Egypt

Blockchain platform Pravica raises investment from Crypto Valley VC

Cairo-based blockchain startup Pravica has raised an undisclosed direct investment from the Swiss venture capital firm and...

News • 26 September, 2021

Pravica Blockchain Security

Saudi Arabia

KAUST’s Red Sea Farms closes $1.9m investment

Source: Arab Net Red Sea Farms, an agriculture technology spinout company from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology...

News • 16 May, 2019

WATER irrigation food

Jordan

What I know about iris recognition: Imad Malhas

It all started with the Hajj. Imad Malhas took it as a personal challenge to solve a problem unique to Saudi Arabia: during the annual...

Tala El Issa • 20 February, 2017

IrisGuard biometrics iris recognition

Regional

Online payment products are imperfect, but consumers can protect themselves

This could be one way to prevent credit card fraud, not exactly practical though. (Image via kupunawiki.com) The marriage of credit...

Maarid Fazili • 21 March, 2016

ecommernce Online payments Payfort

Pakistan

Pakistan's return as the 'California of Asia' [Opinion]

It's no secret that Pakistan’s startup scene is heating up, but the rise of a new middle class and the fruits of a heavy security...

Yusuf Hussain • 18 February, 2016

Advanced Micro Devices AST Research FireEye

Palestine

Palestinian startup RedCrow Intelligence analyzes security threats for business

Palestinians Hussein Nasser-Eddin and Laila Akel started their big data-crunching risk analysis company in September last year, having...

Melanie Butcher • 28 July, 2015

RedCrow Intelligence big data Security

Lebanon

What the new Lebanese Army mobile app is really designed to do

After visiting their offices, I was surprised that Lebanese app company apps2you never made it big in the media. Powered by...

Reine Farhat • 09 September, 2013

Security Mobile

Supporters crowdfund a reward for the Palestinian developer who hacked Facebook

A Palestinian white hat hacker became a hero in his village yesterday for hacking Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook page to reveal a critical b...

Nina Curley • 20 August, 2013

IT Security Developers Security

Jordan's Snax Revolutionizes the Convenience Store

As protesters in Jordan take to the streets to demonstrate against rising gas prices, one convenience store in Jordan is catering to...

Nina Curley • 20 November, 2012

Food & Beverage Music Security

Inventing The Best Encrypted Chat Client: 21 Year-Old Nadim Kobeissi Shares Story of Cryptocat [Wamda TV]

Lebanese entrepreneur, Nadim Kobeissi, developer and founder of Cryptocat speaks to Wamda at SHARE Beirut, introducing his instant...

Maya Rahal • 18 October, 2012

Conferences Developers Invention

TNWebDays

For its first edition, TNWebDays will hold a series of workshops, talks and hackathons on entrepreneurship and security throughout the f...

Wamda • 26 February, 2013

Security Startup Weekend