Regional Challenges that spark ideas: GE's CMO meets MENA startups, discusses problems and solutions In January 2015, entrepreneurs from the Middle East and North Africa met with Beth Comstock, GE's Chief Marketing Officer, at Masdar City... Maya Rahal • 29 April, 2015 MEMakers Local vs Global Beth Comstock
Regional Bahraini wearable could add a new dimension to social interaction The Feelix is another wearable that may reach the market. The bracelet syncs with a user's smartphone and sends him or her... Raed Khalil • 27 April, 2015 Feelix wearables Bahrain
Regional Don't be afraid to scale This is a crosspost with LinkedIn. The MENA entrepreneurship landscape has come a long way since the days when I was at... Amir Farha • 26 April, 2015 VC investment Amir farha startups
Regional Vea starts fundraising campaign to expand its tire rubber tubes upcycling operations Vea, an environmental fashion store in Beirut’s downtown Souks mall, has launched a $10,000 campaign on MENA crowdfunding platform Zo... Raed Khalil • 22 April, 2015 Marwan Ammoun Layal Jebran Patrick El Zoghbi
Regional How this startup made 6 figures in 6 weeks When HomeSwipe founder Michael Lisovetsky arranged a meeting with Silicon Valley investor Tim Draper, he knew he needed to come up with... Maysaa Ajjan • 21 April, 2015 Dean Soukeras Michael Lisovetsky Homeswipe
Regional MEVP announces first round of $30M MEVF II fund Yesterday, Middle East Venture Partners announced the first round of investments as part of its $30 million Middle East Venture Fund II.... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 20 April, 2015 yougotagift The Luxury Closet AlTibbi
Regional Elusive success: a closer look at MENA's potentially lucrative travel sector The potential of MENA’s travel and tourism sector is staggering. Some 352 million air travelers in the Arab world generated more than $480 ... Antoine Abou-Diwan • 19 April, 2015 hotelscombined.com hotelscombined travelervip
Regional What global investors want from entrepreneurs, an expert advises There are some questions that continuously occur in the minds of entrepreneurs - if I want to get seed financing, or that second round of... Eman Mostafa • 19 April, 2015 Omnicom Laconia Capital Group instagram
Regional Starting (or investing in) an online business in MENA: lessons learned for founders and investors In the rush to create the next big success in MENA's online industry, it is useful to pause and ponder over key lessons our nascent... Khaldoon Tabaza • 16 April, 2015 online industry Khaldoun Tabaza iMENA
Regional Eureeca webinar on future financial crisis Eureeca is organizing a webinar on strategies to anticipate a possible future economic and financial crisis similar to the 2008 financial... Wamda • 15 April, 2015 Sam Quawasmi eureeca
Regional How young Arabs are fueling the MENA media market [Report] Global consulting firm Strategy& has published a report on the potential of MENA’s youth and how they have shifted the local media i... Raed Khalil • 15 April, 2015 Noura al Kaabi Jayant Bhargava young arabs
Regional From Beirut to the Gulf, Armenian cuisine expands its reach It is no longer a surprise to see successful female entrepreneurs. However, when one comes across them in the food and beverage sector... Abdulghani Kataya • 14 April, 2015 Mayrig food beirut
Regional MENA online market to soon create billion dollar companies The iMENA Group has published, in partnership with Kauffman Fellows Press, a report outlining how the MENA region’s online sector will r... Raed Khalil • 13 April, 2015 Khaldoun Tabaza growth iMENA
Regional 'They're not there yet but they will be soon': Ubisoft analyst on MENA gaming [Wamda TV] No matter how you slice it, the gaming industry in the Middle East lags behind European, Asian, and American markets when you look at... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 12 April, 2015 mena games conference beirut mena games conference teut weidemann
Regional What if it all came together? This article is a crosspost in partnership with Huffington Post. To outside observers the Arab world looks anything but happening;... Nafez Dakkak - Ola Doudin • 12 April, 2015 Nafez Al Dakkak online education Huffington Post
Regional Digital music in the Arab world, 4 industry players give their insights There is no doubt that music is important to us, there is also no doubt that the same goes for the way in which we listen to it. But while... Pamela Kesrouani • 09 April, 2015 Mazika dozzan Yalla Music
Regional 6 of the most innovative Muslim startups for 2015 This article is a cross-post with Ummah Wide, a US-based digital media startup that focuses on stories and the culture of the Islamic... Ummah Wide • 07 April, 2015 growmada narwi executive muslim
Regional Womena, solving the gender imbalance of the region’s angel investors “We do not want a mentality of men versus women, but rather a comprehensive mentality for knowledge sharing between the two genders i... Pamela Kesrouani • 02 April, 2015 Womena MENA Angel Investment
Regional Hatcher announces new seed and Series A funding for MENA startups Hatcher, the Singapore-based ‘B2B venture builder’ connecting startups in emerging markets with investors, is looking to “double down,” as ... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 02 April, 2015 hatcher fund hatcher beirut
Regional Inspiration, community-building and unicorns at #STEP2015 The STEP Conference, in its fourth year, is quickly becoming one of the most anticipated events in the Arab region when it comes... Maya Rahal • 01 April, 2015 STEP2015 Step Conference STEP
Regional KAAYIA is seeking social entrepreneurs in the Arab world for its 4th cycle The King Abdullah II Fund for Development (KAFD) has launched the fourth cycle of the King Abdullah II Award for Youth Innovation &... Kamel Al-Asmar • 01 April, 2015 Social Social Entrepreneurship
Regional New fund to invest $10M in idea-stage startups In order to bridge the funding gap between the early stages of a startup, a new fund lead by Prince Kojo Onioni Zalani from Nigeria is... Reine Farhat • 01 April, 2015 fund
Regional Why social entrepreneurship is critical for MENA Activists in the Middle East and North Africa who identify challenges in their communities must step up and create social enterprises that... Kamel Al-Asmar • 31 March, 2015 MENA Social Entrepreneurship
Regional Synthesis and community: how MENA Game participants plan to boost the gaming industry The MENA region is one of the fastest growing gaming markets in the world - for game developers - and is expected to reach $3.2 billion in... Stephanie Nour Prince • 30 March, 2015 gaming industry Play 3arabi MENA