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Regional

Jordanian innovator, once turned down by Stars of Science, is named its champion

The hottest entrepreneurship prize in the region was awarded to Jordanian innovator Sadeem Qdaisat in a narrow victory at Stars of Science...

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Regional

$1B for a new ecommerce site out of Saudi

With an initial investment of $1 billion, regionally-based real estate company Emaar is launching an ecommerce platform from Riyadh....

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U.A.E

Growth for service provider Mr Usta as they get more funding

Mr Usta secured a pre-Series A round of 2.75 million Emirati dirhams (US$750,000) this week. Investors include regional investors...

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Jordan

Health tech in MENA: How do you say measles, mumps and rubella in Arabic?

“Now is the era of systems that learn. It’s like [sending] a child to school. You teach them to read and digest information....

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Egypt

Winners and losers in Egypt’s currency crisis

Two days after this article was published, on November 3 the Central Bank of Egypt has floated the pound, allowing it to move to 13...

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Global

Hikma Ventures makes second US investment

Hikma Ventures made their second investment announcement in just over a month with their contribution to a $21.5 million series C round of...

Hikma Ventures Hikma Pharmaceutical Investment

Global

Wamda went to GITEX and met some startups

Dubai’s annual tech trade fair, GITEX Technology Week, is huge. We’re talking 15-minute walks from end-to-end...

GITEX

U.A.E

Did the world’s thinnest phone just launch at GITEX Dubai?

Carbon Works, a UAE-based startup, launched what they say is the world’s thinnest smartphone at Dubai’s GITEX Summit 2016 on...

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Global

R2-D2 and Ayah Bdeir share the spotlight at Disney Demo Day

Littlebits founder Ayah Bdeir announced a new partnership with Disney on Thursday for a children’s online video series encouraging...

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Global

Startup Watch: How to get more dates on Tinder, why Egyptian investors must unite, and VR Facebook emojis

Here’s a roundup of what we’ve been reading this week on how to get more dates on Tinder, VR spreading its Ocu-pus legs across...

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Regional

Holidayme.com secures $7M funding, a boost for regional travel industry

UAE online travel agency Holidayme.com has raised $7 million in Series A funding from Silicon Valley-based Accel Partners, Saudi...

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Global

Startup Watch: Who's reading your emails, the UAE mission to Mars and has power corrupted you yet?

Here’s a roundup of what we’ve been reading this week on those new Pixel phones that do stuff with the flick of a wrist,...

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U.A.E

Dubai attracts global tech elite to Future Accelerators program

Dubai officially launched its Future Accelerators program on Sunday, following a $275 million pledge in August to address seven global...

Dubai Future Accelerators Comae Technologies Hyperloop One

Bahrain

Turn8 Pre-Accelerator Program

The Turn8 Hub Pre-accelerator Program is a free 2-week intensive program from October 9 to 18 for technology startups in...

Bahrain accelerator Funding

Global

Startup Watch: It pays to listen, no to networking and solar for Lebanon?

Here’s a roundup of what we’ve been reading this week on how to approach networking in the most effective way possible, how we...

Startup Watch solar power Uber

Lebanon

Launch Summit experts advise entrepreneurs to begin with solving local problems

“Right now is a good time to be an entrepreneur… Ten years ago, if you said you’re an entrepreneur people thought you...

Launch Summit Altcity techstars

U.A.E

Compareit4me closes $2.4M funding round

The financial comparison site Compareit4me.com has closed a funding round of $2.4 million. According to a statement released by the...

Investment Compareit4me.com Wamda Capital

U.A.E

Dubai-based The Luxury Closet closes Series B round of $7.8M

The Luxury Closet has closed a Series B round of $7.8 million. Led by Wamda Capital, the investment is one of the highest in MENA this...

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Global

Startup Watch: Elon Musk feels fear, US startups declining, and Saudi teen wants hijabi emojis

The world of entrepreneurship news is a complicated one to navigate. To help, here’s our roundup of what we’re reading on Elon...

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U.A.E

Wrappup closes $800K investment round

Wrappup, an app that solves time wasting meetings by recording and flagging the important moments, has closed a seed round of...

Wrappup BECO Capital Investment

U.A.E

Movesouq closes $3M round

Home services marketplace Movesouq has closed a funding round of $3 million. The round was led by Addventure, an international VC out of...

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Lebanon

AUB students Reboot Beirut at hackathon

“The moment you realize that you can build and change things, you see something sucks and you do something about it, build a company,...

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Beirut-based Myki launches authentication solution at Techcrunch Disrupt

Take 5,000 plus attendees, a gigantic waterfront pier and some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley, and you get Techcrunch Disrupt San...

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Global

Vinli, now part of the US vehicle supply chain

Just 10 months after Vinli started shipping their connected car platform, the connected car startup has announced a partnership with a...

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