Lebanon AltCity organises a 12-Hour hackathon to build ultralight application Altcity.me is organizing DevAppLB Ultralight 12-Hour Hackathon, on Saturday May 3rd from 9am to 9pm at the Beirut Digital District... Wamda • 24 April, 2014 Beirut Digital District Altcity competition
Young change agents from the Arab world convene at Stanford For three years now, Stanford University students, gathered in a student initiative called AMENDS, have invited promising actors of change... Aline Mayard • 24 April, 2014 techwadi silicon valley Mentorship
PayPal partners with Cairo Amman Bank to boost regional e-commerce PayPal, as part its continued expansion throughout the Middle East, announced a new partnership with Cairo Amman Bank yesterday at the... Hayden Pirkle • 23 April, 2014 cairo amman bank banking PayPal
Egyptian InstaPush adopted by international app integration platform Zapier, a popular online platform that simplifies the process of connecting web apps and APIs, based on triggers and actions, has just a... Ahmed Gabr • 23 April, 2014 instapush pushbots Technology
How this Bahraini woman uprooted her successful London creative agency and moved home I first met Wafa Obaidat at a TEDxYouth event in Bahrain. I was floored by how — at 23 years old — Obaidat was running operations for her S... Leena AlOlaimy • 23 April, 2014 Fashion
Egypt 2 lessons from last year's Dare'n'Deal shutdown Ever since Dare’n’Deal shut down last May, many have wondered why Egypt’s most popular daily deals site... Hanan Solayman • 22 April, 2014 Daily Deals E-commerce
Maghreb Moroccan social entrepreneurship struggling, MCISE study says Social entrepreneurship in Morocco is as trendy in certain circles as it is unknown to the vast majority of people. Despite this... Wamda • 22 April, 2014
TAG-Org expands its support services to startups with new program Joining a growing group of organizations providing support to entrepreneurs in the region, the Jordan-based international business ... Maya Rahal • 22 April, 2014 Talal Abou Ghazaleh Innovation
Halal P2P lending site Liwwa partners with e-commerce site Feesheh Liwwa, the halal crowdinvestment site launched last November in Jordan, is adding a new facet to its business model: a partnership with... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 21 April, 2014 halal arts crowdinvestment
UniVenture, Tunisian incubator launched by business angels, seeks applicants UniVenture's first graduating class In May 2010, ten Tunisians entrepreneurs created the Carthage Business Angel association to... Aline Mayard • 21 April, 2014 Business Angels Incubator
Mix n' Mentor Cairo mentors seek to remedy challenges faced by a growing, but fraught, community The world of entrepreneurship is full of obstacles, especially in the Arab world. These can be legal procedures, development, employment,... Eman Mostafa • 20 April, 2014
Recently launched Egyptian app aims to help eliminate fake media reports During a heated political debate that took place in Cairo after the events of June 30th 2013, three Egyptians, freshly graduated from... Ahmed Gabr • 20 April, 2014 news Mobile
What it will take to maximize business success in the Middle East How can business choices yield high profits and high social impact in a rapidly changing consumer culture? What are the... Blair Winter • 17 April, 2014 Wharton
Babson College launches a program for public and private sector leaders PROMOCODE Included Babson College is offering the world’s first public program targeted at public and private sector leaders, entitled Driving Economic Growth ... Wamda • 17 April, 2014 Babson
A radical solution to the region's payment challenges, from serial ecommerce entrepreneur At this point, it wouldn’t come as a surprise to learn that Moustafa Mahmoud eats, drinks, and sleeps e-commerce, in addition to having l... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 17 April, 2014 payment solutions uae cash-on-delivery
7 Palestinian startups vie for Arabreneur investment at recent pitch event “These startups are as good as any in Toronto, Barcelona, or London,” said Palestinian entrepreneur extraordinaire Dr. Abdulmalek Al-Jaber ... Robert Carroll • 16 April, 2014 pitch event arabreneur palestine
