U.A.E Young Saudi entrepreneur honored at Takreem’s 2015 awards Khaled AlKhudair receives the Young Entrepreneur award. (Images via Takreem) In honour of his efforts as the founder and CEO of Glowork,... Pamela Kesrouani • 17 November, 2015 AlKamandjati Palestinian Happy Child Center TAKREEM
Lebanon An eco-friendly solution to dispose of pharmaceutical waste in Lebanon A 'pill-board' building. (Image via Ziad Abi-Chaker) This article is a crosspost with the MIT Technology Review Arab Edition written by N... MIT Technology Review • 03 November, 2015 MIT Technology Review Arab Edition cedar environmental expired medication
Egypt This Egyptian fashion startup has its eyes on Europe Online luxury sales are projected to grow by an unprecedented 20 to 25 percent over the next five years, according to a Boston Consulting... Eman Mostafa • 08 November, 2015 maria munoz slickr Clothing
U.A.E Social selling: The future of ecommerce in the Middle East? Within the space of a few years, social media has become an integral part of everyday life. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other... Rachel McArthur • 04 November, 2015 Shedd EZHeights Social selling
U.A.E Makersbuilders joins the innovators of the Arab region Makersbuilders with parents and children filling up In5 in 2014. (Images via Makersbuilders) Gaps in the market, children... Pamela Kesrouani • 12 November, 2015 robotics MEMakers the cribb
Regional Cash is not king [Opinion] The reliance on COD payments is hurting MENA's ecommerce sector. (Image via sharktankblog.com) This is a crosspost with Mo Ali Yusuf’s L... Mo Ali Yusuf • 29 October, 2015 cash epayment PAYMENT
Egypt How to make social entrepreneurship work in MENA JP Morgan's Ali Idrissi, Droomzaken's Martijn Blom and Accion Venture... Sara Aggour • 01 November, 2015 Misr El Kheir Social Entrepreneurship Egypt
Egypt Lessons from the Tahrir Academy shutdown Tahrir Academy first announced their closure earlier this summer. News that Egyptian online learning center Tahrir Academy was... Eman Mostafa • 17 November, 2015 nafham legislations close down
U.A.E The Gamifiers: making business fun The Gamifiers participate in Dubai Lynx We've all been there, dragging ourselves through another long day at work doing routine tasks that... Eman Mostafa • 18 November, 2015 TheGamifiers uae Gamification
Regional London calling A Lebanese, a Briton, a Dutchman and an Italian walk into a London investment firm. They bond over hip hop. One year later they launch a... Lucy Knight • 21 October, 2015 Braci Hoxton Ventures Slidr
U.A.E Alemhealth brings accurate and timely healthcare diagnosis to developing countries In order to link underserved patients in developing countries with top radiologists from around the world, Alemhealth, provides... Maya Rahal • 29 October, 2015 M+M Minds+Machines MEMakers
Kuwait How to leverage content at Mashup MENA SMEs and startups that wish to reach more customers should offer smart content and leverage web analytics. This was the message at the... Sara Tarik • 02 November, 2015
Regional The problem with e-payments What traditional payment solutions look like. Google ‘payment solutions Middle East’ and you’ll see tens of solutions, which can lead... Yazin Alirhayim • 07 October, 2015 e-payments fin-tech Payfort
Regional Prepaid cards still filling MENA's epayment gaps Prepaid cards are a strong contender for filling the gap between the unbanked and ecommerce in MENA, says PayPal’s Francis... Rachel Williamson • 19 October, 2015 prepaid cards epayment PayPal
Regional 5 ecofriendly developments in MENA Attention is shifting towards harnessing the powers of the environment for new energy sources, and the Middle East is securing its own... Ahmed Gabr • 18 October, 2015 Khalifa Al Tajer Mosque Bahrain World Trade Center The Gate
Saudi Arabia App Annie’s big blind spot: Saudi Arabia Ask around for the latest stats on mobile app markets and most professionals will point to research group App Annie as the... Amir-Esmaeil Bozorgzadeh • 13 October, 2015 gaming data App Annie Saudi Arabia
Maghreb Connecting the IoT dots in Tunisia [Opinion] The industry of connected objects, or what we have come to call the Internet of Things (IoT), has rapidly expanded around the world, but... Rim Zouabi • 08 October, 2015 IoT MEMakers CONNECTED HOME
Saudi Arabia Science at a young age: workshops for innovative Saudis A new generation of Saudis are relying on themselves to invent stuff instead of buying it, and TalentS is one of a... Safar Ayad • 14 October, 2015 children Science Saudi Arabia
Maghreb Science club to startup: Coursella targets Algerian education On the 2012 International Day of Pi, four Algerian computer science students launched a geeky science club they wanted to use to change... Rachel Williamson • 12 October, 2015 SAAS pinnovate coursella
Regional Coworking space community gathers in Tunisia Coworking managers sharing good practices. (Images via Mideast Creatives) When office space is expensive, suitable meeting rooms scarce,... Christine Petré • 13 October, 2015 Cogite Hivos Coworking Spaces
Palestine Freelance marketplace Nabbesh helps Palestinians leap borders Unemployed youth in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank can now find virtual freelance work more easily, following the launch of an... Christina Ganim • 06 October, 2015 Fursati west bank Gaza
Egypt Egyptian social entrepreneurship incubator aims to help the neediest A year ago the Misr El Kheir foundation launched GESR, an Egyptian incubator for social entrepreneurship, with the... Eman Mostafa • 14 October, 2015 Gesr Egypt Social Entrepreneurship
U.A.E It’s alive! Epygen organisms alter ME oil industry The oil game is still played very traditionally in the Middle East, but companies such as Dubai’s biotech firm Epygen Labs are slowly... Rachel Williamson • 27 September, 2015 enzymes filter cake Epygen
Regional Innovative tent for refugees harnesses renewable energy What the tents, in use, could look like. (Images via Abeer Seikaly) Nearing the half-decade mark, the Syrian Civil War has by modest... Samuel Wendel • 27 September, 2015 refugees tent abeer seikaly