Startup Weekend Damascus attracts young entrepreneurs despite strife At long last, Startup Weekend, the global entrepreneurial competition, has found its way to Damascus, in spite of the three-year war... Muhanad Sabha • 25 February, 2014 3d printer robot competition
Online Arabic music school i3zif kicks off the year with 3 ambitious new goals Just over a year after launch, the team at i3zif, the online Arabic music school, has kicked off 2014 with three ambitious new goals, says... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 24 February, 2014 oud Music Jordan
Over 300 game developers gather for Egypt Game Jam conference At the end of last month, the Egyptian Information Technology Institute (ITI) hosted the second annual Egypt Game Jam, hosting... Ahmed Gabr • 18 March, 2014 mobile games Gaming
Abjjad exceeded its goal on Eureeca by 30%; what's next for the Arabic reading social network? A few days ago, Abjjad became the first Arab cultural website to exceed its crowdinvestment target amount on Eureeca, the first ... Eman Mostafa • 26 February, 2014 Jordan books reading
3rd Wharton MENA Conference The 3rd Wharton Middle East and North Africa Conference, focused on opportunities for investing and doing business in the region, will be... Wamda • 19 February, 2014 philadelphia business school conference
Startup Weekend NEXT Baghdad shows what's possible As a co-organizer of the first and second installments of Baghdad Startup Weekend, I’ve learned first-hand how challenging it can be to c... Marwan A. Jabbar • 18 February, 2014 startup weekend next iraq Startup Weekend
West Bank and Gaza startups pitch together for the very first time in Amman Until this past Thursday, startups in the West Bank and Gaza had not met under the same roof to pitch to investors. At Oasis500 in... Hayden Pirkle • 16 February, 2014 gaza sky geeks Oasis500
TIEC incubator now accepting applications The Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (TIEC) is calling for applications to its next incubation cycle starting in April... Wamda • 11 February, 2014 technology innovation and entrepreneurship center tiec start it
3 apps win big at the Arab Mobile App Challenge The winners of the 2014 Arab Mobile Learning Challenge have been announced at an event in Doha. The winning team, Loujie, based in the... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 05 February, 2014 arab mobile learning challenge doha
Here's why the Arab world needs a startup exchange program Ten accelerators from around the world have announced the launch of a travel abroad program called Startup Exchanges. During one month, 50... Aline Mayard • 05 February, 2014 cultural exchange exchange accelerator
TechGirls summer program to host 27 girls from the Arab region to study in the US US Embassies across the Arab region are now accepting applications for 2014’s TechGirls exchange program, which for two years now have s... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 02 February, 2014 usa legacy international techgirls
Does Saudization help or hurt startups? The private sector in Saudi Arabia is now employing more Saudi citizens than ever before. In the past 30 months since the Ministry of... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 03 February, 2014 labor expats expatriates
PACEIM offers French-style incubation to North African and Lebanese entrepreneurs Here’s an initiative that should interest the many North Africans and Lebanese who are studying at or have graduated from a French u... Aline Mayard • 03 February, 2014
Seedstars World startup competition finale Seedstars World (SSW), the worldwide startup competition in emerging markets and fast growing startup scenes is less than two weeks away... Wamda • 23 January, 2014 seedstars geneva competition
Palestine's only startup accelerator Fast Forward announces its second class Palestine’s first startup accelerator, Fast Forward, announced its second class on January 20th. The new group of startups focuses on t... Eric Reidy • 28 January, 2014 Fast Forward accelerator palestine
Startup Weekend Kuwait Startup Weekend is a global grassroots movement of active and empowered entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of founding startups and ... Wamda • 29 January, 2014 kuwait Startup Weekend
Arabreneur announces $440,000 USD investment in four Palestinian startups Earlier today, Arabreneur announced an investment of $440,000 USD in four “leading, innovative” Palestinian startups, which will enter its ... Wamda • 27 January, 2014 arabreneur accelerator palestine
Regional Mentorship key to growing Bahraini startup ecosystem, says Ernst & Young executive [Wamda TV] Mentorship is key to growing the Bahraini startup ecosystem, according to Doris Martin, the Human Resources Assistant Director at... Wamda • 26 January, 2014 ey connect ernst&young Bahrain
Hello Tomorrow Competition offers startups access to a world stage Istanbul increasingly seems like the place to be in 2014 if you’re an entrepreneur. We’ve previously reported on three can’t-miss tech conf... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 21 January, 2014 communications it medtech
Can icecairo sustain a maker movement in Egypt, with government help? Egypt’s political situation isn’t discouraging budding green entrepreneurs. If anything, the revolutionary spirit may have encouraged you... Andrew Bossone • 08 January, 2014 icecairo
Narise Kamber, founder of Bahrain's Saffron Cafe, on scaling, funding, and passion [Wamda TV] Saffron Café is one of Bahrain's fledgling success stories, having grown from one to four cafes over the course of just one year. The ... Wamda • 07 January, 2014 wamdatv saffron cafe
Mashroo3i business plan competition teams meet their mentors Several aspiring young Bahraini entrepreneurs met their mentors at the kick-off of the 2nd Mashroo3i business plan competition. Mashroo3i,... Leena AlOlaimy • 30 December, 2013 mashroo3i competition Bahrain
Does Madfoo3at’s deal with the Central Bank of Jordan signal a new startup-friendly era of government? The relationship between startups and the government in Jordan is complex. On the one hand, it’s one of the most w... Nina Curley • 22 December, 2013
El Mashrou3, Egypt's first competitive reality show for entrepreneurs It seems that entrepreneurship has not only impacted the Middle East economically, but in pop culture as well. Egypt recently celebrated... Eman Mostafa • 05 January, 2014 Egypt