Jordan Data science: how is it good for government? All those zeros and ones - how can you make the most of them? (Image via Digitalgov.gov) “Understanding and innovating with data... Tala El Issa • 15 May, 2016 Kai Chan INSEAD data science
Egypt Hub in a Box creates off-the-shelf plan for hub finances Hub 'DNA' - working out what's essential and what's not. (Image via Eduard Cousin) Asking Adam Molyneux-Berry about Hub in a Box is... Eduard Cousin • 03 May, 2016 Global Innovation Gathering ImpactHubs Naweya
Lebanon Circular 331: where has Lebanon's money gone? It is said that innovation is an entrepreneur’s best friend. But in Lebanon a strong second contender has to be the central... Sophie Rimington-Pounder • 27 April, 2016 Lebanon for Entrepreneurs Berytech Fund Startup Megaphone
Regional Edtech and the future of work in MENA Countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are in the midst of a tremendous inflection point, with the future of the... Willam Altman • 26 April, 2016 Refugee Open Ware Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for Education Fourth Industrial Revolution
Jordan Has foreign investment helped Jordanian SMEs and entrepreneurs? Jordanian NGO Leaders of Tomorrow (LoT) was recently doing some research on the history of local economic reform. It brought them to the... Samuel Wendel • 28 March, 2016 Diwanieh Foreign Direct Investment Leaders of Tomorrow
Maghreb Moroccan politicians cheer for startups at Pitch Lab The audience is taking the floor during the 28th Pitch Lab. (Images via New Work Lab) Morocco's Pitch Lab has begun to reach... Yassine Bakir • 02 March, 2016 Manageo.ma Mozaic Parking The Wall Games
Saudi Arabia Winners emerge from KSA verbal throwdown MC Keith Wallace kept the punches flowing. (Image via Get in the Ring) The gloves were off last night in Riyadh at the regional final of... Bérénice Magistretti • 16 February, 2016 Food For People Date Pits Filers Fadfid.com
Maghreb Founder Institute Tunisia graduates first class Tunisian ICT Minister Nooman Fehri speaks at the Founders Institute. (Images via Founder Institute) Tunisia’s Founder Institute has g... Aline Mayard • 17 February, 2016 Founder Institute tunisia
Egypt Nawart opens doors to Egypt renewables startups Cleantech Arabia cofounder Ahmed Huzayyin gives an explainer on Nawart and what it's looking for. (Images via Nawart) MENA’s... Rachel Williamson • 02 February, 2016 cleantech incubator Ahmed Huzayyin GIZ
Maghreb Morocco's New Work Lab grows coworking space into entrepreneurship training center Eyes were riveted on startup at a Pitch Lab. (Images via New Work Lab) Last Thursday, 35 Moroccan startups exhibited their services and... Aline Mayard • 24 January, 2016 New Work Lab Coworking Training
Maghreb Tunisian incubator Esprit aims to turn engineers into entrepreneurs The first promotion of engineers-entrepreneurs presented health and safety-related startups at Esprit's demo day. (Images via Esprit) If... Aline Mayard • 14 January, 2016 Esprit engineering school
Bahrain Bahrain wants startups to call it home As almost every country in the Middle East begins to focus on attracting and developing an entrepreneur market, Bahrain is setting itself... Rachel Williamson • 10 December, 2015 BIM Bahrain Investment Market Cloud Accelerator
Maghreb Marrakesh gets its first incubator A door opens on the startup world. (Images via Emerging Business Factory) Marrakesh, the fourth biggest city in Morocco, barely... Aline Mayard • 05 January, 2016 50 Partners Marrakesh Emerging Business Factory
Jordan First Jordan Connect matches startups with big business Big business meets the smallest: Jordan Connect brought together large corporations with startups. (Images via VentureScout) Discovering a... Maya Rahal • 27 December, 2015 Jordan Connect SWIPT The Tank
Jordan Jordan entrepreneurs have high hopes for ZINC 2016 Keynote Speaker Steve Johnson signing his book "Where good ideas come from: the natural history of innovation". (Images via... Tala El Issa • 24 December, 2015 I3zif.com Zain incubator Coding Circle
Regional Egypt’s Noongam wins top prize at The Entrepreneur Day Egyptian comic book publishers, Noongam, have snagged the biggest prize at DSOA’s The Entrepreneur Day with their platform Magnoon. Founder ... Pamela Kesrouani • 17 December, 2015 Mea 360 Just Mop Guiddoo World
Egypt Bedaya’s new fund for Egyptian startups During the launch of Bedaya Startup Academy in 2015. (Image via Mahi Al Jazzar) Bedaya, Egypt’s first governmental fund that is private s... Eman Mostafa • 06 January, 2016 Bedaya Startup Academy Bedaya
Maghreb Why accelerators are flocking to Tunisia Are you ready for more Demodays? (Image via Flat6Labs) Tunisia has an impressive number of entrepreneurship training and mentoring... Aline Mayard • 11 November, 2015 Start'act Wikistartup Founders Institute
Maghreb Algeria to get its first coworking space Coworking and more at Sylabs (Image via Sylabs) The Algerian web community has many brillant tech minds, motivated marketers, and... Aline Mayard • 19 November, 2015 sylabs algeria Coworking Spaces
Egypt Incubators prompt entrepreneurship in Upper Egypt Hemma encouraged students at Assiut University to apply with innovative ideas. (Images via Hemma) Cairo often takes all the attention of... Sara Aggour • 10 November, 2015 Holol Techno-Falah Upper Egypt
Maghreb Tangiers Technopark, future hotspot for Moroccan tech? [Q&A] Marouane Chelli has great ambitions for the newly launched Technopark in Tangiers. [Image via Marouane Chelli] After launching in... Aline Mayard • 02 November, 2015 tangiers tanger Technopark
Maghreb Morocco’s Eiréné4Impact in the push for social entrepreneurs Future Moroccan entrepreneurs learning about social entrepreneurship at Impact Camp. (Images via Sara Kaddaoui) This fall, school is back... Sara Kadaoui • 26 October, 2015 impact entrepreneurship Eiréné4Impact morocco
Regional London calling A Lebanese, a Briton, a Dutchman and an Italian walk into a London investment firm. They bond over hip hop. One year later they launch a... Lucy Knight • 21 October, 2015 Braci Hoxton Ventures Slidr
Maghreb NUMA to bring French expertise to Morocco's startups Jordan has Oasis500, Egypt has Flat6Labs, now Morocco has NUMA. The famous French innovation hub announced today that they are going to... Aline Mayard • 27 October, 2015 NUMA Eiréné4Impact morocco