Wamda

Regional

New Wamda Research Lab report sheds light on MENA investment landscape and future opportunities

76% of surveyed MENA startups surveyed have received funding below $500,000 (full report here) Entrepreneurs that have the ambition to...

WRL Wamda Research Lab

Jordan

Wysada raises $5M+ Series A funding from Silicon Badia

Wysada, an online luxury retailer of home goods, décor, and interior furnishings, which has been described as a One Kings Lane’s cl...

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Maghreb

Startech Unconference, Tunisia

What Prevents Tunisia From Generating IT Succes Stories ? This is the question Tunisian event organizer agency MAZAM, and American...

Lebanon

MEVP’s IMPACT Fund announces $12.5M investment in 5 Lebanese tech startups

Managing Partner Walid Hanna announcing the investments The Middle East Venture Partners fund (MEVP), one of Lebanon’s larger Venture C...

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Egypt

Flat6Labs to launch an investment fund for startups

Three years is probably enough for an accelerator to get to know the ins and the outs of a regional ecosystem, and conclude which services...

cairo Investment

Regional

How did these three Arab startups take advantage of TechCrunch Disrupt

Getting your product known and used internationally is tough, especially if you’re based in the Arab world. To address this head on, a s...

TechCrunch Disrupt competition Europe

U.A.E

Astrolabs launches pilot course for its Academy

The Dubai-based entrepreneurship platform Astrolabs is set to launch one of its latest components, the Astrolabs Academy, which will...

academy uae Dubai

Maghreb

AMPION launches 4 road trip hackathons throughout Africa, to educate and invest in entrepreneurs

Last year, a diverse crowd of 30 Africans and Europeans embarked on an unusual adventure: they hopped a bus leaving from...

Ampion hackathon Startupbus

Regional

Mobile dominates even offline shopping in MENA [Report]

Shoppers and retailers in the MENA region have long known that consumers have been spending more and more money online. What is new,...

smartphone penetration Mobile Report

U.A.E

Payment gateway Telr to target MENA and Southeast Asia on strength of Series A round

Online payment gateway Telr, based between Singapore and Dubai, has secured Series A funding from Hatcher and iMENA,...

iMENA hatcher Telr

Maghreb

Entrepreneurs learn a lesson in storytelling at #YMEstartup Tunis

Walking through the doors of Tunisia’s Elgazala Technopark on Monday October 13th, there was one thing I couldn’t help but not...

events your middle east #YMEStartup

Regional

Former Maktoob exec raises 800K to bring social TV app to MENA

The Los Angeles-based, MENA-focused app Vyu has just closed an $825,000 USD round led by Jordan’s Jabbar Internet Group. The company will u...

Lebanon

Messaging startup enlists Arab pop star to boost downloads

Despite what you may see on the Instagram account of a Saudi royal, the Arab world is traditionally a very private place. From the high...

Egypt

Saving the world, one game at a time

Last month, at a two-day workshop organized by the United Nations Development Program, lucky Cairo youngsters got a look at how to...

undp Social Entrepreneurship Gaming

U.A.E

Language game app to take the pain out of learning

The growth of online learning products has created a huge range of ways to learn a foreign language, from the comprehensive-but-pricey...

erly stage studios Education

Regional

Meet the Arab entrepreneurs who competed at Istanbul's WebIt Congress

On the two first days of October, in Istanbul, Turkey, the 6th edition of the Eurasian tech event Webit Congress took place. A large...

turkey event Webit

Europe

13 Middle East startups going to Web Summit 2014

This is a crosspost with Web Summit's blog. Well it's somehow October already and the summer is well and truly behind us. This can only ...

Dublin Ireland Web Summit

Regional

Rise Up Cairo kicks off with strong feelings about investment

AUC’s downtown campus is currently playing host to the Rise Up conference, a well-organized and attended celebration of entrepreneurship w...

Cario RiseUp

Global

DEMO Africa: Why Arab startups should be looking to Africa for support

Last week, entrepreneurs, VCs, and press from all over the world flew to Lagos, Nigeria, to learn about trending African startups during...

DEMO Africa event africa

Lebanon

15 funding and team building tips from Mix N' Mentor Beirut

The Lebanese tech scene has evolved a lot since Wamda organized its first Mix N’ Mentor here back in 2012. It’s now more structured and mat...

lebanon Mix n Mentor

Regional

Sultan al-Qassemi on MIT Media Lab: imagination realized

When I was first invited to join the MIT Media Lab as a Director’s Fellow I took it at face value and assumed it was somehow connected to t...

sultan al-qassemi MIT Media Lab Media

Jordan

Touch screen is out and voice commands are in for new Jordanian mobile game

Victory might be cause for some people to take a break and rest on their laurels for a while, but not the team at Jordan’s Bee...

Jordan

Jordan's Beladcom sold a virtual stable for $2,200. What does this mean for Arab gaming?

How much would you pay for a virtual stable on a distant planet in a virtual universe? Whatever the number in your head, it’s likely less t...

planet toulan beladcom Gaming

U.A.E

TechForum Dubai: how will wearables impact our daily lives?

Organizers of the 16th TechForum, held on September 16 at Dubai Silicon Oasis in partnership with the Emirati telecom Etisalat,...

Dubai Silicon Oasis Techforum Wearable devices

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