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Jordan

Jordan Tech Startup Lookbook

The Jordan Tech Startup Lookbook is looking for the best tech startups in Jordan, as part of the Innovative Jordan campaign, the selected...

Jordan Oasis500 startups

Global

Seed round legally explained

This article is a crosspost from SME Law. During the past three years, the economic cycle of the region, coupled with the influx of...

seed round startups Funding

Kuwait

10 online grocery stores catering to Kuwait

This article is a crosspost with Nuwait. According to the Total Retail Survey - Middle East 2016 report by PwC, the percentage of daily...

kuwait startups Online shopping

Global

Startup Watch: Techies for kids, entrepreneurship in outer space, and more on Islamic fintech

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...

Startup Watch startups entreprenership

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...

Bite.Tech Tech map startups

Global

6 tips for becoming a successful entrepreneur

Being a true entrepreneur is not for everyone, as it is not a simple lifestyle mode. It is a very challenging task and requires a...

Expert Advice startups Success Stories

Iran

Seedstars Tehran

Seedstars World is on a mission to identify the best seed-stage entrepreneurs and provide them with an opportunity to win up to USD 1...

iran seedstars Pitching

Saudi Arabia

Young GCC designers heating up the gaming scene

Mobile games have become increasingly popular over the years as smartphones continue to improve with brand new technologies. In the Gulf,...

Gaming game design startups

Global

Investing for dummies: how to start investing in startups [Opinion]

Investing into startup companies is becoming more and more of a interest for a growing number of the wealthy. The reasons for this...

investement startups Funding

Tunisia

Seedstars Tunis

Seedstars World is on a mission to identify the best seed-stage entrepreneurs and provide them with an opportunity to win up to USD 1...

seedstars tunisia Pitch

Tunisia

Flat6Labs, open for business in Tunisia

Flat6Labs announced last summer that they were coming to Tunisia, as the country’s first accelerator and now for the last two months...

acceleration startups investissements

Morocco

Bidaya Space in Morocco searches for seed stars

Casablanca greentech incubator Espace Bidaya has helped 19 startups launch into the world since it began, and 14 are on track to survive...

morocco Bidaya startups

Morocco

Morocco’s Moteur.ma raises round from Malaysian investor

Moteur.ma is a classified car ads startup based in Casablanca. Launched in 2009, FDV funded 32 percent of the startup’s 2015...

cars classified ads morocco

Europe

French provides a ticket to Europe for North Africans

As French politicians play the immigration card ahead of the presidential election, the country’s new entrepreneurship visa opens a...

French tech ticket Gbarena Bobbli

Regional

2016 was very generous to MENA's startups #Wamda2016

People on the internet aren’t too sad to let go of 2016. Memes surrounding the US presidential elections, comedy sketches on the...

Wamda2016 MENA startups

Regional

$815M+ invested in MENA startups in 2016 #Wamda2016

2016 was an exciting year for the startup ecosystem, especially from an investor’s standpoint. Investors’ appetite for...

Wamda2016 Roundup investments

Regional

What's happening to innovation in the GCC? #Wamda2016

Stagnant oil prices mean the GCC’s economic situation today does not look rosy, and the 2016 Global Innovation Index (GII) shows the...

Wamda2016 MENA startups

Regional

15+ MENA accelerators launched in 2016 #Wamda2016

Throughout 2016, the startup ecosystem for the Middle East and North Africa continued to grow as over 15 new accelerators opened their...

Wamda2016 MENA startups

Global

TechWadi Annual Forum 2017 [Exclusive Discount Code Inside!]

The TechWadi Annual Forum 2017, happening on January 27-28, is a celebration honoring the work TechWadi has done to...

silicon valley MENA startups

Egypt

The Story of a Startup #2

Started by Morad Edwar and Sarah Abdel Aziz, Alex Geeks Meetup returns with its second session of "The Story of a Startup"....

Networking alexandria entrepreneurship

Egypt

Alex Geeks Meetup #6

Started by two friends with an ambition to create a local community of software industry enthusiasts, the sixth edition of Alex Geeks...

alexandria Egypt Networking

Regional

PepsiCo Social Impact Competition

PepsiCo MENA has announced the launch of the PepsiCo Social Impact Competition in partnership with Wamda for MENA-based social...

Pepsico competition startups

Bahrain

Seedstars Bahrain 2016

Seedstars World is coming for its inaugural event to Bahrain! The event will take place at CH9 Hub on September 24, where the best...

Pitch competition seedstars

Syria

Startup Weekend Youth Of Damascus

Despite all the hurdles and challenges facing Syrians during the past few years, a group of enthusiastic innovators managed to organize a...

syria startups Innovation

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