Turkey

Turkey’s Sukolay taps water delivery for disruption

Turkey is a country of plastic bottles - in cafes, on the street, and in the home. Although many parts of Turkey do generally have...

Alexandra Locke • 19 February, 2017

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U.A.E

How to build trust with customers [Wamda TV]

People are leading busier lives and there is little time left for DIY (do-it-yourself) household chores. With no time for the home...

Lucy Knight • 14 February, 2017

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U.A.E

Dubai is growing the sounds of local talent

At 13 years old, Zain Khan, founder and CEO of The Sound Gaarden, started playing bass guitar for a few high school bands in...

Archana Menon • 12 February, 2017

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Iran

Turkish payments startup Iyzico closes $13M Series C

On July 15, Barbaros Ozbugutu and Tahsin Isin were celebrating in Istanbul. After years of bureaucracy, their online payment company...

Alexandra Locke • 20 January, 2017

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U.A.E

Hidden gold mines for MENA’s air tech entrepreneurs

If Paul Papadimitriou’s realistic air tech projections can be summed up in one piece of cautionary advice for startups, it is that in...

Vanessa Khalil • 22 January, 2017

Travel aviation GE

U.A.E

Using big data and AI to fill the digital Arabic content void

When it comes to digital content there’s not much out there in Arabic. In fact, according to data released in the 2016 Media in...

Elias Jabbe • 23 January, 2017

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Lebanon

Crowdfunding products: pressure does not make perfect

One of the most painful examples of delayed promises of crowdfunding is Palestine-based Bold Knot, a great-looking bank-charger-cable on a...

Dana Ballout • 10 January, 2017

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Iraq

To dream the impossible dream: an Erbil incubator

When Mashal Sadiq arrived in Erbil after completing her undergraduate studies in the UK she was just looking for a little break from the...

Lucy Knight • 14 December, 2016

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U.A.E

Melltoo’s secondhand story

Growing up in France as one of 13 children meant Morrad Irsane’s clothes, shoes, and books, were hand-me-downs. Irsane has since...

Archana Menon • 04 December, 2016

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Kuwait

Is there a way to create high quality startups in Kuwait?

This is an edited crosspost with Nuwait. We see plenty of buzz around the topic of startups in Kuwait. The 2 billion Kuwaiti dinar...

Surya Rao • 10 October, 2016

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Lebanon

Growing organically in Lebanon can be tough

Reema Mansour Maamari challenges you to make your own granola. “Why shouldn’t you make your own granola? It’s so easy. If...

Lucy Knight • 28 September, 2016

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U.A.E

Nice and slow: Ekar launches with the watchful blessing of UAE authorities

Earlier this year, UAE news outlets were abuzz with the launch of Udrive, a car rental app running on a pay-per-minute scheme. Clickbait...

Vanessa Khalil • 21 September, 2016

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Kuwait

The 4 stages of your startup journey: Introduction

This is an edited crosspost from Nuwait. Every startup journey is unique in the time it is created, the circumstances in which it...

Haider Al-Mosawi • 06 September, 2016

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Regional

How to prepare for post-oil MENA [Wamda TV]

This video was first posted on the Coentrepreneurship platform. “We need to figure out what are the things here [in the MENA...

Berthe El Aya • 19 June, 2016

Keynote Joichi Ito CE Summit

Regional

Silkroad Images raises seed round

Silkroad Images, a stock photography and audio-video content library from Jordan, has secured a seed round of investment from Abu...

Lucy Knight • 03 February, 2016

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Lebanon

Lebanese entrepreneurs work to grow new talent in Tripoli

Recently, while walking up and down the stairways of heaven in one of the holiest places in Lebanon - The Qadisha Valley - I had the chance...

Reine Farhat • 21 December, 2014

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Oasis500 Bootcamp Beirut

Deadline to apply is August 18th.  On August 25-29, 2013, Oasis500 will be hosting the Oasis500 Bootcamp in Beirut. The training bootcamp, ...

Wamda • 15 July, 2013

Training Oasis500

Startup Weekend Sulaimani

Startup Weekend comes to Sulaimani, Iraq on August 29, 2013. SW Suly will follow the basic Startup Weekend model, anyone can pitch their i...

Wamda • 08 July, 2013

Startup Weekend

Oasis500 Angel Event at Arabnet Dubai

As part of the Arabnet Digital Summit in Dubai, Oasis500 will be featuring pitches from 5 startups who have already received seed...

Wamda • 18 June, 2013

Pitching Arabnet Angel Investment

Intel Business Challenge Middle East and North Africa 2013 Finals in Abu Dhabi

The Intel Business Challenge Middle East and North Africa 2013 is the gateway to the Intel Global Challenge, bringing together the best e...

Wamda • 11 June, 2013

Competitions

Dubai entrepreneur serves up affordable golfing equipment in the Gulf

“I’m an avid golfer, a scratch golfer,” says Dubai-based entrepreneur Dean Cheesley. "But I also have an entrepreneurial streak." To bring ...

Glen Dalakian II • 27 May, 2013

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The Mini Entrepreneur becomes a WamdaCard member

Curious about how WamdaCard can help your startup? In this episode, the Mini Entrepreneur learns about WamdaCard's offers, applies for the...

Wamda • 21 May, 2013

WamdaCard

A chat with HungerStation, an online delivery platform for Saudi Arabia [Wamda TV]

Fast food market sales in Saudi Arabia are expected to grow to $4.5 billion by 2015. Although Saudi youth are increasingly inclined to make...

Ahmed Al Majid • 23 May, 2013

Delivery Mobile

Accelerator Flat6Labs Jeddah Launches in Saudi Arabia

Bringing the accelerator trend to Saudi Arabia, Flat6Labs Jeddah was just launched by Qotuf AlRiyadah, a company that supports small and...

Glen Dalakian II • 06 May, 2013

Flat6Labs Accelerators