Regional OpenSooq and fast-growing social network, LINE, announce partnership OpenSooq, a classifieds platform for MENA (via Twitter) The MENA online classified platform OpenSooq has announced a strategic partnership... Raed Khalil • 18 May, 2015 OpenSooq LINE
Regional Pitching on the open road: Uber brings MENA entrepreneurs and experts together in 5 cities Entrepreneurs pitched their startups in cars they hailed through Uber's mobile app. (Image via Maysaa Ajjan) Pitching a business... Natasha D'Souza - Maysaa Ajjan • 17 May, 2015 Arabnet digital showcase arabnet digital summit UberPITCH
Regional Payment startup wins GCC Pitch Challenge Final The Bridg team walked away with 20,000 euros at the GCC Pitch Challenge Final. (Images via GCC Pitch Challenge) The team behind Bridg, a... Ozan Sonmez • 14 May, 2015 shopshopme falconviz bridg
Regional 8 promising hardware startups from the MENA region The integrated circuit board, an essential ingredient for any hardware based startup. (Image via toddfun.com) Hardware based... Ayman Farhat • 14 May, 2015 MEMakers MENA Electronics
Regional How big is social media in MENA? [Reports] Arabic online content is still scarce in the Middle East but social media users are making up for the shortfall, two new reports have... Eman Mostafa • 14 May, 2015 Social Media Digital Media Science DMS
Regional Searching for success in MENA's postal address sector "Yes, I will sign for that package." (Images via Aramex) “So you take the main street, you turn at the pharmacy after the streetlight, t... Aline Mayard • 13 May, 2015 addy enwani Boxstop
Regional Ecommerce set to reach $13.4 billion by 2020, Payfort reports Payfort announced today the release of its annual report: The State of Payments in the Arab World, at the Ecommerce Show Middle East 2015... Maya Rahal • 12 May, 2015 State of Payments 2015 Payfort Report
Regional Diagnose your market: insights into MENA’s digital health revolution The health revolution. (Image via CB Insights) As the m-health industry of the Middle East continues to grow, Dubai hosted its first... Roland Daher • 11 May, 2015 Trice Imaging Inc HealthXL Qualcomm Ventures
Regional Beyond Oil: Tech and Future of Work in MENA Moving from traditional to knowledge economies is a prickly problem for any country, but especially so for oil-bound Middle Eastern... Pamela Kesrouani • 10 May, 2015 Diversification FOW Future of Work
Regional 5 tips on facing failure from Leslie Dewan, inventor of a nuclear power generator Leslie Dewan giving a presentation on how to get power from nuclear waste at Solve for X in 2014. (Image via. YouTube) When Leslie Dewan... Pamela Kesrouani • 10 May, 2015 Nuclear power generator Transatomic Power Leslie Dewan
Regional Telematics in the Middle East growing at light speed The decision to organize the Telematics Conference Middle East & Africa in Dubai in March wasn’t by chance. “We have been org... Pamela Kesrouani • 06 May, 2015 MEMakers Teltonika Omnicom
Regional Arabnet Digital Summit 2015 in Dubai Arabnet Digital Summit 2015 is one of the biggest event in MENA, gathering thousands of attendees and hundreds of speakers every year... Wamda • 05 May, 2015 arabnet digital summit Dubai Arabnet
Regional Second Arab Youth Employment Conference discusses solutions to the region Nabih Bulos, special correspondent, LA Times; Joumana Al Jabri, cofounder, Visualizing Impact; Rabee Zureikat, founder, Zikra... Tala El Issa • 05 May, 2015 AYE Conference Silatech Arab youth Employment Conference
Regional UberPITCH: pitching competition for arabnet digital showcase Uber and ArabNet are launching UberPITCH, a competition where entrepreneurs have 15 minute online pitch sessions for the chance to... Wamda • 05 May, 2015 UberPITCH Uber Arabnet
Regional 40 free tools to start and grow your own business This article is a crosspost with the Maqtoob blog. "If you don't build your dream, someone else will hire you to help them build... Kristyna Zapletalova • 05 May, 2015 free tools online tools maqtoob
Regional Goldman Sachs leads new $100M round for Hellofood Hellofood, the global online food delivery platform, whose most recent acquisitions in the region were the food delivery... Lucy Knight • 04 May, 2015 investment round hellofood Funding
Regional How animation studio Kharabeesh drew its own success Kharabeesh was one of the first companies to start making animated and video Arabic content, but their success didn’t come... Abdulghani Kataya • 29 April, 2015 Kharabeesh ksa YouTube
Regional How ArabiaWeather leveraged big data and processing power to stay ahead of the competition Hurricane approaches. (Image via symonsez.wordpress.com) The story of ArabiaWeather is one referred to in the Middle East startup... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 29 April, 2015 MEMakers JordanWeather.jo JavaScript
Regional Challenges that spark ideas: GE's CMO meets MENA startups, discusses problems and solutions In January 2015, entrepreneurs from the Middle East and North Africa met with Beth Comstock, GE's Chief Marketing Officer, at Masdar City... Maya Rahal • 29 April, 2015 MEMakers Local vs Global Beth Comstock
Regional Bahraini wearable could add a new dimension to social interaction The Feelix is another wearable that may reach the market. The bracelet syncs with a user's smartphone and sends him or her... Raed Khalil • 27 April, 2015 Feelix wearables Bahrain
Regional Don't be afraid to scale This is a crosspost with LinkedIn. The MENA entrepreneurship landscape has come a long way since the days when I was at... Amir Farha • 26 April, 2015 VC investment Amir farha startups
Regional Vea starts fundraising campaign to expand its tire rubber tubes upcycling operations Vea, an environmental fashion store in Beirut’s downtown Souks mall, has launched a $10,000 campaign on MENA crowdfunding platform Zo... Raed Khalil • 22 April, 2015 Marwan Ammoun Layal Jebran Patrick El Zoghbi
Regional How this startup made 6 figures in 6 weeks When HomeSwipe founder Michael Lisovetsky arranged a meeting with Silicon Valley investor Tim Draper, he knew he needed to come up with... Maysaa Ajjan • 21 April, 2015 Dean Soukeras Michael Lisovetsky Homeswipe
Regional MEVP announces first round of $30M MEVF II fund Yesterday, Middle East Venture Partners announced the first round of investments as part of its $30 million Middle East Venture Fund II.... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 20 April, 2015 yougotagift The Luxury Closet AlTibbi