Pakistan Shorooq Partners invests in Pakistan-based COLABS Shorooq Partners has invested in Pakistan-based COLABS’ $3 million seed round which was led by Indus Valley Capital, Zayn... News • 25 March, 2022 COLABS Shorooq Partners
U.A.E Sheraa launches startup studio S3 Sharjah Entrepreneurship Centre (Sheraa) has launched the Sharjah Startup Studio (S3), the first government-backed startup studio in the... News • 21 February, 2021 startups accelerator Sheraa
U.A.E Hub71 raises more than $50m for startups in two years Abu Dhabi’s global tech ecosystem, Hub71, raised Dh185 million ($50.4m) in capital for its community of startups since its launch in... News • 10 February, 2021 entrepreneurship tech hub Hub71
U.A.E Hotdesk secures seed funding from ZVC Dubai-based workspace platform Hotdesk, has secured seed funding from Zayani Venture Capital (ZVC) - the tech and venture capital arm of... News • 01 February, 2021 workspace Investment seed fund
U.A.E Has the office become a burden? Life is returning to offices in the UAE and the wider Middle East region as workers go back to their desks wearing masks and attempting to... Triska Hamid • 27 July, 2020
Regional In a world of remote work, will control replace culture? Marilyn Zakhour, founder and chief executive officer of UAE-based Cosmic Centaurs At the height of the pandemic, I started a company... Thought Leadership • 05 July, 2020 company culture remote work
U.A.E In conversation with Bernard Lee of GlassQube Coworking Bernard Lee was an investment banker in New York before moving to Abu Dhabi to work in debt restructuring for the Executive Council, where... Triska Hamid • 14 May, 2019 co-working space abu dhabi glassqube
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
Iraq Iraqis turn to entrepreneurship as corruption hinders economy Iraq has become more synonymous with war and corruption than entrepreneurship, but things are slowly changing as more people seek... Triska Hamid • 14 January, 2019 iraq baghdad Miswag.net
Egypt Cairo Angels and EG Bank launch MINT Incubator Cairo Angels, Egypt’s first formal network of angel investors, announced the launch of MINT Incubator, an intensive, highly... Staff writer • 31 January, 2018 MINT Incubator Egypt cairo angels
Lebanon After fablabs and makerspaces, startup studios debut in Beirut Accelerators, incubators, coworking spaces, hackerspaces, makerspaces, fablabs, and living labs, all constitute a crowded ecosystem lexica... Rana Freifer • 08 September, 2017 Startup studio Sqwirl Lab Ziad Jreidini
Jordan No labels, please: hybrid indie design spaces are trending in Amman Across the vibrant colored stairs extending from the renowned King Hussein street that curls its way down to the center of Amman, stands a... Tala El Issa • 22 August, 2016 Amman Design Week Design Art
U.A.E Astrolabs: diversifying innovation in Dubai [Q&A] This is an edited crosspost from Knowledge@Wharton. Muhammed Mekki is well equipped for his mission to promote a robust startup culture... Knowledge @Wharton • 18 August, 2016 Astrolabs Google Dubai
U.A.E Glassqube aims to be new piece in UAE startup puzzle While there are far greater hardships in the world compared to starting your own business in the UAE it’s fair to say that the... Jacqueline Sofia • 03 August, 2016 abu dhabi uae glassqube
Regional 4 coworking spaces for startups in the Levant Lebanon was one of the first country to develop a coworking spaces scene. Only one is still open (although it's in the process of being... Aline Mayard • 17 July, 2016
Regional 10 coworking spaces for startups in the Gulf A few years back, you had to head to Dubai to find a few coworking space in the Gulf. It's no longer the case. In the last... Aline Mayard • 14 July, 2016
Maghreb 11 coworking spaces for startups in Maghreb [Wamda TV] For years Maghreb only counted a handful of coworking spaces in Tunis and Casablanca, but things have changed in the last two... Aline Mayard • 24 July, 2016 The Address sylabs Mon Atelier
Egypt 12 coworking spaces for startups in Egypt [Wamda TV] By 2012 the coworking space scene in Cairo and Alexandria was vibrant. Four years on, some have disappeared, some have expanded,... Aline Mayard • 10 July, 2016 302Labs AlMaqarr Coworking Space Business Yard
U.A.E In5 Media Hub, latest incubator with industry approach Dubai-based incubator In5 is finally putting the finishing touches to its media-focused hub. First announced in November 2015 they... Daria Solovieva • 06 July, 2016 in5 In5 media hub Payfort
Jordan Putting the creative in coworking, Amman Coworking spaces are popular features in startup hubs across MENA, giving businesses, entrepreneurs, and freelancers access to a stable,... Samuel Wendel • 10 July, 2016 hayyez Coworking Spaces ZINC
Regional Your definitive list of MENA coworking spaces This piece has been updated from its original publishing date on July 2013. Without external support, building a successful startup can... Aline Mayard • 28 April, 2016 Dubai Technology Entrepreneurship Centre (DTEC) The Coworking Café Startup Haus
Lebanon Lebanon's startup clusters go beyond Beirut As Lebanon develops its tech startup culture to become a serious player in the region, the capital of Beirut has become the country’s u... Brooke Anderson • 08 May, 2016 Chouf Entrepreneur Bio Soil Outreach Leadership Academy
Egypt Hub in a Box creates off-the-shelf plan for hub finances Hub 'DNA' - working out what's essential and what's not. (Image via Eduard Cousin) Asking Adam Molyneux-Berry about Hub in a Box is... Eduard Cousin • 03 May, 2016 Global Innovation Gathering ImpactHubs Naweya
Palestine Work Factory builds Ramallah startup community Work Factory hosted the West Bank's most recent Startup Grind. (Images via Work Factory) You can read Wamda's definitive guide to... Christina Ganim • 01 May, 2016 smart-x toastmasters Work Factory