Geeks on a Plane + PreMoney MENA in Bahrain

  If you're in Bahrain in December, then you're in for the first PreMoney MENA event.   From December 5 to December 15, 500 Startups and a ...

Wamda • 16 November, 2015

Majority of UAE residents prefer to be entrepreneurs if given the choice [Report]

(Image via Startupist) More than half of the UAE’s residents say they would like to be entrepreneurs, according to a survey conducted b...

Antoine Abou-Diwan • 16 November, 2015

YouGov bayt.com MENA

The ‘ease’ of doing business in MENA [Infographic]

Starting a business and running it isn’t easy. It becomes less so when the economy in which you want to start the business...

Lucy Knight • 15 November, 2015

Doing Business Report Oman Yemen

Things to keep in mind when prepping for a VC round [Opinion]

Investors and industry-leading startups can do great work together. (Image via MetroMBA) Entrepreneurs are a gifted breed of individuals...

Walid Faza • 12 November, 2015

Walid Faza Wamda Capital VC investment

AIMA Middle East Alternative Investment Summit

This year's Alternative Investment Summit, organized by the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) will take place on...

Wamda • 12 November, 2015

The female VCs of MENA

Noor Sweid and Hala Fadel. (Image via Leap Ventures) There are two common complaints in the Middle East startup sector: a lack of funding,...

Lucy Knight • 12 November, 2015

MIT Enterprise Forum GCC MIT Enterprise Forum Pan-Arab Zen Yoga

Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority's Annual Tech Startups Pitching Competition

For The Entrepreneur Day, tech entrepreneurs from all over the world are invited to apply to DSOA's Annual Tech Startups Pitching C...

Wamda • 11 November, 2015

DSOA competition Dubai

Car-hailing app Careem raises $60M Series C

[Editor's note: This article has been updated to include details about Careem's peak pricing change.] Middle East-founded...

Rachel Williamson • 10 November, 2015

Wamda Capital Lumia Capital Abraaj Group

RiseUp Summit 2015 in Egypt

RiseUp Summit 2015, Egypt's top entrepreneurship event, will be held on 12-13 December in Cairo, at the GrEEK Campus and downtown areas. Or...

Wamda • 09 November, 2015

summit RiseUp Egypt

8 MENA startup founders under the age of 20

Countries in the Middle East and North Africa currently own a vast reserve of an invaluable resource, one that can spur innovation and help...

Samuel Wendel • 09 November, 2015

teenage founders startups MENA

Megatrends in MENA: startup solutions for urban lives [Infographic]

The ultimate example of urbanization in MENA: Dubai from above. (Image via Picasa) 'Megatrends', according to EY, are...

Rachel Williamson • 08 November, 2015

Recycle Beirut urbanisation El Noor Geh

Online laundry sector booming despite obvious challenges

The desire for laundry services that are hassle free is on the rise. Clean and tidy. (Image via Washmen) Seizing their...

Pamela Kesrouani • 05 November, 2015

Washplus GetLaundry Washmen

Intel ChallengeME Final Awards Ceremony in Beirut

The Regional Final Awards Ceremony of ChallengeME!, an Internet of Things (IoT) competition coming to MENA for the first time, will be h...

Wamda • 05 November, 2015

ChallengeME Intel competition

Middle East and Turkey startups raise the temperature in Stockholm [Opinion]

MENA meets Stockholm at #sthlmtech. (Images via Aurore Belfrage) When talking to investors, corporates and media in the west about...

Aurore Belfrage • 05 November, 2015

212 Istanbul Opinion Aurore Belfrage

MEVP closes second round on fund at $32M

[Editor's note: This article has been updated to include further investments announced in December 2015] Announcing Wednesday the...

Lucy Knight • 04 November, 2015

VC Venture Capital MEVP

MEC and Wamda partner to launch Corporate Entrepreneurship Services across MENA

MEC, one of the largest media agencies in the world and Wamda have signed a partnership to give MENA businesses access to innovation from...

Wamda • 02 November, 2015

MEC CER Corporate Entrepreneurship Responsibility

Tune in to the Stars of Science Finale on Nov 20

The 7th season of Stars of Science, which kicked off in mid-September, will air its finale on November 20th, 2015, on MBC4. The program is...

Wamda • 02 November, 2015

TV show MBC4 Stars of Science

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

Big data for a big industry: oil and gas

BP technicians in the control room of the Atlantis platform. (Image via BP) The global oil and gas industry is being seduced by...

Rachel Williamson • 28 October, 2015

The Internet of Things IoT MEMakers

What I know about angel investing: Ed Roberto

Ed Roberto at the Great Wall of China. (Image via Techstars) With more than 30 years of experience as a startup founder, cofounder, angel...

Lucy Knight • 26 October, 2015

Ed Roberto What I Know techstars

MENA's IoT expansion [Infographic]

People today create a data trace with almost everything they do - trawling Facebook, booking an Uber, walking with a FitBit. The Middle...

Rachel Williamson • 25 October, 2015

Internet of Things IoT MENA

TechWadi Roadshow connects MENA startups to Silicon Valley experts

Google's Sharif El-Badawi addresses the crowd at ZINC during TechWadi's stop in Amman. (Images via Samuel Wendel) Despite the near...

Samuel Wendel • 25 October, 2015

SiliconWadi ZINC silicon badia

Extended Deadline: 9th MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup Competition in Jeddah, KSA

Update: the deadline has been extended to January 18.The 9th MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup Competition is now receiving applications. ...

Wamda • 22 October, 2015

MITEF ksa MITEF Arab Business Plan Competition

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