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French provides a ticket to Europe for North Africans

As French politicians play the immigration card ahead of the presidential election, the country’s new entrepreneurship visa opens a...

French tech ticket Gbarena Bobbli

Maghreb

Maghreb Game Conference proves strength in collaboration

Whether you’re a professional, student or passionate gamer in Maghreb, your presence was critical at the first edition of the Maghreb...

Gaming Jeux vidéos Maghreb

Maghreb

Tunisia's startup minister ousted, should we panic?

Tunisia’s startup minister Noomane Fehri, who won over Tunisian entrepreneurs during his 18 months in office with his casual,...

legislations Startup Act Taher Mestiri

Maghreb

An IoT craze in Algeria?

For the few Algerian startups commercializing Internet of Things (IoT) products, starting out was hard. Just two years ago, the mere...

makerspaces IoT algeria

Maghreb

The #KarimJazouani prize's 2016 winner announced

For the fourth time, Wamda is rewarding advocates of Moroccan entrepreneurship with the Karim Jazouani Prize. Last month, we asked...

Kilimanjero youssef Chaqor Endeavor

Maghreb

11 coworking spaces for startups in Maghreb [Wamda TV]

For years Maghreb only counted a handful of coworking spaces in Tunis and Casablanca, but things have changed in the last two...

The Address sylabs Mon Atelier

Maghreb

Seducing Dubai: how Morocco's Buzzeff broke in to El Dorado

“In Dubai, we lost a lot of money for 18 months,” said Jérôme Mouthon, founder of Moroccan ad agency...

buzzeff Dubai adtech

Maghreb

MNF Angels, will business angels save seed funding in Morocco?

Maroc Numeric Fund (MNF) has partnered with the OCP Entrepreneurship Network to launch a new 100 million Moroccan dirham...

MNF Maroc Numeric Fund Seed funding

Maghreb

Fantasy football kicking off in Tunisia

Coaching Foot has proved that the American ‘fantasy football’ model has a thriving future in Tunisia. The country’s...

football coaching foot microsoft

Maghreb

Is Algeria ready for Aquasafe's IoT?

Is Algeria ready for IoT? In 2013 Iman Malek was certainly wondering: her company Aquasafe had created Internet-connected tools to allow...

aquaculture IoT Agriculture

Maghreb

New $51M World Bank fund to target Morocco

Morocco has been missing a strong investment fund dedicated to startups, but this will change in autumn when the World Bank launches a...

Financement world bank morocco

Maghreb

‘Tunisian DNA’ essential to major US cloud deal

An American success often hides a diaspora success. In the case of Predictix it goes far beyond that. Predictix, a US-based retail cloud...

acceleration Predictix usa

Maghreb

AIG becomes Jumia, but is a rebrand a good idea?

Few internet services have made as much noise as Africa Internet Group (AIG), and now it’s seeking to make more with a major...

rebranding Africa Internet Group Kaymu

Maghreb

The year Morocco's digital economy levels up

This is the second of three articles about the state of digital payments in Morocco. Read the first here. Morocco’s financial...

Regulations fin-tech

Maghreb

Propertyfinder buys Morocco-based Selektimmo

The list of Moroccan platforms looking to benefit from the online real estate boom is long. Over a year ago, we wondered if...

Maghreb

For a night, Maghreb joined forces to solve their social problems

What if Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia joined forces to solve their social problems? It’s a germ of an idea that a small number of...

algerian startup initiative espace bidaya Lab'Ess

Maghreb

Karim Jazouani Prize 2016: nominate the advocates of Moroccan entrepreneurship

One step forward, two steps backward? Or is it two steps forward, one step backward? If we take a look at the tech sector in Morocco,...

Karim Jazouani morocco

Maghreb

Ubisoft Casablanca closes: is this good news for Morocco game devs?

After 18 years of activity French gaming giant Ubisoft has announced it will close its Casablanca studio, leaving 48 developers looking for...

Rym games Moroccan Game Developers The Wall Games

Maghreb

Tunisian teens start thinking like entrepreneurs

Students putting themselves in an entrepreneur’s shoes. (Images via Spark) The time is long gone when starting a business as a teenager m...

BIAT foundation Spark teenagers

Maghreb

3 reasons why Morocco is lagging in e-payments

This is the first of three articles about the state of digital payments in Morocco. At a time when ‘fintech’ is on...

Cards and payment e-payments fin-tech

Maghreb

Big changes for Tunisia as Flat6labs, Le15 launch

Last week Flat6labs announced their launch in Tunisia, alongside the brand new startup hub Le15, marking a huge leap forward for the...

Flat6Labs Tunis Le15 seed investment

Maghreb

Tunis-based Expensya raises seed round in France

Expensya's team in their office in Cogite coworking space, Tunis. (Image via Expensyia) On Monday, almost a year after their launch,...

seed round expense reports expensya

Maghreb

How is this startup bootstrapping solar and water solutions?

Alto Solution has entered the tough B2B market for energy and water products. (Image via Alto Solution) How can we continue humanity’s d...

renewables solar desalination desalination

Maghreb

Are you entrepreneur material? This app will tell you

Have you got what it takes to be an entrepreneur? (Image via Rachel Williamson) If you’re working in a corporate job and have a startup i...

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