Regional Dubai's BitOasis seeks to introduce BitCoin as a solution for MENA financial services BitOasis hopes to address a number of regional financial and e-commerce issues with BitCoin (Images via BitOasis) Ola Doudin, a cofounder... Samuel Wendel • 14 June, 2015 E-commerce Bitcoin
Saudi Arabia Saudi startup Rwaq steps on giants' shoulders to succeed “Corporate Entrepreneurship Responsibility”, or CER, are the new buzzwords entering Saudi Arabia’s lexicon, and one startup is making the m... Safar Ayad • 14 June, 2015 online education Silatech Traxn
Maghreb Ampion opens applications for Tunisia and Morocco's Venture Bus Last year, 40 people took part in the hackathon, on a bus in Tunisia. This year, Ampion’s African hackathon on wheels will cross 14 African ... Wamda • 12 June, 2015 Venture bus Ampion morocco
U.A.E $11M Series A round from the US for Dubai-based delivery service Fetchr Dubai-based delivery service Fetchr has successfully closed a Series A funding round worth $11 million. The not-insignificant sum was... Lucy Knight • 12 June, 2015 Mena360 Dhabi Holdings New Enterprise Associates
Global Nature versus nurture, can you breed an entrepreneur? Once mixed, there's no turning back. (Image via Raail.com) A new wave of entrepreneurship research encompassing the classical psychology... Teeb Assaf • 11 June, 2015 Personality traits Nature versus nurture entrepreneurs
Global How this tech device may help Muslims with their prayers Sensor technologies have evolved in almost every aspect of our lives to provide us with a better experience and make some tasks more... Reine Farhat • 11 June, 2015 Salatcard prayer Wearable devices
Maghreb Tunisian pride and funky designs create growing business Sofiène Ben Châabane in his boutique/café Lyoum in La Marsa.(Images via Christine Petré) There’s an irony to it. Tunisia is the s... Christine Petré • 11 June, 2015 Lyoum textile Tunis
Regional Digital Arabic Content: an industry brief [WRL report] In the past few years, the MENA region has witnessed a rapid growth of internet and smartphone penetration - and these trends are projected... Lucy Knight • 10 June, 2015 Taghreedat DAC Digital Arabic Content
Regional Where are the gaps in the digital Arabic content sector? [Infographic] In the past several years, the MENA region has witnessed a rapid growth of internet and smartphone penetration - and these trends are... Lucy Knight • 10 June, 2015 Taghreedat DAC Digital Arabic Content
Egypt Data-driven medicine in MENA: a startup’s long wait In 2010, four men began preparing for what they thought would be the exciting, and imminent, future of genetic analysis in the Middle... Rachel Williamson • 10 June, 2015 Mohamed Aboueldhoda Illumina Genomics
Egypt Nahdet el Mahrousa, a focus on the supporter of social enterprises [Report] Aramex has published a report, in collaboration with Wamda and the American University in Cairo (AUC), on Nahdet El Mahrousa (NM), an... Raed Khalil • 10 June, 2015 Yahoo! Maktoob Nahdet el Mahrousa american university of cairo
Regional Two startups in Palestinian refugee camp picking up where NGOs left off For years, the mention of “refugees” has drawn pitying donors and sympathetic volunteers, but rarely did it bring stern bosses... Tala El Issa • 09 June, 2015 Gaza Refugee Camp SEP Sitti Soap Company
Egypt Zee3 Mawhbtak: Egypt’s new way to scout talent During the recording one of the first episodes of Zee3 Mawhbtak An Egyptian online talent show is plucking undiscovered entertainers from... Eman Mostafa • 09 June, 2015 online media new media Citizen Journalism
Palestine Ramallah travel portal Batuta announces $2.5M Series A round So many places to visit, so much to see. (Image via Batuta) Batuta, a Ramallah-based Arabic travel research website has secured a $2.5... Antoine Abou-Diwan • 08 June, 2015 Siraj Palestine Fund I Batuta yamsafer
U.A.E Flat6Labs Abu Dhabi debuts freshman class Flat6Labs Abu Dhabi's first graduates (Images via Pamela Kesrouani) Seven startups from all corners of the globe flaunted their wares over... Pamela Kesrouani • 08 June, 2015 flat6labs abu dhabi Demo Day Incubator
Jordan Jordanian students work with NASA to discover if there is life on Jupiter’s moon The students: Sanad Haddad, Zaid Kawar, Chad (their mentor at NASA), Mohammad Alzorgan, Firas Mistarihi. (Images via Kawar) In Jordan... Tala El Issa • 08 June, 2015 Space research Queen Rania Center for Entrepreneurship King Abdullah II Design and Development Bureau
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