Lebanon Lebanese startups gain access to more money and support than ever #ArabNetBeirut The Circular 331 panel. A Lebanon-based $71 million fund focusing on the Middle East and North Africa; plans for a Beirut chapter... Lucy Knight • 20 March, 2015 Kuwait National Fund iSME Leap Ventures
Lebanon Flat6Labs to launch Beirut accelerator Regional accelerator Flat6Labs will open a chapter in Beirut, cofounder Hany El-Sonbaty announced today at the Arabnet conference. The... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 18 March, 2015 beirut accelerator Flat6Labs
Lebanon Access to funding for Lebanese startups is looking up Obviously a lot more than loose change is going to be availalbe. (Image via Lucy Knight) Things are certainly looking up for the coffer... Lucy Knight • 05 March, 2015 Berytech US Aid Lebanese Central Bank
Lebanon Lebanon's Blessing Foundation to scale its network of women in business to the region Last month, 85 business owners – many strangers to each other – gathered in an upscale Beirut café. Each was in a specific stage of their bu... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 02 March, 2015 networks blessing foundation blessing
Lebanon Lebanese government inks $6.4 million loan to create tech hub Lebanon’s government is moving forward with an initiative aimed at strengthening innovation and entrepreneurship in its mobile internet e... Maya Rahal • 25 February, 2015 Ministry of Telecommunications MIHub tech hub
U.A.E Can a UAE government app solve the address quandary of ecommerce delivery? Last March, Sheikh Mohammed promised to transform Dubai into a ‘Smart City’, and at Payfort we were eager to see how that pledge would mak... Omar Soudodi • 25 February, 2015 delivery solutions Makani payment solutions
Maghreb Inside Endeavor's process to finding North Africa's entrepreneurial diamonds in the rough It’s been several years now since Endeavor set foot in the Arab world, with the goal of identifying – and supporting – companies that stand... Aline Mayard • 05 February, 2015 Endeavor amine hazzaz morocco
U.A.E 'Huge amounts' of support among Dubai's startup community, report entrepreneurs [Wamda TV] How supportive is the startup community in Dubai of young startups and fresh entrepreneurs? There are “huge amounts” of support, says Sarah ... Wamda • 17 February, 2015 wamda mix n mentor dubai mix n mentor dubai Community
U.A.E Bright future for drones industry on display at UAE contest The winning, Swiss, team. (Image via Drones for Good) Dubai Internet City was buzzing with the sounds of drones this week at the inaugural... Sushmitha Pidatala • 12 February, 2015 Unmanned aerial vehicle UAV Drones for good
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
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
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 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
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
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
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