Lebanon Demystifying failure at Arabnet 2014 From left to right: Walid Hanna, Afif Toukan, Abdallah Absi, Fadi Bizri, and Mahamad Tanahy. If there was one session at this year’s ... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 10 March, 2014
Finnish game developer bets on the Arab region - and wins Developing games for the Middle East, and making current titles available in Arabic, are usually difficult and time-consuming tasks for... Ahmed Gabr • 10 March, 2014 social gaming Social Technology
New mentorship program JeeranSME expands in Palestine Support for startups in the West Bank and Gaza is continuing to grow, with the launch of JeeranSME, a new mentorship program designed to... Nina Curley • 10 March, 2014 JeeranSME Mentorship
Don't make these 13 critical mistakes on your homepage As an entrepreneur, you’ve got a lot to worry about beyond your web content and design alone. But knowing a bit about best practice when i... Wissam Dandan • 10 March, 2014 User Experience Design
The relocation of geolocation: Syrian startup Rootal finds a home in the UK Last month, Adnan Al-Khatib had a happier reason than usual to follow the news from his home city of Damascus. From his office... Harriet Fitch Little • 09 March, 2014 geolocation syria
Bahrain Young Entrepreneurs Forum: 'Barriers to business need to come down' Attendees of Bahrain's Young Entrepreneurs Forum Jetlagged, I arrived at the Capital Club — a premiere private business club at the i... Leena AlOlaimy • 09 March, 2014 entrepreneurs Bahrain conference
Geeq Shop, the successful Egyptian all-in-one printing e-store, eyes regional expansion Every entrepreneur wants to wear a t-shirt with her company’s logo, and leave messages on personalized sticky notes, right? But especially ... Hanan Solayman • 09 March, 2014 Egypt Design E-commerce
Weekly Wrap-Up: March 02-06 4 proposals to develop online payments in Morocco [Wamda Debates] We were thrilled to kick off the first Wamda Community Debate in... Wamda • 07 March, 2014 Weekly Wrap-Up
Building on its success in Egypt, eSpace launches elections portal in Turkey eSpace, the Alexandria-based software developer juggernaut that partnered with the Egyptian government to create elections.eg to... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 06 March, 2014 espace turkey Elections
Ex-PayPal MD launches Singapore-based payment gateway for the Middle East, Africa, Asia Can a new payment gateway finally make it easy to transact online? Elias Ghanem, previously of PayPal, announced today the launch ... Nina Curley • 06 March, 2014 Telr Payment Gateways
14th Silicon Oasis TechForum in Dubai TechForum, a bi-monthly event hosted by Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority in partnership with Etisalat, is a community networking platform... Wamda • 06 March, 2014
Equal opportunity a priority for CEO Middle East's 100 Most Powerful Arab Women It doesn’t come as a surprise that for the fourth year in a row UAE’s first ever female minister, HE Sheikha Lubna Al Qassimi, tops the CE... Maya Rahal • 06 March, 2014 Technology
A peek inside the East African startup scene Stickers wall at iHub (Martin Pasquier) In September 2013, we – a small and dedicated team of tech maniacs – started a world tour of inn... Martin Pasquier • 05 March, 2014 Innovation tour africa Kenya
Egyptian startup Asly fights counterfeit vaccines to save lives and money When Tamer Ahmed was a child, his three year-old sister died because she had been given a counterfeit vaccine. Years later, still... Pamela Kesrouani • 05 March, 2014 counterfeit Mobile
Lebanon MEVP announces a $50 million fund and 6 new investments Last year, Lebanon's Central Bank debuted a startup-friendly policy that will allow it (the Bank du Liban or BDL) to guarantee up to 75% of... Nina Curley • 05 March, 2014
Join the #40Forward Hangout tonight to hear more about Google's new program to support women entrepreneurs Google for Entrepreneurs isn’t leaning back when it comes to promoting the inclusion of women entrepreneurs in tech. This winter, the... Nina Curley • 04 March, 2014 W4Women Wamda for Women Entrepreneurs Women
