Regional

Harnessing big data for business decision making [Opinion]

It isn't enough to collect data. Making sense of it is vital to the survival of organizations large and small. (Image...

Johnny Matta • 17 December, 2015

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Regional

ArabiaWeather uses big data to help the aviation industry [Video]

November 2015 was a big month for the first weather company in the Middle East, ArabiaWeather. The team announced a $5 million funding...

Maya Rahal • 05 January, 2016

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Egypt

How Farminal uses tech to impact the agriculture sector in Egypt [Video]

As CEO of Farminal, Egyptian entrepreneur Walid Sorour presents his company, providers of innovative solutions for dairy farms. With their...

Maya Rahal • 29 December, 2015

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Regional

Megatrends in MENA: the digital future [Infographic]

The 'digital future', described by EY as one of its megatrends, is upon us and rapidly changing how people live, eat...

Rachel Williamson • 29 November, 2015

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U.A.E

Big Data leading innovation, SmartCon 2015

Bora Arslan believes that big data is overused and exaggerated, creating mistrust in people. (Images via Pamela Kesrouani) Big data “will t...

Pamela Kesrouani • 26 November, 2015

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Regional

Big data for a big industry: oil and gas

BP technicians in the control room of the Atlantis platform. (Image via BP) The global oil and gas industry is being seduced by...

Rachel Williamson • 28 October, 2015

The Internet of Things IoT MEMakers

U.A.E

Dubai signs data sharing law

Dubai’s goal of becoming the smart city of the Middle East got a little closer this week when they announced the signing of a Dubai...

Lucy Knight • 25 October, 2015

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Saudi Arabia

MaterialSolved helps scientists visualize complex data [Video]

MaterialSolved is a startup that provides visualization software and graphical representations of big data allowing scientists to...

Maya Rahal • 27 October, 2015

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Regional

MENA's IoT expansion [Infographic]

People today create a data trace with almost everything they do - trawling Facebook, booking an Uber, walking with a FitBit. The Middle...

Rachel Williamson • 25 October, 2015

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Regional

What I know about big data: Ali Rebaie

Ali Rebaie is a data scientist. One of the few data scientists, in fact, in MENA. He’s the founder of Rebaie Analytics Group...

Rachel Williamson • 15 October, 2015

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Regional

Time ‘ripe’ for oil industry disruption

There may be no better time than now for entrepreneurs to ‘disrupt’ the oil and gas industry. As the oil price hovers...

Rachel Williamson • 28 September, 2015

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Regional

Can the internet revolution break down the barriers of data secrecy in the Middle East? [Opinion]

Two trends are set to dramatically disrupt the long prevailing government and corporate data secrecy in the Middle East: data...

Johnny Matta • 09 August, 2015

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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

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Regional

Programmatic marketing, what is it and why entrepreneurs need it

There is no doubt that marketing and advertising is now an essential part of any entrepreneur's business strategy. Even if the funding a...

Pamela Kesrouani • 02 July, 2015

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Regional

How ArabiaWeather battles the forces of nature

Residents of the Middle East don't need me to tell them that this year so far has been a doozy in terms of weather. First, we had...

Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 26 February, 2015

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Global

How French-Lebanese entrepreneur Rand Hindi made it onto MIT's 35 Under 35

When Rand Hindi was included in this year’s MIT 35 Innovators Under 35 list, no one was surprised. This Lebanese, who moved to France w...

Aline Mayard • 14 September, 2014

big data Diaspora

MENA startup launches to make sense of complex geopolitical big data 

Built-in geospatial information on infrastructure to bring maximum context to events on the ground Over the past few years, we’ve s...

Maya Rahal • 25 August, 2014

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Enigma announces $4.5 million USD Series A investment round

It seems like nothing can stop Moroccan entrepreneur Hicham Oudghiri and his big data startup Enigma. After getting tweeted by...

Aline Mayard • 30 January, 2014

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Enigma thinks big data can change the world

"Dad, the president retweeted my database!" "Well, it’s great that your boss appreciates your work." "No Dad, I’m talking about the Pre...

Aline Mayard • 09 December, 2013

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Jordan's MENA ICT Forum: Bigger, Bolder, Now with Mentorship

Organised by int@j, the MENA ICT Forum returned bigger and bolder this year, to bring many of the region’s tech movers and shakers to t...

Ola Doudin • 11 March, 2013

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Regional

smartcon Dubai 2015: Leadership For a Data Driven Economy

Smartcon Dubai 2015 aims to equip its audience with the knowledge and leadership needed in a data driven economy. Held on 23-24 November...

Wamda • 17 September, 2015

smartcon conference Leadership

Big Data - An Emerging Technology [Dubai]

As part of the Excellence series hosted by in5, this session on Big Data as an emerging technology will discuss the various big data ...

Wamda • 23 June, 2014

big data

Introduction to Hadoop in Dubai

On Monday, November 25th, Dubai Internet City, In5, Axeldata, and Cloudera are hosting an Introduction to Hadoop session focused on...

Wamda • 21 November, 2013

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