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Europe

Tech solutions for refugees with Techfugees

As the migrant crisis has spread across Europe consciences have been awoken. What if technology could improve the life of migrants and...

Urban Refugees S'team Management Refugeeks

Egypt

Egypt's green building opportunity

Egypt Green Building Council (EEGBC) head Salah El-Haggar, UAE Green Buildings Council vice president Khaled Boushnaq...

green buildings DesignBuildBreathe MEMakersGE

Regional

Turning your idea into a startup Pt. 2

The business plan needs to answer some concrete questions. (Image via blog.luz.vc/en/) Launching a startup can be daunting, but if...

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Kuwait

What do open-source software development and entrepreneurship have in common?

Creating an open source world. (Image via foodengineeringmag.com) This article is a crosspost with Nuwait. Around 23 percent of...

GitHub Brilliant Lab KBSoft

Syria

Bridge to success: six tips for Syrian entrepreneurs from Jusoor

From the left: Moderator Karim Samakie with speakers David Nabti, Habib Haddad, Aurore Belfrage and Rama Chakaki. (Images via Maysaa...

David Nabti Habib Haddad Syrian entrepreneurs

Jordan

Tech literacy: a step forward from e-learning

A young audience soaking up the tech world. (Images via Tala el Issa) While many companies have been focused on integrating...

MEMakersGE robotics Coding Circle

Maghreb

Repairing a country: Tunisia's diaspora returns

Tunisia's diaspora is returning to a country that's gradually reforming itself, to build lives and businesses. (Image via Aviation...

Smart Tunisia TAYP Saphon Energy

U.A.E

Twofour54 and Ycombinator invest in gaming developer Unnyhog

Four years after investing in social gaming sites Jawaker and Tahadi, and almost two years after investing in Arabic online game...

Unnyhog YCombinator TwoFour54

Lebanon

How smart microgrids could ease Lebanon’s electricity woes

It's a big 'ol mess, electricity in Lebanon. (Image via Shutterstock) This article is a crosspost with MIT Technology Revie Arab...

Microgrids Electricite du Liban Electricity

Regional

How to turn your idea into a startup Pt. 1

A good idea isn't likely to translate into a good startup without a lot of brainstorming and perseverance. (Image via The Membership...

market opportunity gap idea johnny matta

Jordan

Solutions to Jordan’s climate change challenges?

Jordan can be pretty dry. (Image via Letstravelsomewhere.com) As an arid, resource poor nation, Jordan has historically relied on foreign...

IndyACT Jordan IEEE Jordan Young Professionals Energy Master Plan

Regional

Should you make governance a priority?

One criticism of US-based Zenefits was that it had a weak board - only four people. (Image via Barcinno) During a recent visit to a client...

Saudi Arabia Advice Corporate Governance

U.A.E

Scale-up survival guides

It’s 4am and the phone is ringing. Noor Sweid picks up, and a voice on the other end tells her the news: a fire has erupted at the...

Mangus Olsson Depa Noor Sweid

U.A.E

Dashroad launches with Careem, seeks to take on MENA

"It's a platform. In short, it's a FitBit for cars" This is how entrepreneur Faheem Gill introduces his product Dashroad, which was...

MixTelematics Samtech Dashroad

U.A.E

Crowd Analyzer wins Startup Alley pitching competition at #DubaiLynx

From left to right: Ahmed Saad CEO and Bahaa Galal CTO, happy winners. (Images by Maya Rahal). New startups need contacts, and the...

Exhibition Startup Alley Dubai Lynx

Regional

The evolution of tech startups in MENA [Opinion]

Watching an ecosystem grow. (Image via Miami Herald) In much of the world, being a technology startup is a very ‘cool’ pursuit. The sto...

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Lebanon

Prototyping and the art in hardware creation: White Lab

Prototyping is a product development process made up of tests and iterations. (Image via smashingmagazine.com) “Between the conception and ...

Air prototyping WhiteLab

Maghreb

Droidcon Tunis, the government backs startups

The Tunisian minister drop the suit for the fifth edition of Droidcon in Tunisia. (image via Tekiano) Over the weekend, huge crowds of...

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U.A.E

StudentCart: integrating technology and the school marketplace

The Hammadi brothers at their Flat6Labs demo day earlier this year. (Image via Flat6Labs) When a child begins the year at a private...

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Saudi Arabia

Triage Project redefines medical aid in KSA

Team leaders of the triage project at the first workshop at King Abdulaziz Public Library in January (Images via Triage) Oil-rich Saudi...

The Triage Project healthtech Saudi Arabia

Regional

Careem's 4 big things for 2016 [Wamda TV]

2015 was certainly a great year for Careem and they say localization was the key. They acquired Saudi-based home delivery...

Mudassir Sheikha wamda mix n mentor dubai growth

Iraq

A story of failure, or is it?

Three years ago Wamda interviewed Iraqi Mohammad Al-Samarrai about his venture, the country’s first online food delivery site based...

Easy Bites Erbil Kurdistan

Egypt

What I know about being a woman in business: Neveen El Tahri

Investor and entrepreneur Neveen El Tahri is "very proud" of Egyptian women. (Image via Milken Institute) Neveen El Tahri is...

International Women's Day 138 Pyramids Delta Inspire

Global

Governments and startups, where the two can merge

Amongst the snow capped Swiss mountains a crop of startups selected from emerging markets descended on the chilly town of Lausanne for the...

Government reform Omniup Merchandiser

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