Wamda

Lebanon

How to raise funds while protecting your interests

Elie Boujaoude discusses term sheets at the UK-Lebanon Tech Hub. (Image via Antoine Abou-Diwan) Although a term sheet is not legally...

drag-along tag-along anti-dilution

Maghreb

African entrepreneurship events focus the spotlight on the continent's startups

When Moroccan and Algerian startups meet. (Image via Startup Maroc) Is Morocco’s future tied to Africa, the Middle East or Europe? The a...

get in the ring startup maroc Maghreb

Jordan

Will e-sports be the next industry to level up in MENA?

The next generation of star athletes from the Middle East and North Africa recently gave spectators a glimpse of the future of...

AFKG Viva Algeria esports

Regional

Global startups circle MENA at WFES forum

Masdar's interactive model showing its energy activities from Pakistan to North Africa. (Images via Rachel Williamson) Amid a...

IRENA water-energy nexus wind energy

Lebanon

Lebanese telco Touch expands its reach with startups

Nadim Khater at his office. (Image via Touch) After indulging in an era of global expansion, telecom operators around the world...

Telcos touch lebanon

Jordan

Space: the next tech frontier for MENA?

An art installation in Amman that could soon have a real-life counterpart. (Image via Sam Wendel) Watch out Elon Musk, a new force is...

Oasis Space Ventures Jordan Space Ventures SpaceX

U.A.E

Sharjah’s Sheraa sets sail

An ecosystem building series, an innovation lab, an idea lab and a growth lab - these are the first four programs coming with the launch of...

Sheraa YCombinator Support

Regional

Health and education apps dominate at Arab Mobile Challenge

Five teams from five countries are heading to the world finals in Barcelona. (Images via Arab Mobile Challenge) Third time’s the c...

Arab Mobile Challenge Arab Mobile App Challenge algeria

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...

New Work Lab Coworking Training

Saudi Arabia

Six winners announced at Saudi's first MITEF competition

B8ak, an application for home maintenance has won first place in the ‘Startups Track’ at Saudi Arabia’s first MIT Enterprise Forum...

MIT Technology Review Arab Edition careem competition

Saudi Arabia

Saudi launches $133M fund for ICT startups

Saudi Arabia has seen the launch of a new ICT venture worth 500 million riyals (US$133 million). Saudi riyals are plenty for...

Riyadh Taqnia Capital Riyad Capital Taqnia

U.A.E

Expo 2020 and Wamda partner to drive collaborative entrepreneurship #Expo2020xWamda

Expo 2020 Dubai has announced that it will partner with Wamda, the leading platform for entrepreneurs in the Middle East and North...

CE Collaborative Entrepreneurship Dubai Expo 2020

Jordan

University of Jordan launches entrepreneurship innovation center

A look the University of Jordan's Innovation Center. (Image via UJ News Press Release) The University of Jordan recently announced that it...

Injaz UJIC University of Jordan

Lebanon

Speed@BDD sends two startups off to Silicon Valley

Two of Speed@BDD’s first six startups are off to Silicon Valley. The accelerator’s CEO Sami Abou Saab said Rational Pixels...

NAR Rational Pixels Speed@BDD

Maghreb

Impact of the VoIP ban in Morocco on the economy and entrepreneurship

Skype, WhatsApp calls and Viber are gradually becoming unavailable in Morocco. (Image via The Huffington Post) It was hard to miss the...

SmartVPN Genious morocco

Maghreb

How the Tunisian government revived its economy [Opinion]

Tunisia in 2025 is quite different from the Tunisia of the Arab spring (Image via Hongkiat) * This is a hypothetical look-back from the...

revival startups economy

U.A.E

Souq.com sells CashU

Regional ecommerce site Souq.com has sold its online payment arm CashU. In what is known as a ‘management buyout’ the company was pur...

investments Online payments Genero Capital

Egypt

Seeding success at Cairo Innovates

The Cairo Innovates tech fair was held at the historic Baron Palace. (Image via Cairo Innovates) Youth technology fair Cairo Innovates is...

Eqotaqa Beetw Green Battery

U.A.E

Laundrybox expands its services

At the end of 2015 Laundrybox’s business model, and solid teamwork, secured them the third place at Forbes Middle East’s 15 Most Promising ...

Forbes Laundry Box Funding

U.A.E

A mobile growth workshop with a touch of Silicon Valley

Those magic micro-moments. (Image via Nagi Salloum) in5 Innovation Centre hosted the Mobile Growth Academy workshop with Nagi Salloum,...

TangoMe Mobile growth Academy In5 Innovation Centre

Egypt

Egypt's A15 to get back into the startup game

Tech investment company A15 launched in Egypt in October, heralding its arrival with the news of the sale of one of its biggest companies,...

Catalyst Performly DishDino

Saudi Arabia

Youth on show at ArabNet Riyadh

Ben Maher, executive director at EMEA Mashable, speaking about creating Arabic digital content. (Images via Twitter) Saudi Arabia’s young p...

Buildify B8ak Non

Regional

PayFort releases two new tools for ecommerce startups

Omar Soudodi during Mix N'Mentor Dubai in December 2015. (Image via Wamda) PayFort announced December 15 the release of two new...

The FORT START Payfort

Saudi Arabia

Two KSA startups headed to Get in the Ring regional competition

Get in the Ring combines the excitement of a boxing match with the mentorship and networking opportunities of a startup pitch contest....

Vanoman Myndplay get in the ring

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