U.A.E Payment solution, online marketplace, and logistics startup top TechCrunch Dubai On the eve of the Step Conference, (the Middle East’s largest event featuring technology, design, and gaming trends), Innovation360’s acc... Sushmitha Pidatala • 01 April, 2015 Step Conference Laundry Box Bit Oasis
Regional Why social entrepreneurship is critical for MENA Activists in the Middle East and North Africa who identify challenges in their communities must step up and create social enterprises that... Kamel Al-Asmar • 31 March, 2015 MENA Social Entrepreneurship
Saudi Arabia Saudi startup Meshlytics uses data to help universities keep in touch with alumni In the age of e-classrooms and e-schools, traditional universities have begun to compete with the free tools and flexibility of the... Ahmed Gabr • 16 April, 2015 Meshlytics Saudi Arabia Data
Regional From Beirut to the Gulf, Armenian cuisine expands its reach It is no longer a surprise to see successful female entrepreneurs. However, when one comes across them in the food and beverage sector... Abdulghani Kataya • 14 April, 2015 Mayrig food beirut
U.A.E AstroLabs Dubai sign on 30 startups ahead of Google tech hub launch Ahead of its official opening of the Google Tech Hub Space, AstroLabs Dubai has launched a temporary coworking space in the city with 30... Pamela Kesrouani • 14 April, 2015 Google Tech Hub Dubai Astrolabs
U.A.E From boardroom to baby room: how Mona Ataya is building the UAE's one-stop shop for mothers Mona Ataya is proving to be one of the UAE’s most prominent female entrepreneurs. The cofounder of Bayt.com, arguably the most successful o... Sushmitha Pidatala • 26 March, 2015 Mumzworld
U.A.E UAE startup emphasizes humanity's 'sameness' The business of doing good – better known as corporate social responsibility (CSR) – has been around for decades. But with the... Rachel McArthur • 24 March, 2015 uae
Maghreb How one entrepreneur is bringing new life to traditional Tunisian handicraft “I am not going to pretend that I had any idea of what I was doing,” Leila Ben Gacem tells me when we meet in the medina, the old quarter o... Christine Petré • 23 March, 2015 Handicrafts Art Social Entrepreneurship
Egypt Egypt’s entrepreneurial youth and the battle for credibility Entrepreneurial activities are not just the prerogative of those over 21 in hoodies. We’ve spoken before on Wamda about the ‘age’ question w... Lucy Knight • 16 March, 2015 Rocking Solutions Arabiaweb Awraq
Lebanon How ecommerce is breathing new life into an established offline toy business If you happen to be living in or visiting Lebanon, you will have noticed the large number of malls that cropped up in recent years, from... Reine Farhat • 11 March, 2015 traditional business online payment lebanon
Saudi Arabia Saudi’s Rwaq team hope to create community of educators This article has been crossposted from Firnas.org We are so close to an awakening in the Arab world. In the past three years there has been... Safar Ayad • 25 March, 2015 Maharah Rwaq ksa
Maghreb Is localization the key to Genious becoming the GoDaddy of MENA? Can you name the leading web host or registrar in the Arab world or Africa? Hamza Aboulfeth, founder of Morocco’s only registrar and most f... Aline Mayard • 22 March, 2015 Web hosting Genious MENA
Regional Mother is the necessity of all innovations #MothersDay Have you wondered about the roots of your entrepreneurial spirit or how your childhood affected your career path? Take a minute, think... Maya Rahal • 19 March, 2015 YasmineElMehairy JihadKawas ElieHabib
Regional Womena, solving the gender imbalance of the region’s angel investors “We do not want a mentality of men versus women, but rather a comprehensive mentality for knowledge sharing between the two genders i... Pamela Kesrouani • 02 April, 2015 Womena MENA Angel Investment
U.A.E Flat6Labs launches their first cycle in Abu Dhabi Flat6Labs Abu Dhabi welcomed its first ever cycle of entrepreneurs at its boot camp last week to help entrepreneurs from the UAE and abroad... Sushmitha Pidatala • 15 March, 2015 flat6labs abu dhabi
Lebanon How putting her kids first led this Lebanese entrepreneur to launch a startup Life’s daily struggles make it easy to forget how hard it is to be a mother, let alone a working one. Lebanese Ingrid Salloum,... Reine Farhat • 18 March, 2015 women entrepreneurs lebanon Advice
U.A.E Designer Fatma Almulla merges Western fashion with Emirati culture Emirati entrepreneur Fatma Almulla has developed her own unique style in the world of design and creativity and crowned it by launching... Pamela Kesrouani • 06 April, 2015 uae Fashion
U.A.E Can Yebab use photo messaging to take on Instagram? Instagram is one of the most popular social networking sites to upload and share images, but the founders of Yebab believe that their... Elsy Melkonian • 15 March, 2015 Yebab instagram
Maghreb With great popularity comes great responsibility: Maroc Web Awards The Maroc Web Awards (MWA) have come a long way since their launch in 2007. This year however, the competition, which... Aline Mayard • 12 March, 2015 Marocco maroc web awards
Kuwait Physical gets digital for self storage with Kuwait's BoxIt For decades now, self-storage in America has been big business. Fuelled by that all-American accumulative consumerist instinct, by 2009... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 11 March, 2015 sirdab lab self-storage storage
Egypt Leaving multinationals behind: how Creative Lab Group's Randa Abdou forged her own path If you live in Egypt, you’re probably familiar with the Rotato potato chips brand and its growth in popularity over the years. Despite its ... Stephanie Nour Prince • 22 February, 2015 Pepsico women entrepreneurs Egypt
Regional What KinTrans' Mohammed Elwazer learned at SeedStars International KinTrans may not have won SeedStars 2015 competition in Geneva in February, but founder Mohammed Elwazer didn’t walk away empty h... Samantha Kaufman • 08 June, 2015 SeedStars International hearing impaired KinTrans
Lebanon Art meets architecture at design startup UV Lab Khan Bar Restaurant: UV Lab's first comprehensive project This article is part of a partnership with Dreammatcher and AltCity. UV... Abdulghani Kataya • 05 April, 2015
Saudi Arabia Going solo with a Saudi ecommerce site This article has been cross-posted from Firnas.org Saudi Arabia is one of the three largest ecommerce markets in the Gulf in terms of... Ryan Adil • 09 March, 2015 Nano E Shop ksa Delivery
