Wamda

U.A.E

To compare, or not to compare?

When Welshman Jon Richards started his price comparison site in the UAE in 2011, he quickly found a gap in the market. Finding that just...

Mulverhill Associates Bayzat.com Moneycamel.com

Jordan

Jordan’s Mawdoo3 gets $1.5M in Series A funding

The Mawdoo3 team in Amman, soon to grow. (Image via Mawdoo3) Mawdoo3, the Jordanian startup modelling itself on Wikipedia for Arabic...

EquiTrust Mawdoo3 lifestyle

Jordan

Amman dance studio is building a space for collaboration and social change

"Everyone is a dancer by nature," claims Anas Nahleh, 23. Anas and his brother, Abdul Hadi Nahleh, 25, shared a passion for dancing for...

Jabal Al-Weibdeh Studio 8 amman

Regional

An ecommerce startup reducing returns in the region

If there’s one industry worth taking a chance on in the region, it’s ecommerce. Arguably still in its infancy in MENA, the...

Return on delivery Virtusize Miella

Maghreb

Putting Tunisian honey on the map

Busy bees are honey bees. In July 2014 Khaled Bouchoucha quit his job as a fleet engineer manager at aeronautic company Sabena Technics to...

UniVenture Qatar Friendship Fund Honey

Lebanon

How Lebanon’s food scandal spurred startup solutions

The Lebanese are all over the world, and more often than not their cuisine acts as the ultimate ambassador for the tiny Middle Eastern...

Beirutista ChefXchange Bibayti

Palestine

72-hour gamer comp tests Ramallah talent

Palestine has joined Game Zanga’s 72-hour design competition as game developers converged on Ramallah over the weekend to try and beat the c...

game competition game jam game zanga

Egypt

Printing money: Spear Ink’s e-waste ambitions

E-waste is a mushrooming scourge of the technology revolution with up to 50 million tons of electronic rubbish generated annually -...

printer cartridge spear ink MEMakers

Regional

Beauty is in the eye of the app-holder

No smartphones here. Advances have been made in the beauty industry also. (Image via Getty Images) According to the latest statistics by...

Spoilee Vaniday BEEM

Lebanon

How a physical space like BDD is supporting entrepreneurship in Beirut [Wamda TV]

Lebanon is infamous for the horrible state of its internet. Yet, the tiny country is home to more than 1,500 ICT startups. How did...

Mouhamad Rabah bdd Beirut Digital District

Egypt

Building Egypt’s biogas market

Startups offering biogas or waste treatment solutions are slowly gearing up in the Middle East, but only Taqa Solutions had a reality...

Taqa Solutions Biogas MEMakers

Palestine

Palestinian startup RedCrow Intelligence analyzes security threats for business

Palestinians Hussein Nasser-Eddin and Laila Akel started their big data-crunching risk analysis company in September last year, having...

RedCrow Intelligence big data Security

Lebanon

Beirut gets new tech accelerator, Speed@BDD

CEO Sami Abou Saab during a meeting at the Speed@BDD offices. (Images via Maya Rahal) Yesterday, a collection of Beirut’s entrepreneurial e...

Tech Accelerator Speed@BDD Beirut Digital District

Global

Connecting the world, one car at a time

Google’s driverless cars have been pootling staff around for nearly five years, but the man on the street is still waiting. What...

Dialexa Labs Vinli Connected Cars

Lebanon

Lebanese expat bakes up a healthy business in Tripoli

At the worn-out Bou Khalil mall on the edge of Lebanon’s northern capital of Tripoli, Soumaya Merhi makes wheat-free baked goods for...

healthy gluten free bread basket

Jordan

Arabic e-book startup Yaqut wins SeedStars Amman competition, advances to world finals

Yaqut's Ammar Mardawi (center) accepts the award for winner of Seedstars Amman. (Images via Samuel Wendel) Twelve Jordanian startups...

Ammar Mardawi Yaqut SeedStars International

Maghreb

How this French-Arab initiave is backing projects tackling MENA growth challenges

Entrepreneurs, doers and thinkers discuss progress and innovation at the Bardo Museum recently. (Images via Thinkers & Doers) As the...

T&D Mentorship Accelerators

Egypt

Alex Agenda aims to develop Egypt’s media [Q&A]

Egypt’s media has dramatically shifted since the January 25 revolution four years ago. Citizen journalists spread through the streets and l...

Media training Alex Agenda alexandria

Egypt

Getting kids into science? Egyptian entrepreneur uses solar energy cars [Video]

Teaching science to children can be a very challenging job. Not only do you need their full attention, but lessons need to be fun in order...

DIY Solar panels solar energy

Jordan

Jordanian 3D MENA initiative brings most advanced technology to the most deprived

“We use disruptive technology to improve human rights fulfilment in conflict zones and host communities,” that is how Loay Malhameh, cof...

Refugee Camps 3d printing 3dmena

Jordan

Arabic book lovers get new platform out of Jordan

Since 2006, female entrepreneurs from around the world have competed annually for the prestigious Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards, in s...

Cartier Women's Initiative Awards Abjjad Jordan

Maghreb

Moroccan video project puts Arab success front and center

Arab Excellenceis turning the spotlight on successful Arabs. (Images via Arab Excellence) As a teenager, were you inspired by an Arab...

young arabs Success Stories Education

Palestine

Goodbye San Francisco loyalty card, hello Ramallah startup

When Mohammed Amleh left a well paid job in the loyalty card business, in San Francisco, to return to Palestine to launch a startup, people...

SWIPT ramallah palestine

Lebanon

A Conversation with Chile’s Changemakers

How can Lebanon and Chile collaborate to promote entrepreneurship and innovation? In just a few years, Chile’s startup ecosystem has...

Forums Chile lebanon

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