Global Startup Watch: Overfunding kills, cybersecurity smartphones, and Toyota’s AI fund 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 • 13 July, 2017 Startup Watch Jawbone AI
U.A.E This is why Dubai’s homegrown app industry is booming [Opinion] The global increase in the number of smartphone users is a phenomenon very much in evidence in the Middle East, especially in the United... Hamad Almuraikhi • 12 July, 2017 uae Dubai Homegrown apps
Saudi Arabia Becoming an employee in the company you founded: Esimsar Following the acquisition of Saudi Esimsar by Propertyfinder in 2014, its founder Tarek Zeitoun chose to continue working in his company as... Maya Rahal • 12 July, 2017 Saudi Arabia ksa Esismsar
Kuwait The internet of things is rising in Kuwait This article is a crosspost from Nuwait. The total potential economic impact of the internet of things (IoT) is expected to reach $11... Rana Freifer • 11 July, 2017 kuwait AEA Manufacture Internet of Things
U.A.E When tech tackles the multi-billion beauty industry Before founding Shedul, a free booking platform for hair salons and spas, New Zealand natives William Zeqiri and Nick Miller, were on... Archana Menon • 11 July, 2017 Shedul SAAS Beauty and Wellness
Regional Entrepreneurship in the Arab world: In English or in Arabic? When Wissam Tawileh, a native Arabic speaker was pitching at the latest Jusoor competition, he was the only one who opted to pitch in... Maya Rahal • 10 July, 2017 Pitching Pitch Competition jusoor
Tunisia What I know about building a solid team: Khaled Helioui Khaled Helioui left his job as CEO of the German video game company Bigpoint last May. He had joined the company at the age of 29 years... Maya Rahal • 10 July, 2017 management profitability growth
Turkey How this Turkish startup seeks to be a one-stop-shop for waste management ‘Your trash is our pleasure’, was not only an ad that Nihat Kuruüzüm, a Turkish university dropout, fell on when he... Berthe El Aya • 09 July, 2017 Recycling smart waste management smart reverse vending machines
Saudi Arabia How this Saudi female entrepreneur is driving forth book culture The average Arab citizen reads approximately 35 hours and 17 books every year. Research showed that on average, an Arab reads 11 books in... Elias Jabbe • 09 July, 2017 Saudi Arabia Dhad Manar Saud Alomayri
Bahrain Tackling the region’s growing problem, diabetes For years, Hussain Albar watched his mother suffer from diabetes. Each day, she would prick herself several times in order to log in a... Lucy Knight • 06 July, 2017 Healthcare Diabetes uae
Global Startup Watch: ME millennials getting their hands dirty and Japan’s new platformer 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 • 06 July, 2017 Startup Watch Robocop iPhone
U.A.E Short term thinking: fertile grounds for MENA’s Airbnb-inspired startups If not a turnkey development, the Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing’s MoU with Airbnb in May 2016 was proof of the... Vanessa Khalil • 05 July, 2017 uae Airbnb
Tunisia B@labs, the first Tunisian incubator in downtown Tunis With up to a million people daily passing along Habib Bourguiba Avenue in Tunis, it is a strategic location for the latest addition to the... Maya Rahal • 05 July, 2017 Incubateur BIAT privé
Regional New startups on the block: July Startups are launching faster than we can write about them, so here’s our list of raw newbies to watch. Biotags Saudi... Reine Farhat • 04 July, 2017 Startup List startups
U.A.E When governments embrace entrepreneurship [Podcast] From South Korea to Finland, to the UK, to Chile, governments are engaging with startups. In Finland, the government gives loans to... Lucy Knight • 04 July, 2017 Government Sheraa 1776
Lebanon Pushing patents in Lebanon For many innovators, a patent is a stamp of approval, a sign that a concept has passed the test of originality and viability. In Lebanon,... Brooke Anderson • 03 July, 2017 lebanon Patents Intellectual property
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