U.A.E Dubai’s medical tourism prospects More often than not, planning a visit to a foreign country is an ambitious undertaking. Adding a stopover for a medical treatment during... Archana Menon • 11 July, 2016 MEMakersGE Medical Tourism Medigo
Regional The MENA cloud: how big and where’s it going? According to the Cisco Global Cloud Index, the Middle East and Africa is expected to have the highest cloud traffic growth rate in the... Tala El Issa • 10 July, 2016 Cloud Mena cloud alliance gulf infotech
Jordan Putting the creative in coworking, Amman Coworking spaces are popular features in startup hubs across MENA, giving businesses, entrepreneurs, and freelancers access to a stable,... Samuel Wendel • 10 July, 2016 hayyez Coworking Spaces ZINC
Kuwait The impact of Ramadan on social media users This article is a crosspost with Nuwait. The holy month of Ramadan is an opportunity for its adherents to both do good and practice self... Ahmed Gabr • 10 July, 2016 socialobby ghaliah Nuwait
Egypt 12 coworking spaces for startups in Egypt [Wamda TV] By 2012 the coworking space scene in Cairo and Alexandria was vibrant. Four years on, some have disappeared, some have expanded,... Aline Mayard • 10 July, 2016 302Labs AlMaqarr Coworking Space Business Yard
Kuwait Noor Al Qatami: one 2016's most powerful Arab women This is an edited crosspost from Nuwait. Kuwaiti Noor Al-Qatami was chosen as one of the 100 most powerful Arab women in... Ana Tadic • 07 July, 2016 Noor Al Qatami Saveco kuwait
Maghreb Is Algeria ready for Aquasafe's IoT? Is Algeria ready for IoT? In 2013 Iman Malek was certainly wondering: her company Aquasafe had created Internet-connected tools to allow... Aline Mayard • 07 July, 2016 aquaculture IoT Agriculture
U.A.E In5 Media Hub, latest incubator with industry approach Dubai-based incubator In5 is finally putting the finishing touches to its media-focused hub. First announced in November 2015 they... Daria Solovieva • 06 July, 2016 in5 In5 media hub Payfort
Maghreb New $51M World Bank fund to target Morocco Morocco has been missing a strong investment fund dedicated to startups, but this will change in autumn when the World Bank launches a... Aline Mayard • 05 July, 2016 Financement world bank morocco
U.A.E 500 Startups invests in UAE gifting marketplace UAE-based gift-giving platform Joi has recieved investment from 500 Startups. With this first round founders Ritesh Tilani and... Natasha D'Souza • 05 July, 2016 500 startups joi gifts Investment
Regional Startups and VCs: it doesn't have to be complicated The relationship between an investor and an investee is sometimes delicate. One is fronting up with cash and faith that it’ll go... Maya Rahal • 05 July, 2016 due diligence startups VCs
Regional What I know about mentoring: Kathleen Bury Despite having alumni spread across 14 countries the UK-based foundation Mowgli is still having to work very hard to get people to... Lucy Knight • 04 July, 2016 Mowgli relationships
Syria High risk, high reward: Mag Optics wants to change the way we see Biotech is a high risk, high cost, high reward world. It's one that Mag Optics, a London-based startup founded by a Syrian... Rachel Williamson • 04 July, 2016 MAG Optics lasik MEMakersGE
Egypt Ramadan a flash point for Egypt food startups Egyptians’ food spending over Ramadan hit an average of 35 billion Egyptian pounds (US$3.5 billion), or about 15 percent of their... Eman Mostafa • 03 July, 2016 Agrimatic Akla Baity Yumamia
Regional MENA by the numbers: what do they really mean? Internet penetration, media consumption or ecommerce spending rates all tell one piece of a broader story about how the internet is being... Rachel Williamson • 03 July, 2016 Payfort infographics Data
Regional Meet the makers: GE Garages and the future of industrial entrepreneurship As the MENA region grapples with non-hydrocarbon diversification in the aftermath of the oil price shock, a slew of strategic announcements... Vanessa Khalil • 03 July, 2016 MEMakersGE GEMS robotics