Regional Decode Dubai hackathon is back for a second installment In5 Innovation Centre and Dubai Internet City, bring to Dubai the second installment of their successful hackathon, Decode Dubai. The... Wamda • 26 May, 2015 In5 Innovation Centre Decode Dubai Dubai Internet City
Regional The right policy can power renewable energy startups The Middle East renewable energy sector for startups is in its infancy, but there’s huge potential for entrepreneurs to play a role... Rachel Williamson • 25 May, 2015 MEMakers KarmSolar Solar panels
Regional Tripzzle aims to make travel trouble-free Emirati startup Tripzzle is launching itself at the crowded online travel search market and cofounder Ghaith Akkad believes its extra... Pamela Kesrouani • 25 May, 2015
Regional The challenges and changes that shaped Woopra’s growth [Report] Aramex has published a report, in collaboration with Wamda and the American University in Cairo (AUC), on Woopra, a real-time customer... Raed Khalil • 24 May, 2015 John Pozadzides Jad Younan Elie Khoury
Regional MENA, birthplace for a digital health revolution? Imagine waking up in the morning and checking your watch to see how many hours of deep, restful sleep you obtained, your caloric intake... Natasha D'Souza • 24 May, 2015 Digital Health Live m-health Healthcare
Regional How international SEO is different, and how to do it right Effective search engine optimization requires close attention to details. Any digital marketer or SEO (search engine optimization)... Wissam Dandan • 19 May, 2015 Search Engine optimization Wissam Dandan SEO
Regional OpenSooq and fast-growing social network, LINE, announce partnership OpenSooq, a classifieds platform for MENA (via Twitter) The MENA online classified platform OpenSooq has announced a strategic partnership... Raed Khalil • 18 May, 2015 OpenSooq LINE
Regional Pitching on the open road: Uber brings MENA entrepreneurs and experts together in 5 cities Entrepreneurs pitched their startups in cars they hailed through Uber's mobile app. (Image via Maysaa Ajjan) Pitching a business... Natasha D'Souza - Maysaa Ajjan • 17 May, 2015 Arabnet digital showcase arabnet digital summit UberPITCH
Regional Payment startup wins GCC Pitch Challenge Final The Bridg team walked away with 20,000 euros at the GCC Pitch Challenge Final. (Images via GCC Pitch Challenge) The team behind Bridg, a... Ozan Sonmez • 14 May, 2015 shopshopme falconviz bridg
Regional 8 promising hardware startups from the MENA region The integrated circuit board, an essential ingredient for any hardware based startup. (Image via toddfun.com) Hardware based... Ayman Farhat • 14 May, 2015 MEMakers MENA Electronics
Regional How big is social media in MENA? [Reports] Arabic online content is still scarce in the Middle East but social media users are making up for the shortfall, two new reports have... Eman Mostafa • 14 May, 2015 Social Media Digital Media Science DMS
Regional Searching for success in MENA's postal address sector "Yes, I will sign for that package." (Images via Aramex) “So you take the main street, you turn at the pharmacy after the streetlight, t... Aline Mayard • 13 May, 2015 addy enwani Boxstop
Regional Ecommerce set to reach $13.4 billion by 2020, Payfort reports Payfort announced today the release of its annual report: The State of Payments in the Arab World, at the Ecommerce Show Middle East 2015... Maya Rahal • 12 May, 2015 State of Payments 2015 Payfort Report
Regional Diagnose your market: insights into MENA’s digital health revolution The health revolution. (Image via CB Insights) As the m-health industry of the Middle East continues to grow, Dubai hosted its first... Roland Daher • 11 May, 2015 Trice Imaging Inc HealthXL Qualcomm Ventures
Regional Beyond Oil: Tech and Future of Work in MENA Moving from traditional to knowledge economies is a prickly problem for any country, but especially so for oil-bound Middle Eastern... Pamela Kesrouani • 10 May, 2015 Diversification FOW Future of Work
Regional 5 tips on facing failure from Leslie Dewan, inventor of a nuclear power generator Leslie Dewan giving a presentation on how to get power from nuclear waste at Solve for X in 2014. (Image via. YouTube) When Leslie Dewan... Pamela Kesrouani • 10 May, 2015 Nuclear power generator Transatomic Power Leslie Dewan
Regional Telematics in the Middle East growing at light speed The decision to organize the Telematics Conference Middle East & Africa in Dubai in March wasn’t by chance. “We have been org... Pamela Kesrouani • 06 May, 2015 MEMakers Teltonika Omnicom
Regional Arabnet Digital Summit 2015 in Dubai Arabnet Digital Summit 2015 is one of the biggest event in MENA, gathering thousands of attendees and hundreds of speakers every year... Wamda • 05 May, 2015 arabnet digital summit Dubai Arabnet
Regional Second Arab Youth Employment Conference discusses solutions to the region Nabih Bulos, special correspondent, LA Times; Joumana Al Jabri, cofounder, Visualizing Impact; Rabee Zureikat, founder, Zikra... Tala El Issa • 05 May, 2015 AYE Conference Silatech Arab youth Employment Conference
Regional UberPITCH: pitching competition for arabnet digital showcase Uber and ArabNet are launching UberPITCH, a competition where entrepreneurs have 15 minute online pitch sessions for the chance to... Wamda • 05 May, 2015 UberPITCH Uber Arabnet
Regional 40 free tools to start and grow your own business This article is a crosspost with the Maqtoob blog. "If you don't build your dream, someone else will hire you to help them build... Kristyna Zapletalova • 05 May, 2015 free tools online tools maqtoob
Regional Goldman Sachs leads new $100M round for Hellofood Hellofood, the global online food delivery platform, whose most recent acquisitions in the region were the food delivery... Lucy Knight • 04 May, 2015 investment round hellofood Funding
Regional How animation studio Kharabeesh drew its own success Kharabeesh was one of the first companies to start making animated and video Arabic content, but their success didn’t come... Abdulghani Kataya • 29 April, 2015 Kharabeesh ksa YouTube
Regional How ArabiaWeather leveraged big data and processing power to stay ahead of the competition Hurricane approaches. (Image via symonsez.wordpress.com) The story of ArabiaWeather is one referred to in the Middle East startup... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 29 April, 2015 MEMakers JordanWeather.jo JavaScript