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Maghreb

NUMA to bring French expertise to Morocco's startups

Jordan has Oasis500, Egypt has Flat6Labs, now Morocco has NUMA. The famous French innovation hub announced today that they are going to...

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Saudi Arabia

KAUST's New Ventures Accelerator open for fall applications

New Ventures Accelerator, the accelerator program run by the KAUST Entrepreneurship Center, is accepting applications for its new batch ...

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Lebanon

Beirut gets new tech accelerator, Speed@BDD

CEO Sami Abou Saab during a meeting at the Speed@BDD offices. (Images via Maya Rahal) Yesterday, a collection of Beirut’s entrepreneurial e...

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Palestine

FastForward Accelerator opens its door to its fifth batch of Palestinian entrepreneurs

FastForward Accelerator is now accepting applications for the fifth round of its acceleration program. The application deadline is August...

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Saudi Arabia

Saudi telco STC launches accelerator and incubator

Between August and September, Saudi Telecom Company (STC) will launch InspireU, an accelerator and incubator aimed at developing young...

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Lebanon

Flat6Labs to launch Beirut accelerator

Regional accelerator Flat6Labs will open a chapter in Beirut, cofounder Hany El-Sonbaty announced today at the Arabnet conference. The...

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Maghreb

iBDA Social Business Accelerator in Tunis

The African Development Bank (AFDB), in collaboration with Yunus Social Business (YSB) launched the iBDA (‘ibda’ literally means “start” in...

Tunis accelerator

Palestine

Gaza's accelerator turns to crowdfunding to keep its doors open

Update: Mercy Corps has extended its crowd funding campaign for Gaza Sky Geeks by an extra 30 days and it will now run until January 8 ...

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Global

Could this unusual investment fund/event organizer be the future of seed funding?

The launch of TheFamily a year ago shook up the French startup scene in a big way. The organization, falling somewhere between...

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Iran

Iran startup scene gears up with new startup accelerator Avatech

A year ago, Mohsen Malayeri told us in a Wamda community post that the election of Iranian President Rouhani meant things were...

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Maghreb

Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus kicks off global accelerator program in Tunisia

As Tunisia begins to overturn years of economic inefficiencies, stagnant creativity, and systemic corruption, entrepreneurship has begun...

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Meet the first class of Saudi startups graduating from Flat6Labs Jeddah

Nine months after its launch, Flat6Labs Jeddah startup accelerator has graduated its first class of startups, which serve markets...

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Here's why the Arab world needs a startup exchange program

Ten accelerators from around the world have announced the launch of a travel abroad program called Startup Exchanges. During one month, 50...

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Palestine's only startup accelerator Fast Forward announces its second class

Palestine’s first startup accelerator, Fast Forward, announced its second class on January 20th. The new group of startups focuses on t...

Fast Forward accelerator palestine

Arabreneur announces $440,000 USD investment in four Palestinian startups

Earlier today, Arabreneur announced an investment of $440,000 USD in four “leading, innovative” Palestinian startups, which will enter its ...

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Meet SafirLab, a French accelerator for entrepreneurs from the Arab world

In Paris, it's not often that you’re sitting in a room with entrepreneurs from across the entire Arab world, listening to them pitch s...

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4 reasons to join a hackathon

A week ago, I ventured off on a special roadtrip: StartupBus Europe, a trans-European 3 day-long hackathon on wheels. In the...

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New accelerator Juice Labs will offer in-depth, software-focused mentorship to Cairo's startups

Hanan Solayman contributed reporting to this article. Nearly everything Tarek Nasr has been involved in since January 25, 2011 has...

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Is building hardware in China the secret to crowdfunding a huge seed round?

Devices are having a moment, and so is HAXLR8R. The hardware-focused startup accelerator, based between San Francisco and Shenzhen, China,...

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Lebanon

Apply to UK Lebanon Tech Hub's second cycle

The UK Lebanon Tech Hub Accelerator is currently accepting applications for its second 2016 cycle. TechHub has been...

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Iran

Application for Avatech's Cycle #4 in Iran now open

Avatech accelerator, based in Iran, are now accepting applications for their 4th cycle of applicants. Avatech provides a six-month ac...

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Saudi Arabia

Apply for Flat6Labs Jeddah's Spring 2016 round

Flat6Labs Jeddah fosters and invests in bright and passionate Saudi entrepreneurs with cutting-edge ideas. Launched in 2013, Flat6Labs...

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Lebanon

UK Lebanon Tech Hub accepting applicants for accelerator programme

UK Lebanon Tech Hub is accepting applications for its accelerator program. UKLebanon offers a 10 months programme, where it will provide...

UK Lebanon Tech Hub accelerator

Lebanon

Accelerator insights from the UK Lebanon Tech Hub

The UK Lebanon Tech Hub, which started earlier this year, announced the start of its International Accelerator activities in...

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