Lebanon's Re-H2O team tackles water scarcity in the Arab world At Intel and Injaz al-Arab's Sci-preneurship Innovation Camp this past July, six young Lebanese students found an innovative, inexpensive... Maya Rahal • 13 February, 2014 Intel Injaz al Arab competition
Can this Bahraini couple's startup help fight childhood obesity in the Gulf? Yoga, Team Awesome, Muay Thai, Zumba, and Parkour all sound like classes you can take at a gym that combines fun with fitness. This is... Leena AlOlaimy • 13 February, 2014 child obesity obesity children
Zee3 Enta provides a forum for expression for Egyptians of every persuasion Egypt’s revolution, beginning January 25, 2011, revolutionized citizen journalism. Since then, several initiatives have launched that seek ... Eman Mostafa • 12 February, 2014 Citizen Journalism Egypt
Global Jordan's Bitcoin Meetup Group weighs in on the cryptocurrency's recent crash In the world of the internet, a bug is not something to take lightly. So Monday, when MTGox, the first Bitcoin exchange site... Reine Farhat • 12 February, 2014 Bitcoin
Iranian developers gamify a 1,000 year-old poem The story of how Amir-Esmaeil Bozorgzadeh first met Hossein Jalali, his partner at their new startup, GameGuise, is “a MAKE Business ... Nina Curley • 11 February, 2014 Gaming
TIEC incubator now accepting applications The Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (TIEC) is calling for applications to its next incubation cycle starting in April... Wamda • 11 February, 2014 technology innovation and entrepreneurship center tiec start it
Wamda launches Wamda Debates in Casablanca When a topic is good, time always runs out. We've seen that first hand at our Mix N' Mentor events where we often are forced to cut c... Wamda • 11 February, 2014 PAYMENT Wamda Debates mobile payments
4 lessons from Fishfishme's successful investment round Some of you may already know that we just closed a $200,000 USD financing round from some angel investors Sim Whatley, Saif Alzarouni,... Abdullah Alshalabi • 11 February, 2014 Angel Investment Investment
New data proves Facebook's extensive reach in Morocco For many in Morocco, it seems that Facebook is the most popular destination on the internet. A healthy 73% of the total population visited... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 11 February, 2014 Data Facebook
Why Hanan Abdel-Meguid stepped down at OTVentures Hanan Abdel-Meguid will step down from her position as CEO at OTVentures to personally focus more on supporting the startup scene in... Nina Curley • 10 February, 2014 OTVentures
Another Turkish Venture Capital fund looks to enter the Middle East As a result of the country’s bruised economy, Turkish startups are struggling, just one year after The Economist anointed t... Maya Rahal • 10 February, 2014 Venture Capital
Meet 8 Palestinian startups this Thursday in Amman! Join Endeavor, Gaza Sky Geeks, Fast Forward, Oasis500, and PALinnO this Thursday to get a taste of history in the making. For the first t... Wamda • 10 February, 2014 gaza sky geeks palinno Endeavor
Na3m Games' latest (accidental) release tops Saudi game charts An accidental release has been a serious success for Saudi game developer Na3m Games. Harwil Ya Wahsh!, the company’s free-to-play iOS g... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 10 February, 2014 na3m games Saudi Arabia Mobile Gaming
4 ways to use Twitter lists to develop your business Regionally, Twitter is the second popular social media site after Facebook with almost 4 million users in the Middle East... Muhanad Sabha • 10 February, 2014 twitter
3 lessons in startup culture from Beirut's sudden success, Jai Kitchen This is the first in a series on the business of starting a food & beverage company in the Middle East. Check back periodically for... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 09 February, 2014 jai kitchen f&b beirut
Egyptian pharmacist creates Dawaa, a digital pharmaceutical drug index Designed to bridge the gap between the conventional hard copy drug reference manual and the digital lives of today's physicians, Dawaa is... Ahmed Gabr • 09 February, 2014 Healthcare Health Mobile
