Egypt

Hive raises $400,000 in seed funding

Source: MenaBytes Hive, a Cairo-based ride-hailing platform for kids has raised $400,000 in seed funding, the startup...

News • 09 October, 2019

seed fund ride hailing

Jordan

Jordanian edtech startup Little Thinking Minds raises $500,000 to close its Series A with ~$1.8 million

Source: MenaBytes Amman-based edtech startup Little Thinking Minds has raised another $500,000 to close its Series A with $1.765...

News • 20 May, 2019

EdTech Investment children

Jordan

Children invent to impress at Amman exhibition

Nearly two dozen Jordanian children were creating some very adult ideas over the weekend. The six inventions at the Little...

Tala El Issa • 26 October, 2016

Jordan children Little Innovator Lab

U.A.E

Building Youth Owned Businesses (BYOB)

Building Youth Owned Businesses (BYOB) bootcamp is attempting to inspire children to think like entrepreneurs. The bootcamp enables...

Wamda • 18 October, 2016

children entrepreneurship Innovation

Global

R2-D2 and Ayah Bdeir share the spotlight at Disney Demo Day

Littlebits founder Ayah Bdeir announced a new partnership with Disney on Thursday for a children’s online video series encouraging...

Dana Ballout • 14 October, 2016

littlebits Disney Hardware

Regional

Making the best of a child’s addiction

In the 90s, parents hid Gameboys from their children on high shelves and under heavy mattresses. This year, with face-to-screen time at...

Dana Ballout • 16 August, 2016

Play My Way children Education

Jordan

Tech literacy: a step forward from e-learning

A young audience soaking up the tech world. (Images via Tala el Issa) While many companies have been focused on integrating...

Tala El Issa • 15 March, 2016

MEMakersGE robotics Coding Circle

U.A.E

The pursuit of ‘appy-ness’

Founder Dinesh Lalvani with some of his characters. (Images via AppyKids) Before becoming the Samsung Galaxy Tab regional ambassador for...

Archana Menon • 11 January, 2016

AppyKids samsung edutainment

Jordan

Eureka Tech Talk ignites spark for tech and entrepreneurship in Jordanian kids

Two Eureka students present to the crowd. (Images via Samuel Wendel) Like many countries in the Middle East and North Africa, Jordan is...

Samuel Wendel • 26 November, 2015

Tech Talk global entrepreneurship week Eureka

Saudi Arabia

Science at a young age: workshops for innovative Saudis

A new generation of Saudis are relying on themselves to invent stuff instead of buying it, and TalentS is one of a...

Safar Ayad • 14 October, 2015

children Science Saudi Arabia

Lebanon

A day in the life: Rana El Chemaitelly, the woman behind The Little Engineer

While working part time at the American University of Beirut (AUB), mechanical engineer Rana El Chemaitelly noticed that many of her...

Lucy Knight • 20 May, 2015

UAE Space Agency Airbus The Little Engineer

Lebanon

Lebanese game developers Wixel Studios targets cancer with new project

  Still from the Aurora game. (Image via Wixel Studios) Despite a growing tech-healthcare sector - which by now has hundreds of...

Maysaa Ajjan • 12 May, 2015

Cancer Aurora Wixel Studios

Palestinian startup offers online Arabic children's stories [Wamda TV]

[English subtitles]   To add an Arab touch to the world of children’s online education, Palestinian entrepreneur Asma'a A. Abu Tailkh has e...

Mariam Hamed • 08 April, 2014

children Arabic Content

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

U.A.E

Cyber Security: the good, the bad and the ugly, a talk by The Coding Circle

How safe is the Internet? Is our privacy better protected or have threats increased in number and level of sophistication? What measures...

Wamda • 01 March, 2016

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