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Palestine gets its first seed fund, supported by MENA Apps and USAID

The startup scene in Palestine has been slow to build over the past few years, led by initiatives like Bazinga and grassroots...

Seed stage Incubator Accelerators

5 reasons why professionals quit their jobs

The rise of regional jobsites means that sourcing talent has become faster, easier and more cost effective for employers than ever. It...

Team Programme

A look at the IFC's new $400m fund for SMEs in the Arab world

Support for small businesses continues to pour into the Arab world. Last month, the International Finance Corporation...

Funding models Financial management Jordan

Eureeca, the first global crowdinvesting platform, exits beta, focuses on the Middle East

Following the general success of crowdfunding platfoms around the globe, several crowdinvesting platforms are now launching to offer a new...

collaborative economy crowdinvesting Funding models

A Look at Entrepreneurship in Morocco: Where Can Startups Turn for Help?

Entrepreneurs in Morocco today face several challenges: meeting mentors and investors, finding a suitable office space, building...

Mentorship Ecosystem Coworking Spaces

Investors in Egypt: Who's Hot, Who's Not

This piece does not represent the opinions of Wamda; it is based on a survey of over 200 entrepreneurs conducted by Contributor...

Looking for Funding? Here's How to Get an Investor's Attention

If you’re a business owner, founder or CEO, at some point in time, you need money, be it seed capital, growth capital or expansion c...

Advice Investment

World Bank to Support Lebanese Startups with $30 Million Loan

Entrepreneurs in Lebanon now have a new reason to seek local support. Last week, the World Bank signed on a US $30 million loan to...

Innovation Investment

New Investment Platform Shekra Supports Startups in Egypt

New joint investment concept "Shekra" is drawn from the Arabic phrase "sherik fekra" in Arabic, which means "share an idea." The platform...

Crowdfunding

Exclusive Sneak Peek at the Middle East’s Newest Crowdfunding Platform: Zoomaal

For entrepreneurs in the Middle East seeking investment, a new platform is launching in February to offer crowdfunding for creative...

Crowdfunding Investment

Jordan

Building the first high-end 3D game in a virtual Arab world: Planet Toulan

For awhile, I’ve been wondering why no gaming studio in the Middle East that I knew of was building a high-end video game on the level of, s...

Gaming beladcom

Apply before Nov 5th to Pitch to Silicon Valley Investors in Amman

So you probably know that Silicon Valley investors Geeks on a Plane are coming to our Mix 'n' Mentor event in Amman on Nov 9th. There, e...

Competitions Investment Pitching

Entrepreneurs of Arabia Helps Saudi, Emirati, and Qatari Founders Connect to Funding

For entrepreneurs from the Gulf who aren't sure where to look for funding, Entrepreneurs of Arabia launched this year to focus exclusively...

Ecosystem Ideas Investment

Innoventures and Fascila Launch Startup Reactor Acceleration Program

Last week, Innoventures announced the launch of a new entrepreneurial support program called ‘Startup Reactor’. Launched in...

Accelerators Ecosystem Egypt

10 Ways to Improve Your Chance of Being Incubated

Hans Christensen has worked to help entrepreneurs throughout the MENA region launch business, in his role as the director of Silicon Oasis...

Accelerators Investment Pitching

Egyptian Accelerator Flat6Labs Hits Its Stride in Cycle 2 Demo Day

Flat6Labs, the Cairo-based accelerator, held its third demo day event on the 17th September, dubbed the “Cycle 2 Demo Day”. Not only did the...

Accelerators Acquisitions Egypt

The Cairo Angels Are Looking For a Few Good Startups

The Cairo Angels are here. No, it’s not a local remake of Charlie’s Angels (can you imagine), but a group of business angels based in Cairo ...

Angel Investment Investment

Dubai's Aflamnah Offers MENA-focused Crowdfunding

Crowdfunding is the latest buzzword making the rounds in the entrepreneurial world, and a UAE initiative is out to show there’s more to it t...

Crowdfunding Investment

i360 Hub Launches Traveling Accelerator for Idea Stage Entrepreneurs in MENA

Continuing the accelerator boom in the region, i360 Hub has launched a new seed funding program that pledges to take entrepreneurs from...

Accelerators Innovation Investment

Community and Media Resources for Entrepreneurs in the UAE

Similar to some of the content in the Wamda Country Info Center for UAE, this series of articles by Kia Davis offers an up-to-date,...

Where to Find Funding and Support: Resources for Entrepreneurs in the UAE

Similar to some of the content in the Wamda Country Info Center for the UAE, this series of articles by Kia Davis offers an...

Investment

N2V Announces First StartAppz Investment in Mobile App Startup iAraby

N2V has announced investment in Arabic mobile developer company iAraby, via its mobile investment vehicle and accelerator,...

Accelerators Mobile Mobile Apps

MBC Ventures Launches, Invests in Falafel Games, Aranim, Supermama

MBC Group announced early this week the launch of a new venture capital arm, MBC Ventures, which will invest in media and entertainment...

Investment

15 Tips For Pitching to Investors from Culture Shift in Cairo

Karen McGregor, a social investor from the Scottish investment firm FirstPort, gave a workshop during the Culture Shift event about how to...

Angel Investment Investment Negotiation

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