Wamda

Jordan

Refugee Learning Accelerator [Call for applications]

The Refugee Learning Accelerator supports engineers and computer scientists from the Middle East to create technologies for refugee...

accelerator Refugee MIT

Lebanon

Slush GIA Beirut 2017

This year Bootcamp by AltCity will be hosting the Slush GIA Pitch competition 2017 at Beirut Digital District on September 6 from 5 pm to 8...

lebanon slush GIA

Lebanon

Speed@BDD's 5th acceleration program [Call for applications]

Speed@BDD has officially launched the applications to recruit startups for their upcoming acceleration cycle. The program accepts...

accelerator Entrepreneur startup

Lebanon

One lucky startup walks away with $50,000 from Speed@BDD’s fourth Demo Day

Speed@BDD, a Beirut-based tech startup accelerator, concluded yesterday its fourth acceleration program with a Demo Day. The accelerator is...

Speed@BDD Startups competition accelerator

Regional

Techstars and GINCO launch an accelerator program in Dubai

Techstars in partnership with GINCO has announced the launch of a new accelerator program in Dubai. Applications will open in July of 2017...

accelerator Dubai techstars

U.A.E

Dubai launches a smart city accelerator

His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, chairman of Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA), opened the Dubai Smart City Accelerator,...

dubai smart city accelerator dubai silicon oasis

Regional

Cohort 4 Acceleration Program

The U.S. hardware accelerator, "Make in LA", is recruiting International and MENA hardware startups for the Cohort 4 Program in...

LA acceleration accelerator

Global

Pixelbug looks to take Silicon Valley

Pixelbug, the augmented and virtual reality pioneer founded in Dubai, has gone from dominating the MENA market to turning heads in Silicon...

PixelBug silicon valley accelerator

Tunisia

What 5 Tunisians learned from 4 Finns about their startups

Learn your pitch, include all of the relevant information, and show - don’t tell - how you plan to scale, Finnish coaches told...

startupsauna competition accelerator

Regional

Cloud10 Scalerator Program

Applications are now open for the second round of the Cloud10 Scalerator program, where ‘scale-ups’ (revenue...

Bahrain accelerator Innovation

Regional

30k people were at MENA’s top 3 startup events in 2016 #Wamda2016

The startupper calendar gets busier every year. In 2016 there have been more than 200 events related to entrepreneurship, startups,...

Wamda2016 Roundup Ecosystem

Lebanon

Speed@BDD Acceleration Cycle [Call for Applications]

Do you have a technology startup that you want to grow into a successful business? Speed@BDD, the first ecosystem-backed technology...

lebanon accelerator Innovation

Bahrain

Turn8 Pre-Accelerator Program

The Turn8 Hub Pre-accelerator Program is a free 2-week intensive program from October 9 to 18 for technology startups in...

Bahrain accelerator Funding

Regional

Mighty Labs Pre-Accelerator

Want to make your business idea a reality? The Mighty Labs Pre-Accelerator program in Berlin is accepting MENA applications for its...

Berlin MENA entrepreneurship

Egypt

1864 Accelerator, open for applications

The 1864 Accelerator constitutes the first local financial technology focused (FinTech) startup accelerator program of its kind in...

accelerator Egypt startups

Maghreb

Big changes for Tunisia as Flat6labs, Le15 launch

Last week Flat6labs announced their launch in Tunisia, alongside the brand new startup hub Le15, marking a huge leap forward for the...

Flat6Labs Tunis Le15 seed investment

Egypt

Flat6Labs and Barclays launch a fintech accelerator in Egypt

Ahmad Alfi speaking during the launch of Accelerator 1864. (Image via Flat6Labs) Yesterday Cairo-based Flat6labs announced the...

Flat6LabsCairo fin-tech accelerator

Lebanon

Applications open for Speed@BDD's Batch II acceleration program

Do you have a technology startup idea and want to grow it into a successful business? Apply now to Speed@BDD’s Batch II acceleration pr...

mentorships applications Speed@BDD

U.A.E

Introducing Flat6Labs' 6 latest UAE startups

Much like Hollywood is a celebrity hunting ground, Flat6Labs’ recent Demo Day suggests that Abu Dhabi might be the place to reel in...

StudentCart Metaphorio Jumpsuite

Maghreb

Apply now to Techfinance Academy in Morocco

A new accelerator is opening shop in Casablanca, Morocco. Techfinance Academy is a six-month acceleration program open to Morocco-based ...

accelerator Casablanca morocco

Regional

Fast Facts II: 12+ new hubs for MENA startups (2015)

Throughout 2015, support for entrepreneurs in the Arab world continued to grow. As Wamda’s review of the year’s...

Wamda Research Lab accelerator CER

Global

Then and now: how accelerators have evolved

This article is a crosspot with Nuwait. As Kuwait is welcoming soon one of the top five accelerators in the world, TechStars, we...

crosspost oped data growth

U.A.E

TURN8: Investor Demo Day

The graduation of Dubai-based TURN8 accelerator's fifth batch of entrepreneurs will take place on their Investor Demo Day on 16 ...

turn8 Demo Day accelerator

Egypt

Incubators prompt entrepreneurship in Upper Egypt

Hemma encouraged students at Assiut University to apply with innovative ideas. (Images via Hemma) Cairo often takes all the attention of...

Holol Techno-Falah Upper Egypt

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