Egypt Space Apps Challenge takes Egyptians from infinity to beyond Egyptian students, engineers and whizzkids breathed life into their 'moonshot' ideas. (Images via Eduard Cousin) Cairenes were seeking the... Eduard Cousin • 26 April, 2016 NASA Space Apps Challenge MEMakersGE Bazaar in Egypt
Egypt The solution to Cairo gridlock is already here [Video] Smart car use in Egypt is not a fantasy, fuelled by visions of Google cars and Tesla Model 3s, it's a real possibility. Ismail... Rachel Williamson • 05 April, 2016 Raye7 smart transportation Ismail Zohdy
Regional Who's hiring in MENA? [Infographic] Access to talent is a key difficulty for employers large and small in MENA. In an upcoming Wamda Research Lab report the findings... Rachel Williamson • 17 April, 2016 Access to Talent recruitment Payfort
Jordan Hikma Pharmaceuticals launches $30M digital health venture fund in Amman Hikma Pharmaceuticals has launched a $30 million strategic venture capital fund focused on digital health, therapeutics, and diagnostics... Samuel Wendel • 24 April, 2016 Hikma Ventures Hikma Pharmaceutical MEMakersGE
Egypt Startups want to tackle Egyptian health, but lack money Ahmed Abu ElHaz CEO of Shezlong pitching at BDL2015 accelerate in Beirut. (Image via Shezlong) Egypt is fertile ground for... Eman Mostafa • 25 April, 2016 Otlob Doctor MEMakersGE shezlong
Global Top 7 takeaways from Amazon's shareholder letter Amazon is one of the world's biggest companies, and as of last year its biggest retailer. (Image via EPA) Amazon has faced down... Rachel Williamson • 10 April, 2016 Jeff Bezos Amazon Tips
Global What I know about space: Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom Emeline Paat was in Beirut in March experimenting with plastic bag-based insulation systems for refugee tents. (Image via Rachel... Rachel Williamson • 11 April, 2016 Virgin Galactic XCOR Space Adventures
Egypt Making video pay: who's profiting from the boom? Internet and smartphone growth, especially among youth, play a big role in the flourishing of the video industry. (Images... Eman Mostafa • 02 May, 2016 Shahid MBC BeIN
Maghreb Saphon: the Tunisian wind-energy revolution is official Saphon's wind turbine: cheaper, more efficient, safer. (Image via Saphon) For the last four years, Tunisian company Saphon has... Aline Mayard • 13 April, 2016 Saphon Energy MEMakersGE wind energy
Kuwait Meet the women ‘Instapreneurs’ of Kuwait Her Highness Hind Al-Sabeeh during her opening speech. (Images via Reine Farhat) This article is a crosspost with Nuwait. It would... Reine Farhat • 11 April, 2016 twentytwo Injaz Kuwait Khaleejesque
Lebanon 8 things we learnt at MENA Games in Beirut The gaming industry in the Middle East and North Africa is growing. More than 40 gaming startups from Europe, MENA and Turkey... Lucy Knight • 12 April, 2016 Turkish Game Developers Association Netmarble Nuked Cockroach
Egypt Micro-production of micro-solar launches in Egypt Tiba Solar CEO Ahmed Al-Abd (left) in December at his Cairo factory as the company kicked into first production. With him is Ain Al-Bee'ah... Sara Aggour • 14 April, 2016 Tiba Solar manufacturing solar
Qatar What I know about digital Arabic content: Nawaf Felemban In 2015 Wamda produced a report that showed 60 percent of Arabs wanted to read online content in Arabic. That would be great... Lucy Knight • 28 March, 2016 Kooora Kasra WIK
Regional MENA’s fab labs and the fourth industrial revolution We are in the midst of the greatest industrial revolution in human history. The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4ID) is an economic... Willam Altman • 30 March, 2016 hackerspace MEMakers Job Creation
Kuwait How did Khaleejesque use content to support creatives? The head office. (Images via Khaleejesque) This article was originally published on Nuwait. The popularity of print... Ahmed Gabr • 04 April, 2016 Khaleejesque Nuwait digital content
Lebanon Krimston 'Kickstarts' its dual-SIM iPhone adapter Krimston's cofounders Fouad Fattal (left) and Nabil Nasr (right). (Images via Krimston) In April 2012, Lebanese entrepreneur Fouad Fattal... Samuel Wendel • 06 April, 2016 kickstarter Hardware Crowdfunding
Egypt Egypt startups try to halt education, tech skills slide Tech education experts gather st the GrEEK Campus during the EduVation Summit. (Images via EduVation) Traditionally, countries have... Eman Mostafa • 14 April, 2016 Da7ee7 EduVation Summit nafham
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 Cosplay, cake pops and robots at Maker Faire Cairo Electronics manufacturers were the main event at the Maker Faire in downtown Cairo’s Greek Campus, as most of this year’s... Eman Mostafa • 04 April, 2016 Maker Faire Cairo MEMakersGE Integreight
Egypt Injaz turns to crowdfunding for Startup Egypt The funding crunch for Egypt’s startups is no secret. As seen at a recent Mix N’ Mentor in Cairo, it can in fact push... Rachel Williamson • 27 March, 2016 Escape HD Etba3ly 3D EpicVr
Regional Online payment products are imperfect, but consumers can protect themselves This could be one way to prevent credit card fraud, not exactly practical though. (Image via kupunawiki.com) The marriage of credit... Maarid Fazili • 21 March, 2016 ecommernce Online payments Payfort
Jordan Solutions to Jordan’s climate change challenges? Jordan can be pretty dry. (Image via Letstravelsomewhere.com) As an arid, resource poor nation, Jordan has historically relied on foreign... Samuel Wendel • 14 March, 2016 IndyACT Jordan IEEE Jordan Young Professionals Energy Master Plan
Kuwait Talabat cofounders acquire Q8flowers.com for $3M Cofounders of Talabat.com has accquired florist delivery site Q8flowers.com for one million Kuwaiti dinar (US$3 million). The deal,... Lucy Knight • 18 March, 2016 Q8flowers talabat acquisition
Egypt Egypt's green building opportunity Egypt Green Building Council (EEGBC) head Salah El-Haggar, UAE Green Buildings Council vice president Khaled Boushnaq... Eman Mostafa • 16 March, 2016 green buildings DesignBuildBreathe MEMakersGE