Egypt Zombies in Egypt: Epic VR brings the undead to malls This was the reaction when students first tested Epic VR in an event at the American University in Cairo. (Images via Epic VR) Virtual... Eman Mostafa • 29 May, 2016 Zombies EpicVr MEMakersGE
Egypt US-based Affectiva raises $14M Series D Affectiva's software can differentiate between a smirk, a happy smile, and a polite smile. (Images via Affectiva) Emotion... Rachel Williamson • 27 May, 2016 emotion recognition Rana el Kaliouby Affectiva
Egypt Will this social network maintain your privacy? More social networks outside of Facebook? (Images via Begether) According to the US-based tech news site The Information Facebook users... Eman Mostafa • 26 May, 2016 Begether Chaino privacy
Kuwait Kuwait’s Boxit gets seed funding, looks to tackle UAE and KSA This article is a crosspost with Nuwait. The core team. From left to right: Lijo Antony, head of product development,... Reine Farhat • 25 May, 2016 Boxit Wamda Capital Arzan VC
Lebanon FOO's timing curse: when being ahead of the game is a problem Foo founders Elie Nasr and Ghady Rayess. (Image via Brooke Anderson) Being early to the market can be both a blessing and... Brooke Anderson • 25 May, 2016 app development Foo lebanon
Maghreb Tunis-based Expensya raises seed round in France Expensya's team in their office in Cogite coworking space, Tunis. (Image via Expensyia) On Monday, almost a year after their launch,... Aline Mayard • 25 May, 2016 seed round expense reports expensya
Regional Exploring the frontiers of Arabic natural language processing Humans and machines, such a beautiful pairing. (Image via Sdtimes.com) A monetized mobile app that crowdsources the digitization of Arabic... Samuel Wendel • 25 May, 2016 Sakhr Arabic Snippets NYU Abu Dhabi
U.A.E Bitoasis secures seed funding led by Wamda Capital Fintech startup Bitoasis has announced its first round of funding, an undisclosed sum led by Wamda Capital. The round included Barry... Maya Rahal • 24 May, 2016 Coindesk Wamda Capital Bitcoin
Egypt Cantalop signs on for $100,000 angel investment Egypt is brimming with job search sites on the cusp of expansion. (Image via Cantalop) Two years after its launch, Egyptian job search... Eman Mostafa • 24 May, 2016 youth unemployment Egypt unemployment rate job search
Regional Changing MENA with the 'sharing economy' HBR Creative Platform puts collaboration at the center. (Imave via HBR Creative Platform) This article is an edited crosspost from... Asmaa Guedira • 24 May, 2016
Regional What I know about game publishing: Joseph Shomali The profits to be made in gaming are not to be sniffed at. But that's generally for countries outside of the Middle East. In 2014... Lucy Knight • 23 May, 2016 games xp babil games Joseph Shomali
Egypt Cairo delivery sector heats up as Goodsmart seeks expansion Opening the fridge after a long day at work and realizing someone has taken the last cold drink, or coming home to find you’ve... Sara Aggour • 23 May, 2016 Awfar Markets Knock Mart Egypt
Yemen How one company grabbed 70% market share in Yemen Amazon, Tesla Motors and Tupperware are amongst some big company names that didn’t turn a profit for years, and are proof that if... Lucy Knight • 23 May, 2016 Oxfam Care International Unicef
Egypt What do Egyptian shoppers want? [Infographic] Egypt: MENA's largest market by far. (Image via Wamda) This is a crosspost with Yaoota Magazine. Egyptian shoppers are a... Rachel Williamson • 22 May, 2016 State of Payments 2016 yaoota Payfort
Maghreb How is this startup bootstrapping solar and water solutions? Alto Solution has entered the tough B2B market for energy and water products. (Image via Alto Solution) How can we continue humanity’s d... Aline Mayard • 22 May, 2016 renewables solar desalination desalination
Egypt Is Alexandria coming out of Cairo's shadow? Alexandria still has Cairo hustle, but not the size. (Image via Pinterest) Alexandria is Egypt’s second largest city - its five million p... Eman Mostafa • 19 May, 2016
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