Jordan Health tech in MENA: How do you say measles, mumps and rubella in Arabic? “Now is the era of systems that learn. It’s like [sending] a child to school. You teach them to read and digest information.... Dana Ballout • 14 November, 2016 ICT MENA Forum Watson big data
Lebanon App aiding facial paralysis wins 10K at BDL Accelerate hackathon An app that aids patients with facial paralysis won the $10,000 prize at Lebanon’s BDL Accelerate conference health hackathon on... Maysaa Ajjan • 14 November, 2016 healthtech Health hackathon BDL Accelerate
Global What I know about airtech: Paul Papadimitriou Paul Papadimitriou is a self-described technologist but we weren’t interested in that, we wanted his thoughts on flying... Rachel Williamson • 14 November, 2016 aviation MEMakersGE airtech
Global How silliness is disrupting media We think of Facebook, Uber, and Airbnb as companies that have forever changed society as we know it, but major disruption can sometimes be... Omar Al Fil • 14 November, 2016 Ben Huh Giphy Cheezburger Network
U.A.E Bayzat closes $3.6M Series A, seeks to reform UAE health insurance Bayzat, a Dubai based technology company offering health insurance and HR solutions, has closed a $3.6 million Series A round led by BECO... Archana Menon • 13 November, 2016 Bayzat BECO Capital Series A
Jordan Communication key to soothing rocky VC-startup romance Part of a maturing ecosystem are the growing pains that go along with it. As startups continue to pop up, so do VC funds, but like any... Dana Ballout • 13 November, 2016 Funding Investment VC
Regional Fadi Ghandour's roadmap to boosting MENA’s startup ecosystem [Opinion] This article was crossposted from Zenith magazine. Progressive policies can help unlock the economic and job-creating potential of... Fadi Ghandour • 10 November, 2016 Funding Opinion Regulations
Global Startup Watch: the tech-media-sports nexus, and Egypt, well done. 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 • 10 November, 2016 Egypt lebanon Startup Watch
Morocco Morocco’s Beekast raises $3M for meeting app Beekast, a Moroccan mobile and web meeting and events app, has raised 2.7 million euro ($3 million) led by Isource, a VC with a 200 million... Yassine Bakir • 09 November, 2016
Regional Scaling up? Show me the money Scaling up from scrappy startup to SME is a whole new game. Cash is oxygen and managers are critical. “There is research that... Rachel Williamson • 09 November, 2016 scale-ups BDL Accelerate Nathealth
Kuwait Arzan VC's humble beginnings [Know your VC] This is an edited crosspost from Nuwait. Kuwait’s first venture capital fund Arzan VC is not keen on missing opportunities... Reine Farhat • 08 November, 2016 Nuwait Arzan VC Lunch:On
Regional PepsiCo Social Impact Competition announces its finalists Disclaimer: The list of the finalists was updated on November 15, 2016 due to the withdrawal of one of the startups. PepsiCo and Wamda... Wamda • 08 November, 2016 Pepsico Social Entrepreneurship competition
Saudi Arabia A Saudi startup invents VR glasses that could change books for ever By 2020, the global virtual reality (VR) market is projected to reach $150 billion. It is expected to reach its first billion this year... Abdulghani Kataya • 08 November, 2016 BeThere Saudi Arabia KAUST
Saudi Arabia Carpooling for the working women of Saudi, a solution? [Wamda TV] Women are not allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia. While there is no official law banning women from the act, it is deeply held religious... Lucy Knight • 08 November, 2016 ksa GITEX 2016 Kaspercab
Kuwait 10 ways to beef up your business All you need is a few colorful bean bags and a casual open space to bring a startup community together to talk about what they do - and... Reine Farhat • 07 November, 2016 Mix N' Mentor 2016 Nuwait National Fund for SME Development
Egypt Nawart's cleantech startups a silver lining for Egypt's transition Egypt may have effectively killed off any interest in industrial scale solar, but a group of people passionate about the cause believe... Menan Khater • 07 November, 2016 MEMakersGE Cleantech Nawart
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