Wamda

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Tunis accelerator

Palestine

Gaza's accelerator turns to crowdfunding to keep its doors open

Update: Mercy Corps has extended its crowd funding campaign for Gaza Sky Geeks by an extra 30 days and it will now run until January 8 ...

gaza sky geeks Gaza accelerator

Global

Could this unusual investment fund/event organizer be the future of seed funding?

The launch of TheFamily a year ago shook up the French startup scene in a big way. The organization, falling somewhere between...

seed investment accelerator France

Iran

Iran startup scene gears up with new startup accelerator Avatech

A year ago, Mohsen Malayeri told us in a Wamda community post that the election of Iranian President Rouhani meant things were...

AvaTech iran accelerator

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