Regional Middle East and Turkey startups raise the temperature in Stockholm [Opinion] MENA meets Stockholm at #sthlmtech. (Images via Aurore Belfrage) When talking to investors, corporates and media in the west about... Aurore Belfrage • 05 November, 2015 212 Istanbul Opinion Aurore Belfrage
Regional MEVP closes second round on fund at $32M [Editor's note: This article has been updated to include further investments announced in December 2015] Announcing Wednesday the... Lucy Knight • 04 November, 2015 VC Venture Capital MEVP
U.A.E Social selling: The future of ecommerce in the Middle East? Within the space of a few years, social media has become an integral part of everyday life. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other... Rachel McArthur • 04 November, 2015 Shedd EZHeights Social selling
Lebanon Crowdsourced interior design startup launches in Lebanon Smartphones could soon help people decorate their homes and save money at the same time. Simply fill out a short online questionnaire,... Antoine Abou-Diwan • 04 November, 2015 interior design Darwazah Ghassan Abi Fadel
Jordan Fellowship for young women entrepreneurs connects rising stars from US and Jordan Yara Al-Khader, founder and CEO of SA3ED.ME, pitches to judges during Demo Day at ZINC. (Images via Sam Wendel) “Recommendation s... Samuel Wendel • 03 November, 2015 Privail Kuli Kuli Kollectco
Palestine Gaza entrepreneur gives his 5 lessons for success Castle Soft began in the late 1980s with a piece of paper, a pencil, and a vision to create accounting software that is reliable,... Rafat Abushaban • 03 November, 2015 al-aseal accounting software Majdi Abu Daff
Lebanon An eco-friendly solution to dispose of pharmaceutical waste in Lebanon A 'pill-board' building. (Image via Ziad Abi-Chaker) This article is a crosspost with the MIT Technology Review Arab Edition written by N... MIT Technology Review • 03 November, 2015 MIT Technology Review Arab Edition cedar environmental expired medication
U.A.E UAE's JadoPado raises $4M Series A JadoPado CEO Omar Kassim. (Image via ResellerME.com) Online marketplace JadoPado has sold a 14.8 percent equity stake for $4 million,... Rachel Williamson • 02 November, 2015 JadoPado acquisition Series A
Regional MEC and Wamda partner to launch Corporate Entrepreneurship Services across MENA MEC, one of the largest media agencies in the world and Wamda have signed a partnership to give MENA businesses access to innovation from... Wamda • 02 November, 2015 MEC CER Corporate Entrepreneurship Responsibility
Maghreb Tangiers Technopark, future hotspot for Moroccan tech? [Q&A] Marouane Chelli has great ambitions for the newly launched Technopark in Tangiers. [Image via Marouane Chelli] After launching in... Aline Mayard • 02 November, 2015 tangiers tanger Technopark
Kuwait How to leverage content at Mashup MENA SMEs and startups that wish to reach more customers should offer smart content and leverage web analytics. This was the message at the... Sara Tarik • 02 November, 2015
Global 12 tips for getting hired by a startup [Infographic] As the region’s number of startups grow so too does the interest from graduates and career changers in those startups. We’ve written many ti... Lucy Knight • 01 November, 2015 StartupCVs job hunting resume
Egypt How to make social entrepreneurship work in MENA JP Morgan's Ali Idrissi, Droomzaken's Martijn Blom and Accion Venture... Sara Aggour • 01 November, 2015 Misr El Kheir Social Entrepreneurship Egypt
Jordan Matching virtual and real in 3D printing Designing 3D models for screens is very different from designing them for printing. If a screen design is sent for printing so many... Tala El Issa • 01 November, 2015 MakePrintable MEMakers 3d printing
Regional Cash is not king [Opinion] The reliance on COD payments is hurting MENA's ecommerce sector. (Image via sharktankblog.com) This is a crosspost with Mo Ali Yusuf’s L... Mo Ali Yusuf • 29 October, 2015 cash epayment PAYMENT
U.A.E Mix N' Mentor's 2015 roadshow brings the Marketplace Edition to Dubai Mix N' Mentor serves up deep expertise in a casual atmosphere. (Images via Wamda) Dubai will host Wamda’s fifth and final Mix... Wamda • 29 October, 2015 Mix n Mentor Marketplace Edition mix n mentor dubai
Maghreb Startup Maroc Championship showcases potential of Morocco’s ecosystem StartUp Maroc brought together 60 startups for two days of pitching. (Images via StartUp Maroc) This year's Startup... Yassine Bakir • 29 October, 2015 get in the ring startup maroc Competitions
Regional Big data for a big industry: oil and gas BP technicians in the control room of the Atlantis platform. (Image via BP) The global oil and gas industry is being seduced by... Rachel Williamson • 28 October, 2015 The Internet of Things IoT MEMakers
U.A.E AstroLabs and Google officially open their coworking space AstroLabs audience during the launch. (Images via AstroLabs) Just over a year since AstroLabs first announced they would be... Pamela Kesrouani • 28 October, 2015 DMCC Astrolabs Academy Astrolabs
Maghreb NUMA to bring French expertise to Morocco's startups Jordan has Oasis500, Egypt has Flat6Labs, now Morocco has NUMA. The famous French innovation hub announced today that they are going to... Aline Mayard • 27 October, 2015 NUMA Eiréné4Impact morocco
Turkey Webrazzi Summit 2015, a springboard for Turkish techheads Winners of the Webrazzi Summit 2015. (Image via Webrazzi) As several hundred innovative minds gathered over two days to share ideas and... Ronan Farrell • 27 October, 2015 500 startups turkey Webrazzi
Maghreb Morocco’s Eiréné4Impact in the push for social entrepreneurs Future Moroccan entrepreneurs learning about social entrepreneurship at Impact Camp. (Images via Sara Kaddaoui) This fall, school is back... Sara Kadaoui • 26 October, 2015 impact entrepreneurship Eiréné4Impact morocco
Egypt Egypt's Otlob sold for a bargain to Rocket Internet Egyptian food-ordering website Otlob has been snapped up by Rocket Internet, but at an almost firesale price. The acquisition by... Rachel Williamson • 26 October, 2015 online food ordering otlob Rocket Internet
Regional What I know about angel investing: Ed Roberto Ed Roberto at the Great Wall of China. (Image via Techstars) With more than 30 years of experience as a startup founder, cofounder, angel... Lucy Knight • 26 October, 2015 Ed Roberto What I Know techstars