Jordan In Jordan, technology is serving refugees Rana Kelani is an Iraqi refugee who arrived in Jordan four years ago. In the last year, she has learned how to code, found work and started... Aline Mayard • 12 June, 2017 refugees app WATER
Saudi Arabia Saudi delivery apps that could save you from Ramadan traffic Traffic in Saudi Arabia is an issue that gets worse every year, especially in Riyadh. With rising heat and fasting during the holy month of... Maya Rahal • 11 June, 2017 Mathaqi Marsool Tawseel
Regional Aim low, shoot high: AI regional startups are keeping it real In the past two years, both growth numbers and tech advancements in the AI industry have made it fairly easy for its outsiders to fantasize... Vanessa Khalil • 11 June, 2017 chatbot AI Facebook Messenger
Global Startup Watch: Techies for kids, entrepreneurship in outer space, and more on Islamic fintech 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 • 08 June, 2017 Startup Watch startups entreprenership
Iraq Where does entrepreneurship stand in Iraq? [opinion] Many small things are currently shaping the future of the startups ecosystem in Iraq. Even if the digital shift took some time to occur, in... Marwan A. Jabbar • 08 June, 2017 fikra space baghdad talabatey
U.A.E Opportunities behind challenges of fintech in the Middle East [Podcast] Fintech is hot. Globally, investments in fintech have been rising since 2012, and while they might drop slightly in 2017, according to CB... Lucy Knight • 07 June, 2017 Fintech podcast Wamda Capital
Global Beyond classic marketing tools: how to contract with social media influencers This article is an edited crosspost with SME Law. The classic advertising scheme is evolving, with classic advertising strategies ceding... Suhaib Hammad • 07 June, 2017 Social media influencers Marketing digital influencer marketing
Lebanon Region’s first shared electric scooter service launched in Lebanon In a country where public transport has always been a hassle, and where traffic jams are a daily companion, an innovative approach to... Rana Freifer • 07 June, 2017 Loop SAL LoopShare Anwar Sukkarie
Egypt Egyptian fintech startup digitizes the gameya ‘We can all go further together than we could all alone’, is the promise of the 2,000-year old practice of ‘jameya’... Elias Jabbe • 06 June, 2017 MoneyFellows Ahmed Wadi Egypt
Iraq First tech map for Iraq launched This article is a crosspost from Bite.Tech Over the past six months, Bite.Tech, an independent newsletter covering the digital economy... Staff writer • 06 June, 2017 Bite.Tech Tech map startups
Saudi Arabia This Saudi startup wants to digitize governmental entities World of System and Software, a Saudi company, limiting its work to one sector, found that this hindered the reach of its products, in... Maya Rahal • 05 June, 2017 Saudi Arabia ksa WorldofSS
Morocco Eco-Heat, the portable slow-cooker from Morocco Beyond its appearance, which resembles that of a large Maharaja hat or fancy pillow, the Eco-Heat isotherm bag is in fact an ingenious... Yassine Bakir • 05 June, 2017 morocco eco-heat
Global What I Know about KPIs: Talal Almuhanna This article is a crosspost from Nuwait. Key performance indicators (KPIs) is a type of measurement that aims to help human resources... Reine Farhat • 05 June, 2017 Nuwait KPIs What I Know
Morocco Reinventing Whatsapp for sailors in Morocco For Soremar Group, the Moroccan company specialized in maritime radio since the 1980s, improving communications and expanding their... Maya Rahal • 04 June, 2017 boats seafarers Technology
Regional New startups on the block: June Startups are launching faster than we can write about them, so here’s our list of raw newbies to... Reine Farhat • 04 June, 2017 new startups f&b SAAS
Global How to manage a business operation on opposite sides of the globe [Opinion] We are lucky enough to live in a technologically-advanced time allowing us to expand and manage teams all over the world. In fact, the... Pratik Dholakiya • 01 June, 2017 Advice Tips how to
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