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Egypt

Replacing wood with straw, an Egyptian environmental solution

Egypt is brewing a number of entrepreneurial projects seeking to provide sustainable solutions for the manufacture of wooden furniture and...

Egypt Dawayer MEMakersGE

Regional

Real innovation can only happen from within

I was recently invited to talk about innovation in healthcare in emerging markets at the Royal Society of Medicine’s Digital...

MEMakersGE Innovation

Global

Vinli, now part of the US vehicle supply chain

Just 10 months after Vinli started shipping their connected car platform, the connected car startup has announced a partnership with a...

Vinli IoT MEMakersGE

Morocco

The Moroccan doctor who wants to rethink medicine

Next year should be the first time a 100 percent Moroccan made medicine will be commercialized. Adnane Remmal, a biology researcher,...

biotech drugs Medical

Global

US digital health startup gets Hikma Ventures funding

Hikma Ventures announced today their participation in a $47.6 million Series B round for Chrono Therapeutics. Chrono is a US-based...

Investment Hikma Ventures MEMakersGE

U.A.E

Itworx Education glocalizes e-learning in EMEA and beyond

In 2003 Itworx Education was officially established as a division of its much older parent company, Cairo-based IT service...

itworx education uae EdTech

U.A.E

MENA gets aviation incubator Intelak

The UAE launched its first aviation-oriented incubator today for entrepreneurs wanting to disrupt the travel sector. Emirates Group, in...

Intelak MEMakersGE Incubator

U.A.E

NYUAD Idea Lab rebrands to Start AD

Initially created to help students, New York University Abu Dhabi’s Idea Lab will be known as Start AD starting this month....

NYU Abu Dhabi MEMakersGE Start AD

Egypt

3 failures and a job: how Bio Energy Egypt hit success

Bio Energy Egypt founder Mahmoud Galal failed three times and took a corporate job before he succeeded at being an entrepreneur. But all...

Dayra Egypt Bio Energy Egypt

Regional

Five 3D prints making MENA proud

Gone are the days where printing was reserved for airline tickets, directions, or a favorite picture of your loved ones. Today,...

3d printing Hardware Dubai

Egypt

Egypt startup eyes global industrial IoT

Spimesense Labs was born from corporate sluggishness: two friends were working at Ericsson when it was trying to work out just how big this...

SpimeSenseLabs Egypt big data

$A fractal view of event technology$

U.A.E

A fractal view of event technology

Fractal Systems is a Dubai based company loading up exhibitions, airports, and event venues with samplings of holograms, drones, sliding...

MEMakersGE fractel robotics

Lebanon

Quanergy raises $90M in Series B funding

Equiped with Lidar technology. (Image via Quanergy). Quanergy Systems has raised $90 million in a series B round, led by Sensata...

MEMakersGE quanergy systems 3d printing

U.A.E

Careem to use driverless ‘pods’

Careem has announced that they’ve partnered with a company that builds driverless, battery-powered ‘pods’. Furthering...

careem public transport MEMakersGE

Saudi Arabia

Saudi startup's device to aid search for oil

In an oil-based economy like Saudi Arabia, finding oil and gas is almost as important as finding water. The country’s efforts to...

Core Echo Saudi Arabia Oil

Regional

Who said travel tycoons don't need startups?

Although establishing an airline is most probably not what you are aiming for as a travel entrepreneur, the aviation industry has plenty of...

aviation Travel MEMakersGE

U.A.E

Dubai’s medical tourism prospects

More often than not, planning a visit to a foreign country is an ambitious undertaking. Adding a stopover for a medical treatment during...

MEMakersGE Medical Tourism Medigo

Syria

Syrian hardware startup Daraty dodging country's challenges

Two engineering students in Syria’s capital are overcoming the enormous challenges in their war-torn country to launch Daraty, an...

Hardware syria MEMakersGE

Syria

High risk, high reward: Mag Optics wants to change the way we see

Biotech is a high risk, high cost, high reward world. It's one that Mag Optics, a London-based startup founded by a Syrian...

MAG Optics lasik MEMakersGE

Regional

Meet the makers: GE Garages and the future of industrial entrepreneurship

As the MENA region grapples with non-hydrocarbon diversification in the aftermath of the oil price shock, a slew of strategic announcements...

MEMakersGE GEMS robotics

Regional

Big data in health: good for anything yet?

Using big data in healthcare, anywhere, might it be true to say no one seems to quite know what they’re doing yet? But Dr....

Ver2 Digital Medicine MEMakersGE healthcare analytics

Egypt

Rubber a hot commodity for Egypt startup Retyres

Driving Cairo’s ring road or through one of its many poorer outskirts, one often encounters the distinct smell of burned rubber:...

tyres rubber Retyres

Egypt

Egyptian selfie drone wins $26K Swiss investment

Egyptian drone startup Drofie has attracted the attention of the Swiss, securing a 25,000 Swiss francs (US$26,000) investment and a spell...

Fame monster Latvia Kickstart Accelerator

U.A.E

Balancing act: the UAE treads the line between regulation and innovation

In a 2013 article, internet industry analyst Larry Downes made a strong statement: innovation and regulation simply don’t...

Block Chain Council regulation MEMakersGE

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