Lebanon Kwik emergency response sensor wins refugee hackathon Fire and freezing cold are potentially fatal for refugees, but they are dangers which could be over due to 'emergency sensor'... Maysaa Ajjan • 07 June, 2016 Open Source Action Network UNOCHA UNHCR
Jordan Meet the 16-year olds who brought the NASA Space Apps hackathon to Jordan The pilots of NASA Space Apps Amman: Rasha Khateeb (left) and Maram Abu Hussein (right). (Images via Sam Wendel) The countdown to Jordan’s ... Samuel Wendel • 11 May, 2016 NASA Space Apps Challenge Zain Group MEMakersGE
Palestine AngelHack Gaza 2016 AngelHack’s 9th Global Hackathon Series is coming to Gaza on May 6-7, 2016. The event will take place at the new Gaza Sky Geeks acc... Wamda • 09 March, 2016 anyone can code Code4Impact AngelHack
Europe Tech solutions for refugees with Techfugees As the migrant crisis has spread across Europe consciences have been awoken. What if technology could improve the life of migrants and... Aline Mayard • 17 March, 2016 Urban Refugees S'team Management Refugeeks
Egypt Egypt's Big Data Hackathon teaches next gen of data crunchers Big Data Hackathon participants learn get a crash course in data analysis. (Images via Eman Mostafa) Go big or go home could have been a... Eman Mostafa • 23 February, 2016 analysis teledata big data hackathon
Egypt Egypt Big Data Hackathon III The Information Technology Institute (ITI) will hold its third edition of the Egypt Annual Big Data Hackathon on February 18-20th, at the... Wamda • 05 February, 2016 hackathon big data Egypt
Egypt Hack4Egypt tackles the big issues Mentor Tarek Amin, digital group head for Adline Media Network, offers some advice. (Images via Hacka Mena) Hack4Egypt is a chance to... Sara Aggour • 15 December, 2015 Nile University HEAT HACK4EGYPT
U.A.E Cisco Dubai successfully hosts IoT World Forum Hackathon In first place SmartX team with the judges. (Images via BeMyApp) Right on the heels of the Internet of Things World Forum (IoTWF) in... Archana Menon • 09 December, 2015 IoTWorldForum IoT MEMakers
U.A.E The Internet of Things World Forum (IoTWF) Cisco Hackathon in Dubai The Internet of Things World Forum (IoTWF), held for the second consecutive year at the Dubai World Trade Center, will feature its... Wamda • 20 November, 2015 cisco hackathon Hackers
Regional Beirut's first hackathon for women breaks stereotypes MENA's future developers pause for a photo at the She Develops hackathon. (Images via Karim Shehab) A lot has been said about the... Ayman Farhat • 26 November, 2015 android developers She Develops app developers
U.A.E TURN8 hackathon on Arabic digital content ideas TURN8 seed accelerator is organizing a hackathon to find innovative digital media and business models that enhance Arabic content online.... Wamda • 29 June, 2015 Digital Arabic Content turn8 united arab emirates
U.A.E AngelHack hackathon in Abu Dhabi The AngelHack hackathon is a platform where participants compete to build, test, and launch their ideas to the world during the two-day e... Wamda • 22 June, 2015 AngelHack abu dhabi hackathon
U.A.E TURN8 hackathon in Dubai this May TURN8 is organizing a hackathon on May 1-2, 2015, in Dubai, UAE. The event will begin at 12:00 PM GST and will end the following day at... Wamda • 16 April, 2015 turn8 hackathon
Lebanon 5 things I learned from making a video game in 30 hours Sten Selander of Media Evolution (Sweden) briefs Arabic Game Jam participants As a kid, I had two main hobbies: drawing and playing video... Omar Al Fil • 02 April, 2015 video games arabic game jam MENA Games
Global The 2015 Annual NYUAD International Hackathon for Social Good in the Arab World The 2015 New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) Annual International Hackathon for Social Good in the Arab World will be held in the UAE on... Wamda • 04 February, 2015 abu dhabi hackathon
Regional Maker Hackathon 2015 Zoomaal, the leading crowdfunding platform of the Arab World, launched Maker Hackathon, the first hardware movement born in the Arab... Wamda • 30 January, 2015 amman cairo hackathon
Maghreb Back on the Ampion Venture Bus: 5 days across Tunisia As part of its motorized adventures through Africa the Ampion Venture Bus made its way to North Africa. After having travelled through... Abdellah Mallek • 21 January, 2015 Startup System Tunisia Tunis Ampion
Maghreb AMPION launches 4 road trip hackathons throughout Africa, to educate and invest in entrepreneurs Last year, a diverse crowd of 30 Africans and Europeans embarked on an unusual adventure: they hopped a bus leaving from... Aline Mayard • 22 October, 2014 Ampion hackathon Startupbus
First West Bank hackathon 'a new step' for Palestinian tech ecosystem With a growing tech sector and startups starved for talent, there is a need for everyone in the Palestinian technology sector to... Magnus Petersen-Paaske • 06 July, 2014 codechiefs hackathon Coding
Weather-based clothing suggestion app wins Altcity’s 12 hour hackathon Last Sunday, May 3rd, the Beiruti co-working space Altcity.me organized a DevAppLB Ultralight 12-Hour Hackathon, at the Beirut... Maya Rahal • 11 May, 2014 Beirut Digital District Altcity mobile games
Lebanon AltCity organises a 12-Hour hackathon to build ultralight application Altcity.me is organizing DevAppLB Ultralight 12-Hour Hackathon, on Saturday May 3rd from 9am to 9pm at the Beirut Digital District... Wamda • 24 April, 2014 Beirut Digital District Altcity competition
2014 NYU Abu Dhabi Annual International Hackathon for Social Good in the Arab World The 2014 New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) Annual International Hackathon for Social Good in the Arab World will be held in the... Wamda • 26 November, 2013 nyu hackathon abu dhabi
BeMyApp Maghreb Cup Algeria BeMyApp Weekends are global mobile-only hackathons. Ever since its creation, 150 hackathons around the world have been organized with... Wamda • 14 November, 2013 hackathon
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... Aline Mayard • 07 November, 2013 hackathon Startupbus accelerator