Wamda

Regional

Crowdfunding platforms see education as key to growth

A recent panel at the MENA ICT Forum included liwwa's Ahmed Moor, second from left; crowdfunding strategist Ronald Kleverlan, third...

eureeca zoomaal liwwa

Regional

Technology as an employment enabler in the Arab region

Technology investors and entrepreneurs can help reduce the impact of the expected explosion in unemployment amongst youth in the Arab...

dany farha Employment BECO Capital

Egypt

What the restaurant sector of Egypt needs to know [Infographic]

Ask any entrepreneur in Egypt and they will tell you right away that one of the biggest challenges faced when starting up is finding solid...

Amir Allam restaurants ElMenus

Global

How to finance the scale-up of your company

This article has been crossposted with The Harvard Business Review Online. Tom Szaky knows well the meaning of the saying “Beware your d...

Terra Cycle Isenberg scale up

Syria

Displaced Syrian developers bringing unique skill sets to benefit the region

Syrian entrepreneurs and developers at Startup Weekend Damascus (image via Huffington Post). Syria’s nearly four-year-old civil war has l...

picasso interactive php open source

U.A.E

Employment platform success for 2CVs

There is no doubt that with the increasing willingness of people to move to other countries for work, plus the continuous search of...

2cvs DSOA uae

Saudi Arabia

How invested should an investor be?

This article has been crossposted with Firnas.org. Many entrepreneurs can be stalled by one thing or another. Perhaps one of those things...

Qaym investing mobily ventures

Egypt

Egypt's Bey2ollak app adds bomb alert hashtag

Egyptian traffic app Bey2ollak has created a bomb scare hashtag to better inform Egyptians of urban threats after a spate of bombings...

alert bomb bey2ollak

U.A.E

How interns can solve the startup hiring conundrum

“Every company should open its doors to fresh blood and young talent like interns or trainees (interns that later become full-timers), l...

internships internsME recruitment

Maghreb

Inside Endeavor's process to finding North Africa's entrepreneurial diamonds in the rough

It’s been several years now since Endeavor set foot in the Arab world, with the goal of identifying – and supporting – companies that stand...

Endeavor amine hazzaz morocco

U.A.E

From plumbers to cake decorators, can Mrusta provide the quick fix for Dubai's expats?

While sitting at the Business Development table during Mix N’ Mentor Dubai, two entrepreneurs caught my attention: Ibrahim Colak...

mrusta mix n mentor dubai in5

U.A.E

Abu Dhabi's twofour54 and Ericsson launch new partnership

twofour54, the commercial arm of Abu Dhabi’s Media Zone Authority, has partnered with Swedish multinational telecommunications pr...

Ericsson tech hub Issa Aghabi

Syria

Google Developers Group host first Damascus event

A group of young Syrians, specialized in Google services and tools, have organized a first meetup for Google Developers Group Damascus,...

syria Damascus GDG

U.A.E

Avoid UAE-specific startup challenges with these 4 tips

There is no doubt that establishing a company, especially a startup, isn’t an easy job, no matter where you are in the w...

DSOA uae Tips

Maghreb

13 must-read media sites on emerging startup economies

Not a week goes by without an international outlet mentioning how the startup scene is booming in emerging countries and...

emerging economies entering emerging markets Media

Syria

How Syrian entrepreneurs are creatively working through war

The tech ecosystem is booming in the MENA, we keep hearing. More investments were made in regional startups last year than ever before,...

tech-wd syria Hsoub

Egypt

New crowdfunding platform takes aim at Egypt's entrepreneurs

Egypt’s latest crowdfunding platform Tennra for entrepreneurs launched this week with a proposition to make giving away money...

Tennra zoomal Egypt

Saudi Arabia

A new Saudi healthcare app looks to solve the obesity epidemic

This article has been crossposted with Firnas.org We are surrounded by problems but it is those who are brave enough that see them as...

Junnah obesity Diabetes

Bahrain

The startup shrink: Tenmou's Hasan Haider

Back in 2009 when Netflix was offering a collection of 100,000 titles on DVD and had surpassed 10 million subscribers, Hasan Haider, a...

investors Bahrain Tenmou

U.A.E

Startup graduating class reflects the ecosystem’s fast growth during Turn8’s Investor Demo Day

Speaking at the first Investor Demo Day of Dubai-based accelerator Turn8, Brent Traidman, a general partner at Silicon Valley-based Fenox...

Fenox Dubai pitch event

U.A.E

Dubai's 'Drones for Good' competition enters finals

Look at that drone go. (Images via Dubai government) Dubai’s government is pushing engineers and entrepreneurs to create drones that a...

Drones for good Drones uae

Regional

The Arab region's freelance economy: some data

By all accounts the global freelance economy is burgeoning. For many, it acts as a way to earn income in the absence of formalized,...

freelance Employment nabbesh

Regional

From KSA to the Arab World: Hadafi funds and mentors female entrepreneurs

In a society where women are still economically marginalized and absent from the labor market, technology entrepreneurship is emerging...

women entrepreneurs Hadafi Funding

Egypt

Can this Egyptian entrepreneur follow her passion to success?

This piece has been crossposted with Firnas. Entrepreneurs don’t necessarily have to create a new product or come up with a new service to ...

deena fadel joud

Thought Leadership

All the information you need to navigate Mena's startup ecosystem

Thank you