Wamda

U.A.E

Losing the pen and paper with Wrappup

“If you were to record everything, it would be useless,” claimed Rami Salman, founder and CEO of Wrappup. “But, if you...

AngelHack Dubai IBM Wrappup

Regional

How Nabda Care is creating portable mobile healthcare services [Wamda TV]

Nabda Care is a medical-social platform that aims to link patients, care providers, and personal medical records. It also provides patients...

Healthcare nabda care Egypt

Egypt

Raye7 looks to take over Cairo carpooling

Samira Najm, centre, receiving her award for second place at at The Mobile World Congress application competition in Barcelona....

The Mobile World Congress GSMA Raye7

Bahrain

How to reach a million customers in one year

To most entrepreneurs, the road from launch to market-fit is tough. It is filled with bottlenecks and rejections, ranging from "who...

food and beverage Eatapp Opinion

Egypt

Micro-production of micro-solar launches in Egypt

Tiba Solar CEO Ahmed Al-Abd (left) in December at his Cairo factory as the company kicked into first production. With him is Ain Al-Bee'ah...

Tiba Solar manufacturing solar

Lebanon

Krimston 'Kickstarts' its dual-SIM iPhone adapter

Krimston's cofounders Fouad Fattal (left) and Nabil Nasr (right). (Images via Krimston) In April 2012, Lebanese entrepreneur Fouad Fattal...

kickstarter Hardware Crowdfunding

Jordan

Fintech startup Liwwa raises $2.3M

Amman-based fintech startup Liwwa has closed a $2.3 million round led by Silicon Badia’s Badia Impact Fund. DASH Ventures and...

Sameh Toukan beehive VentureFin

U.A.E

Al Jaith designs a 'FitBit' for camels

Camel racing is (slowly) going high tech. (Image via Prodijee) It’s “FitBit for camels”, a device that will optimize...

maker camel racing Al Jaith

U.A.E

MyCars to launch first EV car sharing in UAE

The Danish-designed hybrid Fisker Karma, introduced to the UAE in 2012, is unlikely to be part of MyCars on-demand rental offerings, but...

Al Futtaim Zipcar car sharing

Egypt

Cosplay, cake pops and robots at Maker Faire Cairo

Electronics manufacturers were the main event at the Maker Faire in downtown Cairo’s Greek Campus, as most of this year’s...

Maker Faire Cairo MEMakersGE Integreight

Jordan

Bridging a video gap from Jordan

The Metaphorio team (L to R) Waleed Qadi, Nadia Husseini and Khaled Husseini, want people to work together. (Images via...

Isra7 DropBox digital media content

Regional

Magnitt wants to be MENA startups' connection

Can an online platform successfully connect investors to entrepreneurs? (Images via Magnitt) All experts and stakeholders agree that for a...

Connections MAGNiTT

U.A.E

Prepping to ‘trep

During the early stages of Careem, cofounder Magnus Olsson saved every single dirham he could and devoted his whole self to the growth of...

Rula Galayini creative entrepreneurship Abraaj Week

Maghreb

Morocco's Sheaply finds opportunity in Jordan

Sheaply turns international travelers into messengers. (Images via Sheaply) Moroccan ‘crowd-shipping’ startup Sheaply is heavily foc...

zaagel friendshippr Sheaply

Saudi Arabia

A Saudi social market could replace Instagram for ecommerce

The internet offers huge opportunities for women and entrepreneurs in Saudi Arabia. (Image via Artistia) Instagram has become...

Rishatee social network Artistia

Egypt

Injaz turns to crowdfunding for Startup Egypt

The funding crunch for Egypt’s startups is no secret. As seen at a recent Mix N’ Mentor in Cairo, it can in fact push...

Escape HD Etba3ly 3D EpicVr

Yemen

Building startups from Yemen’s ruins

The 10 winning startups of Yemen's second Afkar Award. (Images via Rowad Foundation) Talking about startups in Yemen, a country racked...

National Company for Biogas Units Alashia Alshamsiah Mhlli

Jordan

How entrepreneurs transformed this Amman neighborhood

Culturally conscious entrepreneurs, like those who founded Rumi Café, shown here, have turned Jabal Al-Weibdeh into one of Amman's ...

rumi cafe jo bedu gentrification

Egypt

Egypt's Ibticar, a public-private success story

A fire can destroy a building or vehicle in minutes. Preventing one can save lives and thousands of dollars. (Image via...

connected device fire extinguisher Ibticar

Maghreb

Repairing a country: Tunisia's diaspora returns

Tunisia's diaspora is returning to a country that's gradually reforming itself, to build lives and businesses. (Image via Aviation...

Smart Tunisia TAYP Saphon Energy

Lebanon

Prototyping and the art in hardware creation: White Lab

Prototyping is a product development process made up of tests and iterations. (Image via smashingmagazine.com) “Between the conception and ...

Air prototyping WhiteLab

U.A.E

Scale-up survival guides

It’s 4am and the phone is ringing. Noor Sweid picks up, and a voice on the other end tells her the news: a fire has erupted at the...

Mangus Olsson Depa Noor Sweid

Saudi Arabia

Triage Project redefines medical aid in KSA

Team leaders of the triage project at the first workshop at King Abdulaziz Public Library in January (Images via Triage) Oil-rich Saudi...

The Triage Project healthtech Saudi Arabia

U.A.E

StudentCart: integrating technology and the school marketplace

The Hammadi brothers at their Flat6Labs demo day earlier this year. (Image via Flat6Labs) When a child begins the year at a private...

schools StudentCart flat6labs abu dhabi

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