Wamda

Global

Tips to bear in mind if you’re expanding to the Middle East

Firas Marafie is the senior partnerships lead at what3words The Middle East: the quick buck, the pot of gold, or is it? With venture...

what3words MENA

Regional

Startup Istanbul launches $10 million fund to invest in Mena-based startups

Istanbul-based event organiser and seed investor Startup Istanbul is raising a $10 million VC fund, targeting startups in the Middle East...

startup istanbul Seed funding MENA

Regional

Sheraa launches $250,000 Middle East and Africa startup challenge

Source: Gulf News The Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center (Sheraa) is launching a $250,000 prize for high prospect startups in the Middle...

Sheraa investments MENA

Saudi Arabia

Pi Flow closes first round of funding

Source: Laffaz Saudi Arabia-based Pi Flow, a digital outsourced accounting company has recently closed its first round of funding from a...

Pi Flow SVC MENA

Regional

Trends to expect in 2020

With each passing year, the Middle East and North Africa’s (Mena) entrepreneurship ecosystem develops and cements itself as a core...

Trends entrepreneurship MENA

Regional

Mubadala announces $250 million fund for Mena startups

Source: CNBC Abu Dhabi is doubling down on its push into the technology sector with a $250 million investment to support start-ups from...

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Egypt

Fawry to IPO within next few weeks at a valuation up to $330 million

Source: Menabytes Fawry, the leading Egyptian electronic payments company will go public within the next few weeks by listing its shares...

ecommerce MENA exchange

Regional

GetJenny raises $2.3m from Dubai Angel Investors

Source: Menabytes Helsinki-based customer service-focused bot building platform GetJenny has raised $2.3 million (€2 million) as...

Expansion MENA AI

Regional

Startups raise $893 million in 2018

Investments in Middle East and North Africa (Mena)-based startups rose by 31 per cent in 2018 to $893 million with 366 deals according to...

Investment MENA Mena Venture Investments

Regional

Trends to expect in 2019

Entrepreneurship across the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region has now become a viable and more sustainable career path for those...

entreprenership MENA E-commerce

Global

Chinese mobile internet company to boost its presence in the MENA region following a Series A round

OneMena, a China-based mobile internet company, has recently raised a Series A financing round led by IDG Capital and Kuaishou, the latter...

Onemena china MENA

U.A.E

AWS Summit Dubai 2018

Whether you are new to AWS, or an experienced user, AWS Summit Dubai will give you the inspiration and technical knowledge you need to get...

AWS Amazon Web Services AWS Summit

Algeria

Afrikonnect - Engaging Corporates with African Startups

StartupYourLife and LaFactory, two key ecosystem players in the Moroccan tech scene, are building a platform to connect leading...

MENA africa Afrikonnect

Lebanon

AUB Stanford Women in Data Science Conference

AUB Stanford Women in Data Science (WiDS) conference is a global conference organized in collaboration with Stanford ICME (Institute for...

beirut WIDS STEM

Regional

UAE startups attracted $400 million of VC funding in 2017

2017 witnessed 134 funding deals of 129 startups in 12 countries across the MENA, which brought in around $475 million worth of...

MENABytes Dubai MENA

Bahrain

Seedstars reveals why Bahrain might be the next startup hub in the region

“Ecosystem, it’s a bit of a cliche, an important one though.” This is how Simon Galpin, managing director at...

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Saudi Arabia

Arabnet Riyadh 2017

For the sixth year in a row, ArabNet Riyadh will be gathering Saudi Arabia’s government, largest corporations and 1600...

Arabnet riyadh vision 2030

U.A.E

Unlock Blockchain Forum

Attend the first MENA-Asia UNLOCK Blockchain Forum on January 14-15, 2018 at the Ritz-Carlton in Dubai DIFC. The forum will discuss how...

uae Blockchain forum

Saudi Arabia

MITEF Saudi Startup Competition

The MITEF Saudi Startup Competition focuses on attracting high potential business projects across the following three tracks: idea,...

Saudi Arabia competition MITEF

Regional

Seedstars MENA

Seedstars World is coming back to Bahrain on December 14 to have the second edition of Seedstars MENA which bridges between MENA ecosystems...

seedstars Bahrain startup

U.A.E

Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival

Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival will bring together the some of the best and brightest of the regional entrepreneurial ecosystem, to...

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Egypt

RiseUp Summit 2017

RiseUp Summit is one of the largest entrepreneurship and innovation events in MENA, and it will be taking place on December 1-3 in...

Egypt startup RiseUp

U.A.E

The Cybersecurity Leaders Forum

Recharge your professional relationships at The Cybersecurity Leaders Forum: the premium gathering for senior ICT executives in the...

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Saudi Arabia

Startup Saudi Arabia

Startup Saudi Arabia is a 3-day event that will include a conference, an exhibition, and seminars as well as short presentations for...

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