Wamda

U.A.E

Did the world’s thinnest phone just launch at GITEX Dubai?

Carbon Works, a UAE-based startup, launched what they say is the world’s thinnest smartphone at Dubai’s GITEX Summit 2016 on...

carbon works Carbon fiber Telecommunication

Lebanon

Toy platform wins Seedstars Beirut, heads to Switzerland to compete for $500K

Toy design and building platform Makerbrane inched closer to a potential investment of $500,00 after winning Seedstars Beirut third annual...

seedstars Makerbrane Riego

Global

Startup Watch: How to get more dates on Tinder, why Egyptian investors must unite, and VR Facebook emojis

Here’s a roundup of what we’ve been reading this week on how to get more dates on Tinder, VR spreading its Ocu-pus legs across...

Startup Watch Theranos tinder

Lebanon

Reboot Beirut hackathon features seasoned student entrepreneurs [Wamda TV]

Over the past decade, there have been countless news stories pointing to a rise of student entrepreneurship globally. Lebanon is no...

Reboot Beirut aub student entrepreneurship

Syria

Syrian inventor on his journey of making a solar-powered washing machine [Q&A]

Twenty-two-year old Syrian inventor Yaman Abou Jeib has the entrepreneurship community buzzing over him, and for good reason too. Aside...

Glean Yaman Abou Jeib Cleantech

Global

Braci capitalizes on Europe’s growing hard of hearing market

Anwar Al Mojarkesh has built up a long list of inventions that he sought to one day realise. One was a “dancing pillow” that...

Braci sound alert MEMakersGE

Regional

10 October events for MENA entrepreneurs

As the MENA region’s entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem blossoms and grows, so do the events, conferences, and competitions....

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U.A.E

Could this Dubai startup have produced the world’s thinnest smartphone?

A Dubai-based startup claims to have manufactured the thinnest smartphone available worldwide, with a width of 4.6 mm (a little more than...

carbon works Dubai smartphone

Lebanon

AUB students Reboot Beirut at hackathon

“The moment you realize that you can build and change things, you see something sucks and you do something about it, build a company,...

AUB Hackathon aub lebanon

Beirut-based Myki launches authentication solution at Techcrunch Disrupt

Take 5,000 plus attendees, a gigantic waterfront pier and some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley, and you get Techcrunch Disrupt San...

MyKi techcrunch lebanon

U.A.E

NYUAD Idea Lab rebrands to Start AD

Initially created to help students, New York University Abu Dhabi’s Idea Lab will be known as Start AD starting this month....

NYU Abu Dhabi MEMakersGE Start AD

Lebanon

Kids Genius: a young makers heaven in Lebanon [Video]

At Kids Genius, the boring connotations of the word ‘education’ is masked by a sense of creativity and fun. This classroom...

Kids Genius lebanon INDUSTRY

Egypt

What I know about Egypt's sluggish investment: Wael Amin

It might be normal for a country of more than 90 million to have a ton of entrepreneurs planning events around promoting even more ideas,...

Sawari Ventures Wael Amin Egypt

Regional

UAE tops MENA countries in Innovation Index 2016 [Infographic]

The Global Innovation Index is an annual report that measures the openness and readiness of countries’ economies for innovation. The...

Global Innovation Index uae Saudi Arabia

Regional

Using tech to reverse wealth inequality

The increasing pace of technological evolution is causing serious concerns about its impact on wealth inequality and creating...

Wealth wealth inequality The Little Engineer

Qidni Labs promises to clean out your kidney for an artificial one

End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) is when kidneys have stopped working well enough for patients to survive without dialysis or a kidney...

Qidni Labs Healthcare Artificial organs

Regional

Test your market with these 6 prototyping tools

This is an edited crosspost from Nuwait. Some entrepreneurs think that prototyping delays the launch of the real product and could...

Protoytping Axure RP Nuwait

Regional

Making the best of a child’s addiction

In the 90s, parents hid Gameboys from their children on high shelves and under heavy mattresses. This year, with face-to-screen time at...

Play My Way children Education

Saudi Arabia

Foodics: the Saudis taking on Gulf restaurant giants

In Saudi, the food and beverage (F&B) sector is one of the largest in the Gulf. Probably no surprise there, as in MENA food and...

Foodics ksa Alwans

Regional

5 medical solutions startups from MENA

Research suggests that the global medical device market will grow by 14 percent between 2016 and 2020. However, VC investment in medical...

Healthcare medical solutions Slighter

Regional

Why digital access is essential to economic development

Digital. It's a byword for modern life and how we move our homes and cities forward. Back in May, Dubai hosted the 22nd GCC Smart...

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Saudi Arabia

Saudi getting smart on flooding?

For the last four years PhD student Mustafa Mousa has been placing nodes (sensors) in various locations in Mecca and Thuwal. He wanted to...

KAUST Saudi Arabia Sadeem

Regional

A Google for Arabic e-books

To look for books in Arabic, on free websites, means to enter a cycle of endless electronic links, which might sometimes be unsafe....

Open araby Cubic connect Arabic digital content

Jordan

Zain Jordan wants you to ditch your console and grab your phone

There isn’t a better example than Pokémon Go to highlight the crucial role of mobile in the gaming industry. Several of the...

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