Regional 10 things MENA entrepreneurs learned about managing cash flow in 2014 Image source: smartwealthplanner.com (link) At the end of each year, we like to take some time out to regroup and go over the year’s m... Stephanie Nour Prince • 14 January, 2015 cash flow AlTibbi beelabs
Jordan Jordan's gaming industry steadily grows Over the last few years Jordan’s IT and entrepreneurship fields have witnessed sizeable boom. The most significant of them... Tala El Issa • 14 January, 2015 beelabs tamatem maysalward
Maghreb Industry focus key to a successful incubator, says Tunisian expert Leila Charfi If there’s one person that knows the incubators/accelerators sector in Maghreb, it’s Leila Charfi. The Tunisian, who describes herself as “... Aline Mayard • 13 January, 2015 Yunus Social Business incubators tunisia
Saudi Arabia Mobily Ventures invests in Saudi ecommerce store Dokkan Afkar This is the fourth investment made by Mobily Ventures in six months. Having first invested in Lebanese music streaming service... Maya Rahal • 13 January, 2015 DokkanAfkar investement mobily ventures
Lebanon Career banker-turned-entrepreneur sees opportunity in Lebanon's banking sector While financial tech is a fast growing sector globally, there is still room for growth in Lebanon. While many banks use... Samantha Kaufman • 12 January, 2015 cps customer performance solutions credit cards
U.A.E Ustad Mobile to scale mobile ed tech programs to the Middle East Access to technology has long been seen as key to developing education programs in low-income countries, but the availability... Alexander Hawkes • 12 January, 2015 Feature phones Afghanistan uae
Regional Winds of change: 4 major changes to the MENA ecosystem in 2014 2014 was certainly a year of impact for the entrepreneurial scene of the Arab region. From increasingly accessible money in the streets,... Maya Rahal • 11 January, 2015 cisco Traxn aramex
Lebanon Beirut+ TV: The first Lebanese animation channel For husband and wife Toni Yammine and Maya Zankoul not a moment is wasted when it comes to expending their creativity energy. In 2013 they... Ali Awada • 09 January, 2015 Wezank
Regional The growing m-health sector of the Middle East, too slow? When the Arabic medical information platform AlTibbi accept their World Summit Award for best mobile medical content in February... Lucy Knight • 08 January, 2015 MENA Healthcare Dr Bridge
Regional Why should fresh graduates choose to work for a startup? Most of the region’s fresh graduates start their careers chasing jobs with big corporations, because they believe that will allow them to b... Kamel Al-Asmar • 08 January, 2015 startups vs corporates corporates Nakhweh
Global 2014 technologies that promise smarter devices With every new lifestyle comes the need for a new technology to meet our needs in home and work. The 20th century’s move from motor focused ... Abdulghani Kataya • 07 January, 2015 batteries 2014 techs Wearable devices
Jordan Startup Revolution at ZINC Jordan Last Sunday, Zain’s newly launched incubator ZINC hosted The Startup Revolution, a community meetup driven by entrepreneurs looking to c... Teeb Assaf • 07 January, 2015 Startup Revolution ZINC Zain Jordan
Global Should entrepreneurs lie? Cross-posted from Havard Business Review. An experienced VC fund manager I have known for years told me recently that if a person does... Daniel Isenberg • 06 January, 2015 truth lying
Regional To be an entrepreneur rid yourself of illusions Ali Elouafiq has cofounded, with Ali Lakrakbi, iMote, a connected device that help localize one’s cellphone and keys. Now, about to start a... Ali Elouafiq • 06 January, 2015 illusions
Regional The biggest opportunities for would-be founders in 2015 The best companies solve the biggest problems – the really hard ones that few people even know about, much less know how to tackle. T... Ahmed Moor • 06 January, 2015 2015 startups new year
Regional Careem acquires Saudi-based home delivery service Enwani For the regional entrepreneurship ecosystem the year is starting on an inspiring note. After the recent acquisition of Shahiya by Japanese... Stephanie Nour Prince • 05 January, 2015 enwani acquisition careem
Maghreb Women SenseTour: 5 months, 5 countries, 25 changemakers Sarah Zouak, 25, talks about her project, the Women SenseTour in Muslim Countries, with an air of normalcy. However, the tour... Eric Reidy • 05 January, 2015 turkey iran morocco
Global Meet Zilzar, the Islamic world's answer to Amazon This article has been crossposted with Firnas.org Amazon and China’s Alibaba made ecommerce huge; now, it seems every other website is s... Safar Ayad • 05 January, 2015 islamic finance Zilzar
Regional Startup-corporate partnerships 3/3: 6 success stories Announcing the ShopGo deal In our series on startup-corporate partnerships we've looked at the logic behind the relationships, and why... Ahmed Mohammed • 04 January, 2015 corporations startups CER
Maghreb If hackers and makers in Morocco mingled, they could all be winners Like most Maghreb and Middle East countries, Moroccan entrepreneurs often refuse to collaborate and to share knowledge with one another.... Asmaa Guedira • 04 January, 2015 collaborative communities makers Maghreb
Global The 5 people VCs and entrepreneurs should avoid becoming, at all costs We’ve listened to mentors and entrepreneurs share the most misguided and cringeworthy personas they’ve faced in the startup world, and how t... Stephanie Nour Prince • 31 December, 2014 meme VC Venture Capital
Regional Startup-corporate partnerships 2/3: why are there so few? The second in our series of three articles looking at the intricacies of the startup-corporate relationship, we follow on from the logic... Ahmed Mohammed • 30 December, 2014 corporations startups partnerships
Global How to make the first 30 seconds of your pitch really count Editor's note: A few weeks ago, Rabih El Khodr from Standup Communication gave us his tips on how to pitch in under a minute. Now, he's... Rabih El Khodr • 29 December, 2014 Rabih El Khodr StandUp public speaking
Maghreb What have 8 of Morocco’s support organizations for tech entrepreneurship achieved? Many startups are now getting support in Morocco either at the seed or growth stage, but support programs and organizations are too few,... Mehdi Reghai • 29 December, 2014 Support OCP Maroc Numeric Fund