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Qleek, the wooden hardware that reconciles vinyl and digital music, launches IndieGogo campaign

As I write this, I’m listening to a playlist on Spotify, sitting across from my empty bookshelf, its sparse shelves occupied by a few CDs I...

digital content algeria Music

Lebanese entrepreneurs optimistic after ministry decision to slash telecoms prices

Last week, the Lebanese Ministry of Telecommunication announced a series of measures to lower internet and telephone prices....

internet

Queen Rania of Jordan, in partnership with edX, launches Arabic MOOC platform Edraak

With the launch yesterday of Edraak, a new Arabic MOOC platform, education professionals have made a new stride towards the development of ...

Will the next real challenger to Eventbrite come from Morocco?

While the MENA region lacks many of the web services that the rest of the world has become dependent on, many entrepreneurs in the Arab...

events

Continuing its focus on emerging markets, Seedstars World hosts Dubai round

In 2005, Mohamed Elwazer witnessed a disturbing scene while waiting for a train at a metro station in Egypt. A security officer was...

competition Health

Rebuilding Egypt: how do startups help the economy?

When it comes to start-ups, entrepreneurs face unique challenges in an already difficult economic environment: striking out on their own...

economy Egypt

The Arab Economic Forum in its 22nd round

The 22nd round of the Arab Economic Forum will take place on the 19th and 20th of June 2014, at the Phoenicia Hotel in Beirut. The Arab...

Arab Economic Forum

Egyptian InstaPush adopted by international app integration platform

Zapier, a popular online platform that simplifies the process of connecting web apps and APIs, based on triggers and actions, has just a...

instapush pushbots Technology

Weather-based clothing suggestion app wins Altcity’s 12 hour hackathon

Last Sunday, May 3rd, the Beiruti co-working space Altcity.me organized a DevAppLB Ultralight 12-Hour Hackathon, at the Beirut...

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Lebanon’s Roadie Tuner is audience favorite at TechCrunch Disrupt in New York

After attending a spur of the moment event earlier this year, the young entrepreneurs behind Roadie Tuner had no idea that they would hit...

Roadie Tuner TechCrunch Disrupt techcrunch

Arab Affiliate Summit in Egypt

Experts & Specialists in online marketing from the Arab world are preparing for the first event in Affiliate Marketing in the Middle...

Reading the future of MENA e-commerce at Dubai's Webit Digital Commerce Summit

On April 30, Webit Digital hosted a commerce summit that gathered prominent speakers and attendees in the field of e-commerce. The...

Conferences E-commerce

Startup MENA seeks to bridge the gaps between Egyptian startups and European VCs

Startup MENA, the initiative funded in part by the Danish government, will hold a pitch event for Egyptian startups on May 14th, as part...

events

How Nabbesh surmounted 3 major regional obstacles to growth

As startups in the Middle East we face barriers every day, whether it’s writing our first business plan, gaining access to capital, f...

WRL Wamda Research Lab nabbesh

Young change agents from the Arab world convene at Stanford

For three years now, Stanford University students, gathered in a student initiative called AMENDS, have invited promising actors of change...

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Startup Maroc hits the road again with an ambitious roadshow

April is a busy month for Startup Maroc. The group of friends, who have been working for three years to help foster an entrepreneurial...

competition Report Startup Weekend

PayPal partners with Cairo Amman Bank to boost regional e-commerce

PayPal, as part its continued expansion throughout the Middle East, announced a new partnership with Cairo Amman Bank yesterday at the...

cairo amman bank banking PayPal

3 ways Bitcoin can change how the Arab region uses money

Over the course of two days last month, self-described social media utilization agency The Online Project (TOP) held Cointalks...

digital currency Bitcoin

NGO Nahdet El Mahrousa teams up with Barclays Bank Egypt to fight unemployment

After three years of political turmoil, the economy of Egypt is suffering from a lack of stability that was translated into a remarkable...

competition Egypt

Halal P2P lending site Liwwa partners with e-commerce site Feesheh

Liwwa, the halal crowdinvestment site launched last November in Jordan, is adding a new facet to its business model: a partnership with...

halal arts crowdinvestment

What it will take to maximize business success in the Middle East

How can business choices yield high profits and high social impact in a rapidly changing consumer culture? What are the...

Wharton

A radical solution to the region's payment challenges, from serial ecommerce entrepreneur

At this point, it wouldn’t come as a surprise to learn that Moustafa Mahmoud eats, drinks, and sleeps e-commerce, in addition to having l...

payment solutions uae cash-on-delivery

Babson College launches a program for public and private sector leaders PROMOCODE Included

Babson College is offering the world’s first public program targeted at public and private sector leaders, entitled Driving Economic Growth ...

Babson

TAG-Org expands its support services to startups with new program

Joining a growing group of organizations providing support to entrepreneurs in the region, the Jordan-based international business ...

Talal Abou Ghazaleh Innovation

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