Lebanon Beirut entrepreneurs seek to build community ties outside the city walls Ziad Abi Chaker, CEO of Cedar Environmental, addresses the room at Saturday's Zahle Meets Entrepreneurship event. Some of the brightest... John Owens • 01 December, 2014 zahle zahle meets entrepreneurship
Regional New Wamda Research Lab report sheds light on MENA investment landscape and future opportunities 76% of surveyed MENA startups surveyed have received funding below $500,000 (full report here) Entrepreneurs that have the ambition to ... Wamda • 01 December, 2014 Wamda Research Lab WRL
Regional 5 common scale-up mistakes Startups the world over, and in the Middle East in particular, often aspire to scale and develop their business in new markets. However,... Pamela Kesrouani • 01 December, 2014 AtlanticLIVE Scaling Failure
Jordan For Arabic educational digital content turn to Jordan What Jordan lacks in natural resources it makes up for in human resources. Pioneering as a key entrepreneurial tech hub for the Arab world,... Tala El Issa • 30 November, 2014 royal family early education Jordan
Kuwait Kuwait's myU shows promise in beta; can it scale? Social networking is seen in many schools and colleges as a distraction best avoided for students aiming for the top grades. But for Bader... Alexander Hawkes • 30 November, 2014 school university kuwait
Egypt Egypt's agritech entrepreneurs bring the farm to the boardroom For eight millennia the thin strip of land along the Nile, and the green fan of the Delta, supported Egypt's growing... Rachel Williamson • 30 November, 2014 agritech farming Egypt
Maghreb Moroccan startups are finally gaining exposure, although GES had little to do with it This year’s the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) took place in Marrakech under the high patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, f... Aline Mayard • 27 November, 2014 GES event morocco
Regional Startup MENA announces 2015 workshop series to strengthen ties between GCC and Europe Startup MENA has announced its most ambitious plan yet, as part of its ongoing effort to build ties between European and Arab startup... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 27 November, 2014 startupbootcamp venturescout startup mena
Maghreb Africa scores a big win at GIST Tech-I competition 2014 This year’s Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) Tech-I competition in Marrakech was a major win for Africa. Among the t... Anwar Aridi • 27 November, 2014 tech-i competition morocco GIST
Jordan "You need a mentor to show you the track, not to run for you": Insights from Startup Weekend Amman After having gathered entrepreneurs to help them formulate their ideas along three days, Startup Weekend Amman (SWA) has concluded its... Tala El Issa • 27 November, 2014 amman Jordan Startup Weekend
Jordan How to scale Jordan's gaming ecosystem? Community and strategy, say experts at Think ZINC From left to right: Moderator and Zain CEO Ahmad Hanandeh, Alison Kelly, Greg Mitchell, Gavin Goulden, and Rachad Saddi. Taking advantage... Hayden Pirkle • 26 November, 2014 zinc incubator ZINC Zain Jordan
Regional The Mentor Effect, Wamda Insights Vol. 1 Through Wamda Insights, a new quarterly publication from the Wamda Research Lab, we aim to share new knowledge and data on the Middle East... Wamda • 26 November, 2014 Wamda Research Lab Funding Mentors
Regional The importance of scale-ups: it's what comes after starting up that matters The past 15 years have seen a great deal of energy and capital infused into cultivating startups around the world. Policymakers... Ahmed Moor • 26 November, 2014 scale up
Lebanon Innovation fills the prescription: 6 tips on building a wearable from CardioDiagnostics Most of the entrepreneurial activity in the region focuses on ecommerce or online services, and software development and services... Stephanie Nour Prince • 25 November, 2014 CardioDiagnostics Beirut Digital District Wearable devices
Regional Souq.com dresses Black Friday in white for the MENA “Our Friday is White,” says the ad campaign for the MENA region’s first Black Friday sales event. Souq.com, one of the region’s bigge... Maya Rahal • 25 November, 2014 Souq.com Sales day Black Friday
Bahrain Bahrain's funding options “Bahrain is like a petri dish: it’s a pretty self-sufficient ecosystem with a lot of human capital,” says Hasan... Lucy Knight • 25 November, 2014 eatapp.co fish transporter maison du maillot
