Intel Egypt denies rumors blaming partial shutdown on political woes In the midst of a not-so-pleasant economic situation in Egypt, Intel made headlines last week. A number of online news sources reported... Ahmed Gabr • 16 April, 2014 Intel Egypt
Jordan MXD raises $1M to launch 3D printing tool for the masses “This year, 3D printing will be going mainstream in the U.S. and Europe, and we hope to become one of the big fish and set standards in the ... Maya Rahal • 16 April, 2014 3d printer 3D Investment
Having successfully crowdfunded, Moroccan-American smart doorbell Chui plots next steps The story of Chui, a new generation of intercom, isn’t one you hear every day. Its trajectory has involved the city of Dallas, t... Aline Mayard • 15 April, 2014 Gadget morocco
Palestinian startup AidBits aims to streamline the aid sector NGOs aren’t known for being the most efficient organizations. The amount of bureaucratic navel gazing, however important, it takes to get d... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 15 April, 2014 aidbits arabreneur palestine
Iraq Iraqi startup Miswag.net helps merchants transition to the internet Miswag.net, Baghdad’s first internet-based startup with real potential to grow, launched less than a month ago to help local merchants in B... Ali M. Ismail • 14 April, 2014 PAYMENT iraq Delivery
Endeavor Jordan selects 3 startups to advance to International Selection Panel Four of Jordan’s most promising entrepreneurs gathered recently for Endeavor Jordan’s Local Selection Panel (LSP), where they pitched the... Hayden Pirkle • 14 April, 2014 Jordan Endeavor Competitions
The first DComm Summit MENA in Dubai this month The first DComm Summit MENA will take place in Madinat Jumeirah, in Dubai on 30 April 2014, with 200 invitation only thought leaders, as g... Wamda • 14 April, 2014
How can the Arab world break barriers to scale? Editor’s note: Fadi Ghandour is the the Chairman of Wamda, the founder of Aramex, and board member of Endeavor, an international non... Fadi Ghandour • 13 April, 2014 Fadi Ghandour
'Internet Revolution' gains steam in Egypt; can it meaningfully challenge Big Internet? In an attempt to defend citizens’ right to a decent internet connection at a reasonable price, a public campaign called Report an D... Hanan Solayman • 13 April, 2014 Egypt
China's largest search engine takes on Google in Egypt The digital media scene – especially that in the Arab region – seems to be an appealing market for competition between China and the U.S., ... Eman Mostafa • 10 April, 2014 Baidu china Egypt
Fresh off Kickstarter glory, Integreight gears up for 1Sheeld due date $85,210 USD. That’s how much funding the Egypt-based startup Integreight attracted for its award-winning product 1Sheeld during its 30-day ... Hayden Pirkle • 10 April, 2014 1sheeld arduino Hardware
Can lean e-commerce site ShuGeek bootstrap indefinitely? One month was all it took to launch ShuGeek, the website for so-called geeky products in the UAE. The team, adopting a lean startup... Pamela Kesrouani • 10 April, 2014 Technology E-commerce
Lebanon SLUSH+Startup Sauna Pitching & Networking in Beirut For the first time, startups and tech companies in Lebanon have an opportunity to join the world-class one-month accelerator program at... Wamda • 09 April, 2014 Altcity co-working space
KarTag enters the Cairo carpooling market with a user-generated 'pure carpooling' model Egypt suffers from an astonishing amount of automobile-related pollution, traffic, and parking problems. Egyptian entrepreneurs have... Ahmed Gabr • 09 April, 2014 Car Service Coworking Sharing Economy
Social entrepreneurship incubator in Tunisia seeks to foster civic engagement In Tunisia, the revolution has lead to a real revival of civic engagement. To help this movement bear fruit and be sustainable, a... Aline Mayard • 09 April, 2014 Incubator Social Entrepreneurship
Regional What your ideal term-sheet should look like As promised, in this post I will focus on the term-sheet. First let’s get some definitions straight. A term-sheet is the document that n... Abdullah Alshalabi • 09 April, 2014 seed investment term-sheet Investment
