Kuwait Kuwait startup ecosystem builds momentum and welcomes new partners Kuwait’s nascent startup ecosystem may be getting a serious boost this week, when Mark Solon, the managing partner of global accelerator n... Wamda • 17 November, 2014 mark solon techstars kuwait
Regional Sudan and Iraq poised to win Collaborative Spaces Challenge There’s nothing like a healthy competition to get people clicking. Hivos’s Mideast Creatives program and Zoomaal know something about thi... Aline Mayard • 13 November, 2014 Mideast Creatives Hivos zoomaal
U.A.E Wamda announces the last 2014 Mix N' Mentor: Dubai Mix N’ Mentor Dubai, the final stop on Wamda’s 2014 #MixNMentor Roadshow, will take place on December 13th, 2014 at Dubai’s in5 Innovation ... Wamda • 18 November, 2014 mix n mentor dubai mix n mentor competition in5
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
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
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 • 29 October, 2014 WRL Wamda Research Lab
Maghreb Entrepreneurs learn a lesson in storytelling at #YMEstartup Tunis Walking through the doors of Tunisia’s Elgazala Technopark on Monday October 13th, there was one thing I couldn’t help but not... Courtney Joline • 21 October, 2014 events your middle east #YMEStartup
Regional Former Maktoob exec raises 800K to bring social TV app to MENA The Los Angeles-based, MENA-focused app Vyu has just closed an $825,000 USD round led by Jordan’s Jabbar Internet Group. The company will u... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 20 October, 2014
Egypt Saving the world, one game at a time Last month, at a two-day workshop organized by the United Nations Development Program, lucky Cairo youngsters got a look at how to... Hanan Solayman • 22 October, 2014 undp Social Entrepreneurship Gaming
Saudi Arabia After a three year struggle, Saudi woman launches dual social entrepreneurship incubator programs Despite notable strides forward, entrepreneurship in Saudi is struggling; getting people to leave their well-paid government jobs with... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 12 October, 2014 tasamy kun Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia On the strength of new investment, Saudi emotion sharing app leaves for Silicon Valley The last time I spoke to Mohammed AlKadi, founder of Feelit, a social app for emotion sharing, it was January of this year.... Reine Farhat • 15 October, 2014 feelit investement Saudi Arabia
Regional Lesson One: Mapping Education Technology Startups in the MENA Education is a powerful tool. Those of us privileged enough to get a good education often forget that for the majority of people around... Nafez Dakkak • 12 October, 2014 Wamda Research Lab EdTech Education
Turkey Startup Istanbul wows entrepreneurs with casual networking and focused mentors iMote's cofounder Ali Elouafiq says that Startup Istanbul, held on September 30th, was the event he had been waiting for. This is... Ali Elouafiq • 07 October, 2014 startup istanbul
Regional Sultan al-Qassemi on MIT Media Lab: imagination realized When I was first invited to join the MIT Media Lab as a Director’s Fellow I took it at face value and assumed it was somehow connected to t... Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi • 07 October, 2014 sultan al-qassemi MIT Media Lab Media
Regional The Middle Eastern startup blind spot: an obsession with money This article was co-authored by Melltoo founders Sharene Lee and Morad Irsane “How do you make money?” is a question everyone asks about Mel... Sharene Lee • 29 September, 2014 monetizing Funding
Regional Dubai's listings site Melltoo on the hunt for investors The world of classified ads has moved a long way from one having to trawl through the back sections of local newspapers looking for... Alexander Hawkes • 28 September, 2014 listings meltoo uae
Lebanon Diaspora mentorship can unlock Lebanon's potential, says LIFE chairman Marc Malek Marc Malek, Chairman of the Board of the Lebanese International Finance Executives (LIFE) network, believes that the reach, influence, and... Anwar Aridi • 29 September, 2014 marc malek life life network
U.A.E TiECon Dubai 2014 The Dubai Chapter of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) is announcing its first TiECon event for the Middle East on Wednesday October 1st and... Wamda • 30 September, 2014 Dubai
Jordan Touch screen is out and voice commands are in for new Jordanian mobile game Victory might be cause for some people to take a break and rest on their laurels for a while, but not the team at Jordan’s Bee... Tala El Issa • 30 September, 2014 Jordan
Egypt Cairo's streets get a makeover, beginning with sponsored kiosks While the Egyptian government might be spending the most effort (and EGP) to beautify the streets of Cairo, private entities are also... Eman Mostafa • 29 September, 2014 venture lab auc venture lab kiosk
Jordan Jordanian serial entrepreneur pivots from selling gadgets to 3D printing his own Loay Malahmeh is becoming what he never thought he would be – a serial entrepreneur. From TickyTacky.me to 3Dmena, the Jordanian e... Robert Carroll • 17 September, 2014 tickytacky 3d printing 3dmena
Could this Tunisian connected home device challenge Google's Nest? Tunisian entrepreneurs don’t seem to run short of ambition; Chifco is just more proof (others can be f... Aline Mayard • 16 September, 2014 CONNECTED HOME Chifco connected devices
Maghreb 4 reasons foreign investors should consider Morocco Morocco has been attracting increased foreign investment recently, thanks to its reassuring macroeconomic status and an economy that is... Mehdi Reghai • 18 September, 2014 foreign investment morocco