Maghreb Tunisian startups get a crash course in storytelling at Hivos event In October, 12 teams of one to three Tunisians, under 35, were invited to Tunis’ coworking space Cogite to compete during D... Wiem Melki • 05 November, 2014 Mideast Creatives tunisia Cogite
Palestine Gaza's accelerator turns to crowdfunding to keep its doors open Update: Mercy Corps has extended its crowd funding campaign for Gaza Sky Geeks by an extra 30 days and it will now run until January 8 ... Lucy Knight • 05 November, 2014 gaza sky geeks Gaza accelerator
Global Don’t judge an economy by the number of startups This article has been cross posted with the Harvard Business Review More new businesses are better for society, right? That’s a common a... Daniel Isenberg • 04 November, 2014 global entrepreneurship week scale up
Regional Want to push the MENA forward? Work for an entrepreneur This article originally appeared on The Huffington Post. Youth entrepreneurship is of particular importance in MENA. Officially, one... Jamil Wyne • 04 November, 2014
Saudi Arabia Traditional Saudi products make a move to online The articles mentioned below were all originally posted on firnas.org According to a VISA study of the MENA’s internet usage, r... Lucy Knight • 03 November, 2014 E-commerce N2V Saudi Arabia
Global 5 entrepreneurs on how to attain work-life balance [Wamda TV] Limiting working hours is a big deal for both Anghami’s Elie Habib and GoNabIt founder Sohrab Jahanbani. “It’s bad project management to all... Wamda • 02 November, 2014 work life balance stress
Lebanon Foreign investment elusive for MENA startups, says Lebanese VC When you talk with Khaled Nasr about venture capital investments and the tech startup scene in both Silicon Valley and the Middle East... Anwar Aridi • 02 November, 2014 silicon valley Investment VC investment
Jordan Increase in new marketing companies reflects changing MENA advertising climate Since the early days of advertising, the rise of digital has made tracking consumer behavior all over the world easier than ever. The... Tala El Issa • 02 November, 2014 Digital Advertising Advertising
Regional What do investors in the MENA want from startups? This is the first of a series of interviews with top investors from the MENA region, in an attempt to shed light on funding opportunities... Maya Rahal • 30 October, 2014 investement Q&A WRL
Maghreb The Algerian entrepreneurship awakening is imminent, says Toufik Lerari To those who say Algeria isn’t doing well, Toufik Lerari says: “You’re completely wrong.” The 37-year-old Algerian success story can back i... Aline Mayard • 30 October, 2014 Fikra Allégorie Algérie
Egypt Flat6Labs to launch an investment fund for startups Three years is probably enough for an accelerator to get to know the ins and the outs of a regional ecosystem, and conclude which services... Eman Mostafa • 30 October, 2014 cairo Investment
Jordan Wysada raises $5M+ Series A funding from Silicon Badia Wysada, an online luxury retailer of home goods, décor, and interior furnishings, which has been described as a One Kings Lane’s cl... Maya Rahal • 29 October, 2014 silicon badia wysada investement
Egypt Egypt's ecommerce potential drives startups to push past challenges Startups Yaoota and Kickin both launched in June with a goal of exploiting the massive potential of Egyptian ecommerce, but both... Rachel Williamson • 29 October, 2014 yaoota kickin Egypt
Saudi Arabia Hellofood closes big year in Saudi with Mobily Ventures investment Hellofood’s big year in Saudi Arabia just got its cherry on top: investment from the newly launched Mobily Ventures. After its April 2013 ... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 28 October, 2014 otlob talabat foodonclick
Global Best practices for ecommerce SEO (Part II) Earlier this week we shared five tips on how to get the most out of the SEO for your ecommerce site. Here are another five current and... Wissam Dandan • 28 October, 2014 SEO
Regional $40M renewable energy fund to launch in MENA Large, established global corporations have dominated the renewable energy market in the MENA region. But many others who would... Ahmed Moor • 27 October, 2014 renewable energy
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