Saudi Arabia A journey to the cloud, Arabsea Being able to keep up with the latest technologies is a good advantage for a company but not easy. Launched in Saudi Arabia in 1980,... Abdulghani Kataya • 30 April, 2017 Arabsea SMACC Cloud
U.A.E Cybersecurity in UAE: more education, less speculation According to a promotional video for the inaugural OPCDE (Operational Code) conference, 75 percent of all legitimate websites have... Elias Jabbe • 30 April, 2017 uae cyber security Comae Technologies
U.A.E A ‘Qall Out’ to debaters fed up with social media “Going live is a big shift in how we communicate, and it's going to create new opportunities for people to come together,”... Tala El Issa • 30 April, 2017 Qall Out Munathara debates
Regional 5 steps to startup video stardom [Opinion] I see everyday how online video can be an efficient and effective way for entrepreneurs and small businesses to develop their brand and... Jad Abi-Esber • 27 April, 2017 YouTube Vidéo Online video
Global Startup Watch: Facebook live broadcast boo boos, being ‘human’ and the world’s largest incubator The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your... Lucy Knight • 27 April, 2017 Facebook AI libya
Regional Where does MENA really do business? [Infographic] Even as entrepreneurs look to the Gulf to expand their sales, they look to the Levant to expand their back office operations. Wamda... Teeb Assaf • 26 April, 2017 Wamda Research Lab WRL backoffice
Regional 5 AI advertising startups to watch This edited article was originally published on Centric. Using AI in marketing has been the new kid on the street for some time. With... Hamna Anwar • 26 April, 2017 Artificial intelligence Marketing Advertising
Regional 4 startups that are changing Maghreb healthcare A woman fainting at a railway station in Morocco, while waiting for the train that would take her three hours away for dialysis treatment,... Lilia Blaise • 25 April, 2017 tunisia morocco Medtrucks
Saudi Arabia How Saudi entrepreneurs are trying to change their country #MixNMentor “We think the future is Saudi Arabia in the region." This is how Walid Faza, partner at Wamda Capital, opened... Maya Rahal • 25 April, 2017 Saudi Arabia Mix N Mentor Riyadh
Global Speaking is winning [Wamda TV] The American essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson once said “Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel”. When... Lucy Knight • 25 April, 2017 public speaking
Regional Online talent platforms: labor market connectors for the digital era in the GCC Youth unemployment is one of the Middle East’s biggest challenges. Even as unemployment remains high and people are unable to land... Ola Aboukhsaiwan • 24 April, 2017 recruitment Job Creation onegcc
Global What I know about the science of remote sensing: Charles Elachi Charles Elachi can call it a day. He was previously director of the Nasa Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) during its mission to Mars –... Vanessa Khalil • 24 April, 2017 What I Know Space sensors
Kuwait Accelerating entrepreneurship in Kuwait: small yet steady steps This article is a crosspost from Nuwait. Although entrepreneurial ecosystems are not created overnight, Kuwait is on its way to... Ola Aboukhsaiwan • 23 April, 2017 kuwait Nuwait vision 2030
Egypt Car app fight club in Egypt The market for tech-enabled transport in Egypt is tight: 13 companies are offering some kind of online ride hailing product. All of... Rachel Williamson • 23 April, 2017 Transport Logistics taxi hailing app
Global Facebook’s AR future is excitingly scary Facebook’s focus on augmented reality (AR) hints at a future that’s exciting, but also a little scary. During his... Maya Rahal • 20 April, 2017 Facebook Augmented Reality virtual reality
Libya Libyan entrepreneurship in the time of war [Opinion] Recently, I was shyly approached by two young ICT engineers, Faisal and Omar, with an innovative startup idea: a pair of motion... Ahmed Ben Mussa • 20 April, 2017 Tatweer Research BYTE HEXA