U.A.E First Collaborative Entrepreneurship workshop, Wamda and Expo2020 get started Habib Haddad kick starting the day (Images by Wamda) Expo 2020 Dubai and Wamda’s collaboration is already underway. By acting as the ... Maya Rahal • 25 January, 2016 Roundtable Expo 2020 Dubai Collaborative Entrepreneurship
Kuwait Passion for food and design brought Basil AlSalem back to Kuwait This article is a crosspost with Nuwait. Kuwaiti entrepreneur Basil AlSalem discovered his passion for food and design when... Maya Rahal • 25 January, 2016 Cocoa Room B+F Nuwait
Regional Global startups circle MENA at WFES forum Masdar's interactive model showing its energy activities from Pakistan to North Africa. (Images via Rachel Williamson) Amid a... Rachel Williamson • 24 January, 2016 IRENA water-energy nexus wind energy
Maghreb Morocco's New Work Lab grows coworking space into entrepreneurship training center Eyes were riveted on startup at a Pitch Lab. (Images via New Work Lab) Last Thursday, 35 Moroccan startups exhibited their services and... Aline Mayard • 24 January, 2016 New Work Lab Coworking Training
Regional MENAT’s internet growth and barriers [Infographic] Despite the apparent prevalence of the world wide web in people’s lives, there are still a many who go without internet access. According t... Lucy Knight • 24 January, 2016 eMarketer MENAT internet penetration
Regional Health and education apps dominate at Arab Mobile Challenge Five teams from five countries are heading to the world finals in Barcelona. (Images via Arab Mobile Challenge) Third time’s the c... Aline Mayard • 22 January, 2016 Arab Mobile Challenge Arab Mobile App Challenge algeria
U.A.E $20M series C round for Bayut.com’s owners UAE's quickly growing real estate landscape The landscape of UAE's real estate. (Image via Spacing.ca) The owners of... Lucy Knight • 21 January, 2016 Bayut.com Zameen Series C
U.A.E Sharjah’s Sheraa sets sail An ecosystem building series, an innovation lab, an idea lab and a growth lab - these are the first four programs coming with the launch of... Archana Menon • 21 January, 2016 Sheraa YCombinator Support
Regional The competitive advantage of good customer service [Opinion] It should be self-evident. Good customer service increases revenues and decreases costs. (Image via tnooz.com) Inadequate or non-existent... Johnny Matta • 21 January, 2016 competitive advantage leaky bucket customer loyalty
Kuwait A cost effective and environmentally friendly way to cook your food, straight out of Kuwait As reported previously on Wamda, the teams attending the first Kuwait Global Technopreneurship Challenge were trying to answer questions... Ana Tadic • 21 January, 2016 Solar cooker Kuwait Global Technopreneurship Challenge MEMakers
Saudi Arabia Six winners announced at Saudi's first MITEF competition B8ak, an application for home maintenance has won first place in the ‘Startups Track’ at Saudi Arabia’s first MIT Enterprise Forum... Maya Rahal • 20 January, 2016 MIT Technology Review Arab Edition careem competition
Maghreb Tunisian stock exchange startup ilBoursa reaching new heights ilBoursa offers data to help investors make better financial decisions. Some entrepreneurs want to be famous, others want to make money,... Aline Mayard • 20 January, 2016 stock exchange Ilboursa finance
Pakistan Pakistan's eye on MENA Pakistan is as misrepresented in the media as the Middle East and has an equally thriving startup ecosystem, but there is not much... Lucy Knight - Rachel Williamson • 20 January, 2016 Zameen Rozee.pk incubation
Egypt Egypt's next meal ticket in tech Egypt birthed the Middle East's first delivery website with Otlob.com in 1999; today its digital food and beverage sector is finally... Lilian Abou Zeki • 19 January, 2016 Aklni Mumm Engezni
Egypt Many challenges still facing Egypt’s startups Startology cofounders from L to R: Ayman Saeed, Mahinaz El-Aasser, and Mahmoud Wasfy. Egypt's startup ecosystem... Eman Mostafa • 19 January, 2016 Global Entrepreneurship Index Entrepreneurship in Egypt From Revolution To Evolution Startology
U.A.E Why e-Home Automation is big on smart home tech? [Video] Khalifa AlJaziri, Group Managing director of e-Home Automation International, explains in this video the core goal of his company, in... Maya Rahal • 19 January, 2016 ehome automation MEMakers
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