Maghreb 'We need to learn to learn from failure,' says Morocco Technopark's Omar Balafrej It’s been seven years now that Omar Balafrej has been running Technopark, and over that period, he has seen his share of M... Aline Mayard • 15 January, 2015 morocco Funding Failure
Regional Building the Arab region’s biggest B2B market place is not without its challenges Two years ago Syrian entrepreneur Salim Akil was poised to make his SearchinMena.com, a Yellow Pageseque search engine, the region’s l... Pamela Kesrouani • 17 February, 2015
Egypt Proposed Egypt technology park facing bureaucratic delays Big plans to create a technology and entrepreneurial hub in the southern Cairo suburb of Maadi could be stalling, for which some are... Rachel Williamson • 28 January, 2015 maadi technology park Hardware Egypt
Maghreb What have 8 of Morocco’s support organizations for tech entrepreneurship achieved? Many startups are now getting support in Morocco either at the seed or growth stage, but support programs and organizations are too few,... Mehdi Reghai • 29 December, 2014 Support OCP Maroc Numeric Fund
Maghreb Industry focus key to a successful incubator, says Tunisian expert Leila Charfi If there’s one person that knows the incubators/accelerators sector in Maghreb, it’s Leila Charfi. The Tunisian, who describes herself as “... Aline Mayard • 13 January, 2015 Yunus Social Business incubators tunisia
Bahrain Bahrain's answer to OpenTable announces $300,000 second investment round Bahrain’s newest table reservation application, eatapp.co, has just announced a second funding round, totaling $300,000. The r... Lucy Knight • 21 January, 2015 reservations investment round f&b
Maghreb VC, angels, or pre-sells: What’s the best funding option for Maghrebi startups? [WamdaTV] (Click on cc to view subtitles in English) Aline Mayard • 18 January, 2015 Réseau Entreprendre Yunus Social Business Microsoft Innovation Center
Regional twofour54’s Issa Aghabi talks funding and failure [Wamda TV] Last month, at our final Mix N’ Mentor of the year in Dubai, we took the opportunity to talk to mentors about their particular areas of e... Wamda • 05 January, 2015 Issa Aghabi mix n mentor dubai TwoFour54
Global Meet Zilzar, the Islamic world's answer to Amazon This article has been crossposted with Firnas.org Amazon and China’s Alibaba made ecommerce huge; now, it seems every other website is s... Safar Ayad • 05 January, 2015 islamic finance Zilzar
Maghreb Morocco's Education Media Company raises $280,000 on the strength of an unusual story The 9rayti team. Adam Bouhadma is only 24, and has just raised 2.5 million Moroccan dirhams ($280,000) for his company Education... Aline Mayard • 21 December, 2014 MNF Education Maroc Numeric Fund
Maghreb Morocco's CMI responds to 5 complaints from entrepreneurs Since we published the testimonial piece of Greendizer co-founder Mohamed Attahri, where he described his less than... Aline Mayard • 17 December, 2014 CMI
Jordan ArabiaWeather.com closes $2M investment round led by Badia Impact Fund ArabiaWeather.com has announced a new round of investment, reported by some outlets to be $2 million, led by new investor Badia Impact... Wamda • 12 December, 2014 silicon badia investement ArabiaWeather
Egypt Egypt is in urgent need of smaller business All big businesses were once small. Super billionaire Bill Gates was once a young guy in a garage. His giant, Microsoft, didn’t become a g... Iris Boutros • 08 December, 2014 smes event Egypt
Regional After success in Levant Lebanese mobile banking services is ready to scale From left to right: Roy Zakka, and Khalil Daoud, NECB's General Manager Going to the bank every month is a chore many of us prefer... Maya Rahal • 10 December, 2014 ubanquity online banking finance
Egypt 'Egypt is back' thanks to ICT, says minister Egypt's slow broadband speeds and rickety IT infrastructure are major issues throttling growth in the internet-based 'startup... Rachel Williamson • 07 December, 2014 ict Egypt Government
Palestine Startups have a role to play in rebuilding Gaza Despite Israel’s destroying several billion dollars worth of property, businesses, and homes, displacing 500,000 people, and killing 2,200 ... Wamda • 09 December, 2014 gaza sky geeks Gaza palestine
Maghreb What does the future hold for the Tunisian coworking scene? Cogite's Rym Baouendi weighs in Two months ago, Cogite blew out its first candle, celebrating its one-year anniversary. It’s hard to believe it has already been a year s... Aline Mayard • 10 December, 2014 Cogite tunisia Coworking Spaces
Jordan Do tech entrepreneurs have the solution to a brighter future for Jordan? Jordan is facing a potential crisis. While GDP growth has been steady for the past few years and is projected to remain that way, the... Wamda • 02 December, 2014 scale-ups scale up Mentorship
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
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
Kuwait 'Fail first, then succeed,' Techstars' Mark Solon tells StartupQ8 Kuwait’s startup ecosystem, which is showing more signs of vibrancy than ever before, hosted “by far” its highest profile guest last week, a... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 24 November, 2014 kuwait Startup Q8 Failure
Regional Fresh off Stars of Science Season 6, these young innovators are ready to shake up the industry Stars of Science 6th season finalists during our chat on the morning of the finale. It’s a new beginning for the finalists and winners of S... Stephanie Nour Prince • 18 November, 2014 Qatar Foundation Stars of Science
U.A.E Flat6Labs launches Abu Dhabi accelerator with a focus on media startups From L to R: Flat6Labs CEO Ramez Mohamed, Flat6Labs Abu Dhabi Managing Director Nina Curley, and twofour54's Issa Aghabi. Hoping to... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 20 November, 2014 nina curley flat6labs abu dhabi abu dhabi
Lebanon BDL Accelerate 2014’s first day: tips from the top Lebanon’s central bank is keen to show its support for the startup and entrepreneurial community of Lebanon. Earlier this y... Lucy Knight • 21 November, 2014 Banque du Liban Central Bank Lebanon lebanon