Global Startup Watch: Google’s new phone, VC money for women startups, and the MENA’s startup economy The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your... Rana Freifer • 21 September, 2017 Google Hong Kong VCs
Global Online media platforms are facilitating the production of Arabic science We’ve all struggled with the tedious task of memorizing the functions of the brain and the heart to pass our science exams. Egyptian... Tala El Issa • 20 September, 2017 Science E-Learning EdTech
Egypt This Egyptian startup plans on regulating private tutoring In the Arab world, including Egypt, many students at both public and private schools pay teachers extras for after-class private... Menna Farouk • 19 September, 2017 Egypt Tyro EdTech
Regional 6 steps to regulate a VC fund [Opinion] As an angel investor and venture capitalist, most of us actually transact in offshore jurisdictions when making investments due to better... Abdulaziz Al Loughani • 19 September, 2017 VC Regulations
Turkey Turkish startup turned machine failure into a business model Airways and railways have been conservative and difficult sectors for startups due to safety and security issues. But this is changing,... Maya Rahal • 18 September, 2017 Delphisonic predictable maintenance turkey
Kuwait Kuwait’s path towards becoming a food capital This article is a crosspost from Nuwait. As the GCC looks to diversify their revenue streams away from the oil and gas sector, Kuwait is... Lily Catherine Jabbour • 18 September, 2017 kuwait Nuwait f&b
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
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
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
Global Startup Watch: About the public failure of facial recognition, Apple Pay in the UAE and airport nap pods The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your... Rana Freifer • 14 September, 2017 Startup Watch iPhone apple
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
Regional What I Know about blockchain in the MENA: Ernst & Young’s Grant Niven The global blockchain technology market was valued at $316 million in 2015 and is expected to reach $20 billion by the end of 2024. The... Rana Freifer • 12 September, 2017 Ernst & Young Grant Niven Bitcoin
Lebanon Solidifying business bonds through partnerships: #MixNMentor Beirut The Lebanese Information Technology (ICT) sector and related industries, is a fast growing sector with a market size of $436.2 million in... Rana Freifer • 11 September, 2017 Mix n Mentor Beirut startups entrepreneurs
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
Regional This is why MENA corporates should invest more in agriculture [Opinion] Recent reports providing data on investments in the food and beverage (F&B) sector indicate its increasing importance to the Middle... Rena Zuabi • 10 September, 2017 Agriculture oped Corporate investment
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
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