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Egypt

Lessons from the Tahrir Academy shutdown

Tahrir Academy first announced their closure earlier this summer. News that Egyptian online learning center Tahrir Academy was...

nafham legislations close down

Regional

Turning to technology to preserve cultural sites

Syria's Palmyra has been a subject of looting and destruction. (Image via Shutterstock) This article is an edited crosspost from the MIT...

Nframes Sketchfab Training Network for Digital Cultural Heritage

Egypt

Egypt pill reminder app sets sights on Germany

Despite having perfect health, Ahmad ElKaragy always dreaded having colds for one reason: he often forgot to take his medication...

MEMakers Healthcare Egypt

Regional

The ‘ease’ of doing business in MENA [Infographic]

Starting a business and running it isn’t easy. It becomes less so when the economy in which you want to start the business...

Doing Business Report Oman Yemen

Global

Web Summit draws in MENA startups

Paddy Cosgrave, Websummit founder opening speech. (Images via Web Summit) This year’s Web Summit was a clear demonstration of the w...

Jobland EME Mosaikx

Saudi Arabia

The rise of makerspaces in Saudi Arabia

Hackerspaces aren’t new to the region, but they are new to Saudi Arabia. Two years ago we highlighted a number of hackerspaces in...

Fab Lab Beirut Fab Lab Cairo Geeks Valley

Egypt

Fawry sells major stake for $100M

A consortium of international investors has taken an 85 percent stake in Egyptian electronic bill presentment and payment platform Fawry...

fawry Egypt Investment

Regional

Things to keep in mind when prepping for a VC round [Opinion]

Investors and industry-leading startups can do great work together. (Image via MetroMBA) Entrepreneurs are a gifted breed of individuals...

Walid Faza Wamda Capital VC investment

Regional

The female VCs of MENA

Noor Sweid and Hala Fadel. (Image via Leap Ventures) There are two common complaints in the Middle East startup sector: a lack of funding,...

MIT Enterprise Forum GCC MIT Enterprise Forum Pan-Arab Zen Yoga

U.A.E

Makersbuilders joins the innovators of the Arab region

Makersbuilders with parents and children filling up In5 in 2014. (Images via Makersbuilders) Gaps in the market, children...

robotics MEMakers the cribb

Iraq

Curing Iraq's coder crisis

Iraqi startups suffer from a critical lack of skilled coders but a new bootcamp in Baghdad called The Week is trying to narrow this talent...

app developers coders The Week

Maghreb

Why accelerators are flocking to Tunisia

Are you ready for more Demodays? (Image via Flat6Labs) Tunisia has an impressive number of entrepreneurship training and mentoring...

Start'act Wikistartup Founders Institute

Jordan

Tamatem signs a partnership with global player Tapinator

The only way is up for gamers in Jordan. (Image via Tamatem) Jordanian game publishing platform Tamatem signed a partnership with US...

Tapinator MVI gaming industry

U.A.E

ArabiaWeather closes a round of $5M

CEO Mohammad Al-Shaker during one of the weather forecasts. (Image via ArabiaWeather) ArabiaWeather announced yesterday a $5 million...

Wamda Capital Jabbar Group MEMakers

Regional

Car-hailing app Careem raises $60M Series C

[Editor's note: This article has been updated to include details about Careem's peak pricing change.] Middle East-founded...

Wamda Capital Lumia Capital Abraaj Group

Egypt

Incubators prompt entrepreneurship in Upper Egypt

Hemma encouraged students at Assiut University to apply with innovative ideas. (Images via Hemma) Cairo often takes all the attention of...

Holol Techno-Falah Upper Egypt

Regional

8 MENA startup founders under the age of 20

Countries in the Middle East and North Africa currently own a vast reserve of an invaluable resource, one that can spur innovation and help...

teenage founders startups MENA

Maghreb

Yuzu helps Moroccans cook and eat better with less effort

Dinner is ready! (Images via Yuzu) Everybody agrees: cooking at home is the easiest way to eat healthy and cheaply. But how many of us...

Yuzu morocco Food delivery

U.A.E

What I know about pretotyping: Karina Sotnik

Karina Sotnik explaining the benefits of pretotyping. (Image via Wharton School) For Karina Sotnik, Silicon Valley was just the beginning...

Karina Sotnik What I Know Pretotyping

Regional

Megatrends in MENA: startup solutions for urban lives [Infographic]

The ultimate example of urbanization in MENA: Dubai from above. (Image via Picasa) 'Megatrends', according to EY, are...

Recycle Beirut urbanisation El Noor Geh

Egypt

This Egyptian fashion startup has its eyes on Europe

Online luxury sales are projected to grow by an unprecedented 20 to 25 percent over the next five years, according to a Boston Consulting...

maria munoz slickr Clothing

Regional

Online laundry sector booming despite obvious challenges

The desire for laundry services that are hassle free is on the rise. Clean and tidy. (Image via Washmen) Seizing their...

Washplus GetLaundry Washmen

Lebanon

Entreprenergy summit celebrates MENA startups

Marc Dfouni, cofounder and CEO of Eastline Marketing interviews MarkaVIP founder Ahmed Alkhatib. (Image via Abed Kataya) Just...

Aline Kamakian Lebanese League for Women in Business Ahmed Alkhatib

Lebanon

Social entrepreneurs tackle Lebanon's trash crisis

With the Naameh lanfill closed, trash has piled up the street. (Image via National Post) The piles of garbage in the streets and...

stratups crisis trash

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