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Turkey

Users first: why quality design is crucial

Scores turned out for UXAlive, Istanbul's conference on user experience and design. (Images via Facebook) The impact of design-driven...

Instanbul User Experience UX Alive

Saudi Arabia

The 2015 Riyadh Govjam for innovation and service design

The Riyadh Govjam 2015 is an innovation and service design event for pioneering entrepreneurs. The event will take place on June 10 in...

Riyadh Govjam riyadh

Jordan

ZINC Entrepreneurship Festival in full swing

The ZINC Entrepreneurship Festival is in full swing and still has some very interesting events before it’s closure on June 12, in Amman, J...

ZINC Entrepreneurship Festival Zain Telecom Zain Jordan

U.A.E

Silicon Oasis organizes TechForum for Film and Animation

For its upcoming TechForum event on June 9, Silicon Oasis TechForum is celebrating the development of technology in one of the most-loved ...

Dubai Silicon Oasis Techforum

Jordan

Renewable energy and gender equality tackled in Amman conference

Special guest Lina Khalifeh, founder of Shefighter, stands with CWEEL-Jordan's Suhair Al Mhairat during the 1st Anniversary Meeting....

cweel jordan cweel MEMakers

Regional

The right policy can power renewable energy startups

The Middle East renewable energy sector for startups is in its infancy, but there’s huge potential for entrepreneurs to play a role...

MEMakers KarmSolar Solar panels

U.A.E

ArabNet summit focuses on smart government initiative

Attendees of last session of the second day – snapshot of Christidis' Twitter account. Smart government - Dubai's initiative to use i...

arabnet digital summit Dubai Smart City initiative Arabnet

U.A.E

Eureeca webinar on investment strategies

Eureeca is organizing a webinar to give tips and additional knowledge to investors to help them take better informed decisions on their...

Chris Thomas eureeca

Lebanon

Agriculture and furniture startups win Lebanon's Open Innovation Week

An agriculture startup and a furniture design startup were awarded the top two prizes at Altcity’s Open Innovation Week. “We...

Open Innovation Week competition bader

Pakistan

Pakistani job marketplace Naseeb Networks raises $6.5 million in Series C

The team behind Naseeb Networks. (Image via Naseeb Networks) Naseeb Networks, Pakistani parent company of Rozee.pk (in Pakistan) and...

Job listing Series C Monis Rahman

Jordan

With Facebook and Google on board; Mix N' Mentor Marketplace Edition hits Amman

As we count down to our second Mix N’ Mentor of the year, this time in Jordan’s Amman, we’re really excited to share the mentors that will ...

mix n mentor Amman ZINC eventtus

Jordan

Zain Jordan’s commitment to entrepreneurship continues

Zain CEO Ahmad Hanandeh, right, works with entrepreneurs at Mix N' Mentor Amman in 2014, hosted at ZINC. Since first signing a partnership...

Ahmad Hanandeh ZINC Zain Jordan

Kuwait

Kuwait National Fund partners with the World Bank to support local SMEs

The State of Kuwait is aiming to develop the entrepreneurial spirit among Kuwaitis, help the country take a major stride in efforts to...

Kuwait National Fund fund partnership

Regional

OpenSooq and fast-growing social network, LINE, announce partnership

OpenSooq, a classifieds platform for MENA (via Twitter) The MENA online classified platform OpenSooq has announced a strategic partnership...

OpenSooq LINE

Regional

Pitching on the open road: Uber brings MENA entrepreneurs and experts together in 5 cities

Entrepreneurs pitched their startups in cars they hailed through Uber's mobile app. (Image via Maysaa Ajjan) Pitching a business...

Arabnet digital showcase arabnet digital summit UberPITCH

Regional

Arabnet Digital Summit 2015 in Dubai

Arabnet Digital Summit 2015 is one of the biggest event in MENA, gathering thousands of attendees and hundreds of speakers every year...

arabnet digital summit Dubai Arabnet

Bahrain

Bahrain gets its first official angel investor network courtesy Tenmou

An entrepreneur pitches his augmented reality app to investors. (Images via Tenmou) An annoyance for the growing startup scene of the...

Hasan Haider MENA Angel Investment Network Bahrain

U.A.E

Let the coding begin, ArabCode.org launches in Dubai

The three stages of ArabCode.org's plan for coding (Images via ArabCode.org) Back in November 2013 when Dubai won the right to host Expo...

Tecom Investments code.org ArabCode.org

U.A.E

Second Eureeca webinar, on valuation in SME’s

Eureeca is organizing a webinar on the importance of valuation.Valuation is integral in the development of SME’s and companies...

webinar Valuation eureeca

Lebanon

Souk el Tayeb, a social business and its growth in Lebanon [Report]

A social project creating a healthy diet. (Image via Souk el Tayeb) Aramex has published a report, in collaboration with...

Souk el Tayeb aramex wamda

Egypt

The Egyptian ElRe7la camp opens its doors to entrepreneurs

ElRe7la is a community driven organization that brings together entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs by offering an out-of-office experience in...

El Mashrou3 AlMaqarr Coworking Space ElRe7la

U.A.E

Silicon valley’s 500 Startups is organizing a pitching workshop in Dubai

500 Startups is organizing a pitching workshop hosted by AstroLabs in partnership with Nestle and TOP. The event allows entrepreneurs and...

Nestle 500 startups TOP

Regional

Ecommerce set to reach $13.4 billion by 2020, Payfort reports

Payfort announced today the release of its annual report: The State of Payments in the Arab World, at the Ecommerce Show Middle East 2015...

State of Payments 2015 Payfort Report

Global

Lebanese m-health entrepreneur meets President Obama

"Everybody has ideas. Most people are afraid to take first step. Go for it." @mcuban #StartTheSpark @WhiteHouse #PAGE...

Spark Global Entrepreneurship Initiative Global Entrepreneurship Summit White House

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