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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...

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...

beirut accelerator Flat6Labs

Egypt

Fadi Ghandour: entrepreneurship is a tool for social inclusion

Middle East governments and private sectors must both take action to increase social inclusion in the region if they want to build...

aramex Fadi Ghandour

Maghreb

Sawari Ventures tries to fill Egypt funding gap with $50 million VC fund

Sawari Ventures partners: Hany Sonbaty, Ahmed Alfi, Wael Amin. Egyptian venture capital company Sawari Ventures is turning...

Sawari Ventures morocco tunisia

Kuwait

Physical gets digital for self storage with Kuwait's BoxIt

For decades now, self-storage in America has been big business. Fuelled by that all-American accumulative consumerist instinct, by 2009...

sirdab lab self-storage storage

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...

lean lean startup Lean Methodology

Europe

Arab Mobile App Challenge highlights new talent in Barcelona

What would you rather win $25,000 to further develop your app, or a ticket to pitch your app at Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress? These w...

Arab Mobile App Challenge wORLD MOBILE CONGRESS amac

Jordan

Hivos and Project Pen aim to disrupt electronic publishing in Jordan

In response to the Arab publishing industry’s recent increased attention to the internet, Hivos has dedicated the Disrupt!...

zinc incubator ZINC ebooks

Maghreb

Startup MENA expands its network to Tunisia

After favorable outcome in Egypt, where the Startup MENA team engaged over 400 entrepreneurs in 2014, designing tailored workshops...

Cogite startup mena tunisia

Palestine

PIVOT turns to Kickstarter to fund its journey through Palestinian - and world - history

You might remember the story of Palestinian Asma Jaber and her fiancé Sami Jitan who launched PIVOT, an interactive app that stores ...

Pivot kickstarter palestine

U.A.E

Mobile solar power in UAE gets a $10M boost

Enerwhere, a Dubai-based energy startup company that supplies the commercial sector with transportable solar-hybrid power plants, has...

Adenium Enerwhere uae

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...

Berytech US Aid Lebanese Central Bank

U.A.E

Dubai startups vie for the prize at GCC Pitch Challenge

More than 60 Dubai-based entrepreneurs applied but only 10 had the chance to take part in the third edition of the GCC Pitch Challenge....

GCC Pitch Challenge pioneers festival venturescout

Regional

How ArabiaWeather battles the forces of nature

Residents of the Middle East don't need me to tell them that this year so far has been a doozy in terms of weather. First, we had...

yohan windy huda

Jordan

Health monitoring device takes first place at Amman’s Maker Hackathon

Attendees experiment with littleBits while developing preliminary prototype designs. (Images via Dina Al Zubi) A health-monitoring...

amman Healthcare Medical

Turkey

Turkey's Modanisa Islamic fashion ecommerce announces $5.5M investment led by STC Ventures

Last week, Modanisa.com, an Islamic clothing ecommerce website based in Turkey, announced the conclusion of a $5.5 million investment from...

citrastyle modanisa ifash

Lebanon

How can Arab women empower themselves to lead? 10 inspiring quotes from #NAWF2015

Left to right: Habib Haddad, Rana Salhab, Jihad Azour, Youssef Hamidaddin Al Iktissad Wal Aamal Group and Al Hasnaa Magazine organized...

Nawf forum NAWF2015 women entrepreneurs

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...

Ministry of Telecommunications MIHub tech hub

Turkey

Abraaj Group acquires 25% stake in Turkey's largest retailer

The Abraaj Group has acquired a 25% stake in Hepsiburada.com, one of Turkey’s largest online retailers. The investment will allow H...

Hepsiburada Abraaj Group turkey

Regional

LinkedIn launches Arabic platform

LinkedIn has launched an Arabic version of its social networking website that allows new users to register in Arabic and existing users to...

Arab region LinkedIn Social Networks

Jordan

Saudi INET invests 'millions' in Jordan's Gate2Play

Jordanian based payment service provider, Gate2Play, announced yesterday a strategic partnership and investment by Saudi virtual...

INET Integrated Networks hyperpay

Kuwait

The war story behind Rocket Internet's acquisition of Kuwait's Talabat

This piece was originally published on February 15th, 2015 on LinkedIn. When 33-year-old Kuwaiti entrepreneur Abdulaziz Al Loughani first...

abdulaziz alloughani talabat kuwait

Egypt

Solar energy to light up Egypt's poorest villages

No longer just the remit of entrepreneurs, social issues affecting a nation have also been taken up by corporations, and PepsiCo Egypt has...

liter of light Pepsico Egypt

Maghreb

Arabic sport outlet Elbotola raises $400,000 to expand to Middle East

Good things come to those who wait. Elbotola, the Arabic sports platform, has raised 4M dirham ($400,000) from Maroc Numeric Fund,...

Maroc Numeric Fund elbotola MNF

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