Regional New startups on the block: April Startups are launching faster than we can write about them, so here’s our list of raw newbies to... Lucy Knight • 05 April, 2017 new startups IoT ecommerce
Global Tracking skateboard tricks from UAE to LA Rideblock talks building a product in the UAE with a market in the US It was an argument over who had pulled off a better Ollie - a... Archana Menon • 05 April, 2017 RideBlock uae Flat6Labs
Lebanon Agri-logistics wins Lebanon's first agritech hackathon A logistics idea called Sou2 Baladi won Lebanon’s first agritech hackathon on Sunday, taking home $3,000 and a place in the new... Rachel Williamson • 04 April, 2017 Agrytech Accelerator Berytech agritech
Morocco Cooking oil can run engines as well [Wamda TV] Thousand of tons of waste cooking oil is produced around the world every year, with large amounts dumped in rivers and... Abdulghani Kataya • 04 April, 2017 Kilimanjaro Environnment youssef Chaqor Cooking Oil
Lebanon What I know about bad investments: Walid Mansour [Know your VC] In a debate in 2016 Walid Mansour was keen to shed the image of VCs as “cigar smoking fat cats”. “We have investors... Lucy Knight • 03 April, 2017 MEVP Know your VC What I Know
U.A.E The Souq sale is a game changer for MENA ecommerce [Opinion] We all heard the news: Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer by sales and market capitalization, founded 23 years ago in... Yorgos Kleivokiotis • 03 April, 2017 Amazon Souq.com acquisition
Egypt Voxera beats roaming bill and VOIP ban Voxera cofounder Amr El Gebaly arrived home after a holiday with his wife to a menu-like list of roaming charges on his phone bill. That... Radwa Rashad • 02 April, 2017 Voxera data roaming charge VOIP ban
Egypt Out of Africa: the Egyptians are coming Egyptian healthcare startup Vezeeta is expanding into the Levant, the latest of a series of companies from Egypt to start leaving... Rachel Williamson • 02 April, 2017 Vezeeta Performly Crowd Analyzer
Palestine Appmahal hopes for Middle Eastern chat app hit Palestinian startup Appmahal has launched a localized version of Whatsapp, and hopes this will provide the competitive edge it needs in a... Rafat Abushaban • 01 April, 2017 Siha Whatsapp WeChat
Saudi Arabia Riyadh is Mix N’ Mentor’s first stop this year The Saudi ecosystem is getting more and more exciting, and Wamda is on trend: we host the first Mix N’ Mentor of the year on April 22... Abdulghani Kataya • 30 March, 2017 Saudi Arabia ksa mnm
Regional Why Amazon acquired Souq.com This article is a crosspost with Centric.ae. Seeking global world domination in the ecommerce marketplace, Amazon acquired... Usman Khalid • 30 March, 2017 Souq.com acquisition Amazon
Regional Social entrepreneurship needs a culture change [Opinion] It should come as little surprise that social entrepreneurs across the Middle East and North Africa have become rather lackadaisical over... Sami Halabi • 30 March, 2017 Social Entrepreneurship Opinion
Global Startup Watch: the Souq deal, juice cleanses, and how to vet your VC The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your... Rachel Williamson • 30 March, 2017 souq beirut water taxi Investment
Morocco Biodome fights gas with gas in Morocco Fatima Zahra Beraich works in agriculture, a sector that’s dominated by men, in rural Moroccan areas rarely accustomed to seeing... Yassine Bakir • 29 March, 2017 biodome compost morocco
U.A.E Why is the Souq.com acquisition so significant? [Opinion] For those who have been in the dark, Amazon has acquired Souq.com for over $650 million. The news of an acquisition of this size has... Abed Agha • 29 March, 2017 Souq.com Amazon acquisition
Lebanon Lebanon sets sights on being R&D hub for the Middle East It’s all about sharing. That is what former Nokia Technologies president, Ramzi Haidamus, thinks when it comes to a country... Rida Mawla • 28 March, 2017 UK Lebanon Tech Hub Knowledge Economy lebanon
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