U.A.E UAE launches new entry scheme to attract entrepreneurs In a bid to remain a top destination for entrepreneurs in the region the UAE launched last week a new entry visa scheme. They hope to... Maya Rahal • 12 February, 2017 visa scheme uae government entrepreneurship
U.A.E Is the cyber hack coming to a computer near you? In the summer of 2016, Mohamed Amine Belarbi’s cyber security startup Vul9 began approaching potential clients. He was shocked by the... Lucy Knight • 09 February, 2017 cyber security Vul9 Comae Technologies
Bahrain Middle East newspapers need to get with the digital plan We’re on our smart devices, all of the time. We know that. What we also know is that the majority of us are getting our news from... Abdulghani Kataya • 08 February, 2017 Digital Media Index Newspapers digital transformation
U.A.E What I know about approaching corporations: Jean-Michel Gauthier When Jean-Michel Gauthier talks about unemployment, he does not point to job matching technology as the only solution his company is trying... Tala El Issa • 06 February, 2017 What I Know internsME corporations
U.A.E Adventure2Venture kickstarts investor-entrepreneur retreats [Know your VC] “I am not very happy about how some investors treat startups and are somehow unfair to entrepreneurs.” This is how Rami AlKarmi... Mai Ali • 02 February, 2017 Angel Investment Adventure2Venture Dubai
U.A.E Hyphen founder’s gutsy life choice leads to a global adventure “Luck doesn’t exist, it’s created by people taking risks and finding opportunity.” This is what Nigerian serial... Elias Jabbe • 01 February, 2017 hyphen sparks labs flat6labs abu dhabi
U.A.E Dubai Lynx 2017 The Dubai Lynx International Festival of Creativity is the region’s annual event for the creative communications industry to learn,... Wamda • 31 January, 2017 Innovation Technology communication
Egypt New startups on the block: February Startups are launching faster than we can write about them, so here’s our list of raw newbies to... Lucy Knight • 31 January, 2017 new startups Jarra Carriage
U.A.E More startups on the scene at Gulf CX Awards “As an SME we can offer an opportunity for personalisation,” said Ayman Al Awadhi, managing director of Dubai’s The... Lucy Knight • 26 January, 2017 gulf cx awards Customer Service User Experience
U.A.E Talking about fintech in MENA [Wamda TV] Everything starts with a payment. Payfort’s Omar Soudodi, talking to Wamda, said that the wealth transfer is the foundation of... Lucy Knight • 24 January, 2017 Fintech mix n mentor dubai Payfort
U.A.E STEP gets $2M Series A, plans a digital media empire STEP Group has closed a Series A funding round with a $2 million investment from regional investors, including Wamda Capital,... Maya Rahal • 23 January, 2017 Step Conference Step music Wamda Capital
U.A.E Using big data and AI to fill the digital Arabic content void When it comes to digital content there’s not much out there in Arabic. In fact, according to data released in the 2016 Media in... Elias Jabbe • 23 January, 2017 narrativa flat6labs abu dhabi AI
Saudi Arabia Melltoo expands to Saudi with new funding The Dubai-headquartered peer-to-peer marketplace Melltoo has said they are ready to expand to Saudi Arabia now they have acquired new... Lucy Knight • 23 January, 2017 Investment melltoo ecommerce
U.A.E Hidden gold mines for MENA’s air tech entrepreneurs If Paul Papadimitriou’s realistic air tech projections can be summed up in one piece of cautionary advice for startups, it is that in... Vanessa Khalil • 22 January, 2017 Travel aviation GE
U.A.E Holidaying with Holiday ME “Whenever you're booking a holiday…there’s a lot of discussion happening for the family or solo traveler,”... Archana Menon • 16 January, 2017 uae holidayme travel tech
U.A.E Startup Emirates: the most well-funded tech startups in the UAE in one infographic This article is a crosspost from CB Insights. All of the companies in our infographic are based in the Emirate of Dubai.... Willam Altman • 09 January, 2017 Investment uae CB Insights
U.A.E Etisalat Digital Challenge call for applications It’s 2017 and new challenges are ahead of the region’s innovators, entrepreneurs & startups. Etisalat Digital and Dubai... Wamda • 04 January, 2017 Dubai acceleration Dubai Future Accelerators
Palestine Social Dice helps navigate rough waters of MENA hiring process When you ask founder Saed Shela what the secret is to Social Dice’s success, he will say it is about making the hiring process smart... Christina Ganim • 01 January, 2017 SocialDice palestine uae
Egypt Egypt’s Vezeeta gets $5M Series B Vezeeta, an Egypt-based automated physician, clinic and hospital bookings platform received $5 million in series B funding led by... Lucy Knight • 30 December, 2016 Vezeeta Egypt BECO Capital
U.A.E Jisr Venture Partners like to look outside MENA [Know your VC] Jisr Venture Partners founder and chairman Waleed Albanawi is making another investment into the food and beverage (F&B) space by... Elias Jabbe • 28 December, 2016 Investment jisr venture partners ReserveOut
Regional Wamda’s best stories of 2016 2016 was the year of trying new things and testing some ideas on you, our readers. We brought in a weekly series we called Startup... Rachel Williamson • 27 December, 2016 Wamda2016 shezlong sympaticus
U.A.E Serving the underserved at IBM's Smartcamp, Dubai Serving the underserved was very much the theme last week as two startups providing services to migrant workers in the UAE took the top... Elias Jabbe • 20 December, 2016 IBM now money smart labour
Saudi Arabia Careem now a unicorn, raising $350M Careem has become the Middle East’s second ‘unicorn’, after investment from Japan's ecommerce giant Rakuten Inc and... Rachel Williamson • 19 December, 2016 careem STC Venture Capital
Jordan Babil Games acquired for $17M In what could be the largest exit in the region’s gaming industry, Middle East-based game publisher Babil Games has been... Lucy Knight • 18 December, 2016 Gaming babil games game development