Wamda

Saudi Arabia

Cura connects Saudis with specialists

When Cura cofounder Abdullah Alswaha wanted to see a specialist about an ear infection, he found out first hand how difficult it was to...

Cura digital health MEMakersGE

Egypt

15 Egyptian fashion startups for your sartorial radar

Ecommerce is a driving force for economic growth in the Middle East. And with this growth of ecommerce has come a slew of ...

Maison Saedi ZAAM UpFuse

Maghreb

Tunisian teens start thinking like entrepreneurs

Students putting themselves in an entrepreneur’s shoes. (Images via Spark) The time is long gone when starting a business as a teenager m...

BIAT foundation Spark teenagers

Regional

A marriage of opportunity: why I believe in collaborative entrepreneurship [Opinion]

I begin with a confession: I didn’t believe in collaborative entrepreneurship. Don’t get me wrong,...

Startup Rising CE Collaborative Entrepreneurship

Saudi Arabia

Curing KSA's concrete water problem

Concure founders Mohammed Khalil, Dr. Feras Kafiah & Husam Walwil. (Image via Concure) Curing concrete is a tedious process that...

curing blanket wet curing blanket concrete

U.A.E

Doctoruna: making healthcare accessible in MENA

Since they launched in 2013, healthcare appointment website and mobile app Doctoruna has been on a mission to minimize the all too...

DoctorUna MEMakersGE Bayt

Egypt

Instabug and the ecosystem

Instabug has Egypt's tight-knit ecosystem to thank for much of its success. (Image via Instabug) This is an edited crosspost from Rise...

AgileBm Go Ejaza Accel Venture Partners

Egypt

Instabug raises $1.7M from US investors

Instabug's cofounder Omar Gabr (Image via Instabug) Instabug has raised a $1.7 million seed round after completing Y...

Accel Venture Partners seed round instabug

Regional

Uber’s getting cuddly with KSA - but it’s not what you think [Opinion]

My initial reaction to Uber’s $3.5 billion round was: great! It is easy to frown upon the deal and question why the...

Public Investment Fund Opinion Arzan VC

Egypt

Integreight launches IOT home automation kit

Integreight at the Bay Area Maker Faire in San Mateo, California: CTO Islam Mustafa, embedded software engineer Eslam...

home automation Togglit MEMakersGE

Saudi Arabia

What I know about doing good: Shahd Al Shehail

Saudi native Shahd Al Shehail cofounded Project Just during her time in India as an Acumen Global Fellow. Project Just, an online...

Project Just sustainable fashion WIK

Lebanon

FOO's timing curse: when being ahead of the game is a problem

Foo founders Elie Nasr and Ghady Rayess. (Image via Brooke Anderson) Being early to the market can be both a blessing and...

app development Foo lebanon

Egypt

US-based Affectiva raises $14M Series D

Affectiva's software can differentiate between a smirk, a happy smile, and a polite smile. (Images via Affectiva) Emotion...

emotion recognition Rana el Kaliouby Affectiva

Lebanon

Lebanese scientist finds a potential treatment for jetlag

A techie bedtime. (Image via Lumos Tech) This article is a crosspost with MIT Technology Review Arab Edition. Jet lag is a temporary...

Sleep Lumos Tech MIT Technology Review Arab Edition

Yemen

How one company grabbed 70% market share in Yemen

Amazon, Tesla Motors and Tupperware are amongst some big company names that didn’t turn a profit for years, and are proof that if...

Oxfam Care International Unicef

Egypt

Cairo delivery sector heats up as Goodsmart seeks expansion

Opening the fridge after a long day at work and realizing someone has taken the last cold drink, or coming home to find you’ve...

Awfar Markets Knock Mart Egypt

Jordan

How Jeeran monetized its digital content by going offline

The Jeeran team at their Egypt launch in 2015. (Image via Wamda) As internet penetration in MENA skyrockets, demand for local digital...

The Gamefiers Yelp Uturn

Egypt

Dead but not gone: El Wafeyat brings funerals online

Death notices are yet another area where online businesses are chewing into newspaper profit models. (Images via El Wafeyat) El Wafeyat...

onine obituaries elwafeyat Egypt

Egypt

Will this social network maintain your privacy?

More social networks outside of Facebook? (Images via Begether) According to the US-based tech news site The Information Facebook users...

Begether Chaino privacy

Saudi Arabia

KSA car seller Haraj turns down $20M

If you happen to visit Haraj, an ecommerce website in Saudi Arabia, you may not know why it is valued at 600 million Saudi riyals (US$160...

car Carmudi

Egypt

FilKhedma puts tradesmen at your fingertips

Omar Ramadan in his still-spartan new digs in New Cairo. (Images via Filkhedma) Home maintenance service Filkhedma has just moved into a...

home maintenance Taskty Omar Ramadan

Yemen

Making ecommerce work in Yemen

Startups can arise in the oddest of places. (Images via Rachel Williamson) When Wamda was contacted in January by Adeeb Qasem, of...

Tamween Internet Society Yemen

Egypt

Building a biogas empire in Upper Egypt

Mona El Khodairy receiving the Ecotaqa award at The Impact bootcamp in Dubai. (Images via Ecotaqa) In 2014 Mona El Khodairy, an...

Sustaincubator Eco Taqa Mona ElKhodairy

Egypt

A visual map of the Cairo startup ecosystem

The map links all of the players in the Cairo ecosystem. (Images via Istebdaa Consulting) This is an edited crosspost from LinkedIn. The...

ecosystem mapping Yomken Egypt

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