Abraaj Capital Art Prize Announces Winners for 2013 This week, the Abraaj Capital Art Prize announced the winning artists for its fifth addition, including winners from Lebanon, Egypt,... Glen Dalakian II • 28 August, 2012
Meet New Beirut Workspace and Social Venture Hub AltCity Entrepreneurs looking for a good casual workspace in Beirut can now turn to AltCity, which is opening its doors this August to become the... Nina Curley • 28 August, 2012 Coworking Spaces Crowdfunding
9 Secrets for Replicating Silicon Valley's Success July’s Global Innovation Summit (GIS) in Silicon Valley brought together 400 people to share ideas and on what makes a good s... Kia Davis • 27 August, 2012 Ecosystem Innovation
RoundMenu Announces $730K Round of Funding to Expand into New Markets After launching just over a month ago, RoundMenu has closed its first round of investment, for US $730,000, led by HoneyBee Tech Ventures,... Nina Curley • 27 August, 2012 Food & Beverage Mobile Apps Technology
Seeqnce Launches 8 Web Startups at 2012 Accelerator Program Finale LivingSocial's recent exit made for good small talk, but hardly daunted budding web entrepreneurs in Lebanon this past Saturday night, as a... Nina Curley • 27 August, 2012 Accelerators Competitions Investment
UPDATED: Rocket Internet Exits Turkey, Mizado, Expands Amazon Clone in Egypt and Morocco [UPDATED: We have received confirmation that Rocket is launching Jumia, an Amazon clone, in Egypt, extending a site initially launched in... Nina Curley • 26 August, 2012 Rocket Internet Trends E-commerce
Looking Back to LivingSocial's Exit from MENA: What Went Right, What Went Wrong? In the aftermath of the news that LivingSocial is leaving the MENA region, many have reflected this weekend on what this means for... Nina Curley • 26 August, 2012 Daily Deals Exits and Sales
Fekrety, the AUC's Business Idea Competition, Approaches Final Round Fekrety, the national business idea competition organized by The American University in Cairo’s School of Business – Ent... Omar Aysha • 26 August, 2012 Accelerators Competitions
You Have to Take Risks [Pic of the Week] With the announcement of the exit of LivingSocial and talks about the entrance of LinkedIn into the MENA space, we see a great example of... Glen Dalakian II • 23 August, 2012 CoE Cards Pic of the Week
LinkedIn to Enter Middle East Market in September On the heels of news that LivingSocial is leaving the region, an email circulating the region reveals that LinkedIn is priming to open an... Nina Curley • 23 August, 2012 Social Networks Technology Trends
Growing Pains for Jordan's Tech Entrepreneurs Jordan has managed to avoid the violence and political upheaval its neighboring countries have experienced with the Arab Spring... Knowledge @Wharton • 23 August, 2012 Technology Wharton
LivingSocial Confirms Closure of Middle East Operations [Exclusive] Early this morning, LivingSocial has confirmed its rumored exit from the Middle East and North Africa to Wamda. In a statement, the... Nina Curley • 23 August, 2012 Exits and Sales Daily Deals
Algeria Algerian Team Takes Microsoft's Global Stage to Fight Diabetes This July, three Algerian college students became the first team from the Middle East and North Africa to place as finalists in the cloud... Nina Curley • 22 August, 2012 Competitions Health Mobile Apps
i360 Hub Launches Traveling Accelerator for Idea Stage Entrepreneurs in MENA Continuing the accelerator boom in the region, i360 Hub has launched a new seed funding program that pledges to take entrepreneurs from... Nina Curley • 22 August, 2012 Accelerators Innovation Investment
How Arab Startups Turned a Slow Ramadan into Quick Success Although Ramadan can be a slow month for consumption, some startups have found ways to make the most of it throughout the past month.... Fernande van Tets • 21 August, 2012 Digital Media E-commerce Ramadan
What the Samurai Can Teach the Startup What can the Samurai teach us about successful business? Over a dozen enterprising people attended The District recently to find out,... Omar Aysha • 21 August, 2012 Education Gaming Programme
Moroccan Social Ad Startup Buzzeff Raises $1.2M for International Expansion In the Moroccan digital space today, startup Buzzeff is becoming a strong and influential player with a fresh approach to advertising.... Karim Jazouani • 21 August, 2012 Advertising Digital Advertising Digital Marketing
Moroccan Game Based on Palestinian Cartoon Wins in Saudi Arabia Today, GameTako has announced the winning teams from its second Game Zanga competition, which brought over 240 game developers together... Nina Curley • 16 August, 2012 Competitions Gaming
Revolutionizing Egypt's Oldest Bank with Cloud Computing This week, OMS won an award for their role in a different kind of Egyptian revolution, one that took place in its oldest commercial bank.... Nina Curley • 15 August, 2012 Technology Software Cloud Computing
Internet Censorship Called A Black Eye for Jordan's Tech Sector As Ramadan comes to an end, controversy is building in Jordan over potential internet censorship. After Jordan's Ministry of... Nina Curley • 15 August, 2012 Censorship Jordan
SeedStartup Demo Day in Dubai SeedStartup, Dubai-based international startup accelerator and seed fund, announced details of the Startup Demo Day event to be held at... Alaa Chehayeb • 15 August, 2012 Investment
What's the Secret to Building an Innovation Ecosystem? To build an innovation ecosystem out of nothing, it’s commonly believed there’s an unwritten recipe which goes something like this: first ta... Kia Davis • 14 August, 2012 Ecosystem Innovation
LivingSocial Rumored to Pull Out of the Middle East: Comment From Competitor On Regulation The National has reported today that global daily deals company LivingSocial is priming to sell its assets in the Middle East and shut down... Nina Curley • 13 August, 2012 Trends
3 Lessons for Building a Popular Arabic Content Portal There’s no shortage of demand for Arabic content online today, but building a niche site that will captivate and consistently entertain a l... Nafez Dakkak • 12 August, 2012 Arabic Content Digital Media