The startup marathon: how to endure to the finish line [Infographic] Building a startup is like a marathon, and endurance is key. In the infographic below, Anna Vital goes through some of the main worries... Maya Rahal • 09 July, 2014 fundersandfounders Advice Infographic
Egypt Bus Pooling enters the race to ease Cairo traffic Cairo and traffic. Whenever you hear the mention of Egypt’s capital you will likely hear some complaint about its traffic... Eman Mostafa • 08 July, 2014 carpooling Bus Pooling cairo
Can you build a startup solely based on Google APIs? Some Egyptian startups have offices on world-famous Tahrir Square, while their Dubai-based cousins work from fancy accelerators. But... Aline Mayard • 08 July, 2014 CRM Algérie Google
Zain to match funds with creative Jordanian projects on Zoomaal Last week, Zain Jordan signed an agreement with Zoomaal, the region’s largest crowdfunding platform, as part o... Maya Rahal • 08 July, 2014 Hivos Zain Jordan partnerships
Egyptian government gets digital with payment platform Fawry When it comes to the global trend of making financial services available to all segments of society, the quickening pace is as... Eman Mostafa • 07 July, 2014 online payment payment solutions mobile payments
Knowing when to start over: Lessons from FailCon Dubai Photo credit: Varuna Nand Singh In its first Middle East outing, Silicon Valley’s FailCon proved a refreshing departure from the t... Natasha D'Souza • 07 July, 2014 innovation360 turn8 the cribb
Wamda announces 2nd annual Karim Jazouani Prize for Entrepreneurship Advocates in Morocco A year ago, Karim Jazouani, the web and startup ambassador of Morocco, left us far too soon. Since then, Moroccan web lovers and... Wamda • 07 July, 2014 Karim Jazouani morocco
First West Bank hackathon 'a new step' for Palestinian tech ecosystem With a growing tech sector and startups starved for talent, there is a need for everyone in the Palestinian technology sector to... Magnus Petersen-Paaske • 06 July, 2014 codechiefs hackathon Coding
Run your startup like Algeria plays football Well, it didn’t happen. We didn’t win the World Cup. We didn’t even make it to the quarter finals. But we did accomplish something huge: we... Abdellah Mallek • 06 July, 2014 algeria Sport
How do you plan a successful TEDx? Tunisia’s TEDxCarthage is one of the biggest TEDx in the world with more than 2,500 spectators at each event and tickets selling out in j... Aline Mayard • 06 July, 2014 TEDx Tips
4 ways to engage your Twitter audience this Ramadan It’s that time of year again: Ramadan. During this period, many online startups look back to their last year’s analytics to try to make the ... Maya Rahal • 03 July, 2014 Rackspace the online project TOP
Developer Maysalward partners with Zain to accelerate regional gaming industry It has been a busy couple of months for veteran Jordanian mobile game developer/publisher Maysalward. In May, the company launched... Hayden Pirkle • 03 July, 2014 shaqdown2 shaqdown maysalward
4 Myths that hinder entrepreneurship in Morocco In Morocco, we don’t have, strictly speaking, an entrepreneurial culture; as a result, our entrepreneurs often lack experience, standards, ... Mehdi Reghai • 03 July, 2014 morocco Ideas Tips
Death of a Tunisian dating site One year ago the odds appeared to be in the favour of Zouz, a Tunisian online dating site. In 2009, the entrepreneur left his... Aline Mayard • 03 July, 2014 fundraising Failure
Moroccan private fund offers alternative to government funding It is not unusual to hear Moroccan entrepreneurs complain about the lack of funds available for investment in their country, as well as... Aline Mayard • 02 July, 2014 Iwi Venture Capital Angel Investment
Young but growing fast: AUC's V-LAB announces third cycle in a year The American University of Cairo’s startup incubator Venture Lab, launched just a year ago, is now accepting applications for its t... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 01 July, 2014 university incubators AUC