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Jordan

Eureka Tech Talk ignites spark for tech and entrepreneurship in Jordanian kids

Two Eureka students present to the crowd. (Images via Samuel Wendel) Like many countries in the Middle East and North Africa, Jordan is...

Tech Talk global entrepreneurship week Eureka

Maghreb

Why accelerators are flocking to Tunisia

Are you ready for more Demodays? (Image via Flat6Labs) Tunisia has an impressive number of entrepreneurship training and mentoring...

Start'act Wikistartup Founders Institute

U.A.E

Big Data leading innovation, SmartCon 2015

Bora Arslan believes that big data is overused and exaggerated, creating mistrust in people. (Images via Pamela Kesrouani) Big data “will t...

smartcon Smart Cities MEMakers

Turkey

Optimism in Turkey’s startups continues at Webit’s DIGIT EMEA 2015

Webit Foundation's chairman Plamen Russev takes the stage. (Image via Andrii Degeler) The Webit DIGIT EMEA conference rolled into Istanbul...

Webit DIGIT EMEA Webit turkey

U.A.E

UK’s Deliveroo makes its UAE debut

Deliveroo's app now available in Dubai. (Images via Deliveroo) The UK-based food delivery site Deliveroo is launching in the UAE. With a...

Index Ventures Accel Hummingbird Ventures

Regional

First Syrian takes home top prize in Stars of Science

Yaman Abou Jieb taking home first prize. (Images via Stars of Science) Yaman Abou Jieb prides himself in being the first Stars of Science...

Qatar Foundation competition Stars of Science

Palestine

Palestinian startup to compete in Seedstars World finals

First place and a ticket to Switzerland: meet the Mashvisor team. (Images via Arabreneur) Mashvisor has been selected as a national winner...

Mashvisor SeedStars International seedstars

Maghreb

Devoxx Morocco brings together techies and startups

Connecting at Devoxx Morocco. (Images via Aline Mayard) I heard entrepreneurs voice a familiar complaint on a recent Monday evening at New...

Devoxx morocco Developers

U.A.E

With new workshops and corporates on board; 2015 Mix N’ Mentor roadshow concludes in Dubai

Workshops, mentorship and enthusiasm - it's all there at Mix N' Mentor. Scheduled for December 10 at Hult Business School, Dubai Internet...

Marketplace Edition mix n mentor dubai Mix n Mentor

Maghreb

Algeria to get its first coworking space

Coworking and more at Sylabs (Image via Sylabs) The Algerian web community has many brillant tech minds, motivated marketers, and...

sylabs algeria Coworking Spaces

U.A.E

twofour54 exits four years investment in SAE Institute to CedarBridge

Snapshot duing one of the 3D animation courses offered by SAE (image is from the SAE platform) twofour54 announced today its exit from...

SAE Institute Exit TwoFour54

Lebanon

Le Wagon deploys first batch of coders in Beirut

General manager of Le Wagon El Khoury speaks out (Image via Ayman Farhat) Coding school Le Wagon graduated its first batch of Beirut-based ...

Le Wagon beirut Coding

Regional

Eco and social entrepreneurs meet in Barcelona

Enrique de Villamore Martín, director of SCP/RAC, speaks at the the SwitchMed networking panel. (Images via SwitchMed) More than 400 ...

Social Entrepreneurship SwitchMed

U.A.E

Young Saudi entrepreneur honored at Takreem’s 2015 awards

Khaled AlKhudair receives the Young Entrepreneur award. (Images via Takreem) In honour of his efforts as the founder and CEO of Glowork,...

AlKamandjati Palestinian Happy Child Center TAKREEM

Regional

Intel's ChallengeME IoT competition announces winners

Intel's ChallengeME competition showcased a diversity of IoT innovation at Berytech in Beirut. (Images via Lina Mubarak) A logistics...

ChallengeME IoT MEMakers

Regional

Middle East and Turkey startups raise the temperature in Stockholm [Opinion]

MENA meets Stockholm at #sthlmtech. (Images via Aurore Belfrage) When talking to investors, corporates and media in the west about...

212 Istanbul Opinion Aurore Belfrage

Jordan

Tamatem signs a partnership with global player Tapinator

The only way is up for gamers in Jordan. (Image via Tamatem) Jordanian game publishing platform Tamatem signed a partnership with US...

Tapinator MVI gaming industry

Egypt

Fawry sells major stake for $100M

A consortium of international investors has taken an 85 percent stake in Egyptian electronic bill presentment and payment platform Fawry...

fawry Egypt Investment

U.A.E

ArabiaWeather closes a round of $5M

CEO Mohammad Al-Shaker during one of the weather forecasts. (Image via ArabiaWeather) ArabiaWeather announced yesterday a $5 million...

Wamda Capital Jabbar Group MEMakers

U.A.E

GE brings Minds+Machines to the region for the first time

General Electric have made a MENA debut. The event focusing on Industrial Internet, was held for the first time in the region at the...

Ver2 Medicus Scriptr

Lebanon

Social entrepreneurs tackle Lebanon's trash crisis

With the Naameh lanfill closed, trash has piled up the street. (Image via National Post) The piles of garbage in the streets and...

stratups crisis trash

Lebanon

Crowdsourced interior design startup launches in Lebanon

Smartphones could soon help people decorate their homes and save money at the same time. Simply fill out a short online questionnaire,...

interior design Darwazah Ghassan Abi Fadel

Jordan

Fellowship for young women entrepreneurs connects rising stars from US and Jordan

Yara Al-Khader, founder and CEO of SA3ED.ME, pitches to judges during Demo Day at ZINC. (Images via Sam Wendel) “Recommendation s...

Privail Kuli Kuli Kollectco

Regional

Online laundry sector booming despite obvious challenges

The desire for laundry services that are hassle free is on the rise. Clean and tidy. (Image via Washmen) Seizing their...

Washplus GetLaundry Washmen

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