Tunisia What I know about building an ecosystem from scratch: Wassel Berrayana In 2000, Wassel Berrayana was an employee in HQ Sun Microsystems, one of Silicon Valley’s companies, when he decided to leave his job... Maya Rahal • 21 August, 2017 it decentralization entrepreneurship
Morocco Dare Inc. a social incubator on the rise in Morocco According to a study by the British Council and the Moroccan CISE (Moroccan Center for Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship), the... Yassine Bakir • 30 July, 2017 Social Entrepreneurship startups incubation
Morocco 4 Moroccans aiming at becoming the Alibaba of Africa Working in the energy and industry sectors in various African countries helped Niama El Bassunie, a Casablanca-born entrepreneur, discover... Maya Rahal • 19 July, 2017 Trade financing for trade suppliers
Lebanon How this entrepreneur wants to democratize mobile payment Elise Moussa, the entrepreneur who’s behind Snapay, a mobile payment solution, didn’t start small, didn’t start at home.... Aline Mayard • 18 July, 2017 lebanon mobile payment cash payment
Regional Entrepreneurship in the Arab world: In English or in Arabic? When Wissam Tawileh, a native Arabic speaker was pitching at the latest Jusoor competition, he was the only one who opted to pitch in... Maya Rahal • 10 July, 2017 Pitching Pitch Competition jusoor
Tunisia B@labs, the first Tunisian incubator in downtown Tunis With up to a million people daily passing along Habib Bourguiba Avenue in Tunis, it is a strategic location for the latest addition to the... Maya Rahal • 05 July, 2017 Incubateur BIAT privé
Tunisia How Tunisia could be the next hub for justice entrepreneurs What if Tunisia was a better place to live in with more justice startups? The question was asked by Hiil, a Netherlands-based nonprofit... Maya Rahal • 02 July, 2017 justice Innovation droit
Algeria From dates to big data, entrepreneurship as therapy “You need to start by entering your order into the machine,” a waiter explained to Hadj Khelil at a McDonald’s in Paris.... Aline Mayard • 28 June, 2017 big data organic farming
Tunisia How twin brothers made their startup fly, so high A small aviation startup in Tunisia has made a first by not only signing a deal with the Tunisian plane company Nouvelair, but with Airbus... Maya Rahal • 28 June, 2017 aéronautique avions hydravion
Regional Support Legal: subscription based lawyer services for startups [Wamda TV] Wamda speaks to Patrick Rogers and Lee McMahon cofounders of Support Legal, a new kind of law firm that is targeting entrepreneurs and... Maya Rahal • 14 June, 2017 legal advice startup Innovation
Morocco Morocco's trash spotting app The rise of smartphone penetration and the emergence of digital tools is turning crowdsourcing into a popular business model. It enables... Yassine Bakir • 18 June, 2017 climat déchets écologie
Kuwait What I know about first hires: Fahad Al-Falah This article is a crosspost with Nuwait Having spent the last 20 years identifying, hiring, and retaining team members, Fahad Al-Falah... Ahmed Gabr • 12 June, 2017
Jordan In Jordan, technology is serving refugees Rana Kelani is an Iraqi refugee who arrived in Jordan four years ago. In the last year, she has learned how to code, found work and started... Aline Mayard • 12 June, 2017 refugees app WATER
Egypt Arabnet Dubai promotes investments in the MENA's emerging markets As Arabnet CEO Omar Christidis took his last strides on the Arabnet Digital Summit stage in Dubai and shared some telling numbers, the... Elias Jabbe • 22 May, 2017 Aqar Map Astrolabs Oman Technology Fund
Tunisia Seedstars pushes Tunisian startups to scale more At the Mediterranean School of Business campus in Tunis, the Seedstars team gathered a dozen Tunisian startups around a competition that... Maya Rahal • 16 May, 2017 scalibility seedstars internationnalisation
Tunisia The Startup Act bill is opening new doors for Tunisian entrepreneurs Tunisian entrepreneurs are finally seeing a draft of the Startup Act. The latest is that it’s under negotiation before being... Maya Rahal • 16 May, 2017 Startup Act entrepreneurs regulation
Morocco Screendy: focusing on product, not customer outreach What if entrepreneurs no longer needed to look for customers and could just focus on creating the best product for them? This is what... Aline Mayard • 14 May, 2017 association Business entrepreneurs
Tunisia Entrepreneurship and marriage don’t mix in Tunisia “I don’t plan to get married anytime soon,” teased Mohamed Ben Abdellah, 28, founder of ceramics startup El Houch. He... Lilia Blaise • 17 April, 2017 wedding tunisia entrepreneurs
Morocco Lamia Bazir is rethinking social entrepreneurship in Morocco Lamia Bazir could have made a career outside Morocco, advocating for women’s empowerment and gender equality all over the world.... Lilia Blaise • 12 April, 2017 Atlas Leadership empowerment
Morocco Bidaya Space in Morocco searches for seed stars Casablanca greentech incubator Espace Bidaya has helped 19 startups launch into the world since it began, and 14 are on track to survive... Yassine Bakir • 09 April, 2017 morocco Bidaya startups
Egypt Upper Egypt entrepreneurs demand more attention Luxor entrepreneurs hope they will be the lucky recipients of rising international, if not national, attention after the UN launched two... Doaa Farid • 28 March, 2017 UNIDO IMKAN creetova
Saudi Arabia Takamol Holding helping both startups and investors It’s a common scenario: Saudi entrepreneurs complain about the lack of investment and venture capital put into startups, while... Abdulghani Kataya • 06 April, 2017 Saudi Arabia ksa Musharakah
Tunisia Two thirds of women-led startups fail in Tunisia, report Only a third of startups founded by women in Tunisia will survive compared to over two-thirds of those by men, a new study shows. The... Lilia Blaise • 26 March, 2017 Tunisie régions entrepreneurs
Lebanon Lebanese entrepreneurs, move out of the city Hellish rush hour is nothing new to those who live or work in Beirut. However, road traffic fatalities, which reached 1,088 in 2015,... Reine Farhat • 13 March, 2017 tripoli entrepreneurs club Shouf Entrepreneurs Neopreneur