Lebanon Beirut+ TV: The first Lebanese animation channel For husband and wife Toni Yammine and Maya Zankoul not a moment is wasted when it comes to expending their creativity energy. In 2013 they... Ali Awada • 09 January, 2015 Wezank
Regional The growing m-health sector of the Middle East, too slow? When the Arabic medical information platform AlTibbi accept their World Summit Award for best mobile medical content in February... Lucy Knight • 08 January, 2015 MENA Healthcare Dr Bridge
Maghreb Will 2015 be the year of the Maghrebi startup? 6 experts share their thoughts [Wamda TV] Click on cc to pick subtitles in English Aline Mayard • 08 January, 2015 Yunus Social Business Microsoft Innovation Center MCISE
Regional Why should fresh graduates choose to work for a startup? Most of the region’s fresh graduates start their careers chasing jobs with big corporations, because they believe that will allow them to b... Kamel Al-Asmar • 08 January, 2015 startups vs corporates corporates Nakhweh
Global 2014 technologies that promise smarter devices With every new lifestyle comes the need for a new technology to meet our needs in home and work. The 20th century’s move from motor focused ... Abdulghani Kataya • 07 January, 2015 batteries 2014 techs Wearable devices
Jordan Startup Revolution at ZINC Jordan Last Sunday, Zain’s newly launched incubator ZINC hosted The Startup Revolution, a community meetup driven by entrepreneurs looking to c... Teeb Assaf • 07 January, 2015 Startup Revolution ZINC Zain Jordan
U.A.E What's next for Dubai's startup ecosystem? [Wamda TV] By all accounts, the Dubai – and regional – startup ecosystems have made great strides in recent years. Alvaro Abella, Managing Partner at B... Wamda • 07 January, 2015 fireside chat wamda mix n mentor dubai wamda mix n mentor
Global Should entrepreneurs lie? Cross-posted from Havard Business Review. An experienced VC fund manager I have known for years told me recently that if a person does... Daniel Isenberg • 06 January, 2015 truth lying
Regional To be an entrepreneur rid yourself of illusions Ali Elouafiq has cofounded, with Ali Lakrakbi, iMote, a connected device that help localize one’s cellphone and keys. Now, about to start a... Ali Elouafiq • 06 January, 2015 illusions
Regional The biggest opportunities for would-be founders in 2015 The best companies solve the biggest problems – the really hard ones that few people even know about, much less know how to tackle. T... Ahmed Moor • 06 January, 2015 2015 startups new year
Regional Careem acquires Saudi-based home delivery service Enwani For the regional entrepreneurship ecosystem the year is starting on an inspiring note. After the recent acquisition of Shahiya by Japanese... Stephanie Nour Prince • 05 January, 2015 enwani acquisition careem
Maghreb Women SenseTour: 5 months, 5 countries, 25 changemakers Sarah Zouak, 25, talks about her project, the Women SenseTour in Muslim Countries, with an air of normalcy. However, the tour... Eric Reidy • 05 January, 2015 turkey iran morocco
Regional twofour54’s Issa Aghabi talks funding and failure [Wamda TV] Last month, at our final Mix N’ Mentor of the year in Dubai, we took the opportunity to talk to mentors about their particular areas of e... Wamda • 05 January, 2015 Issa Aghabi mix n mentor dubai TwoFour54
Global Meet Zilzar, the Islamic world's answer to Amazon This article has been crossposted with Firnas.org Amazon and China’s Alibaba made ecommerce huge; now, it seems every other website is s... Safar Ayad • 05 January, 2015 islamic finance Zilzar
Regional Startup-corporate partnerships 3/3: 6 success stories Announcing the ShopGo deal In our series on startup-corporate partnerships we've looked at the logic behind the relationships, and why... Ahmed Mohammed • 04 January, 2015 corporations startups CER
Maghreb If hackers and makers in Morocco mingled, they could all be winners Like most Maghreb and Middle East countries, Moroccan entrepreneurs often refuse to collaborate and to share knowledge with one another.... Asmaa Guedira • 04 January, 2015 collaborative communities makers Maghreb