Wamda

Regional

What if it all came together?

This article is a crosspost in partnership with Huffington Post. To outside observers the Arab world looks anything but happening;...

Nafez Al Dakkak online education Huffington Post

Saudi Arabia

What is the Saudi game industry lacking? Two developers respond

The bar for producing games in the Arab region is at its highest point yet, as more developers enter the market. But a cool idea is not...

Hako Games Game Tako MENA Games

Maghreb

When the cofounder relationship goes awry, the story of Lioumness

It’s not uncommon for one cofounder to leave a company in its early years. In some cases, the separation goes smoothly, in others, it k...

Lioumness culture morocco

Regional

Digital music in the Arab world, 4 industry players give their insights

There is no doubt that music is important to us, there is also no doubt that the same goes for the way in which we listen to it. But while...

Mazika dozzan Yalla Music

U.A.E

Cardiac emergency services app takes first prize at Dubai’s Hacka{MENA}

Finding ways to change the world in seventy-two hours sounds close to impossible, but Hacka {MENA}, Dubai’s first social impact hackathon d...

PwC Hacka EXPO Hacka MENA

Lebanon

USAID launches MENA-II in Lebanon amidst growing landscape of support

Last week, representatives of USAID, the Berytech Foundation (a Lebanese incubator and VC fund), and the United States...

im capital Circular 331 Berytech

Maghreb

Girls in Tech to launch in Morocco to support women entrepreneurs

When I asked Fatim-Zahra Biaz to give me a name of a Moroccan woman tech entrepreneur, she struggles. “This is why we’re launching Girls ...

Girls in Tech women entrepreneurs New Work Lab

Regional

6 of the most innovative Muslim startups for 2015

This article is a cross-post with Ummah Wide, a US-based digital media startup that focuses on stories and the culture of the Islamic...

growmada narwi executive muslim

Jordan

Not playing around: Jordanian startup Yaqut pursuing Arabic ebook market with gamified app

After years of explosive growth, ebooks in English-language markets finally appear to be leveling off and stabilizing as an integral part...

Ammar Mardawi Yaqut ebooks

U.A.E

Designer Fatma Almulla merges Western fashion with Emirati culture

Emirati entrepreneur Fatma Almulla has developed her own unique style in the world of design and creativity and crowned it by launching...

uae Fashion

Palestine

Why this high-fashion startup is prioritizing Palestine

ElMuda's founders Ruba Abdulhadi (left) and Badea Jaber. High fashion is big business in the Middle East. In fact, the Arab region is one...

elmuda palestine Fashion

Global

GoNabit’s cofounders reunite to embark on a new journey

Having been a part of Dan Stuart and Sohrab Jahanbani’s team back when they cofounded GoNabit, the first online group buying website...

livingsocial gonabit Q&A

Lebanon

Art meets architecture at design startup UV Lab

Khan Bar Restaurant: UV Lab's first comprehensive project This article is part of a partnership with Dreammatcher and AltCity. UV...

Maghreb

How Droidcon and Google Developers Group are pushing Tunisia's economic development

A few weeks ago, 1,000 geeks gathered for the fourth Tunisian edition of Droidcon, the yearly conference dedicated to Android developers -...

Taher Mestiri Droidcon google developers group

U.A.E

Dubai’s The Luxury Closet secures $2.2m in VC funds

Dubai’s The Luxury Closet, an online platform buys and sells pre-owned luxury goods on consignment, has secured $2.2 million USD of its S...

Kunal Kapoor The Luxury Closet investement

Regional

Womena, solving the gender imbalance of the region’s angel investors

“We do not want a mentality of men versus women, but rather a comprehensive mentality for knowledge sharing between the two genders i...

Womena MENA Angel Investment

Lebanon

5 things I learned from making a video game in 30 hours

Sten Selander of Media Evolution (Sweden) briefs Arabic Game Jam participants As a kid, I had two main hobbies: drawing and playing video...

video games arabic game jam MENA Games

Regional

Hatcher announces new seed and Series A funding for MENA startups

Hatcher, the Singapore-based ‘B2B venture builder’ connecting startups in emerging markets with investors, is looking to “double down,” as ...

hatcher fund hatcher beirut

Regional

Inspiration, community-building and unicorns at #STEP2015

The STEP Conference, in its fourth year, is quickly becoming one of the most anticipated events in the Arab region when it comes...

STEP2015 Step Conference STEP

U.A.E

Payment solution, online marketplace, and logistics startup top TechCrunch Dubai

On the eve of the Step Conference, (the Middle East’s largest event featuring technology, design, and gaming trends), Innovation360’s acc...

Step Conference Laundry Box Bit Oasis

Regional

New fund to invest $10M in idea-stage startups

In order to bridge the funding gap between the early stages of a startup, a new fund lead by Prince Kojo Onioni Zalani from Nigeria is...

fund

Jordan

liwwa announces seed round led by DASH Ventures, hints at new product launch

liwwa, the Amman-based peer-to-peer Sharia-compliant lending site, has closed a seed round led by DASH Ventures, with participation from...

crowd economy liwwa DASH Ventures

Regional

Why social entrepreneurship is critical for MENA

Activists in the Middle East and North Africa who identify challenges in their communities must step up and create social enterprises that...

MENA Social Entrepreneurship

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...

Karim Saikali lebanon E-commerce

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