Global Pixelbug looks to take Silicon Valley Pixelbug, the augmented and virtual reality pioneer founded in Dubai, has gone from dominating the MENA market to turning heads in Silicon... Wamda • 20 March, 2017 PixelBug silicon valley accelerator
Tunisia What 5 Tunisians learned from 4 Finns about their startups Learn your pitch, include all of the relevant information, and show - don’t tell - how you plan to scale, Finnish coaches told... Lilia Blaise • 12 March, 2017 startupsauna competition accelerator
Regional Cloud10 Scalerator Program Applications are now open for the second round of the Cloud10 Scalerator program, where ‘scale-ups’ (revenue... Wamda • 31 January, 2017 Bahrain accelerator Innovation
Regional 30k people were at MENA’s top 3 startup events in 2016 #Wamda2016 The startupper calendar gets busier every year. In 2016 there have been more than 200 events related to entrepreneurship, startups,... Edoardo Giorgetti • 25 December, 2016 Wamda2016 Roundup Ecosystem
Lebanon Speed@BDD Acceleration Cycle [Call for Applications] Do you have a technology startup that you want to grow into a successful business? Speed@BDD, the first ecosystem-backed technology... Wamda • 12 December, 2016 lebanon accelerator Innovation
Bahrain Turn8 Pre-Accelerator Program The Turn8 Hub Pre-accelerator Program is a free 2-week intensive program from October 9 to 18 for technology startups in... Wamda • 03 October, 2016 Bahrain accelerator Funding
Regional Mighty Labs Pre-Accelerator Want to make your business idea a reality? The Mighty Labs Pre-Accelerator program in Berlin is accepting MENA applications for its... Wamda • 15 August, 2016 Berlin MENA entrepreneurship
Egypt 1864 Accelerator, open for applications The 1864 Accelerator constitutes the first local financial technology focused (FinTech) startup accelerator program of its kind in... Wamda • 28 July, 2016 accelerator Egypt startups
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... Aline Mayard • 06 June, 2016 Flat6Labs Tunis Le15 seed investment
Egypt Flat6Labs and Barclays launch a fintech accelerator in Egypt Ahmad Alfi speaking during the launch of Accelerator 1864. (Image via Flat6Labs) Yesterday Cairo-based Flat6labs announced the... Eman Mostafa • 31 May, 2016 Flat6LabsCairo fin-tech accelerator
Lebanon Applications open for Speed@BDD's Batch II acceleration program Do you have a technology startup idea and want to grow it into a successful business? Apply now to Speed@BDD’s Batch II acceleration pr... Wamda • 01 February, 2016 mentorships applications Speed@BDD
U.A.E Introducing Flat6Labs' 6 latest UAE startups Much like Hollywood is a celebrity hunting ground, Flat6Labs’ recent Demo Day suggests that Abu Dhabi might be the place to reel in... Alaa' Odeh • 15 February, 2016 StudentCart Metaphorio Jumpsuite
Maghreb Apply now to Techfinance Academy in Morocco A new accelerator is opening shop in Casablanca, Morocco. Techfinance Academy is a six-month acceleration program open to Morocco-based ... Wamda • 05 February, 2016 accelerator Casablanca morocco
Regional Fast Facts II: 12+ new hubs for MENA startups (2015) Throughout 2015, support for entrepreneurs in the Arab world continued to grow. As Wamda’s review of the year’s... Jonas Feller • 31 December, 2015 Wamda Research Lab accelerator CER
Global Then and now: how accelerators have evolved This article is a crosspot with Nuwait. As Kuwait is welcoming soon one of the top five accelerators in the world, TechStars, we... Ahmad Takatkah • 28 December, 2015 crosspost oped data growth
U.A.E TURN8: Investor Demo Day The graduation of Dubai-based TURN8 accelerator's fifth batch of entrepreneurs will take place on their Investor Demo Day on 16 ... Wamda • 30 November, 2015 turn8 Demo Day accelerator
Egypt Incubators prompt entrepreneurship in Upper Egypt Hemma encouraged students at Assiut University to apply with innovative ideas. (Images via Hemma) Cairo often takes all the attention of... Sara Aggour • 10 November, 2015 Holol Techno-Falah Upper Egypt
Maghreb NUMA to bring French expertise to Morocco's startups Jordan has Oasis500, Egypt has Flat6Labs, now Morocco has NUMA. The famous French innovation hub announced today that they are going to... Aline Mayard • 27 October, 2015 NUMA Eiréné4Impact morocco
Saudi Arabia KAUST's New Ventures Accelerator open for fall applications New Ventures Accelerator, the accelerator program run by the KAUST Entrepreneurship Center, is accepting applications for its new batch ... Wamda • 02 October, 2015 deadline application accelerator
Lebanon Beirut gets new tech accelerator, Speed@BDD CEO Sami Abou Saab during a meeting at the Speed@BDD offices. (Images via Maya Rahal) Yesterday, a collection of Beirut’s entrepreneurial e... Maya Rahal • 31 July, 2015 Tech Accelerator Speed@BDD Beirut Digital District
Palestine FastForward Accelerator opens its door to its fifth batch of Palestinian entrepreneurs FastForward Accelerator is now accepting applications for the fifth round of its acceleration program. The application deadline is August... Wamda • 22 July, 2015 seed investment accelerator palestine
Saudi Arabia Saudi telco STC launches accelerator and incubator Between August and September, Saudi Telecom Company (STC) will launch InspireU, an accelerator and incubator aimed at developing young... Reine Farhat • 05 July, 2015 riyadh Demo Day incubators
Lebanon Flat6Labs to launch Beirut accelerator Regional accelerator Flat6Labs will open a chapter in Beirut, cofounder Hany El-Sonbaty announced today at the Arabnet conference. The... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 18 March, 2015 beirut accelerator Flat6Labs
Maghreb iBDA Social Business Accelerator in Tunis The African Development Bank (AFDB), in collaboration with Yunus Social Business (YSB) launched the iBDA (‘ibda’ literally means “start” in... Wamda • 17 March, 2015 Tunis accelerator