U.A.E Mobile solar power in UAE gets a $10M boost Enerwhere, a Dubai-based energy startup company that supplies the commercial sector with transportable solar-hybrid power plants, has... Wamda • 09 March, 2015 Adenium Enerwhere uae
Saudi Arabia Going solo with a Saudi ecommerce site This article has been cross-posted from Firnas.org Saudi Arabia is one of the three largest ecommerce markets in the Gulf in terms of... Ryan Adil • 09 March, 2015 Nano E Shop ksa Delivery
Maghreb Startup MENA expands its network to Tunisia After favorable outcome in Egypt, where the Startup MENA team engaged over 400 entrepreneurs in 2014, designing tailored workshops... Christine Petré • 09 March, 2015 Cogite startup mena tunisia
Egypt Egyptian news startup aims to change the media landscape Students from Deshna, Egypt, pull sugarcane from tractors on Egypt’s Aswan Agriculture Road, which usually puts students’ lives in danger (... Eman Mostafa • 08 March, 2015
Lebanon Access to funding for Lebanese startups is looking up Obviously a lot more than loose change is going to be availalbe. (Image via Lucy Knight) Things are certainly looking up for the coffer... Lucy Knight • 05 March, 2015 Berytech US Aid Lebanese Central Bank
Regional Preventing a dangerous rise of penny auction sites in MENA This article is a crosspost with Astrolabs. This note is meant to outline the danger of penny auction sites and prevent a potentially... Astrolabs • 05 March, 2015 bidaffairs fancybid penny auctions
Maghreb A Moroccan answer to BuzzFeed is expanding into the Arab world Young Arabs never cease to amaze us. After Ouedkniss in Algeria, EMC in Morocco and Saily in Lebanon, it’s n... Aline Mayard • 05 March, 2015 Arabic Content
Regional 4 tips for budget-conscious startups The successful management of a budget can give a startup a big push forward and help it achieve unexpected results, however, finance and... Mohamed Kamal • 04 March, 2015 Dollars Budgets Egypt
Maghreb Fresh faces at StartUp Cup Maroc 2015: SafeDemat wins first place There’s more to Morocco than Casablanca and Rabat. At least, that was Startup Maroc’s message when it organized the finale of the second ed... Aline Mayard • 04 March, 2015 startup cup startup maroc
Egypt 'Shut up and build something': reflections and how tos from Startup AddVenture Cairo Pharaoes scaling the walls of the GrEEK Campus Last weekend was a busy one for the GrEEK Campus, a tech hub located at the old... Reine Farhat • 03 March, 2015 Startup addventure Mix N'Mentor Cairo rise up summit
Jordan Health monitoring device takes first place at Amman’s Maker Hackathon Attendees experiment with littleBits while developing preliminary prototype designs. (Images via Dina Al Zubi) A health-monitoring... Melanie Butcher • 03 March, 2015 amman Healthcare Medical
Lebanon How can Arab women empower themselves to lead? 10 inspiring quotes from #NAWF2015 Left to right: Habib Haddad, Rana Salhab, Jihad Azour, Youssef Hamidaddin Al Iktissad Wal Aamal Group and Al Hasnaa Magazine organized... Maya Rahal • 03 March, 2015 Nawf forum NAWF2015 women entrepreneurs
Turkey Turkey's Modanisa Islamic fashion ecommerce announces $5.5M investment led by STC Ventures Last week, Modanisa.com, an Islamic clothing ecommerce website based in Turkey, announced the conclusion of a $5.5 million investment from... Wamda • 02 March, 2015 citrastyle modanisa ifash
Lebanon Lebanon's Blessing Foundation to scale its network of women in business to the region Last month, 85 business owners – many strangers to each other – gathered in an upscale Beirut café. Each was in a specific stage of their bu... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 02 March, 2015 networks blessing foundation blessing
Global Thinking of joining a startup? 6 things you should know A recent conversation with a young woman in her 20s, about how her job at a startup had left her unpaid for the last two months, left me... Lucy Knight • 02 March, 2015 Vinelab game cooks zoomal
Lebanon Rollin'pen finds its opportunity in optimizing Arabic content for the web While Beirut has countless translators, one in particular is targeting businesses with an eye on corporate communication. “The idea i... Abdulghani Kataya • 01 March, 2015 RollinPen lebanon Translation
