Wamda

U.A.E

Can sports help people explore Dubai?

I wrote two years ago about how daily deals websites are fading in Lebanon, inspired by my previous job at GoNabit, the first group...

GamePlaySport seed investment Dubai

Egypt

Meet the Egyptian startup working to green the Middle East's oil industry

Fifteen years ago fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, irrevocably changed the global oil and gas sector. Today, technology developed in the...

oil & gas Tanmia Petroleum Company Green Energy

Saudi Arabia

Has saying 'I do' in KSA just become a whole lot easier?

Image via Selsal, a wedding planning platform in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia No one said getting married was easy and by that we mean...

Saudi Arabia Flat6Labs Wedding Industry

Regional

Mo'men Group's recipe for success [Report]

Aramex has published a report, in collaboration with Wamda and the American University in Cairo, on Mo’men, a fast food chain of r...

Mo'men aramex

U.A.E

Geekonomics: MENA geek culture and the superpower of entrepreneurship

The force is strong in these ones (Image via Flickr) On the occasion of Geek Pride Day, we take a look at geek culture in MENA and see...

ExtraCake Arafaat Ali Khan MEFCC

Regional

Maqtoob takes its mission on the road

Meet Maqtoob's cofounders. (Images via Maqtoob) For many, promoting a new platform means using SEO techniques and Facebook ads. Not for...

digital nomads maqtoob morocco

Regional

Two startups in Palestinian refugee camp picking up where NGOs left off

For years, the mention of “refugees” has drawn pitying donors and sympathetic volunteers, but rarely did it bring stern bosses...

Gaza Refugee Camp SEP Sitti Soap Company

Egypt

Egyptian power cuts fuel an ecommerce solution

For the majority of Egypt’s 82 million residents, 2014 will no doubt go down in history as the year of the power cut. It didn’t matter whi...

Green Scene Egypt clean tech Green Energy

Regional

From Egypt to the Gulf: conquering the HR market

Attracting good staff is the MENA-based entrepreneur’s constant lament, yet Egyptian Rania Abdallah says there are ways to solve this d...

talent AHRC AspireHRConsultants

Syria

Bootcamp boosts Syrian startups

The Jusoor Bootcamp (Images via Jusoor) After three weeks of intensive training with Syrian startups, Jusoor celebrates the completion of...

Jusoor Entrepreneurship Bootcamp

U.A.E

Self-made: How Dubai’s Dumyé is in the running to win $1M in funding

Dumyé's dolls were a big hit at a recent workshop for orphans in Lebanon (Images via Dumyé) Big money isn’t an essential requirement to lau...

orphans crafts dolls

Egypt

Egyptian financial services app takes steady path towards growth

Lack of funding is one of many obstacles that startups face. Many try to develop their goods and services as economically as possible...

mohamed hamada financial services

Lebanon

Recycling solutions for Lebanon’s green bottle surplus

Green Almaza bottles waiting to be reincarnated. (Images via GGRIL) The Israeli bombardment of Lebanon in 2006 left significant damage to...

Glass GGRIL Recycling

Egypt

Egyptian startup aims to offer entrepreneurs a change of pace

An innovative idea coupled with a business plan, a profit model, solid execution, all followed by a growth phase - these are the...

Regional

Can this Dubai startup improve Arabic content design?

ShortPoint, a Dubai-based web and content-design startup that launched earlier this year, hopes to save content creators hours of coding by...

Content Design CMS ShortPoint

Palestine

Tiny package, quick power: Palestinian startup crowdfunding phone battery solution

A nifty charger that won't weigh you down. (Images via BOLD Gadget) As technology still lags behind the growing demand for longer...

portable battery Knot BOLD Gadget

Maghreb

Tunisian expense report startup taking aim at French market

Expensya founder Karim Jouini (Images via Expensya) For most, submitting, calculating and processing expenses is a dull and time-consuming...

karim jouini expense reports expensya

Lebanon

A day in the life: Rana El Chemaitelly, the woman behind The Little Engineer

While working part time at the American University of Beirut (AUB), mechanical engineer Rana El Chemaitelly noticed that many of her...

UAE Space Agency Airbus The Little Engineer

Egypt

Zee3 Mawhbtak: Egypt’s new way to scout talent

During the recording one of the first episodes of Zee3 Mawhbtak An Egyptian online talent show is plucking undiscovered entertainers from...

online media new media Citizen Journalism

U.A.E

Will the UAE’s Bridg revolutionize the way we pay in the Middle East and the developing world?

Bridg cofounders Moussa Beidas, left and Nadim Jarudi, right won a very welcome 20,000 euros at the 2015 GCC Pitch Challenge Final....

nadim jarudi moussa beidas developing world

U.A.E

Will Sakkini change the face of house hunting in the UAE?

Mapping one's way to a great home. (Images via Sakkini) If you live – or have ever lived – in the United Arab...

sakkini flat6labs abu dhabi TwoFour54

Egypt

When being a game developer just isn’t enough

Kareem Abdullatif andHani El-Akel have a passion for gaming and in 2010 the Egyptian entrepreneurs decided to take a risk and found their...

Appsinnovate gaming industry Egypt

Maghreb

Morocco's online health service DabaDoc expands its reach

When Zineb Yacoubi returned to Morocco after eight years abroad, she was struck by how difficult it was to book a medical appointment....

dabadoc Maghreb morocco

Regional

Payment startup wins GCC Pitch Challenge Final

The Bridg team walked away with 20,000 euros at the GCC Pitch Challenge Final. (Images via GCC Pitch Challenge) The team behind Bridg, a...

shopshopme falconviz bridg

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