Lebanon How a Lebanese ecommerce pioneer carved his niche The hype surrounding entrepreneurs and tech companies has breathed new life into the myth that startups are staffed by college dropouts in... Stephanie Nour Prince • 31 March, 2015 Karim Saikali lebanon E-commerce
Lebanon Leap Ventures' new $71M fund is 'ready for business’ Henri Asseilly at ArabNet Beirut earlier this year. (Image via Lucy Knight) As we previously reported, the focus of the ‘sponsored a... Lucy Knight • 24 March, 2015 ArabNet Beirut Venture Capital Investment
Lebanon Lebanese startups gain access to more money and support than ever #ArabNetBeirut The Circular 331 panel. A Lebanon-based $71 million fund focusing on the Middle East and North Africa; plans for a Beirut chapter... Lucy Knight • 20 March, 2015 Kuwait National Fund iSME Leap Ventures
Lebanon Flat6Labs to launch Beirut accelerator Regional accelerator Flat6Labs will open a chapter in Beirut, cofounder Hany El-Sonbaty announced today at the Arabnet conference. The... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 18 March, 2015 beirut accelerator Flat6Labs
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
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
Lebanon Access to funding for Lebanese startups is looking up Obviously a lot more than loose change is going to be availalbe. (Image via Lucy Knight) Things are certainly looking up for the coffer... Lucy Knight • 05 March, 2015 Berytech US Aid Lebanese Central Bank
Lebanon How can Arab women empower themselves to lead? 10 inspiring quotes from #NAWF2015 Left to right: Habib Haddad, Rana Salhab, Jihad Azour, Youssef Hamidaddin Al Iktissad Wal Aamal Group and Al Hasnaa Magazine organized... Maya Rahal • 03 March, 2015 Nawf forum NAWF2015 women entrepreneurs
Lebanon Lebanon's Blessing Foundation to scale its network of women in business to the region Last month, 85 business owners – many strangers to each other – gathered in an upscale Beirut café. Each was in a specific stage of their bu... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 02 March, 2015 networks blessing foundation blessing
Lebanon Rollin'pen finds its opportunity in optimizing Arabic content for the web While Beirut has countless translators, one in particular is targeting businesses with an eye on corporate communication. “The idea i... Abdulghani Kataya • 01 March, 2015 RollinPen lebanon Translation
Lebanon Beirut born Campus Society on the hunt for Series A funding When you have a Facebook account you’d think there would be little else forcing you to join another social network. Well, apparently F... Lucy Knight • 26 February, 2015 Campus Society aub lebanon
Lebanon Lebanese government inks $6.4 million loan to create tech hub Lebanon’s government is moving forward with an initiative aimed at strengthening innovation and entrepreneurship in its mobile internet e... Maya Rahal • 25 February, 2015 Ministry of Telecommunications MIHub tech hub
Lebanon Beirut Service Jam 2015 The Beirut Service Jam is the Lebanese edition of the Global Service Jam. The global event is coming this year to Beirut on February 27th,... Wamda • 23 February, 2015 Beirut Digital District beirut
Lebanon STEP Warm Up Tour: Beirut STEP Warm Ups are designed to gather techies before the annual STEP Conference. This year, STEP Conference 2015 is happening in Dubai on... Wamda • 30 January, 2015 STEP beirut
Lebanon Beirut Design Week 2015 From June 1st to 7th, Beirut Design Week 2015 will be held across Beirut City, aiming at showcasing the work of local and international... Wamda • 28 January, 2015 beirut Design
Lebanon Career banker-turned-entrepreneur sees opportunity in Lebanon's banking sector While financial tech is a fast growing sector globally, there is still room for growth in Lebanon. While many banks use... Samantha Kaufman • 12 January, 2015 cps customer performance solutions credit cards
Lebanon Beirut+ TV: The first Lebanese animation channel For husband and wife Toni Yammine and Maya Zankoul not a moment is wasted when it comes to expending their creativity energy. In 2013 they... Ali Awada • 09 January, 2015 Wezank
Lebanon Lebanese entrepreneurs work to grow new talent in Tripoli Recently, while walking up and down the stairways of heaven in one of the holiest places in Lebanon - The Qadisha Valley - I had the chance... Reine Farhat • 21 December, 2014 Tripoli lebanon Training
Lebanon Electricity saving startup Energy24 takes first prize Bader Startup Cup Global Entrepreneurship Week Lebanon had it’s official inauguration on November 18th at this year’s Networking 961. Organized by Bader You... Abdulghani Kataya • 04 December, 2014 kitchenconfidential energy24 ki
Lebanon Innovation in Family Business Forum Under the patronage of H.E. the Minister of Commerce and Trade, Dr. Alain Hakim, the Lebanese Management Association (LMA) and Al-Iktissad... Wamda • 04 December, 2014 beirut Innovation
Lebanon Beirut entrepreneurs seek to build community ties outside the city walls Ziad Abi Chaker, CEO of Cedar Environmental, addresses the room at Saturday's Zahle Meets Entrepreneurship event. Some of the brightest... John Owens • 01 December, 2014 zahle zahle meets entrepreneurship
Lebanon TURN8 Innov-a-thon Beirut Innov-a-thon Beirut is a one-day idea marathon event organized by TURN8 seed accelerator program from Dubai, and sponsored by AltCity. ... Wamda • 27 November, 2014 turn8 beirut
Lebanon Innovation fills the prescription: 6 tips on building a wearable from CardioDiagnostics Most of the entrepreneurial activity in the region focuses on ecommerce or online services, and software development and services... Stephanie Nour Prince • 25 November, 2014 CardioDiagnostics Beirut Digital District Wearable devices
Lebanon Japan's Cookpad to acquire Lebanon's Shahiya for $13.5M to enter the Arab world Japan's largest recipe portal Cookpad is set to acquire Lebanon's Shahiya for a reported $13.5 million in a landmark deal for the Arab... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 21 November, 2014 cookpad acquisition Shahiya