Wamda

Maghreb

Moroccan automobile classifieds platform Moteur.ma announces Malaysian investment

Moteur.ma lets Moroccans buy cars online. Car classifieds website Moteur.ma announced late last week that they raised an investment via...

Moteur.ma car classifieds

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 ...

Le Maroc Digital morocco

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 “...

careem Uber morocco

Lebanon

How a physical space like BDD is supporting entrepreneurship in Beirut [Wamda TV]

Lebanon is infamous for the horrible state of its internet. Yet, the tiny country is home to more than 1,500 ICT startups. How did...

Mouhamad Rabah bdd Beirut Digital District

Maghreb

How will technology change education in Algeria?

Crowded classrooms, teacher strikes - Algeria's education is not doing well. (Image via McIlwraith Education) Want a recipe for a perfect...

online education algeria EdTech

Regional

Aramex to implement crowdsourced courier model

The move will involve the community, and is designed to keep Aramex nimble. (Image via Aramex) The person who delivers your next Aramex...

aramex crowdshipping Fadi Ghandour

Palestine

Palestinian startup RedCrow Intelligence analyzes security threats for business

Palestinians Hussein Nasser-Eddin and Laila Akel started their big data-crunching risk analysis company in September last year, having...

RedCrow Intelligence big data Security

Lebanon

The Chile Connection: lessons for Lebanese entrepreneurs

The Chileans in Beirut. (Image via BDD) For 17 years Chileans endured a right-wing military dictatorship that saw more than 3,000 people...

Chile communication world bank

Jordan

Arabic book lovers get new platform out of Jordan

Since 2006, female entrepreneurs from around the world have competed annually for the prestigious Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards, in s...

Cartier Women's Initiative Awards Abjjad Jordan

Global

Online symptom checkers failed one test, but aren’t out of the game yet

Is a symptom checker app ready to replace a real-life doctor? (Image via iStock) A recent audit by Harvard Medical School...

Symptom Checker Harvard Medical School MEMakers

Iran

Ready and willing, Iran's startup scene

Soheil Alavi didn’t see much opportunity in the Tehran tech scene during a visit in 2013. Fast forward 18 months and the...

Turquoise Partners Sarava Nuclear

Lebanon

Mix N’ Mentor brings the Marketplace edition to Beirut in September

Pensive in Beirut, Mix N'Mentor in September 2014. Considered as one of the most innovative cities of the MENA region, Beirut is getting...

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Maghreb

Transportation options heat up as Uber launches in Casablanca

Just four to six Uber cars were available in downtown Casablanca Tuesday morning. This article was updated July 22 to...

iTaxi careem taxi service

Lebanon

AltCity Bootcamp² Ideation Competition

AltCity is organizing the Bootcamp² Ideation Competition, in collaboration with French entrepreneur coding school Le Wagon. The one day ...

Bootcamp Ideation Competition Le Wagon Altcity

Regional

Zoomaal launches Crowdfunding Accelerator Program with Oasis500 and Flat6Labs

Official banner of the Crowdfunding Accelerator Program by Zoomaal. One of the biggest crowdfunding platforms targeting the MENA region,...

seed investment zoomaal Flat6Labs

Maghreb

How this social entrepreneurship coworking space could change Morocco

Don't let the basic interior fool you. Dare Space has huge potential. (Image via Hind Touissate, Dare Space) With its bare walls and...

MCISE Rabat Coworking Spaces

Regional

Mideast Coworking Calls application deadline

Mideast Creatives, in collaboration with Hivos, is launching Mideast Coworking Calls with the goal of boosting coworking, art and...

Mideast Coworking Calls Mideast Creatives Hivos

U.A.E

Second edition of the Arab Women in Leadership and Business Summit

MICE Quotient specializes in meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions and is organizing its second edition of the Arab Women in...

business summit MICE Women

Maghreb

Morocco to honor the brightest minds of its entrepreneurial ecosystem with Karim Jazouani prize

Karim Jazouani (Image via The Nexties) Karim Jazouani, the web and startup ambassador of Morocco, would be proud. Since he passed away...

Karim Jazouani

Lebanon

CycleHack gets the wheels turning for a more bike-friendly Beirut

Public Interest Design cofounder Ibrahim Zahreddine discusses the challenges of cycling in Beirut at Beirut CycleHack. (Image via Maysaa...

cycling cyclehack Sustainability

Oman

Middle East Cyber Security Summit 2015

Nispana announced the Middle East Cyber Security Summit 2015 hosted in association with Muscat Expo. The summit will take place on...

Nispana Middle East Security Summit Muscat

Regional

The Big Booster Startup International Competition

The Big Booster competition is a program run in collaboration with the startup accelerator MassChallenge to boost innovative...

startup competition Big Booster Competition usa

Jordan

Open Hands Initiative’s Fellowship for Young Women Entrepreneurs

The Open Hands Initiative is launching the Fellowship for Young Women Entrepreneurs. This fellowship will bring together 10 american and...

Fellowship for Young Women Entrepreneurs Open Hands Initiative women entrepreneurs

U.A.E

MEED’s Smart Cities 2015 in Dubai

MEED’s Smart Cities 2015 is a conference that brings together critical partners to promote and invigorate the creation and...

MEED Dubai conference

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