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Iraqi Islamic Bank partners with MSA Novo to back startups in Iraq

Iraq Islamic Bank (IIB) has partnered with investment company MSA Novo, to launch a tech fund to invest in Iraqi startups and lead the...

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Iraq

Rocket Internet-backed Iraqi super app Baly raises $10.5 million

Iraq-based super app Baly, backed by Germany’s Rocket Internet has closed a Seed round of $10.5 million from Kingsway Capital, MSA...

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Iraq

Iraqis turn to entrepreneurship as corruption hinders economy

Iraq has become more synonymous with war and corruption than entrepreneurship, but things are slowly changing as more people seek...

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Iraq

Careem debuts in Iraq

Careem, the region’s leading ride-hailing service in the MENA, Turkey and Pakistan, expanded its services into the Republic of Iraq,...

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Iraq

Five One Labs Incubator Program [Call for applications]

The Five One Labs incubator is a three-month long program to take your startup business from idea to launch. From October 22 till...

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Iraq

Pitch Bootcamp Erbil

Pitch Bootcamp is a two-day career accelerator program designed for students and fresh graduates. The first edition of Pitch Bootcamp...

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Iraq

First tech map for Iraq launched

This article is a crosspost from Bite.Tech Over the past six months, Bite.Tech, an independent newsletter covering the digital economy...

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Iraq

US travel ban harms Iraqi entrepreneurs

For an Iraqi makerspace founder, the repercussions of President Trump’s executive order to put a ban on travelers from seven...

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Iraq

To dream the impossible dream: an Erbil incubator

When Mashal Sadiq arrived in Erbil after completing her undergraduate studies in the UK she was just looking for a little break from the...

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Global

Startup Watch: Quit the social, call your angel, and cut down on the hype

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...

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Iraq

A story of failure, or is it?

Three years ago Wamda interviewed Iraqi Mohammad Al-Samarrai about his venture, the country’s first online food delivery site based...

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Iraq

Iraq's foodie appmakers want to fix the mealtime grind

Sha6bu5 is hoping to profit from the Middle East's foodie trend. (Image via MAHAW) The Middle East’s entrepreneurial newsmakers this year h...

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Iraq

Erbil's startups go quiet

An Erbil panorama. (Images via Rachel Williamson) On three occasions this year Goran Sherko has had to postpone Startup Weekend...

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Iraq

Curing Iraq's coder crisis

Iraqi startups suffer from a critical lack of skilled coders but a new bootcamp in Baghdad called The Week is trying to narrow this talent...

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Iraq

Exchanges are creating Iraqi changemakers

Over the past 10 years some 3,000 young Iraqis have travelled on exchange programs funded by foreign governments, and it's some of...

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Iraq

Iraq's main maker: Nawres Arif

Nawres Arif taught himself digital 3D modelling from a photocopied manual, years before he had a computer. He set up Basra’s first...

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Iraq

Hacking out coworking spaces in Iraq

If there’s one country in the region where entrepreneurs need a good coworking space, it’s Iraq. Baghdad’s two coworking spaces are opera...

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Iraq

Iraq's startups one year after the rise of ISIS [Opinion]

“A startup is a human institution designed to deliver a new product or service under conditions of extreme uncertainty,” is how Eric Ries d...

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Startup Weekend Baghdad

Startup Weekend is coming to Baghdad, on August 21th, 22th and 23rd at the Oil Cultural Center in Baghdad. SW Baghdad will follow the ...

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Iraq

Ifrosh tests cardless ecommerce platform in Iraqi Kurdistan

In recent years, the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan has generated headlines for its relative stability and booming...

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Iraq

Iraqi startup Miswag.net helps merchants transition to the internet

Miswag.net, Baghdad’s first internet-based startup with real potential to grow, launched less than a month ago to help local merchants in B...

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Startup Weekend NEXT Baghdad shows what's possible

As a co-organizer of the first and second installments of Baghdad Startup Weekend, I’ve learned first-hand how challenging it can be to c...

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