Wamda

Maghreb

Entrepreneurship lessons from the Algerian desert

Slimane Kadi turned the desert into a succesfull business. (Images via Mehdi Bennaceri) This is a story about entrepreneurship in its most...

low tech desert algeria

U.A.E

MyCars to launch first EV car sharing in UAE

The Danish-designed hybrid Fisker Karma, introduced to the UAE in 2012, is unlikely to be part of MyCars on-demand rental offerings, but...

Al Futtaim Zipcar car sharing

Qatar

What I know about digital Arabic content: Nawaf Felemban

In 2015 Wamda produced a report that showed 60 percent of Arabs wanted to read online content in Arabic. That would be great...

Kooora Kasra WIK

Jordan

Has foreign investment helped Jordanian SMEs and entrepreneurs?

Jordanian NGO Leaders of Tomorrow (LoT) was recently doing some research on the history of local economic reform. It brought them to the...

Diwanieh Foreign Direct Investment Leaders of Tomorrow

Saudi Arabia

Building a real estate startup in Saudi's stagnant market

The decrease in oil prices also affected the real estate market. (Image via news.weetas.com) Online real estate platform Lamudi,...

lamudi hellofood Carmudi

Qatar

Looking to build an ecosystem, Qatar Foundation

“I met with a Jordanian minister a few years ago and he told me that he wanted the country to have 10,000 PhDs in the next few years,...

ARC'16 Qatar Foundation techwadi

Regional

Is it really necessary to protect your ideas?

Gotta protect those brainwaves. (Image via FamousInventors.org) It’s an all too common scenario. An entrepreneur comes up with a brilliant ...

Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company Wrapp EQT Ventures

Egypt

Injaz turns to crowdfunding for Startup Egypt

The funding crunch for Egypt’s startups is no secret. As seen at a recent Mix N’ Mentor in Cairo, it can in fact push...

Escape HD Etba3ly 3D EpicVr

Regional

Should you do it? The benefits and pitfalls of CSR

Are CSR initiatives incompatible with the profit motive? Not necessarily. (Image via Business Review Europe) Corporate Social...

CSR in action johnny matta CSR

Jordan

Bridging a video gap from Jordan

The Metaphorio team (L to R) Waleed Qadi, Nadia Husseini and Khaled Husseini, want people to work together. (Images via...

Isra7 DropBox digital media content

Regional

How valuation and cap tables work [How to]

Have you ever wondered how valution is calculated and cap tables work? Read on. (Image via Business Collective) In the context of...

how to cap tables startup valuation

U.A.E

Twofour54 acquires a stake in online art marketplace Collectionair

Twofour54 announces its second investment this month. Abu Dhabi’s media and entertainment free zone Twofour54 has...

Collectionair DASH Ventures investement

Yemen

Building startups from Yemen’s ruins

The 10 winning startups of Yemen's second Afkar Award. (Images via Rowad Foundation) Talking about startups in Yemen, a country racked...

National Company for Biogas Units Alashia Alshamsiah Mhlli

Maghreb

Morocco's Sheaply finds opportunity in Jordan

Sheaply turns international travelers into messengers. (Images via Sheaply) Moroccan ‘crowd-shipping’ startup Sheaply is heavily foc...

zaagel friendshippr Sheaply

Regional

Enpact launches Startup Haus in Tunisia

Kicking off Enpact's coworking space with a lively discussion. (Images via Startup Haus) Three months after its soft opening in...

incubation business reform incubators

Regional

Flat6Labs launches $5.6M fund

Sawari Ventures partners: Hany Sonbaty, Ahmed Alfi, Wael Amin. (Image from archive) Flat6Labs Egypt announced yesterday that they are...

fund Sawari Ventures Flat6Labs

Egypt

Egypt's cash crunch is affecting startups

All Egyptians have struggled for US dollars since capital controls were imposed, but this year has been particularly difficult. (Image via...

black market foreign exchange forex

Regional

Online payment products are imperfect, but consumers can protect themselves

This could be one way to prevent credit card fraud, not exactly practical though. (Image via kupunawiki.com) The marriage of credit...

ecommernce Online payments Payfort

Jordan

How entrepreneurs transformed this Amman neighborhood

Culturally conscious entrepreneurs, like those who founded Rumi Café, shown here, have turned Jabal Al-Weibdeh into one of Amman's ...

rumi cafe jo bedu gentrification

Egypt

PayFort announces new fintech accelerator at Mix N’ Mentor Cairo

Around 70 entrepreneurs, largely with early stage startups, came for business advice and networking. (Images via Rachel...

fin-tech Mix N'Mentor Cairo Payfort

Egypt

Egypt's Ibticar, a public-private success story

A fire can destroy a building or vehicle in minutes. Preventing one can save lives and thousands of dollars. (Image via...

connected device fire extinguisher Ibticar

Kuwait

Talabat cofounders acquire Q8flowers.com for $3M

Cofounders of Talabat.com has accquired florist delivery site Q8flowers.com for one million Kuwaiti dinar (US$3 million). The deal,...

Q8flowers talabat acquisition

Regional

Fear of success does exist [Opinion]

Don't fear greatness, if you don't want to spend your life living among potholes! (Image via outofedenministries.com) 'Fear of Failure'...

Legal challenges Opinion Failure

Lebanon

Equipping the next generation of Lebanese girls with STEM

Event participants take a group photo during the closing ceremony of the event (Image via Girls Got IT) "I used to think technology was...

STEM Girls Got IT MEMakersGE

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