxical relationship. Modern tech history has consistently highlighted the tug of war... Vanessa Khalil • 20 June, 2016 RTA Regulations careem
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... Rachel Williamson • 19 June, 2016 Fame monster Latvia Kickstart Accelerator
Regional How to prepare for post-oil MENA [Wamda TV] This video was first posted on the Coentrepreneurship platform. “We need to figure out what are the things here [in the MENA... Berthe El Aya • 19 June, 2016 Keynote Joichi Ito CE Summit
Egypt Rubber a hot commodity for Egypt startup Retyres Driving Cairo’s ring road or through one of its many poorer outskirts, one often encounters the distinct smell of burned rubber:... Eduard Cousin • 19 June, 2016 tyres rubber Retyres
U.A.E Community Jameel and Wamda host MIT Media Lab Dubai workshop #MLDubai Cities are rising at a fast pace. The MENA region has seen this with Dubai, and shortly after, Masdar City. In the meantime,... Wamda • 16 June, 2016 Redefining Cities MIT Media Lab MIT
Maghreb Karim Jazouani Prize 2016: nominate the advocates of Moroccan entrepreneurship One step forward, two steps backward? Or is it two steps forward, one step backward? If we take a look at the tech sector in Morocco,... Wamda • 16 June, 2016 Karim Jazouani morocco
Regional Don’t ask for change, create change [Opinion] I was asked to give a commencement speech at Hamad bin Khalifa University in Doha on May 1. Below is an edited version of what I said. I... Habib Haddad • 16 June, 2016 change The power of yalla Habib Haddad
Regional MENAT accelerators invest $3.5M, lag global averages Accelerators have become a “rite of passage” for entrepreneurs around the world, and a report on the state of global programs... Rachel Williamson • 15 June, 2016 business acclerator Global Accelerator Report central bank of jordan
Maghreb Ubisoft Casablanca closes: is this good news for Morocco game devs? After 18 years of activity French gaming giant Ubisoft has announced it will close its Casablanca studio, leaving 48 developers looking for... Aline Mayard • 14 June, 2016 Rym games Moroccan Game Developers The Wall Games
Regional Visualizing corporate-startup engagement in MENA [Infographic] This article was first posted on the Coentrepreneurship platform. During the Collaborative Entrepreneurship (CE) Summit held last month,... Teeb Assaf • 14 June, 2016 Expo 2020 Dubai Collaborative Entrepreneurship WRL
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