Tunisia Why should investors consider funding Tunisian startups? [Q&A] Intilaq, a Tunisian incubator and fund officially started in 2014 in a partnership between Microsoft, Ooredoo, and other funding partners.... Maya Rahal • 17 September, 2017 investments Business Angels seed funds
Jordan When refugee kids’ drawings inspire a new social enterprise in Jordan Similar to many millennials, Jordanian Zaid Souqi gets bored very quickly; within several years he changed jobs around four times, but it... Tala El Issa • 17 September, 2017 Jordan Social Entrepreneurship The Orenda Tribe
Lebanon How this Lebanese startup is innovating refugee humanitarian assistance Innovation in the humanitarian sector is a growing and important source of support for at-risk groups of people around the world. It served... Nina Angeles • 14 September, 2017 KwikSense UNH Humanitarian Aid
Tunisia Insect-based technologies: How buzzing is lending a hand The buzzing of insects is enough to send hair raising chills and activate our flight or fight mode. Buzzing helps flying insects... Tala El Issa • 13 September, 2017 tunisia Bees entomologist
Lebanon After fablabs and makerspaces, startup studios debut in Beirut Accelerators, incubators, coworking spaces, hackerspaces, makerspaces, fablabs, and living labs, all constitute a crowded ecosystem lexica... Rana Freifer • 08 September, 2017 Startup studio Sqwirl Lab Ziad Jreidini
Saudi Arabia Saudi’s crowdshipping platform wants to be in everyone’s luggage Saudi Entrepreneur Khaled Sehly was a pharmacist before he quit his job to become an entrepreneur. In March 2017, Sehly launched... Maya Rahal • 11 September, 2017 Saudi Arabia ksa Airwaybill
U.A.E How technology is transforming MENA youth’s education As back-to-school season is approaching, now is the ideal time to reflect on the latest innovations in technology and how they might... Elias Jabbe • 07 September, 2017 EdTech E-Learning uae
Lebanon This Lebanese startup is reinventing secondhand retail August 25 was the Secondhand Wardrobe Day and there is a reason to celebrate it. Trashion, bale retail, or secondhand businesses are not... Rana Freifer • 06 September, 2017 Fabricaid secondhand clothing Retail
Global New startups on the block: September Startups are launching faster than we can write about them, so here’s our list of raw newbies to watch. Blink Egypt Development... Reine Farhat • 04 September, 2017 Startup List news AI
Tunisia How this Tunisian startup is digitizing cash registers There are over 250,000 neighborhood grocery stores in Tunisia. Many of those can’t afford the usual cash registers which cost between... Maya Rahal • 05 September, 2017 cashing device cloud management service Scaling
U.A.E Truck service startups are on the rise in the UAE While truck companies have been around for decades to transport large shipments of goods, the UAE is now seeing a rise in truck service... Archana Menon • 30 August, 2017 uae startups Delivery
Saudi Arabia This Saudi entrepreneur wants to bring you the Serviis you need According to data released in the WRL report, supporting organizations in the Kingdom, such as funds, coworking spaces, accelerators and... Maya Rahal • 30 August, 2017 Saudi Arabia ksa Serviis
Lebanon Rebuilding toy models, from Urbacraft to Makerbrane [Wamda TV] When Ayssar Arida and Sabine de Maussion founded in Lebanon Urbacraft, a building blocks startup that allows children to build construction... Berthe El Aya • 28 August, 2017 Makerbrane Urbacraft 3D Makerspace
U.A.E How these twins made conservative fashion trendier When twin sisters Rawan and Suzan Alsadi began wearing the hijab, they realized that the market does not cater to their fashion needs.... Marina Makary • 24 August, 2017 uae Rozan Designs Fashion
Jordan This is how Jamalon brought print-on-demand to the MENA Ala Alsallal was still a university student when he perceived a need for high-quality published content in the Arab world. While he was... Tala Salem • 16 August, 2017 Jordan Jamalon e-books
Saudi Arabia This is how 3 Saudi female students launched a mobile repair company Fixing electronic devices such as phones and laptops is a field dominated by men, especially in the Arab world. However, a group of young... Maya Rahal • 15 August, 2017 Saudi Arabia Fixtag Mobile
Egypt When online groceries delivery reaches new edges in Egypt Segway and similar transportation options for delivering groceries are increasingly being used in countries such as the US, where one in 10... Radwa Rashad • 15 August, 2017 Egypt goodsmart Fakahany
Palestine This is how Dawsat is reinventing the Middle Eastern diet Mas Watad graduated from Al-Quds University as a nutrition specialist in 2003 and decided that, rather than simply raising people’s... Rafat Abushaban • 08 August, 2017 palestine Dawsat healthy food
Saudi Arabia This Saudi platform encourages loyalty with coupons After working in human resources in a big corporation in Saudi Arabia, then in the marketing field, Rayan Saleh noticed a lack of employees... Maya Rahal • 08 August, 2017
Tunisia What I know about building an ecosystem from scratch: Wassel Berrayana In 2000, Wassel Berrayana was an employee in HQ Sun Microsystems, one of Silicon Valley’s companies, when he decided to leave his job... Maya Rahal • 21 August, 2017 it decentralization entrepreneurship
U.A.E When an investment expert gets on board Careem, the leading ride-hailing service in the Middle East and North Africa, announced today the appointment of Zach Finkelstein as vice... Rana Freifer • 03 August, 2017 careem Zach Finkelstein Lumia Capital
Lebanon The music revolution will not be live, it will be digital [Part1] In the first piece of this two-part series, we will be looking at the business of online music in the MENA, what are the numbers,... Lily Catherine Jabbour • 31 July, 2017 lebanon anghami Elie Habib
Saudi Arabia This is what this Saudi VC firm seeks in an entrepreneur Though Saudi Arabia is rich in financial resources, startups there often find it difficult to access to funding especially in early stages.... Maya Rahal • 30 July, 2017 ksa Saudi Arabia Inspire Ventures
U.A.E Turning waste to fuel: How one company is reducing the UAE’s carbon footprint Karl Feilder, chairman and CEO of The Neutral Group (TNG), a cleantech company, sold his first company to Microsoft in 1995. Over the next... Archana Menon • 26 July, 2017 Karl Feilder Carbon footprint biodiesel