Regional Turkey and Saudi lead in patent applications in the Middle East Turkey and Saudi Arabia rank the highest in the Middle East for patent applications according to a report from the World Intellectual... Triska Hamid • 11 February, 2019 Patents china Intellectual property
U.A.E Innovations in Health Hackathon The “Innovations in Health” hackathon is an initiative that is part of the Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP)... Wamda • 05 February, 2019
U.A.E Medicus AI closes first tranche of Series A Source: Arabnet Medicus AI announced the completion of the first tranche of its Series A funding round at €2.75M (just over... News • 04 February, 2019 Artificial intelligence Health healthtech
Bahrain Unbound Bahrain This March 6 & 7, Unbound, in partnership with the Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB) and supported by StartUp Bahrain,... Wamda • 04 February, 2019
U.A.E AIM Startup 2019 AIM Startup, an initiative of the UAE Ministry of Economy, aims to connect promising startups with investors and business partners from all... Wamda • 04 February, 2019
Kuwait The growth of e-groceries in Kuwait InstaSalla is a Kuwait-based e-grocery company launched in 2016 by Smart Mart, an e-commerce platform. Today, InstaSalla is the leading... Wamda • 31 January, 2019 e-grocery online grocery kuwait
Regional Digital Dining: How food delivery is forcing restaurants to change Food delivery apps have been a catalyst for change throughout the restaurant industry. What started as a response to the... Annie Bricker • 28 January, 2019 Food & Beverage Food delivery ride hailing
U.A.E In conversation with Sky Kurtz of the UAE's Pure Harvest Pure Harvest Smart Farms is one of the first hydroponic farms in the Middle East region, growing tomatoes in a sensor-filled greenhouse. At... Triska Hamid • 23 January, 2019 hydroponics Agriculture agritech
Pakistan The Pakistani startup looking to print human organs As industries become more comfortable with 3D-printers, the next frontier for the technology goes beyond printing plastics to metals and... Triska Hamid • 22 January, 2019 3d printing 3d printer pakistan
U.A.E In conversation with Andrew Kabrit of the UAE's Seez Seez, the UAE-based car aggregator platform is one of the few companies in the Middle East to develop its own artificial intelligence (AI)... Triska Hamid • 16 January, 2019 Seez AI Artificial intelligence
Egypt Cairo: the world's test-bed for transportation Last week, Dubai-based ride-hailing app Careem launched an on-demand tuk tuk service in Cairo without any fanfare. The move marked the... Yasmeen Nabil • 07 January, 2019 cairo ride hailing ride sharing
Egypt MINT Incubator MINT Incubator is an EG Bank programme that is managed by Cairo Angels, offering mentorship, workshops, operational perks as well as a... Wamda • 13 January, 2019 Incubator Fintech
U.A.E Step Conference 2019 For its seventh year in a row, the largest experiential tech festival in the Middle East, STEP Conference, is Coming Home to Dubai Internet... Wamda • 16 December, 2018
U.A.E Mix N' Mentor Mix N’ Mentor brings together promising entrepreneurs with top regional and global mentors. The event includes mentorship... Wamda • 11 December, 2018
Lebanon Smart Beirut Summit Beirut is entangled in controversy, suffering from waste collection and disposal issues, to political conflicts that spread beyond its... Wamda • 11 December, 2018
U.A.E Smart farming for food security The UAE consumes more than 80 per cent of its freshwater resources to produce less than 15 per cent of its food supply according to... Triska Hamid • 11 December, 2018 farming hydroponics sensors
Egypt Competition heats up for Cairo's ride-hailing apps The first announcement at this year’s RiseUp Summit in Cairo came from Halan, a motorcycle and tuk-tuk-hailing app. Following on from... Triska Hamid • 07 December, 2018 ride hailing careem Uber
Egypt RiseUp Summit 2018 RiseUp Summit is a three-day, one-stop-shop, entrepreneurship marathon. Thought leaders, media mavens, tech-legends and power player... Wamda • 05 December, 2018
Global The Digital Future of the Arab Region Design the Digital future of the Arab region: Come up with one or more ideas/concepts which represent your vision of the Digital future... Wamda • 04 December, 2018
Regional Contech: Improving the building site As Dubai wrapped up the Middle East’s largest construction exhibition - The Big 5 - last week, it became clear that new technologies... Matt Smith • 02 December, 2018 Construction WakeCap
United States TechWadi Annual Forum '19 TechWadi is a nonprofit organization building bridges between Silicon Valley and the MENA in an effort to promote tech entrepreneurship... Wamda • 28 November, 2018
Lebanon Seedstars MENA Summit The Seedstars MENA Regional Summit, hosted under the Patronage of the Prime Minister's Office and taking place in Beirut, Lebanon, on... Wamda • 26 November, 2018
Regional From likes to buys: How the Middle East's retail sector has evolved As shoppers in the Middle East enjoyed black/white/yellow Friday sales online this weekend, many of the physical retailers responded with... Triska Hamid • 25 November, 2018 E-commerce Retail Online shopping
Saudi Arabia TAQADAM Startup Accelerator TAQADAM is the startup accelerator launched by King Abdullah University for Science and Technology and SABB for ideas that are pushing the... Wamda • 20 November, 2018