Egypt Tinder for business: Geomingle wants to send you on a ‘date’ Londoners have embraced the dating app with such passion that an Egyptian entrepreneur has built a spin off, which he hopes will have an... Eman El-Sherbiny • 20 February, 2017 GeoMingle tinder location-based networking
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia's massive Public Investment Fund has become active in tech startup investing This article is a crosspost with CB Insights. Over the last year, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced a number of economic... CB Insights • 19 February, 2017 vision 2030 ksa Saudi Aramco
Turkey Turkey’s Sukolay taps water delivery for disruption Turkey is a country of plastic bottles - in cafes, on the street, and in the home. Although many parts of Turkey do generally have... Alexandra Locke • 19 February, 2017 turkey sukolay WATER
Jordan Tarjama bridges language gap Medieval Arabic translations preserved the cultural heritage of ancient Greece and Rome. Today the same knowledge transfer continues and... Abdulghani Kataya • 19 February, 2017 Joran uae Tarjama
Global The secret to startup success in Africa This is an excerpt of an article crossposted from Harvard Business Review. A tale of two strategies Why do so many... Harvard Business Review • 16 February, 2017 Ghana Nigeria M-Kopa
Global Startup Watch: the failure of entrepreneurship, software parties and peak app 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... Rachel Williamson • 16 February, 2017 Startup Watch Bite Tech VAT
Morocco New seed fund Outlierz launches in Morocco [Know your VC] A new Morocco-based seed fund called Outlierz is looking to provide “smart capital” for early stage Africa startups. The... Rachel Williamson • 15 February, 2017 Outlierz Hassan Haider seed fund
Regional How to start your journey as a mentor This is an edited crosspost from New Shift. Mentors face many exciting challenges when advising early-stage entrepreneurs: studying a... Zeynep Saka • 15 February, 2017 Mentor Advice
Tunisia Sarah Magida Toumi: Tunisia’s top tree-hugger For almost a decade Sarah Majida Toumi has been thinking about solutions to fight desertification in her country and sustainable... Lilia Blaise • 15 February, 2017 Sarah Magida Toumi Agriculture acacias
Lebanon How to organise a robotics competition On a drizzly Sunday afternoon in a Beirut sports hall, 18 teams of students competed for the title of ‘best self-driving... Lucy Knight • 14 February, 2017 AUB robotics club self-driving car aub
U.A.E How to build trust with customers [Wamda TV] People are leading busier lives and there is little time left for DIY (do-it-yourself) household chores. With no time for the home... Lucy Knight • 14 February, 2017 uae hammerheads home maintenance
U.A.E Watch as the UAE fintech community grows The UAE is steadily growing as a home to fintech startups creating a transformation in various areas of the region’s finance... Elias Jabbe • 13 February, 2017 Fintech Startup Weekend uae
U.A.E What I know about failure: Jean-Pierre Mondalek A failed startup is not the end. Jean-Pierre Mondalek, general manager of the motors division at Dubizzle, is not ashamed of his... Elias Jabbe • 13 February, 2017 Jean-Pierre Mondalek Dubizzle Failure
Lebanon Entrepreneurship: an unequal playing field The message aspiring business leaders get when they go to conferences and listen to motivational speeches by their role models, urging them... Brooke Anderson • 13 February, 2017 lebanon world bank Abdullah Jabbour
U.A.E Dubai is growing the sounds of local talent At 13 years old, Zain Khan, founder and CEO of The Sound Gaarden, started playing bass guitar for a few high school bands in... Archana Menon • 12 February, 2017 the sound gaarden freshly ground sounds Music
Saudi Arabia Saudi VCs: where we are, where we’re going [Opinion] “We do not have enough venture capital investors in Saudi”, is a common theme heard from entrepreneurs across the kingdom.... Abdullah Altamami • 12 February, 2017 Venture Capital VC Tadawul
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