Global What undeserved emerging markets achieved through tech: Success stories from Seedstars Global Summit Switzerland was named the fourth happiest place on earth by the United Nations. This European country is home to one of the best... Reine Farhat • 17 April, 2018 Emerging Markets Seedstars Global africa
Bahrain How Bahrain is growing into a startup haven In 2017, Bahrain ranked second in the MENA in terms of Ease of Doing Business, and very good reasons have endorsed this ranking. The number... Rana Freifer • 19 April, 2018 Bahrain Ecosystem startups
Saudi Arabia The Misk Foundation and Bloomberg partner to boost the Saudi knowledge economy The Misk Foundation and Bloomberg L.P., the global business and financial information leader, announced a partnership to enhance the... Staff writer • 03 April, 2018 Saudi Arabia Misk Foundation Bloomberg
Jordan Partnerships between Jordan’s Central Bank and the private sector are integral to financial inclusion The Central Bank of Jordan has made financial inclusion a priority and is working with the Jordanian private sector to expand financial... Priya Vithani • 20 November, 2017 Jordan central bank of jordan Private sector
U.A.E WGES 2017: Can PPPs cut the red tape on the green economy? This is the first of two articles about the future of global and regional green economies. In December 2015, Italy’s Law No. 221... Vanessa Khalil • 14 November, 2017 uae WGES Cleanth
Tunisia Entrepreneurs in south Tunisia are trying to make an impact When you leave the capital of Tunisia and its brand new cluster of coworking spaces, the rest of the country is like a new field to explore... Maya Rahal • 22 October, 2017 Social Entrepreneurship Mentorship decentralization
Tunisia How this startup digitized the business of second-hand clothes in Tunisia Almost 30 percent of Tunisians buy second-hand clothes, according to the Trade Union Chamber of the Import, Export and Transformation of... Maya Rahal • 26 October, 2017 clothes online wardrobe epayment
Global How Orange is helping entrepreneurs cooperate with telcos [Q&A] Orange, the French multinational telecommunications company, has recently made strides in diversifying its business activities while... Tarek Faycal • 01 October, 2017 orange telecom startup
Tunisia Why should investors consider funding Tunisian startups? [Q&A] Intilaq, a Tunisian incubator and fund officially started in 2014 in a partnership between Microsoft, Ooredoo, and other funding partners.... Maya Rahal • 17 September, 2017 investments Business Angels seed funds
Tunisia How this Tunisian startup is digitizing cash registers There are over 250,000 neighborhood grocery stores in Tunisia. Many of those can’t afford the usual cash registers which cost between... Maya Rahal • 05 September, 2017 cashing device cloud management service Scaling
Algeria How this Algerian entrepreneur is recycling plastic waste Unemployment rate in Algeria increased to 10.5 percent, reaches almost 27 percent of the youth, and 20 percent of women, according to... Maya Rahal • 10 August, 2017 algeria waste trash
Tunisia What I know about building an ecosystem from scratch: Wassel Berrayana In 2000, Wassel Berrayana was an employee in HQ Sun Microsystems, one of Silicon Valley’s companies, when he decided to leave his job... Maya Rahal • 21 August, 2017 it decentralization entrepreneurship
Saudi Arabia How Badir is accelerating entrepreneurship in the KSA Over the past decade, Saudi Arabia’s entrepreneurial ecosystem has come a long way. One of the main players in nurturing and... Maya Rahal • 06 August, 2017 Badir ksa
Morocco 4 Moroccans aiming at becoming the Alibaba of Africa Working in the energy and industry sectors in various African countries helped Niama El Bassunie, a Casablanca-born entrepreneur, discover... Maya Rahal • 19 July, 2017 Trade financing for trade suppliers
Lebanon How this entrepreneur wants to democratize mobile payment Elise Moussa, the entrepreneur who’s behind Snapay, a mobile payment solution, didn’t start small, didn’t start at home.... Aline Mayard • 18 July, 2017 lebanon mobile payment cash payment
Tunisia What I know about building a solid team: Khaled Helioui Khaled Helioui left his job as CEO of the German video game company Bigpoint last May. He had joined the company at the age of 29 years... Maya Rahal • 10 July, 2017 management profitability growth
Tunisia B@labs, the first Tunisian incubator in downtown Tunis With up to a million people daily passing along Habib Bourguiba Avenue in Tunis, it is a strategic location for the latest addition to the... Maya Rahal • 05 July, 2017 Incubateur BIAT privé
Tunisia How twin brothers made their startup fly, so high A small aviation startup in Tunisia has made a first by not only signing a deal with the Tunisian plane company Nouvelair, but with Airbus... Maya Rahal • 28 June, 2017 aéronautique avions hydravion
Tunisia Cyberesa improves e-tourism in Tunisia Despite the regional instability and tourism shakiness, Tunisian e-tourism is actually witnessing bright days and is not affected by the... Maya Rahal • 28 May, 2017 Tourism technologies Cloud
Tunisia Seedstars pushes Tunisian startups to scale more At the Mediterranean School of Business campus in Tunis, the Seedstars team gathered a dozen Tunisian startups around a competition that... Maya Rahal • 16 May, 2017 scalibility seedstars internationnalisation
Regional Exponential growth wasn’t built in a day [Podcast] “Everyone has the Middle East at the bottom of their pyramid,” said Fadi Ghandour, Wamda’s executive chairman, and... Berthe El Aya • 20 June, 2017 Souq.com Namshi careem
Saudi Arabia Uxbert proves startups can make it in Saudi Arabia The UAE is considered one of the most important startup hubs in the region. Yet the Saudi Nadeem Bakhsh decided to move his user experience... Abdulghani Kataya • 07 May, 2017 Saudi Arabia Uxbert UX
Tunisia How Expensya built a business on partnerships Expensya founder Karim Jouini said his success came down to good partnerships. “The number one reason to have partners... Lilia Blaise • 18 April, 2017 expensya karim jouini startup
Tunisia Entrepreneurship and marriage don’t mix in Tunisia “I don’t plan to get married anytime soon,” teased Mohamed Ben Abdellah, 28, founder of ceramics startup El Houch. He... Lilia Blaise • 17 April, 2017 wedding tunisia entrepreneurs