Wamda

Global

How this NASA-certified mat can help Muslims reduce knee injuries

Innovation often comes from a personal inspiration or a simple observation. In Nader Sabry’s case, it was both. “I saw...

MEMakers Timez5 Healthcare

Regional

Dubai's BitOasis seeks to introduce BitCoin as a solution for MENA financial services

BitOasis hopes to address a number of regional financial and e-commerce issues with BitCoin (Images via BitOasis) Ola Doudin, a cofounder...

E-commerce Bitcoin

Saudi Arabia

Saudi startup Rwaq steps on giants' shoulders to succeed

“Corporate Entrepreneurship Responsibility”, or CER, are the new buzzwords entering Saudi Arabia’s lexicon, and one startup is making the m...

online education Silatech Traxn

U.A.E

$11M Series A round from the US for Dubai-based delivery service Fetchr

Dubai-based delivery service Fetchr has successfully closed a Series A funding round worth $11 million. The not-insignificant sum was...

Mena360 Dhabi Holdings New Enterprise Associates

Global

Nature versus nurture, can you breed an entrepreneur?

Once mixed, there's no turning back. (Image via Raail.com) A new wave of entrepreneurship research encompassing the classical psychology...

Personality traits Nature versus nurture entrepreneurs

Global

How this tech device may help Muslims with their prayers

Sensor technologies have evolved in almost every aspect of our lives to provide us with a better experience and make some tasks more...

Salatcard prayer Wearable devices

Maghreb

Tunisian pride and funky designs create growing business

Sofiène Ben Châabane in his boutique/café Lyoum in La Marsa.(Images via Christine Petré) There’s an irony to it. Tunisia is the s...

Lyoum textile Tunis

Regional

Where are the gaps in the digital Arabic content sector? [Infographic]

In the past several years, the MENA region has witnessed a rapid growth of internet and smartphone penetration - and these trends are...

Taghreedat DAC Digital Arabic Content

Egypt

Data-driven medicine in MENA: a startup’s long wait

In 2010, four men began preparing for what they thought would be the exciting, and imminent, future of genetic analysis in the Middle...

Mohamed Aboueldhoda Illumina Genomics

Regional

Two startups in Palestinian refugee camp picking up where NGOs left off

For years, the mention of “refugees” has drawn pitying donors and sympathetic volunteers, but rarely did it bring stern bosses...

Gaza Refugee Camp SEP Sitti Soap Company

Egypt

Zee3 Mawhbtak: Egypt’s new way to scout talent

During the recording one of the first episodes of Zee3 Mawhbtak An Egyptian online talent show is plucking undiscovered entertainers from...

online media new media Citizen Journalism

Palestine

Ramallah travel portal Batuta announces $2.5M Series A round

So many places to visit, so much to see. (Image via Batuta) Batuta, a Ramallah-based Arabic travel research website has secured a $2.5...

Siraj Palestine Fund I Batuta yamsafer

U.A.E

Flat6Labs Abu Dhabi debuts freshman class

Flat6Labs Abu Dhabi's first graduates (Images via Pamela Kesrouani) Seven startups from all corners of the globe flaunted their wares over...

flat6labs abu dhabi Demo Day Incubator

Jordan

Jordanian students work with NASA to discover if there is life on Jupiter’s moon

The students: Sanad Haddad, Zaid Kawar, Chad (their mentor at NASA), Mohammad Alzorgan, Firas Mistarihi. (Images via Kawar) In Jordan...

Space research Queen Rania Center for Entrepreneurship King Abdullah II Design and Development Bureau

Egypt

Egypt’s Banana Kingdom to ripen in California

Egyptian social startup Banana Kingdom could be leaving its sleepy Nile-side home for a faster pace of life in Silicon Valley, after...

Tahrir Academy IrlenEgypt Banana Kingdom

Saudi Arabia

Has saying 'I do' in KSA just become a whole lot easier?

Image via Selsal, a wedding planning platform in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia No one said getting married was easy and by that we mean...

Saudi Arabia Flat6Labs Wedding Industry

Egypt

Meet the Egyptian startup working to green the Middle East's oil industry

Fifteen years ago fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, irrevocably changed the global oil and gas sector. Today, technology developed in the...

oil & gas Tanmia Petroleum Company Green Energy

Jordan

ZINC and DSOA partnership creates new opportunities for Jordanian startups

Exploring new marketing opportunities has always been an objective for many Jordanian entrepreneurs. In an attempt to help those wanting to...

zinc incubator DSOA Zain Jordan

Palestine

Yamsafer secures $3.5M in series B funding led by Global Founders Capital

The world is your oyster. (Image via Yamsafer) Yamsafer, a Ramallah-based hotel booking platform servicing the Arab region, has announced...

series B Global Founders Capital investement

U.A.E

ArabNet summit focuses on smart government initiative

Attendees of last session of the second day – snapshot of Christidis' Twitter account. Smart government - Dubai's initiative to use i...

arabnet digital summit Dubai Smart City initiative Arabnet

Regional

Maqtoob takes its mission on the road

Meet Maqtoob's cofounders. (Images via Maqtoob) For many, promoting a new platform means using SEO techniques and Facebook ads. Not for...

digital nomads maqtoob morocco

Regional

6 steps to valuing a tech startup [Opinion]

This is an edited crosspost with BOOSTMENA. There are hundreds (if not thousands) of posts on the subject of valuation, specifically...

irr tech startup Valuation

Regional

Silicon Valley investor on MENA’s road to startup success

Bern Shen at Flat6Labs mentoring a startup team working on children education. Investor Bern Shen is optimistic about the MENA region’s a...

MENA ecosystem Bern Shen MENA

Regional

Are MENA’s SME business reforms doing enough?

Governments have been adding their cogs to the startup machine of MENA. Enough though? (Image via Mikehoolboom.com) For entrepreneurs...

business reform Endeavor Insight The Economist

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