Regional Wamda’s best stories of 2016 2016 was the year of trying new things and testing some ideas on you, our readers. We brought in a weekly series we called Startup... Rachel Williamson • 27 December, 2016 Wamda2016 shezlong sympaticus
Lebanon Not seen, not heard: Lebanon’s woman problem When Mohamad Najem wrote a public post about refusing to be part of an all-male panel for a tech conference in Beirut, it was shared more... Brooke Anderson • 11 December, 2016 women on panels lebanon manel
Lebanon App aiding facial paralysis wins 10K at BDL Accelerate hackathon An app that aids patients with facial paralysis won the $10,000 prize at Lebanon’s BDL Accelerate conference health hackathon on... Maysaa Ajjan • 14 November, 2016 healthtech Health hackathon BDL Accelerate
Regional Scaling up? Show me the money Scaling up from scrappy startup to SME is a whole new game. Cash is oxygen and managers are critical. “There is research that... Rachel Williamson • 09 November, 2016 scale-ups BDL Accelerate Nathealth
Lebanon What's Steve Wozniaks's favorite drink? BDL Accelerate reveals The ‘Woz’ had arrived. The flashing lights and booming duff-duff of a heavy bassline more befitted a DJ at one of... Rachel Williamson - Dana Ballout • 04 November, 2016 Steve Wozniak BDL apple
Global 10 November events for MENA entrepreneurs As the MENA region’s entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem blossoms and grows, so do the events, conferences, and competitions.... Dana Ballout • 26 October, 2016 BDL Accelerate Social Media Week ICT MENA Forum
Lebanon Banque du Liban Accelerate 2016 Against all odds, Lebanon is developing a highly innovative entrepreneurial ecosystem. With a growing number of incubators, accelerators... Wamda • 10 October, 2016 BDL Accelerate beirut conference
Lebanon Lebanese outpitch internationals at BDL Accelerate ReAble cofounders Paul Safi and Emile Sawaya. (Image via ReAble) BDL Accelerate's Early Stage Startup Competition saw a staggering... Maysaa Ajjan • 15 December, 2015 Early Stage Startup Competition BDL Accelerate Banque du Liban
Lebanon Investments announced at Lebanon's BDL Accelerate [Editor’s note: This article has been updated to include Berytech’s further investments announced on the second... Lucy Knight • 11 December, 2015 BDL Accelerate Berytech beirut