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Saudi Arabia

What you should know about Saudi’s social media behavior

A screenshot from the video created along with the TOP report Saudi Arabia is still growing into a market that regional and global tech...

TOP Academy the online project TOP

Regional

Zomato raises $60M round

Restaurant review app Zomato has raised a $60 million round, led by Singapore investment company Temasek, and will use some of those...

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Jordan

Jordan's windy solution [Infographic]

When it comes to natural resources, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is poor. According to the World Bank they import over 90 percent...

Taqetna Green Watts Wind Farms

U.A.E

HR software Beneple acquired 8 months after launch

Putting the fun back into HR admin. When HR management startup, Beneple announced this week that they were acquired by a regulated...

Acqui-hire Health Insurance Beneple

Lebanon

Marketplace Edition pulls in the entrepreneurs for Mix N’ Mentor Beirut

Getting to know you. Mix N' Mentor Beirut kicks off. (Images Wamda with Sam Fakhoury) Not too far from the location of recent...

ElementN Diwanee term sheets

U.A.E

Ro’Ya: Developing the UAE’s female entrepreneurs

2015 applicants attend a Ro'Ya workshop. (Images via Ro'Ya) Women are driving entrepreneurship in the UAE, and the people behind the...

Dubai Business Women Council Baby Arabia VentureFin

Regional

How to attract and retain talent [Opinion]

People are arguably the single most important component of any venture. With the proliferation of technology startups in the region,...

johnny matta human resources talent

U.A.E

A new addition to MENA's hardware facelift

When Prashant Gulati (also known as PK) was 10 he asked his father for a carpenter’s kit. In those days child-friendly kits wouldn’t hav...

The Assembly MEMakers Maker space

U.A.E

Global Innovation Summit: embracing change is key to growth

The busy crowds at registration were indicative of what was ahead. (Image via Global Innovation Summit) The Global Innovation Summit 2015,...

Maghreb

From France to the Maghreb: why some Maghrebi entrepreneurs return to the homeland

This view does make a good argument for Tunisia. (Image via West East South North) Sure, many Tunisians and Moroccans have...

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Iraq

Iraq's main maker: Nawres Arif

Nawres Arif taught himself digital 3D modelling from a photocopied manual, years before he had a computer. He set up Basra’s first...

profile Nawres Arif Basra

Regional

7 insights into MENA's biggest ecosystems [Infographic]

Do you know just how many of MENA’s startups come from Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and the UAE? Do you know how many men have founded...

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Global

Telemedicine in the Middle East, the time is now

The time is now. (Image via CommsMEA) In 2001, a team of French and American physicians in New York made history by remotely...

digital health care MEMakers AlemHealth

Palestine

Palestine's top 8 incubators

There has been a lot of hype recently surrounding startups from Palestine, but they aren’t working in a vacuum. There’s a thriving eco...

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Regional

Where can you spend your bitcoins in the Middle East?

Though Bitcoin in MENA is in its infancy, demand and adoption are fast growing. (Image via BitOasis) This is a crosspost with...

bitcoins Bit Oasis Bitcoin

Saudi Arabia

Mobily Ventures announces their part in Fetchr's $11M round

Mobily Ventures, the capital arm of Etihad Etisalat in Saudi Arabia, has announced their involvement in the funding round of shipping and...

Fetchr mobily ventures

U.A.E

UAE-based online property sites get Series A from iMENA

Apartment hunting online - a growing sector for the Middle East. (Image via JustProperty.com) JRD Group, parent company to UAE-based sites...

online classifieds iMENA Group JustRentals.com

Jordan

Med-tech vying for attention in Jordan

A slip of the finger, or a movement too quick, and a healthcare professional can find themselves with a needlestick injury. That is what...

iPark Jordan medical hardware innovation digital health care

Regional

Language learning platform Duolingo launches in the Arab world

The language-learning platform Duolingo has launched in the Arab world, allowing Arabic speakers to learn English through free...

language instruction DuoLingo

Saudi Arabia

Swimming safely with sensors from the deserts of Arabia

Drowning is the third most common cause of death worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. Ranking at 42 out of 192 is Saudi...

sensors Stars of Science Saudi Arabia

Global

6 country visas for your startup

Obtaining a visa is getting easier for entrepreneurs. (Image via Thailandee.com) In 2010, dozens of startup teams moved to Chile every six...

startup visa

Lebanon

5 ways to address Lebanon's trash crisis

Lebanon's trash piles up in the streets. (Image via Al Arabiya) Trash is piling up in the streets of Beirut and across Lebanon,...

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Egypt

Egypt startups attract wave of foreign VCs

Egyptian entrepreneurs are finally beginning to attract foreign investors, with jobs site Wuzzuf the latest to close a major Series A...

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Lebanon

Is Lebanon a startup trap? [Opinion]

The buzz about entrepreneurship and start-ups in Lebanon has never been louder. News of increasingly available venture capital funds, bank...

funding gap seed startups

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