Wamda

U.A.E

Will the UAE’s Bridg revolutionize the way we pay in the Middle East and the developing world?

Bridg cofounders Moussa Beidas, left and Nadim Jarudi, right won a very welcome 20,000 euros at the 2015 GCC Pitch Challenge Final....

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Global

5 minute guide to the Internet of Things [Infographic]

Coffee machines able to order new supplies for you. Electronic pet feeders that can schedule and feed your dog. Cars...

The Internet of Things Guide IoT

Bahrain

How one Bahraini jeweler sparkles in a competitive market

Making her mark with jewels. (Images via Curve Jewellery) If you want to find jewelry traders operating in the Arabian Gulf, a simple...

Curve Jewellery Vital Voices Bahrain

U.A.E

Productivity app wins AngelHack Dubai 2015

Bring your laptops, hardware, creativity, perseverance and create. (Images via AngelHack Dubai 2015) More than 70 hackers, coders and...

AngelHack Dubai 2015

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...

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U.A.E

Will Sakkini change the face of house hunting in the UAE?

Mapping one's way to a great home. (Images via Sakkini) If you live – or have ever lived – in the United Arab...

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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...

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Bahrain

Bahrain gets its first official angel investor network courtesy Tenmou

An entrepreneur pitches his augmented reality app to investors. (Images via Tenmou) An annoyance for the growing startup scene of the...

Hasan Haider MENA Angel Investment Network Bahrain

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...

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...

Social Media Digital Media Science DMS

U.A.E

Let the coding begin, ArabCode.org launches in Dubai

The three stages of ArabCode.org's plan for coding (Images via ArabCode.org) Back in November 2013 when Dubai won the right to host Expo...

Tecom Investments code.org ArabCode.org

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...

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Global

Lebanese m-health entrepreneur meets President Obama

"Everybody has ideas. Most people are afraid to take first step. Go for it." @mcuban #StartTheSpark @WhiteHouse #PAGE...

Spark Global Entrepreneurship Initiative Global Entrepreneurship Summit White House

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...

State of Payments 2015 Payfort Report

Lebanon

Lebanese game developers Wixel Studios targets cancer with new project

Still from the Aurora game. (Image via Wixel Studios) Despite a growing tech-healthcare sector - which by now has hundreds of...

Cancer Aurora Wixel Studios

Egypt

NASA hackathon sheds light on Egypt’s growing interest in outer space

The growth of scientific minds in Egypt. (Images via Nasa Space Apps Cairo) With so many problems on the ground, why would we want to...

PSC-BA CubeSat Space Apps Challenge NASA

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...

Trice Imaging Inc HealthXL Qualcomm Ventures

Global

How a seed VC makes investment decisions [Infographic]

This is a crosspost with the NextView Ventures blog. Note: In 2013, Rob Go published a flowchart articulating his VC decision making...

NextView Ventures VC investment seed investment

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...

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...

Nuclear power generator Transatomic Power Leslie Dewan

U.A.E

UAE online listings startup Melltoo raises $205,000 in seed round

UAE startup Melltoo Marketplace recently closed a seed round of $205,000, led by Turn8, Dubai Silicon Oasis...

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Maghreb

Disrupt!Games! aims to solve problems creatively

Getting down to business. (Images via Cogite) Tunisia’s young gaming community came together from May 1st through 3rd at the Cogite c...

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Jordan

Mix N’ Mentor comes to Jordan this June with new Marketplace Edition

As one of the most vibrant cities in the region's entrepreneurial ecosystem, Amman is going to play host to Wamda’s second Mix N’ Mentor of...

Marketplace Edition Endeavor Jordan amman

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...

MEMakers Teltonika Omnicom

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