U.A.E Dubai startups vie for the prize at GCC Pitch Challenge More than 60 Dubai-based entrepreneurs applied but only 10 had the chance to take part in the third edition of the GCC Pitch Challenge.... Pamela Kesrouani • 11 March, 2015 GCC Pitch Challenge pioneers festival venturescout
Lebanon How ecommerce is breathing new life into an established offline toy business If you happen to be living in or visiting Lebanon, you will have noticed the large number of malls that cropped up in recent years, from... Reine Farhat • 11 March, 2015 traditional business online payment lebanon
Kuwait Physical gets digital for self storage with Kuwait's BoxIt For decades now, self-storage in America has been big business. Fuelled by that all-American accumulative consumerist instinct, by 2009... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 11 March, 2015 sirdab lab self-storage storage
Europe Arab Mobile App Challenge highlights new talent in Barcelona What would you rather win $25,000 to further develop your app, or a ticket to pitch your app at Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress? These w... Aline Mayard • 10 March, 2015 Arab Mobile App Challenge wORLD MOBILE CONGRESS amac
Regional Global VCs investing in MENA are like pink diamonds: rare but existent Though it might seem quiet, some VCs are on the prowl. Towards the end of 2014 Wamda published an interview with Lebanese VC Khaled Nasr.... Lucy Knight • 10 March, 2015 MarkVIP Jereen Utrack.tv
Regional Crowdfunding can be a 'catapult for innovation' in the Middle East Rafat Abushaban, a business development specialist from Gaza, was first introduced to crowdfunding in 2011 when someone told him to check... Hayden Pirkle • 10 March, 2015 eureeca zoomaal indiegogo
U.A.E Mobile solar power in UAE gets a $10M boost Enerwhere, a Dubai-based energy startup company that supplies the commercial sector with transportable solar-hybrid power plants, has... Wamda • 09 March, 2015 Adenium Enerwhere uae
Saudi Arabia Going solo with a Saudi ecommerce site This article has been cross-posted from Firnas.org Saudi Arabia is one of the three largest ecommerce markets in the Gulf in terms of... Ryan Adil • 09 March, 2015 Nano E Shop ksa Delivery
Maghreb Startup MENA expands its network to Tunisia After favorable outcome in Egypt, where the Startup MENA team engaged over 400 entrepreneurs in 2014, designing tailored workshops... Christine Petré • 09 March, 2015 Cogite startup mena tunisia
Egypt Egyptian news startup aims to change the media landscape Students from Deshna, Egypt, pull sugarcane from tractors on Egypt’s Aswan Agriculture Road, which usually puts students’ lives in danger (... Eman Mostafa • 08 March, 2015
Lebanon Access to funding for Lebanese startups is looking up Obviously a lot more than loose change is going to be availalbe. (Image via Lucy Knight) Things are certainly looking up for the coffer... Lucy Knight • 05 March, 2015 Berytech US Aid Lebanese Central Bank
Regional Preventing a dangerous rise of penny auction sites in MENA This article is a crosspost with Astrolabs. This note is meant to outline the danger of penny auction sites and prevent a potentially... Astrolabs • 05 March, 2015 bidaffairs fancybid penny auctions
Maghreb A Moroccan answer to BuzzFeed is expanding into the Arab world Young Arabs never cease to amaze us. After Ouedkniss in Algeria, EMC in Morocco and Saily in Lebanon, it’s n... Aline Mayard • 05 March, 2015 Arabic Content
Regional 4 tips for budget-conscious startups The successful management of a budget can give a startup a big push forward and help it achieve unexpected results, however, finance and... Mohamed Kamal • 04 March, 2015 Dollars Budgets Egypt
Maghreb Fresh faces at StartUp Cup Maroc 2015: SafeDemat wins first place There’s more to Morocco than Casablanca and Rabat. At least, that was Startup Maroc’s message when it organized the finale of the second ed... Aline Mayard • 04 March, 2015 startup cup startup maroc
Egypt 'Shut up and build something': reflections and how tos from Startup AddVenture Cairo Pharaoes scaling the walls of the GrEEK Campus Last weekend was a busy one for the GrEEK Campus, a tech hub located at the old... Reine Farhat • 03 March, 2015 Startup addventure Mix N'Mentor Cairo rise up summit
