Regional Private equity investors in MENA seek a place in the sun This is a crosspost with Knowledge@Wharton. The backbone of future economic development in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) could hinge... Knowledge @Wharton • 19 October, 2015 IMF Abraaj Group private equity
Maghreb 5 MENA entrepreneurs join Endeavor Endeavor, Moroccan style. (Images via Endeavor) Two Moroccan and three Egyptian entrepreneurs have been selected to join the global... Aline Mayard • 15 October, 2015 morocoo Endeavor
U.A.E Dubai’s smart city goal creeps closer Dubai wants to be a world-leader in building smart cities and it’s attracting corporate players from around the world clamouring to be i... Pamela Kesrouani • 20 September, 2015 Dubai Design District cisco MEMakers
Iraq Exchanges are creating Iraqi changemakers Over the past 10 years some 3,000 young Iraqis have travelled on exchange programs funded by foreign governments, and it's some of... Marwan A. Jabbar • 05 October, 2015 cultural exchange entrepreneurship iraq
Saudi Arabia How this Saudi app developer is nurturing talent [Update]: Ibtikar released a new trivia game called HEXA, with tens of thousands of questions in more than 15 different fields... Ahmed Gabr • 13 October, 2015
Lebanon What we learned: Mix N’ Mentor Beirut Even the most amazing of ideas need a little help. (Images via Wamda with Sam Fakhoury) During our Mix N’ Mentor Beirut we gained s... Lucy Knight • 10 September, 2015 Choueiri Group Diwanee Y Venture Partners
Lebanon Is Lebanon a startup trap? [Opinion] The buzz about entrepreneurship and start-ups in Lebanon has never been louder. News of increasingly available venture capital funds, bank... Johnny Matta • 27 August, 2015 funding gap seed startups
Palestine Palestine's top 8 incubators There has been a lot of hype recently surrounding startups from Palestine, but they aren’t working in a vacuum. There’s a thriving eco... Rafat Abushaban • 01 September, 2015 gaza sky geeks west bank Gaza
Lebanon What I know about Circular 331: Marianne Hoayek Marianne Hoayek at BDL Accelerate in November 2014. (Image via BDL) Lebanon’s Central Bank first announced that it would be taking special ... Lucy Knight • 23 August, 2015 Le Wagon UK Lebanon Tech Hub Leap Ventures
Regional Can the internet revolution break down the barriers of data secrecy in the Middle East? [Opinion] Two trends are set to dramatically disrupt the long prevailing government and corporate data secrecy in the Middle East: data... Johnny Matta • 09 August, 2015 transparency data secrecy internet
Maghreb Power in numbers: Moroccan web entrepreneurs come together At the launch of Maroc Digital at Avito’s offices. (Images via Othmane Ghailane) The Moroccan web community got together recently for ... Aline Mayard • 06 August, 2015 Le Maroc Digital morocco
Regional Africa gets its first digital health accelerator Ampion's cofounders Fabian-Carlos Guhl and Ifeanyi Oteh launch their new health-tech accelerator. (Image via Ampion) If there’s one c... Aline Mayard • 05 August, 2015 ehealth digital health care Ampion
Maghreb Can Casablanca ban Uber? Should we expect a taxi drivers strike soon? (Image via Ahmed Bousserhane) In a press release sent this morning, Uber says they’d like to “... Aline Mayard • 05 August, 2015 careem Uber morocco
Maghreb How this French-Arab initiave is backing projects tackling MENA growth challenges Entrepreneurs, doers and thinkers discuss progress and innovation at the Bardo Museum recently. (Images via Thinkers & Doers) As the... Aline Mayard • 21 July, 2015 T&D Mentorship Accelerators
Iran 3 ways to accelerate and incubate in Iran The Iran startup scene has gone through a quiet, yet powerful, transformation over the past year. Despite slow internet, failing... Aline Mayard • 16 July, 2015 dmond AvaTech incubators
Regional Silicon Valley investor on MENA’s road to startup success Bern Shen at Flat6Labs mentoring a startup team working on children education. Investor Bern Shen is optimistic about the MENA region’s a... Pamela Kesrouani • 03 June, 2015 MENA ecosystem Bern Shen MENA
Global Lebanese m-health entrepreneur meets President Obama "Everybody has ideas. Most people are afraid to take first step. Go for it." @mcuban #StartTheSpark @WhiteHouse #PAGE... Lucy Knight • 13 May, 2015 Spark Global Entrepreneurship Initiative Global Entrepreneurship Summit White House
Bahrain How entrepreneurs are shedding light on Bahrain's underground music scene Aalaat performed at Malja Bahrain last month. (Image via Malja's Facebook page.) Tiny Bahrain has been making a lot of noise lately. The... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 14 April, 2015 malja malja bahrain mideast tunes
Iran 10 digital startups debut at a demo day first in Tehran Witnesses to the next big startups out of Tehran? [Images via AvaTech]. Since launching in 2014 the Tehran-based accelerator AvaTech... Lucy Knight • 15 April, 2015 Tehran AvaTech iran
Lebanon USAID launches MENA-II in Lebanon amidst growing landscape of support Last week, representatives of USAID, the Berytech Foundation (a Lebanese incubator and VC fund), and the United States... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 08 April, 2015 im capital Circular 331 Berytech
Regional Hatcher announces new seed and Series A funding for MENA startups Hatcher, the Singapore-based ‘B2B venture builder’ connecting startups in emerging markets with investors, is looking to “double down,” as ... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 02 April, 2015 hatcher fund hatcher beirut
U.A.E AstroLabs Dubai sign on 30 startups ahead of Google tech hub launch Ahead of its official opening of the Google Tech Hub Space, AstroLabs Dubai has launched a temporary coworking space in the city with 30... Pamela Kesrouani • 14 April, 2015 Google Tech Hub Dubai Astrolabs
U.A.E Two years in, In5's impact on Dubai's entrepreneurship sector “In5 is a center specialized in supporting the development of private companies and entrepreneurs and in the encouragement of creativity a... Pamela Kesrouani • 20 April, 2015 in5 Dubai
Regional Kelly Hoey on the power of networks to create opportunity [WamdaTV] At last week’s ArabNet Beirut conference, Wamda caught up with Kelly Hoey, the New York-based startup mentor, community-building expert, a... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 24 March, 2015 team culture arabnet beirut 2015 kelly hoey