Global Startup Watch: Funerals, Telegram breach, and InstaSnap Feud The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your... Dana Ballout • 04 August, 2016 Startup Watch instagram Saudi Arabia
Regional Wisdom and warnings: Twitter chat with Christopher Schroeder and Marwan Kheireddine “[We] need to stop thinking of MENA as one country - some areas [are] hard, even tragic; some [are] rising,” tweeted... Dana Ballout • 27 July, 2016 Christopher Schroeder Marwan Kheireddine YPO
Jordan Jordanian university breathes life into eco-friendly graduation projects The two most common options for people after they graduate from university are to either join the general workforce or pursue an academic... Tala El Issa • 26 July, 2016 eco friendly green tech Jordan
Lebanon SE Factory prepares the next generation of coders in Lebanon Any tech executive seeking to hire software engineers in Lebanon agrees there is a shortage in talent. To fill that gap, coding boot... Ayman Farhat • 18 July, 2016 SE factory bootcamp Coding
U.A.E In5 Media Hub, latest incubator with industry approach Dubai-based incubator In5 is finally putting the finishing touches to its media-focused hub. First announced in November 2015 they... Daria Solovieva • 06 July, 2016 in5 In5 media hub Payfort
Regional What I know about mentoring: Kathleen Bury Despite having alumni spread across 14 countries the UK-based foundation Mowgli is still having to work very hard to get people to... Lucy Knight • 04 July, 2016 Mowgli relationships
Turkey The importance of workshops for UX design On the fourth floor of an Istanbul hotel young men and women are huddled over work tables, overlooking large poster boards, markers,... Lorena Rios • 08 June, 2016 Userspots design workshops User Experience
Maghreb What happens if someone steals your idea? A month ago a story made the headlines in Algeria: in 2014 the well-known, deep-pocketed media entrepreneur Kamel Haddar allegedly stole... Aline Mayard • 25 April, 2016 idea theft lacarteplz dirassati
Jordan Jordan gets a new startup accelerator with BIG by Orange Jordan’s startup factory just powered-up another assembly line. In December 2015, Orange Jordan, which is part of the multinational... Samuel Wendel • 30 March, 2016 Support Incubator Accelerators
Egypt PayFort announces new fintech accelerator at Mix N’ Mentor Cairo Around 70 entrepreneurs, largely with early stage startups, came for business advice and networking. (Images via Rachel... Rachel Williamson • 20 March, 2016 fin-tech Mix N'Mentor Cairo Payfort
Lebanon Equipping the next generation of Lebanese girls with STEM Event participants take a group photo during the closing ceremony of the event (Image via Girls Got IT) "I used to think technology was... Ayman Farhat • 17 March, 2016 STEM Girls Got IT MEMakersGE
Regional Lift-off: planning your exit strategy Investment activity is slowly heating up in Egypt and as a result entrepreneurs, especially those looking to raise funding, need to start... Eman Mostafa • 10 December, 2015 oteena Egypt rise up summit
Regional What I know about angel investing: Ed Roberto Ed Roberto at the Great Wall of China. (Image via Techstars) With more than 30 years of experience as a startup founder, cofounder, angel... Lucy Knight • 26 October, 2015 Ed Roberto What I Know techstars
Turkey 500 Startups launches $15M Turkey fund VC cash is shining on Istanbul's startups. (Image via Mybeautifuladventures.com) 500 Startups has launched a $15 million investment fund... Antoine Abou-Diwan • 22 October, 2015 erhan erdogan Webrazzi Summit yemeksepeti
Egypt Egyptian social entrepreneurship incubator aims to help the neediest A year ago the Misr El Kheir foundation launched GESR, an Egyptian incubator for social entrepreneurship, with the... Eman Mostafa • 14 October, 2015 Gesr Egypt Social Entrepreneurship
U.A.E Ro’Ya: Developing the UAE’s female entrepreneurs 2015 applicants attend a Ro'Ya workshop. (Images via Ro'Ya) Women are driving entrepreneurship in the UAE, and the people behind the... Rachel McArthur • 07 September, 2015 Dubai Business Women Council Baby Arabia VentureFin
Lebanon What we learned: Mix N’ Mentor Beirut Even the most amazing of ideas need a little help. (Images via Wamda with Sam Fakhoury) During our Mix N’ Mentor Beirut we gained s... Lucy Knight • 10 September, 2015 Choueiri Group Diwanee Y Venture Partners
Regional Silicon Valley investor on MENA’s road to startup success Bern Shen at Flat6Labs mentoring a startup team working on children education. Investor Bern Shen is optimistic about the MENA region’s a... Pamela Kesrouani • 03 June, 2015 MENA ecosystem Bern Shen MENA
Lebanon 5 things I learned from making a video game in 30 hours Sten Selander of Media Evolution (Sweden) briefs Arabic Game Jam participants As a kid, I had two main hobbies: drawing and playing video... Omar Al Fil • 02 April, 2015 video games arabic game jam MENA Games
Regional Hatcher announces new seed and Series A funding for MENA startups Hatcher, the Singapore-based ‘B2B venture builder’ connecting startups in emerging markets with investors, is looking to “double down,” as ... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 02 April, 2015 hatcher fund hatcher beirut
U.A.E AstroLabs Dubai sign on 30 startups ahead of Google tech hub launch Ahead of its official opening of the Google Tech Hub Space, AstroLabs Dubai has launched a temporary coworking space in the city with 30... Pamela Kesrouani • 14 April, 2015 Google Tech Hub Dubai Astrolabs
U.A.E Two years in, In5's impact on Dubai's entrepreneurship sector “In5 is a center specialized in supporting the development of private companies and entrepreneurs and in the encouragement of creativity a... Pamela Kesrouani • 20 April, 2015 in5 Dubai
Regional Kelly Hoey on the power of networks to create opportunity [WamdaTV] At last week’s ArabNet Beirut conference, Wamda caught up with Kelly Hoey, the New York-based startup mentor, community-building expert, a... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 24 March, 2015 team culture arabnet beirut 2015 kelly hoey
Jordan Jordanian founders activate their ideas at lean startup workshop Many entrepreneurs spend months or even years immersed in their businesses, before they suddenly realize their company has been solving... Tala El Issa • 17 March, 2015 lean lean startup Lean Methodology