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West Bank and Gaza startups pitch together for the very first time in Amman

Until this past Thursday, startups in the West Bank and Gaza had not met under the same roof to pitch to investors. At Oasis500 in...

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4 lessons from Fishfishme's successful investment round

Some of you may already know that we just closed a $200,000 USD financing round from some angel investors Sim Whatley, Saif Alzarouni,...

Angel Investment Investment

Another Turkish Venture Capital fund looks to enter the Middle East

As a result of the country’s bruised economy, Turkish startups are struggling, just one year after The Economist anointed t...

Venture Capital

TIEC incubator now accepting applications

The Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (TIEC) is calling for applications to its next incubation cycle starting in April...

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3 apps win big at the Arab Mobile App Challenge

The winners of the 2014 Arab Mobile Learning Challenge have been announced at an event in Doha. The winning team, Loujie, based in the...

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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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Global

Egyptian job site Wuzzuf joins 500 Startups' acceleration program

Wuzzuf, an Egyptian recruiting site launched in 2012 by BasharSoft, was on the verge of closing down two years ago. However...

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TechGirls summer program to host 27 girls from the Arab region to study in the US

US Embassies across the Arab region are now accepting applications for 2014’s TechGirls exchange program, which for two years now have s...

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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...

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Does Saudization help or hurt startups?

The private sector in Saudi Arabia is now employing more Saudi citizens than ever before. In the past 30 months since the Ministry of...

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PACEIM offers French-style incubation to North African and Lebanese entrepreneurs

Here’s an initiative that should interest the many North Africans and Lebanese who are studying at or have graduated from a French u...

Seedstars World startup competition finale

Seedstars World (SSW), the worldwide startup competition in emerging markets and fast growing startup scenes is less than two weeks away...

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Qordoba announces $1.5 million USD Series A investment

Qordoba, the multinational online localization company headquartered in Dubai, has announced a $1.5 million USD Series A fundraising round...

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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

Startup Weekend Kuwait

Startup Weekend is a global grassroots movement of active and empowered entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of founding startups and ...

kuwait Startup Weekend

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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Regional

Mentorship key to growing Bahraini startup ecosystem, says Ernst & Young executive [Wamda TV]

Mentorship is key to growing the Bahraini startup ecosystem, according to Doris Martin, the Human Resources Assistant Director at...

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Startup news ticker: PricePanda secures 3 million dollars from Tengelmann Group

Welcome to Wamda's weekly startup news ticker, which will offer quick announcements and stories relevant to the region. If you have a quick...

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Hello Tomorrow Competition offers startups access to a world stage

Istanbul increasingly seems like the place to be in 2014 if you’re an entrepreneur. We’ve previously reported on three can’t-miss tech conf...

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The secret sauce for running a successful crowd investment campaign

Will 2014 be the year of crowd investment? Yes, if startups like SearchinMENA have anything to say about it. The B2B marketplace, founded...

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Souqalmal.com secures $1.2M from Hummingbird to expand content, mobile site

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