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Jordan

Oasis500 teaches Jordan's entrepreneurs to hustle for cash

Launching a successful tech startup takes more than just a good idea and dedication. This is what Nidal Qanadilo, a coaching...

tech startup Pitch Hardware

Lebanon

What I know about Circular 331: Marianne Hoayek

Marianne Hoayek at BDL Accelerate in November 2014. (Image via BDL) Lebanon’s Central Bank first announced that it would be taking special ...

Le Wagon UK Lebanon Tech Hub Leap Ventures

Egypt

Intel's INARA initiative to engage Egyptian youth

A group of attendees with Egypt’s former minister of communications and information technology, Atef Helmy. (Image via Intel) Amidst the f...

INARA Intel Innovation Hub edraak

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

Saudi Arabia

High-tech startups to get up to $2M from new Saudi fund

Since 2010 the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology has invested in more than 30 projects through its Seed Fund. These cash...

WATER fund solar energy

Maghreb

Morocco attracts startups stars to Level Up event

Moroccan entrepreneurs are rushing to develop a thriving startup sector, and this year they managed to attract major players from their...

LevelUp LevelUp Morocco Moroco

U.A.E

Can sports help people explore Dubai?

I wrote two years ago about how daily deals websites are fading in Lebanon, inspired by my previous job at GoNabit, the first group...

GamePlaySport seed investment Dubai

Palestine

Ramallah travel portal Batuta announces $2.5M Series A round

So many places to visit, so much to see. (Image via Batuta) Batuta, a Ramallah-based Arabic travel research website has secured a $2.5...

Siraj Palestine Fund I Batuta yamsafer

Jordan

ZINC and DSOA partnership creates new opportunities for Jordanian startups

Exploring new marketing opportunities has always been an objective for many Jordanian entrepreneurs. In an attempt to help those wanting to...

zinc incubator DSOA Zain Jordan

U.A.E

UAE online listings startup Melltoo raises $205,000 in seed round

UAE startup Melltoo Marketplace recently closed a seed round of $205,000, led by Turn8, Dubai Silicon Oasis...

morrad irsane sharene lee melltoo

Iran

10 digital startups debut at a demo day first in Tehran

Witnesses to the next big startups out of Tehran? [Images via AvaTech]. Since launching in 2014 the Tehran-based accelerator AvaTech...

Tehran AvaTech iran

Lebanon

USAID launches MENA-II in Lebanon amidst growing landscape of support

Last week, representatives of USAID, the Berytech Foundation (a Lebanese incubator and VC fund), and the United States...

im capital Circular 331 Berytech

Regional

Global VCs investing in MENA are like pink diamonds: rare but existent

Though it might seem quiet, some VCs are on the prowl. Towards the end of 2014 Wamda published an interview with Lebanese VC Khaled Nasr....

MarkVIP Jereen Utrack.tv

Lebanon

Lebanese startups gain access to more money and support than ever #ArabNetBeirut

The Circular 331 panel. A Lebanon-based $71 million fund focusing on the Middle East and North Africa; plans for a Beirut chapter...

Kuwait National Fund iSME Leap Ventures

Regional

What global investors want from entrepreneurs, an expert advises

There are some questions that continuously occur in the minds of entrepreneurs - if I want to get seed financing, or that second round of...

Omnicom Laconia Capital Group instagram

Lebanon

Access to funding for Lebanese startups is looking up

Obviously a lot more than loose change is going to be availalbe. (Image via Lucy Knight) Things are certainly looking up for the coffer...

Berytech US Aid Lebanese Central Bank

Regional

It’s not a lack of funding, it’s you [Wamda TV]

To entrepreneurs, raising a first round of capital is a validation of their startup’s business model. To VCs, it’s a grace...

mix n mentor dubai Funding BECO Capital

Regional

Building the Arab region’s biggest B2B market place is not without its challenges

Two years ago Syrian entrepreneur Salim Akil was poised to make his SearchinMena.com, a Yellow Pageseque search engine, the region’s l...

Maghreb

What have 8 of Morocco’s support organizations for tech entrepreneurship achieved?

Many startups are now getting support in Morocco either at the seed or growth stage, but support programs and organizations are too few,...

Support OCP Maroc Numeric Fund

Maghreb

VC, angels, or pre-sells: What’s the best funding option for Maghrebi startups? [WamdaTV]

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Réseau Entreprendre Yunus Social Business Microsoft Innovation Center

Maghreb

Morocco's CMI responds to 5 complaints from entrepreneurs

Since we published the testimonial piece of Greendizer co-founder Mohamed Attahri, where he described his less than...

CMI

Regional

After success in Levant Lebanese mobile banking services is ready to scale

From left to right: Roy Zakka, and Khalil Daoud, NECB's General Manager Going to the bank every month is a chore many of us prefer...

ubanquity online banking finance

Regional

Former Maktoob exec raises 800K to bring social TV app to MENA

The Los Angeles-based, MENA-focused app Vyu has just closed an $825,000 USD round led by Jordan’s Jabbar Internet Group. The company will u...

Saudi Arabia

On the strength of new investment, Saudi emotion sharing app leaves for Silicon Valley

The last time I spoke to Mohammed AlKadi, founder of Feelit, a social app for emotion sharing, it was January of this year....

feelit investement Saudi Arabia

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