Startup MENA targets European investors in Cairo; crowns Tellus as winning startup Startup MENA aimed to revive European interest in Egyptian startups by hosting its inaugural Investor Lounge event in Cairo earlier this... Daria Solovieva • 27 May, 2014
Queen Rania of Jordan, in partnership with edX, launches Arabic MOOC platform Edraak With the launch yesterday of Edraak, a new Arabic MOOC platform, education professionals have made a new stride towards the development of ... Wamda • 20 May, 2014
At Startup Morning, Bahrain's entrepreneurs tell policy makers what they need to succeed Early on a Saturday morning at the Business and Professional Women’s Club in Bahrain’s AlJasra district, I attended the first monthly Sta... Leena AlOlaimy • 21 May, 2014 startup morning events Bahrain
Continuing its focus on emerging markets, Seedstars World hosts Dubai round In 2005, Mohamed Elwazer witnessed a disturbing scene while waiting for a train at a metro station in Egypt. A security officer was... Natasha D'Souza • 19 May, 2014 competition Health
Rebuilding Egypt: how do startups help the economy? When it comes to start-ups, entrepreneurs face unique challenges in an already difficult economic environment: striking out on their own... Daria Solovieva • 14 May, 2014 economy Egypt
Startup MENA seeks to bridge the gaps between Egyptian startups and European VCs Startup MENA, the initiative funded in part by the Danish government, will hold a pitch event for Egyptian startups on May 14th, as part... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 03 May, 2014 events
Young change agents from the Arab world convene at Stanford For three years now, Stanford University students, gathered in a student initiative called AMENDS, have invited promising actors of change... Aline Mayard • 24 April, 2014 techwadi silicon valley Mentorship
Startup Maroc hits the road again with an ambitious roadshow April is a busy month for Startup Maroc. The group of friends, who have been working for three years to help foster an entrepreneurial... Aline Mayard • 24 April, 2014 competition Report Startup Weekend
NGO Nahdet El Mahrousa teams up with Barclays Bank Egypt to fight unemployment After three years of political turmoil, the economy of Egypt is suffering from a lack of stability that was translated into a remarkable... Eman Mostafa • 29 April, 2014 competition Egypt
Palestinian startup AidBits aims to streamline the aid sector NGOs aren’t known for being the most efficient organizations. The amount of bureaucratic navel gazing, however important, it takes to get d... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 15 April, 2014 aidbits arabreneur palestine
A radical solution to the region's payment challenges, from serial ecommerce entrepreneur At this point, it wouldn’t come as a surprise to learn that Moustafa Mahmoud eats, drinks, and sleeps e-commerce, in addition to having l... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 17 April, 2014 payment solutions uae cash-on-delivery
TAG-Org expands its support services to startups with new program Joining a growing group of organizations providing support to entrepreneurs in the region, the Jordan-based international business ... Maya Rahal • 22 April, 2014 Talal Abou Ghazaleh Innovation
7 Palestinian startups vie for Arabreneur investment at recent pitch event “These startups are as good as any in Toronto, Barcelona, or London,” said Palestinian entrepreneur extraordinaire Dr. Abdulmalek Al-Jaber ... Robert Carroll • 16 April, 2014 pitch event arabreneur palestine
Endeavor Jordan selects 3 startups to advance to International Selection Panel Four of Jordan’s most promising entrepreneurs gathered recently for Endeavor Jordan’s Local Selection Panel (LSP), where they pitched the... Hayden Pirkle • 14 April, 2014 Jordan Endeavor Competitions
Why registering as a startup in Dubai is getting easier Lately, we often hear startups from Casablanca to Cairo asking us how they can get a foothold in Dubai, the market with the region’s ... Nina Curley • 06 April, 2014 in5 Incubator
Oasis500 launches Omraan, a funding competition for startups working to solve urban problems As it intensifies its effort to spread entrepreneurial culture in the region, Jordanian tech-focused incubator Oasis500 launches its first... Maya Rahal • 07 April, 2014 Competitions
FbStart Dubai emphasizes mobile apps, gaming, and partnerships Finally, Facebook has turned its entrepreneurship eye to the Arab region, hosting FbStart in Dubai on March 27 in an attempt to help... Pamela Kesrouani • 31 March, 2014 Facebook Start FBStart
StartupYourLife meetup reflects growing vitality of the Moroccan startup scene On the 7th of March, more than 150 entrepreneurs, investors, developers, designers, and members of the Moroccan startup community attended... Ali Senhaji • 31 March, 2014 event startupyourlife
Women's entrepreneurship addressed at recent TechForum conference in Dubai A panel called ‘How to be a successful woman entrepreneur’ was a highlight of the most recent TechForum event, org... Pamela Kesrouani • 19 March, 2014 Women
Tunisia's first Entrepreneurship Fair: 3 challenges for 2014 The many challenges facing entrepreneurs in Tunisia did not prevent Tunisians from turning out in droves to the very... Charles Dusart • 16 March, 2014
Challenges and opportunities abound in the Arabic digital content sector Ninety percent of people in the Arab World want to read their internet in Arabic, say recent statistics from the Economic and Social... Hanan Solayman • 02 April, 2014 ebooks content Arabic Content
Bahrain Young Entrepreneurs Forum: 'Barriers to business need to come down' Attendees of Bahrain's Young Entrepreneurs Forum Jetlagged, I arrived at the Capital Club — a premiere private business club at the i... Leena AlOlaimy • 09 March, 2014 entrepreneurs Bahrain conference
Entrepreneurs work towards healthier communities at SOCENT Dubai 2014 Last week Dubai’s social entrepreneurship week SOCENT 2014 held discussion panels and workshops focused on all i... Pamela Kesrouani • 12 March, 2014 socent
Building on its success in Egypt, eSpace launches elections portal in Turkey eSpace, the Alexandria-based software developer juggernaut that partnered with the Egyptian government to create elections.eg to... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 06 March, 2014 espace turkey Elections