Wamda

U.A.E

Skateboarding gets a wearable

Wearables, especially those for fitness and healthcare, are getting a lot of attention, from athletes looking to improve their performance...

Flip Technologies RideBlock wearable

Maghreb

Why Maghrebi entrepreneurs are launching in France

Here’s a thought: the Maghreb doesn’t lack entrepreneurs; they simply don’t work in their native region. Many...

HEC Entrepreneur Taxiii careem

Jordan

Oasis500 teaches Jordan's entrepreneurs to hustle for cash

Launching a successful tech startup takes more than just a good idea and dedication. This is what Nidal Qanadilo, a coaching...

tech startup Pitch Hardware

Regional

Abraaj closes $375m North Africa fund

The Abraaj Group has closed its second north Africa-focused fund, but the financial gap between early-stage investments and the $10...

series B Leap Ventures Sawari Ventures

Regional

5 tips for wearables-focused startups

Pauline Van Dongen's wearable solar shirt. (Image via Pauline Van Dongen) When it comes to wearable technologies the MENA region could do...

MEMakers Wearable devices

Regional

10 ways open source tech is changing the rules of the game

In the last few years, open source software platforms such as Android have established themselves as essential catalysts for technology...

Droidcon Dubai open source Dubai

Lebanon

Mix N' Mentor to unite startups with 5 large corporates in Beirut

Mix N’ Mentor Beirut, the largest gathering of established Lebanese startups, has nearly reached full capacity but there is still...

mix n' mentor beirut Venture Capital Mix n Mentor

Kuwait

Money doesn't always matter for Kuwaiti entrepreneurs [Opinion]

Kuwait city, 5:30 am. (Images via Reine Farhat) When my plane landed in Kuwait on Monday last week, I knew it was going to be a great...

kuwait

Iran

Iran’s Avatech ready for third cycle

As of September 20 one of Tehran’s three established accelerators will be open for applications to their third cycle. Out of those a...

Seed funding AvaTech iran

Lebanon

What I know about Circular 331: Marianne Hoayek

Marianne Hoayek at BDL Accelerate in November 2014. (Image via BDL) Lebanon’s Central Bank first announced that it would be taking special ...

Le Wagon UK Lebanon Tech Hub Leap Ventures

U.A.E

Green Truck: a UAE private recycling service

The Green Truck warehouse. (Image via Green Truck) The UAE has one of the highest per capita waste generation rates in the world. Putting...

Green Truck MEMakers waste

Regional

Technology is taking over the world (and the Middle East)

This is a crosspost with Boostmena. Google was founded in 1998 and Facebook was founded in 2004. Fifteen years ago, businesses had no way...

Smart Devices smartphones Technology

Syria

Against all odds, Syrian incubator AfkarPlus launches

Cofounder Samer Al-Aswad addresses the audience at the launch of the Afkar+ incubator on August 8. (Images via Afkar+) Syria's...

syria Challenges Incubator

Regional

Augmented reality and medicine, is the Middle East ready?

After-surgery care in developing countries or remote locations can often be an unknown quantity, but the use of augmented reality during...

InGlove VITAAX MEMakers

Jordan

Jordan’s Mawdoo3 gets $1.5M in Series A funding

The Mawdoo3 team in Amman, soon to grow. (Image via Mawdoo3) Mawdoo3, the Jordanian startup modelling itself on Wikipedia for Arabic...

EquiTrust Mawdoo3 lifestyle

Iraq

Hacking out coworking spaces in Iraq

If there’s one country in the region where entrepreneurs need a good coworking space, it’s Iraq. Baghdad’s two coworking spaces are opera...

burj babel fikra space hackerspace

Egypt

InfoMed digitizes Egypt's family doctors

A spate of high-profile deaths in Egypt from medical misdiagnosis has highlighted the need for better all-round medical care in...

family medicine ehealth InfoMed

Regional

To Lean or not to Lean?

The Lean business methodology works for every business – except for those it doesn’t. The model is increasingly...

lean startup QBIC Lean Methodology

Global

Will wearables be the future of mobile payments?

Bank Audi displays its 'Tap2Pay' at ArabNet Beirut earlier this year. (Image via Payfort) In his second piece on mobile payments,...

Payfort mobile payments

Lebanon

Sweet as honey: how this Lebanese startup founded a thriving business

In the middle of Beirut's Achrafieh area is a small boutique with rows and rows of honey jars stacked on top each other. The boutique...

nature entrepreneurship lebanon

Regional

How do you build a smart city?

Dubai's smart city, Silicon Park, focuses on six pillars: life, society, mobility, economy, governance and environment.(Image...

Smart Devices Smart Cities IoTx

Maghreb

Apps open political dialogue in North Africa

Tunisians are making their voice heard. (Image via The Nation) The Arab spring proved the power of social media. Firstly that it goes far...

Arab spring democracy politics

Palestine

Investors and entrepreneurs preach startups to Palestinian university students

It may be hard to believe, but now is the perfect time to start a business in Palestine. “There wasn’t enough [funding] in the pipeline bef...

entrepreneurship palestine arabreneur

Regional

Industrial Internet and energy efficiency in the Middle East

When a car’s fuel is running low, a little dial will let you know, and on the average car you can bet you’ve got about 40km at...

Energy saving Satchnet Chifco

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