Wamda

Lebanon

Speed@BDD Acceleration Cycle [Call for Applications]

Do you have a technology startup that you want to grow into a successful business? Speed@BDD, the first ecosystem-backed technology...

lebanon accelerator Innovation

Egypt

Innoventures announces $1.6M fund

Innoventures CEO, Hesham Wahby, announced December 6 the launch of a new 30 million Egyptian pound (US $1.6 million) fund, Innoventures...

Innoventures Reactor VC4Africa

Egypt

Karmsolar unveils product, deals in Apple-style launch

In a presentation that drew considerably on those of an Apple product launch, Egypt off-grid solar power specialist Karmsolar announced new...

KarmSolar solar power solar pumping

Palestine

Gaza hackathon solves ‘lady problems’

With engaging spirit and thrill, 60 participants took part in the first Lady Problem Hackathon in Gaza last week. The event was for...

Lady Problems Hackathon palestine gaza sky geeks

Egypt

ROVArab Competition

Applications for the upcoming ROVArab competition have recently opened for students of all educational levels, whether university,...

Egypt robot ROV

Tunisia

Spark Tunisia student geekout bridges social divides

Two members of the winning team at Spark Tunisia came from a high school in Aïn Draham, one of the poorest areas in the country. A...

Innovation Technologie Start-up

Lebanon

SE Factory Cycle #3 [Call for Applications]

Bader Young Entrepreneurs Program and the Nawaya Network teamed up to launch an advanced coding bootcamp in Lebanon, which aims...

Software software engineering lebanon

Regional

Innovation Arabia 10 [Call for papers]

Empirically valid research methods and data-backed analysis are something the region still lacks. If you have done research on the...

Innovation academics Research

Regional

Egyptian startup wins PepsiCo Social Impact Competition

Napata from Egypt was announced the winner of the PepsiCo Social Impact Competition, receiving $10,000 in Amman on Tuesday. Napata,...

PepsiCo Social Impact Competition social impact Sustainability

Saudi Arabia

What to expect at Arabnet Riyadh 2016

Arabnet Riyadh has proven to be one of the biggest forums in Saudi Arabia: in 2015 it gathered more than a 1,000 participants from all over...

Saudi Arabia ksa riyadh

Global

TechWadi Annual Forum 2017 [Exclusive Discount Code Inside!]

The TechWadi Annual Forum 2017, happening on January 27-28, is a celebration honoring the work TechWadi has done to...

silicon valley MENA startups

U.A.E

Aviation industry startups take off at Intelak incubator in Dubai

After an intense day of pitching, four startups with aviation industry-centric business ideas got to walk away with 50,000 Emirati dirhams...

Intelak aviation EMIRATES

Bahrain

Rowad Majlis "The Speed"

Rowad Majlis “The Speed” is a quarterly networking event bringing the local entrepreneurial community together for a...

Bahrain Networking Rowad

Egypt

Wamda’s Mix N' Mentor meets Rise Up Egypt

There are a handful of giant tech events in MENA every year and they’re often packed with people you want to meet (and some you...

rise up summit Egypt event

Regional

Mix N' Mentor Dubai 2016

Wamda’s flagship event, Mix N’ Mentor, is returning to Dubai! Happening at Dubai Future Accelerators on December 15, the...

Dubai mix n mentor dubai wamda

Morocco

What did Morroco gain with COP22?

A lot was at stake for Morocco with the opening of the 22nd COP (Conference Of Parties) UN Climate Change Conference, which began at the...

COP22 morocco MEMakersGE

Regional

Jordanian innovator, once turned down by Stars of Science, is named its champion

The hottest entrepreneurship prize in the region was awarded to Jordanian innovator Sadeem Qdaisat in a narrow victory at Stars of Science...

Stars of Science Jordan Bahrain

Saudi Arabia

8 things we learned about Saudi at the Misk Global Forum

Outside the world of oil, Saudi Arabia is putting itself on the map. Currently 70 percent of the Saudi population is under the age of...

Saudi Arabia Misk Global Forum ksa

Regional

Lebanon's Sevag Babikian defies rules of 3D printing on Stars of Science

Lebanese mechanics and robotics instructor Sevag Babikian is one of four Stars of Science finalists vying to win the largest...

Stars of Science Sevag Babikian 3d printing

Jordan

Health tech in MENA: How do you say measles, mumps and rubella in Arabic?

“Now is the era of systems that learn. It’s like [sending] a child to school. You teach them to read and digest information....

ICT MENA Forum Watson big data

Jordan

Communication key to soothing rocky VC-startup romance

Part of a maturing ecosystem are the growing pains that go along with it. As startups continue to pop up, so do VC funds, but like any...

Funding Investment VC

Kuwait

10 ways to beef up your business

All you need is a few colorful bean bags and a casual open space to bring a startup community together to talk about what they do - and...

Mix N' Mentor 2016 Nuwait National Fund for SME Development

Lebanon

What's Steve Wozniaks's favorite drink? BDL Accelerate reveals

The ‘Woz’ had arrived. The flashing lights and booming duff-duff of a heavy bassline more befitted a DJ at one of...

Steve Wozniak BDL apple

Regional

PepsiCo Social Impact Competition announces its finalists

Disclaimer: The list of the finalists was updated on November 15, 2016 due to the withdrawal of one of the startups. PepsiCo and Wamda...

Pepsico Social Entrepreneurship competition

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