U.A.E StudentCart: integrating technology and the school marketplace The Hammadi brothers at their Flat6Labs demo day earlier this year. (Image via Flat6Labs) When a child begins the year at a private... Alaa' Odeh • 09 March, 2016 schools StudentCart flat6labs abu dhabi
Lebanon What I know about running a hackerspace: Bassam Jalgha Bassam Jalgha tuning his guitar using Roadie Tuner. (Image via Make Magazine) Despite the launch of several hackerspaces in the... Reine Farhat • 29 February, 2016 Lamba Labs WIK What I Know
Lebanon Efiester plans parties in Paris with a foot in Beirut Efiester wants to make organizing parties between friends easier. (Images via Efiester) Robert Harfouche is Lebanese, and lives in France.... Aline Mayard • 06 March, 2016 party planner party efiester
Lebanon Content was king at ArabNet Beirut Full house. (Image via Hasna Frangieh) Content was king at ArabNet Beirut this year and it didn’t take Quantum... Reine Farhat • 03 March, 2016 Arabnet Beirut 2016 content Online video
Regional Is ecommerce MENA's biggest digital market? [Infographic] This is an edited crosspost from LinkedIn. Consumers have become smarter and faster in making buying decisions online,... Maher Dosoqi • 14 February, 2016 payment gateway CashU fin-tech
Jordan Jordan ed-tech startup secures deal with UNRWA The EDaura team. Founder and CEO Nidal Khalifeh at far left, cofounder Muneer Saifi third from left, standing. (Image via Samuel... Samuel Wendel • 24 February, 2016 lms skoolizer edaura
Regional Aramex, PayPal combine forces for ecommerce solution Aramex and PayPal are working together to get around cross-border shipping and payments issues. (Image... Antoine Abou-Diwan • 25 February, 2016 aramex PayPal E-commerce
Saudi Arabia Mobile is winning in Saudi's internet race [Infographic] Mobile internet use might be high in Saudi Arabia but ecommerce companies still haven’t convinced those people to shop on their... Rachel Williamson • 07 February, 2016 Mobile internet penetration mobile internet internet penetration
Palestine Exoskeleton gives the gift of movement AZR’s exoskeleton prototype is being tested in the lab. (Images via AZR Team) Three Birzeit University students in the West Bank have b... Rafat Abushaban • 14 February, 2016 Handicapped Exoskeleton Birzeit University
Regional Why we invest in online marketplaces [Opinion] Driven by mobile penetration rates and user growth, online marketplaces present tantalizing oportunities for investors. (Image via... Wajdi Ghoussoub • 04 February, 2016 Wajdi Ghoussoub Middle East Venture Partners volt
Regional 6 areas of healthcare to watch in GCC Healthcare spending in the GCC is going to grow exponentially, says a new EY report. Global professional services firm EY is predicting... Lucy Knight • 11 February, 2016 Vezeeta Gravilog MEMakers
Regional MENA startups are taking on women’s health Women are vastly underserved by healthcare systems in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Limited access to high-quality and... Willam Altman • 07 February, 2016 dieti supermama shezlong
Regional MENA game makers show off skills at Global Game Jam Disclosure: the author was present at the Lebanon jam site as a participant with team Groovy Antoid, who produced the game Ugnug... Omar Al Fil • 09 February, 2016 game development ggj16 global game jam
Syria ReBootKamp initiative gives Syrian refugees access to tech-education A mockup of RBK's planned ZatLAB in northern Jordan. (Images via RebootKamp.org) As the Syrian Civil War drags on, a generation of young... Samuel Wendel • 31 January, 2016 hugh bosely syrian civil war Zatlab
Regional Samih Toukan talks new Grabbd app and Jabbar’s direction in 2016 Jabbar Internet Group's CEO Samih Toukan. (Image via Wamda) Mobile apps focused on food and drinks seem to be popping up faster than... Samuel Wendel • 07 February, 2016 Grabbd Jabbar Internet Group Maktoob
Maghreb Artists build businesses at Disrupt!/Media! Tunis Audiovisual, tech, and culture lovers and professionals working together over the weekend. (Images via Mideast Creatives) Is three days... Emna Ghariani • 11 February, 2016 Audiovisual disrupt!/Media! Cogite
U.A.E Physicians and the future with 3D printing How soon before the doctors of the Middle East embrace the possibilities of 3D printing? (Images via Jacqueline Sofia) Covering everything... Jacqueline Sofia • 01 February, 2016 Arab Health Exhibition MEMakers AlemHealth
Regional Nadrus makes MOOCs Arabic-friendly The Nadrus team in Turkey, during a training session. (Images via Nadrus) MOOCs, or massive open online courses, are by their very nature... Marwan A. Jabbar • 27 January, 2016 Nadrus MOOCs Dubai
Regional Offline healthcare going online in MENA Not enough time for exercise? Perhaps apps might be of use. (Image via core0.staticworld.net) Healthcare. An increasingly diverse and... Pamela Kesrouani • 03 March, 2016 Heathcare Fittpass The Wellness Log
Egypt Egypt's next meal ticket in tech Egypt birthed the Middle East's first delivery website with Otlob.com in 1999; today its digital food and beverage sector is finally... Lilian Abou Zeki • 19 January, 2016 Aklni Mumm Engezni
Regional Digi-teens' online spending habits [Infographic] The teens love their brands. (Image via International Digital Marketing) Today's teens are the market for many ecommerce... Rachel Williamson • 17 January, 2016 mobile shopping Payfort teenagers
Regional Electronic medical services: health risks or new hope? Checking your online pulse. (Image via Vanguard Communications) As the world commemorates World Cancer Day every February 4, cancer... Ahmed Gabr • 26 January, 2016 ehealth Cancer digital health care
Maghreb Tunisian stock exchange startup ilBoursa reaching new heights ilBoursa offers data to help investors make better financial decisions. Some entrepreneurs want to be famous, others want to make money,... Aline Mayard • 20 January, 2016 stock exchange Ilboursa finance
Maghreb Tunisia’s media monitoring service, WebRadar, is targeting the Arab world The Innova team is changing Arabic big data. Here they pause at Cogite coworking space's garden. (Images via WebRadar) Upon discovering... Emna Ghariani • 13 January, 2016 online alerts WebRadar tunisia