Egypt When being a game developer just isn’t enough Kareem Abdullatif andHani El-Akel have a passion for gaming and in 2010 the Egyptian entrepreneurs decided to take a risk and found their... Safar Ayad • 22 June, 2015 Appsinnovate gaming industry Egypt
U.A.E 3D printed jewelry and cooling jackets point the way for MENA wearable tech market Wearable technology is still only a blip on MENA’s fashion calendar but the Abu Dhabi Wearable Tech Show aims to be the runway event for d... Pamela Kesrouani • 22 June, 2015 wearable Wearable Tech Show UAE Wearable devices
Regional ReserveOut announces aggressive expansion campaign ReserveOut, an online restaurant reservation platform announced plans for an aggressive geographical expansion in the Middle East and... Raed Khalil • 21 June, 2015 reservations Khalil Shadid ReserveOut
Regional 5 apps to help you stay focused this Ramadan Getting organized at the best of times is hard. All you need is some quiet....and an app. Your smartphone can be a powerful tool when it... Ahmed Soliman • 21 June, 2015 IFTTT Ramadan Legacy Habit List
Jordan MENA corporates show a large appetite for startups at Mix N' Mentor Amman Mentors and startups share challenges and potential solutions at Mix N' Mentor Amman. If the number of smiling faces and... Maya Rahal • 18 June, 2015 mix n mentor Amman Marketplace Edition ZINC
Lebanon Daily deals site ScoopCity outlives, outplays Lebanese rivals Brothers Abdallah and Ghaith Yafi (Image via Executive Magazine) ScoopCity was one of the first online daily deals platforms in... Dana Ballout • 18 June, 2015 Y Venture Partners competition lebanon
Regional Can this Dubai startup improve Arabic content design? ShortPoint, a Dubai-based web and content-design startup that launched earlier this year, hopes to save content creators hours of coding by... Pamela Kesrouani • 18 June, 2015 Content Design CMS ShortPoint
Jordan Inside Kharabeesh's path to scale [WRL Report] Kharabeesh's geographic reach (Images via Wamda Research Lab) The MENA region is facing an acute unemployment crisis that is... Raed Khalil • 17 June, 2015 Kharabeesh Digital Arabic Content growth
Regional Wamda Capital announces the launch of its $75M regional growth stage venture fund Wamda Capital announced today the launch of its regional growth stage $75 million investment fund, Wamda MENA Ventures I. The Fund,... Wamda • 17 June, 2015 Mena Venture Investments Wamda Capital aramex
U.A.E Dubai’s IoTx summit drives MENA tech forward The equation is simple: operational technology + information technology = the Internet of Things, the fusion of everyday ‘things’ with tec... Pamela Kesrouani • 17 June, 2015 mena commerce The Internet of Things IoT
Jordan Solar PiezoClean and the dust problem in MENA A rendering of nanocomposite piezoelectric material. (Image via Greenoptimistic.com) The word piezo (pee-ay-zo), derived from the... Willam Altman • 16 June, 2015 Solar PiezoClean deserts industrial internet
Lebanon PayPal cofounder pays young Lebanese student $100K to drop out and build a startup During TedxBeirut last year. (Images via YouTube) It’s a busy time for Jihad Kawas. The 18-year-old Lebanese is wrapping up his final year ... Maya Rahal • 15 June, 2015 Thiel Fellowship Saily JihadKawas
Regional MENA innovators blow up a tech storm [Infographic] In February a powerful sandstorm swept up from the Sahara, engulfing Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan in a haze of dust. Wind speeds of up 60... Rachel Williamson • 15 June, 2015 wind turbines renewable energy
Egypt Egyptian startup aims to offer entrepreneurs a change of pace An innovative idea coupled with a business plan, a profit model, solid execution, all followed by a growth phase - these are the... Eman Mostafa • 15 June, 2015
Regional A closer look at Azza Fahmy’s transformation from local, Egyptian-born jewelry designer to international luxury brand [Report] Aramex has published a report, in collaboration with Wamda and the American University in Cairo (AUC), on Azza Fahmy an Egypt born luxury... Raed Khalil • 14 June, 2015 jewelry Azza Fahmy american university of cairo
Global How this NASA-certified mat can help Muslims reduce knee injuries Innovation often comes from a personal inspiration or a simple observation. In Nader Sabry’s case, it was both. “I saw... Reine Farhat • 14 June, 2015 MEMakers Timez5 Healthcare
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