Wamda

Global

Online symptom checkers failed one test, but aren’t out of the game yet

Is a symptom checker app ready to replace a real-life doctor? (Image via iStock) A recent audit by Harvard Medical School...

Symptom Checker Harvard Medical School MEMakers

Iran

Ready and willing, Iran's startup scene

Soheil Alavi didn’t see much opportunity in the Tehran tech scene during a visit in 2013. Fast forward 18 months and the...

Turquoise Partners Sarava Nuclear

Lebanon

Mix N’ Mentor brings the Marketplace edition to Beirut in September

Pensive in Beirut, Mix N'Mentor in September 2014. Considered as one of the most innovative cities of the MENA region, Beirut is getting...

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Maghreb

Transportation options heat up as Uber launches in Casablanca

Just four to six Uber cars were available in downtown Casablanca Tuesday morning. This article was updated July 22 to...

iTaxi careem taxi service

Lebanon

AltCity Bootcamp² Ideation Competition

AltCity is organizing the Bootcamp² Ideation Competition, in collaboration with French entrepreneur coding school Le Wagon. The one day ...

Bootcamp Ideation Competition Le Wagon Altcity

Regional

Zoomaal launches Crowdfunding Accelerator Program with Oasis500 and Flat6Labs

Official banner of the Crowdfunding Accelerator Program by Zoomaal. One of the biggest crowdfunding platforms targeting the MENA region,...

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Maghreb

How this social entrepreneurship coworking space could change Morocco

Don't let the basic interior fool you. Dare Space has huge potential. (Image via Hind Touissate, Dare Space) With its bare walls and...

MCISE Rabat Coworking Spaces

Regional

Mideast Coworking Calls application deadline

Mideast Creatives, in collaboration with Hivos, is launching Mideast Coworking Calls with the goal of boosting coworking, art and...

Mideast Coworking Calls Mideast Creatives Hivos

U.A.E

Second edition of the Arab Women in Leadership and Business Summit

MICE Quotient specializes in meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions and is organizing its second edition of the Arab Women in...

business summit MICE Women

Maghreb

Morocco to honor the brightest minds of its entrepreneurial ecosystem with Karim Jazouani prize

Karim Jazouani (Image via The Nexties) Karim Jazouani, the web and startup ambassador of Morocco, would be proud. Since he passed away...

Karim Jazouani

Lebanon

CycleHack gets the wheels turning for a more bike-friendly Beirut

Public Interest Design cofounder Ibrahim Zahreddine discusses the challenges of cycling in Beirut at Beirut CycleHack. (Image via Maysaa...

cycling cyclehack Sustainability

Oman

Middle East Cyber Security Summit 2015

Nispana announced the Middle East Cyber Security Summit 2015 hosted in association with Muscat Expo. The summit will take place on...

Nispana Middle East Security Summit Muscat

Regional

The Big Booster Startup International Competition

The Big Booster competition is a program run in collaboration with the startup accelerator MassChallenge to boost innovative...

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Jordan

Open Hands Initiative’s Fellowship for Young Women Entrepreneurs

The Open Hands Initiative is launching the Fellowship for Young Women Entrepreneurs. This fellowship will bring together 10 american and...

Fellowship for Young Women Entrepreneurs Open Hands Initiative women entrepreneurs

U.A.E

MEED’s Smart Cities 2015 in Dubai

MEED’s Smart Cities 2015 is a conference that brings together critical partners to promote and invigorate the creation and...

MEED Dubai conference

Lebanon

Global entrepreneurs network lands in Lebanon

The introductory session of EO was attended by a selected few at the Four Seasons Hotel (Images via Stephanie Nour Prince) One of...

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Global

Littlebits makes big in $44.2M funding round

Littlebits, the open source hardware startup from Lebanese founder Ayah Bdeir, has raised over $44 million in what they say is one of the...

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U.A.E

Payfort acquires White to build dead simple payment solutions to startups

White Payment's Yazin Alrihayem (left) and Payfort's Omar Soudodi. (Image via PAYFORT) PAYFORT, announced today the...

White Payments Payfort online payment

U.A.E

TURN8 hackathon on Arabic digital content ideas

TURN8 seed accelerator is organizing a hackathon to find innovative digital media and business models that enhance Arabic content online....

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U.A.E

Banking and insurance comparison startup Bayzat raises $1M led by BECO Capital

Bayzat, a UAE-based comparison site for health insurance services, banking products and car insurance has received a $1 million round...

Bayzat investement Funding

Egypt

KarmSolar signs first on-grid solar deal

KarmSolar is stepping into Egypt’s challenging grid-connected electricity market after signing a 27-year deal with Egypt’s...

PV KarmSolar solar energy

U.A.E

Urban mobility, energy and emissions - Decode Dubai tackles big city problems

Teams listening to a speaker midway through the conference. (Images via Dubai Internet City) As Dubai passionately pursues its strategy to...

Barcelona Smart City App Hack hackathons

U.A.E

AngelHack hackathon in Abu Dhabi

The AngelHack hackathon is a platform where participants compete to build, test, and launch their ideas to the world during the two-day e...

AngelHack abu dhabi hackathon

Turkey

Webrazzi Summit 2015 in Istanbul [Discount]

Webrazzi Summit is Turkey's most influential internet conference where industry leaders join together to discuss internet economy and c...

Webrazzi Summit turkey istanbul

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