U.A.E The Growing Leaders Foundation hosting entrepreneurial sessions for youths The Growing Leaders Foundation will start Building Youth Owned Business (BYOB) classes for the first time in the UAE. The classes are... Wamda • 12 May, 2015 Building Youth Owned Business Growing Leaders Foundation Dubai
U.A.E AngelHack hackathon in Dubai The AngelHack hackathon is a platform where participants compete to build, test, and launch their ideas to the world during the two-day... Wamda • 27 April, 2015 HACKcelerator SquareCircle Tech Microsoft Gulf
U.A.E Digital Health Live 2015 in Dubai World Trade Centre The Digital Health Live conference will introduce to the public the recent breakthroughs and the future of healthcare. New ideas and... Wamda • 27 April, 2015 Dubai World Trade Centre Digital Health Live Acumen+Dubai
Kuwait Sirdab Lab hosts talk with Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa, creator of THE 99 Sirdab Lab is hosting entrepreneur Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa as part of its monthly Startup Grind on April 22, 2015, in Kuwait City, Kuwait. ... Wamda • 13 April, 2015 THE 99 Dr.Naif Al-Mutawa sirdab lab
Regional How young Arabs are fueling the MENA media market [Report] Global consulting firm Strategy& has published a report on the potential of MENA’s youth and how they have shifted the local media i... Raed Khalil • 15 April, 2015 Noura al Kaabi Jayant Bhargava young arabs
Regional Eureeca webinar on future financial crisis Eureeca is organizing a webinar on strategies to anticipate a possible future economic and financial crisis similar to the 2008 financial... Wamda • 15 April, 2015 Sam Quawasmi eureeca
U.A.E Coding for kids classes from the Coding Circle in Dubai Tech education company The Coding Circle has opened registrations for a new beginners’ course and for the first module of an intermediate c... Wamda • 22 October, 2015 Coding for Kids Coding Circle
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... Maya Rahal • 28 September, 2015 Tech Accelerator UK Lebanon Tech Hub accelerator
Maghreb Mauritania enters the startup game Mauritania's flag flies high. (Image via Xinhuanet.com) Mauritania's tech and startup scene started late but is growing, due to the hard... Aline Mayard • 08 December, 2015 Startup Mauritania
Watch the Livestream of Flat6Labs' 4th Demo Day Curious about the latest round of startups coming out of Cairo's accelerator Flat6Labs? Tune in to the Livestream from their Demo Day,... Wamda • 14 January, 2013 Accelerators Angel Investment Flat6Labs
Watch the Livestream of Flat6Labs Spring Demo Day 2013 Check back at 6pm! Want to see the latest round of startups coming out of Cairo's accelerator Flat6Labs? Tune in to this Livestream of... Wamda • 12 May, 2013 Egypt
Stars of Science returns for Season 6 to showcase young Arab innovators During a press conference organized at Qatar’s National Convention Center (QNCC) in Doha, which Wamda attended earlier today over Google H... Maya Rahal • 09 September, 2014 regional competition Stars of Science
Get in the Ring contest targets Moroccan startups scaling internationally There’s no shortage of startup events in Morocco, but they generally target idea-stage projects, helping companies create business plans r... Aline Mayard • 31 July, 2014 competition
What do people tweet about during Ramadan? As we mentioned in a feature about The Online Project (TOP) report released last year, an increase in internet usge appears in engagement w... Wamda • 03 July, 2014 the online project TOP Report
TechWadi and MIT Arab Startup Competition forum [PROMOCODE INCLUDED] TechWadi and MIT Arab Startup Competition are organizing a weeklong forum ending on June 14th at the UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center,... Wamda • 02 June, 2014 techwadi MITEF Arab Business Plan Competition MIT
Accounting and taxation workshop at the Ministry of Finance Lebanon In an attempt to support and help young Lebanese tech-entrepreneurs handling their finances, the general director of the Lebanese Ministry... Wamda • 05 June, 2014 taxation accounting Workshops
Startup Weekend Gaza 4 Startup Weekend Gaza 4 is the fourth and largest SW ever to be held in Gaza. Startup Weekends are 54-hour events where developers, d... Wamda • 10 June, 2014
Dubai Silicon Oasis Techforum Dubai Silicon Oasis is organizing its 15th session of Silicon Oasis Techforum on Tuesday May 13th from 7 to 9 pm at the ground floor of the... Wamda • 04 May, 2014 Dubai Silicon Oasis Techforum
AstroLabs partners with Blackbox to send a Middle Eastern startup to Silicon Valley AstroLabs, the startup workshop series, is now joining ranks with the organizations working to connect startups in the Middle East with... Wamda • 26 November, 2013 tim draper blackbox silicon valley
Palestinian entrepreneur looks to use Xbox Kinect for classroom education [Arabic] Inspired by the Xbox Kinect, a motion sensor by Microsoft developed for the Xbox 360 and redesigned for the upcoming Xbox 1,... Mariam Hamed • 14 October, 2013 palestine Gamification
This Algerian woman needs your vote to win a Harvard competition today Algerian college student Meriem Chehih wasn’t taught how to code in high school. “Here in Algeria, we don’t study computers in high ... Nina Curley • 19 September, 2013 Healthcare Health Mobile
Gaza Sky Geeks bootcamp prepares entrepreneurs to pitch to investors [Wamda TV] [Arabic] Last week, MercyCorps Gaza and Oasis500 partnered to organize their first week long bootcamp in Gaza, in collaboration with Gaza ... Mariam Hamed • 09 September, 2013 Accelerators Investment Oasis500
Startup news ticker: Taghreedat partners with new proofreading startup and LinkedIn helps students Tuesday, August 21st. Ideavelopers and Vodafone invest EGP 6 million in Swipe'n'tap [Tweet] On August 4th, Ideavelopers and Vodafone Egypt... Wamda • 27 August, 2013 news
New social game launches in Egypt, inspired by protests in Tahrir Square [Wamda TV] [Arabic] In the midst of Egypt's current tumult, a new social game on Facebook was recently launched to let players experience the events ... Hanan Solayman • 07 August, 2013 Egypt Gaming