Wamda

Regional

New startups on the block: March

Startups are launching faster than we can write about them, so here’s our list of raw newbies to...

Regional

360Vuz secures an undisclosed round of venture capital led by Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority

360Vuz, the virtual reality startup in the Middle East, announced that it had raised an undisclosed round of venture capital led by Dubai...

360vuz virtual reality Augmented Reality

Regional

Harvard Arab World Conference 2017

The Harvard Arab Alumni Association is organizing their 12th annual Harvard Arab World Conference (HAWC) 2017, which will be held...

Jordan Harvard conference

Regional

Startup Investments: The evolution of the MENA ecosystem in 2016 [Report]

Startup Investments: The evolution of the MENA ecosystem in 2016 [Report] from Wamda Research Lab 2016 was a booming year for i...

investement Report WRL

Regional

Is regional innovation standing in the way of investments? [Know your VC]

Samih Toukan, chairman of Jabbar Internet Group says that the MENA region doesn’t lack innovative ideas, but rather...

Samih Toukan MENA investments

Regional

Keynote: World Blockchain Forum

In recent years, blockchain technology has grown from being the outcast of technological innovations to something with the potential...

Dubai Blockchain Bitcoin

Regional

STEP 2017: disrupting MENA tech and music scene

In case you weren’t around for all the buzz and bustle that took place at STEP 2016, here’s what you missed: Early 2017 was mome...

Step Conference STEP Dubai

Regional

How to start your journey as a mentor

This is an edited crosspost from New Shift. Mentors face many exciting challenges when advising early-stage entrepreneurs: studying a...

Mentor Advice

Regional

Telematics Conference Middle East & Africa

Telematics Conference Middle East & Africa returns for the third time to gather telematics industry experts, companies, and...

telematics conference MEA

Regional

OPCDE 2017 [exclusive limited promocode inside]

OPCDE is a regional conference on digital security that is directly focused on the technical aspect of the field. This year’s...

cyber security Digital security piracy

Regional

Mediterranean Water Heroes Youth Contest

Are you between the ages of 18 and 35 and from the Mediterranean? Are you engaged in water and climate activities that contribute to...

Mediterranean water sustainability world bank

Regional

Startup Weekend Sharjah

Startup Weekend is a 54 hour event that brings together designers, developers, entrepreneurs, and experts from all domains to do amazing...

startup entrepreneurship Startup Weekend

Regional

More tech, more jobs, more growth [Opinion]

A new middle class is emerging in ‘growth market’ cities, and it will be technology-enabled businesses that help create new...

Opinion Growth cities jobs

Regional

Get in the Ring Abu Dhabi

Get in the Ring Abu Dhabi is a selection event for the Global Startup Competition of the Get in the Ring Foundation organized by Flat6Labs...

Pitch competition abu dhabi

Regional

Cloud10 Scalerator Program

Applications are now open for the second round of the Cloud10 Scalerator program, where ‘scale-ups’ (revenue...

Bahrain accelerator Innovation

Regional

Women rising to the top in MENA [Infographic]

This article is a crosspost with Payfort. Female entrepreneurs are founding companies at an ever increasing rate across the world and...

women entrepreneurs nabbesh mrusta

Regional

How to build a company that will last forever [Opinion]

Scale is important for startups to put them on the radar of strategic acquirers, which are a more likely route to an exit in MENA than...

talabat strategic acquirer Exit

Regional

Innovation Arabia 10

In its tenth annual edition, Innovation Arabia, the region’s leading congress on education, business, environment, healthcare and...

Innovation Technology entrepreneurship

Global

In MENA’s booming tech scene, where do humanitarian startups stand?

The MENA region, frequently characterized by uncertainty, political polarization and slow socioeconomic progress is seeing a stunning...

Social Entrepreneurship

Regional

Twitter’s media plans for MENA [Q&A]

Twitter is targeting Saudi Arabia and Egypt as its regional growth markets as it seeks to make users more ‘sticky’...

twitter

Regional

Why should you be excited about blockchain? [Opinion]

Over the past few years, blockchain technology has moved from the fringes to something that can have real impact on all parts of our lives....

Regional

AUB Stanford Women in Data Science Conference

In a joint effort between the American University of Beirut and Stanford Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering at...

Data data analytics data science

Algeria

Hate speech to dialogue: Munathara reframes online debate

Social media is often depicted as a game changer for democracy and freedom of speech, but by no means has it contributed to healthy...

Munathara Debate Belabbes Benkredda

Regional

Can democracy stand a better chance with civic tech?

“The region’s tech startups may not be setting up tents in public squares or painting their messages on street walls but they...

Civic tech E-government Government

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