Egypt Integreight launches IOT home automation kit Integreight at the Bay Area Maker Faire in San Mateo, California: CTO Islam Mustafa, embedded software engineer Eslam... Eduard Cousin • 05 June, 2016 home automation Togglit MEMakersGE
Saudi Arabia Solar panel cleaning startup closes $1M Series A Saudi-based startup NOMADD has closed a Series A round of $1 million. NOMADD, which stands for ‘no water mechanical automated... Lucy Knight • 03 June, 2016 Investment and acquisitions MEMakersGE NOMADD
Regional Activate and accelerate: 14 CE tools for corporations In May of this year, British banking and financial services company Barclays partnered with Flat6Labs to open Egypt's first... Jonas Feller • 02 June, 2016 Expo 2020 Dubai Collaborative Entrepreneurship corporations
Egypt Egypt VC launches new $50M fund Algebra Capital Cairo's startup ecosystem has been crying out for money for years. This year they've been inundated. (Image via Wikipedia) Egyptian... Eduard Cousin • 02 June, 2016 Ziad Mokhtar Algebra Fund EAEF
Saudi Arabia Saudi fund takes 5% stake in Uber for $3.5B A Saudi Arabia fund has bought a 5 percent stake in Uber for $3.5 billion. The buy-in, by the Public Investment Fund (PIF),... Rachel Williamson • 02 June, 2016 Public Investment Fund fundraising Uber
U.A.E Doctoruna: making healthcare accessible in MENA Since they launched in 2013, healthcare appointment website and mobile app Doctoruna has been on a mission to minimize the all too... Archana Menon • 02 June, 2016 DoctorUna MEMakersGE Bayt
Lebanon Applications now open for Speed@BDD's third acceleration program Speed@BDD is recruiting 10 aspiring startups for their upcoming acceleration program in September, where selected... Wamda • 01 June, 2016 application Speed@BDD beirut
U.A.E IT platform Geeks raises $600K seed round And 6500 happy customers. (Image via Geeks) Geeks.ae, an on-demand tech services platform that helps connect consumers and business... Maya Rahal • 01 June, 2016 Geeks investments Wamda Capital
U.A.E Are you happy? Data may decide for you Welcoming to Arabnet Dubai 2016. (Image via Jacqueline Sofia) “Happiness is very personal. How far do you want us to go to make you h... Jacqueline Sofia • 01 June, 2016 Happiness Dubai RTA Dubai Open Data Law
U.A.E Startup and corporation collaboration gets a boost #Expo2020xWamda Corporation, big business, multinational, mega-corp - whatever noun you prefer to use, they need you, and by ‘you’ we mean... Lucy Knight • 01 June, 2016 CE Summit Collaborative Entrepreneurship expo 2020
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
Palestine Palestine's $12M Ibtikar fund launches, announces 8 investments The Ibtikar Fund's management team, investors and startups. (Image via Christina Ghanim) Palestinian pride is providing the fuel for... Christina Ganim • 31 May, 2016 5QHQH Tasameem ArabiAuto
U.A.E Payfort launches 3rd edition of the State of Payments The Arab world could see $69 billion in online payment transactions per year by 2020. (Image via Wamda) Saudis and Emiratis have... Maya Rahal • 31 May, 2016 State of Payments 2016 Payfort Report
Regional Arab girls defy stereotypes at Microsoft Imagine Cup Two teams from Tunisia alongside one from Bahrain will represent MENA at the global final in Seattle. (Images via Eduard Cousin) Malak... Eduard Cousin • 31 May, 2016 microsoft imagine cup microsoft Egypt
Lebanon Lebanese scientist finds a potential treatment for jetlag A techie bedtime. (Image via Lumos Tech) This article is a crosspost with MIT Technology Review Arab Edition. Jet lag is a temporary... MIT Technology Review • 30 May, 2016 Sleep Lumos Tech MIT Technology Review Arab Edition
Palestine Tracking Palestine's tech talent at AngelHack The AngelHack Gaza competition produced some interesting ideas. (Images via Gaza Sky Geeks) Coding is increasingly becoming a... Rafat Abushaban • 30 May, 2016 coding competition Angelhack Ramallah palestine
