Wamda

Regional

Optimization finally matters in MENA e-commerce [Opinion]

Back in 2010, I wrote about the upcoming ecommerce boom in the Middle East, despite the many omni-present barriers at an...

funnel leakage friction

Lebanon

Former Lebanese bakery serves up innovation

The Obsessive Drafter hard at work. (Image via theBakery) Let’s head to theBAKERY, a cozy design lab in Beirut's Mar Mikhael n...

Guillaume Crédoz The Obsessive Drafter theBakery

Oman

One-stop shop for Oman’s entrepreneurs launches at Oman SME Summit 2015

Al Sayyid Dr. Adham Turki Al Said addresses the summit. (Images via International Finance Magazine) Omani entrepreneurs in search of...

oman sme summit 2015 sme summit smes

Lebanon

Lebanese teens invent urine-powered generator

As Lebanon's environmental woes continue to escalate, with mountains of garbage rotting in the street and power cuts lasting...

urinegenerator lebanon aub

Egypt

The Egypt teen cracking the fuel crisis

Azza Faiad’s passion for science started in a taxi ride late in 2010, a ride which sparked a potentially multibillion dollar idea to create ...

pyrolysis EPRI alternative energy

Regional

Does your business really need an Arabic Top Level Domain?

It’s now possible to buy domain names in non-roman letters including Chinese, Arabic and Russian, following a major expansion in the kinds o...

TLD top level domains

Egypt

What Egypt's local investors want

Egypt has made headlines lately for attracting a series of high-level venture investments from foreign players, but local investors are...

KI angels Tennra ideavelopers

Maghreb

Casablanca car share startup accelerates off the starting line

Carmine's cars now have their own parking spots. (Images via Carmine) It’s a safe bet that not many in Casablanca know what car sharing i...

car share Transportation Sharing Economy

Lebanon

Accelerator insights from the UK Lebanon Tech Hub

The UK Lebanon Tech Hub, which started earlier this year, announced the start of its International Accelerator activities in...

Tech Accelerator UK Lebanon Tech Hub accelerator

Regional

Time ‘ripe’ for oil industry disruption

There may be no better time than now for entrepreneurs to ‘disrupt’ the oil and gas industry. As the oil price hovers...

Intelligent Oil&Gas conference IoT oil & gas

Regional

Innovative tent for refugees harnesses renewable energy

What the tents, in use, could look like. (Images via Abeer Seikaly) Nearing the half-decade mark, the Syrian Civil War has by modest...

refugees tent abeer seikaly

U.A.E

It’s alive! Epygen organisms alter ME oil industry

The oil game is still played very traditionally in the Middle East, but companies such as Dubai’s biotech firm Epygen Labs are slowly...

enzymes filter cake Epygen

Regional

6 reasons why you should start accepting bitcoin payments today

Ease of use, lower fees and increasing adoption - what's not to like about bitcoin? (Image via BitOasis) This is a crosspost with...

Bit Oasis Bitcoin

U.A.E

Mini Exchange secures over $1M in seed funding

Screenshot of MiniExchange for Eid sale. Mini Exchange, an outlet for childrens retailers' and an online marketplace for parents to buy...

Mini Exchange investement

Palestine

This startup wants to modernize vaccination management

While waiting at a vaccination center in Jerusalem, Hafeth Zughayer noticed parents coming in and arguing with the nurses after learning...

Jerusalem Universal Baby Vaccinations digital health care

U.A.E

The Law: 3 legal concerns of UAE startups and how to solve them

The law and startups - an essential partnership. (Image via wrike.com) When it comes to setting up a business in the UAE, entrepreneurs...

Copyright Free zone law

Maghreb

CEED conference marks tipping point of success for Moroccan startup ecosystem

"There's no reason you can't succeed in Morocco" says Adil Douiri. (Images via CEED) Concensus is building that Morocco is where Egypt...

morocoo CEED

Saudi Arabia

6 Saudi health apps helping people live better

National healthcare spending in Saudi Arabia is expected to reach $35 billion by the end of this year. The Kingdom Tower,...

Saudi Ministry of Health Medica Reminders Nesma3k

Lebanon

Ride sharing app wins $20K in AUB contest

Lujain Nabaa, Mohamad Nabaa, and Ralph Khairallah of tulos accept this year's AUB Samir and Claude Abillama Eco-Entrepreneurship...

tulos aub carpooling

Regional

Beco Capital's tech investment 'periodic table'

Tech investment firm Beco Capital have concluded that over the last 12 months the VC investment activity within the Middle East...

investing BECO Capital Venture Capital

Regional

Change your positioning [Cartoon]

Omar Al Fil is a digital producer at Wamda and freelance graphic designer. When he's not illustrating kooky cartoons he's making weird...

target audience positioning Humor

Regional

Prototype to product: how to manage your manufacturing

Manufacturing is one of the final obstacles for hardware startups and it can be a rage-inducing affair. Flaky suppliers, the belated...

pch manufacturing Hind Hobeika

U.A.E

Dubai’s smart city goal creeps closer

Dubai wants to be a world-leader in building smart cities and it’s attracting corporate players from around the world clamouring to be i...

Dubai Design District cisco MEMakers

Regional

I pitched to Dave McClure: here's what I learned

When I first heard that Dave McClure was coming to Ramallah and Gaza, my immediate reaction was wow, we’re definitely doing something r...

Kenz Dave McClure

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