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Ivory Coast

How Ivory Coast is attempting to lead Francophone-African entrepreneurial ecosystems

A review by the World Economic Forum has identified three major trends expected to prompt Africa’s economic growth in the upcoming...

Ivory Coast startups africa

Global

What undeserved emerging markets achieved through tech: Success stories from Seedstars Global Summit

Switzerland was named the fourth happiest place on earth by the United Nations. This European country is home to one of the best...

Emerging Markets Seedstars Global africa

Global

Intrapreneurship to lead the tourism industry

The hotel industry is facing more tech disruption now than it had at any other time in its long history. Thus, innovation is key for hotels...

hospitality intrapreneurship entrepreneurial goals

Lebanon

Lebanese youth is entrepreneurship-driven, but needs more early-stage funding [Report]

Editor's note: This article has been updated to include the insights of Jad Salame, managing partner of Phoenician Funds. The...

lebanon GEM UK Lebanon Tech Hub

Tunisia

Entrepreneurs in south Tunisia are trying to make an impact

When you leave the capital of Tunisia and its brand new cluster of coworking spaces, the rest of the country is like a new field to explore...

Social Entrepreneurship Mentorship decentralization

Global

Six winners, including 2 international startups at MAD Mentorpreneurs

Ten startups competed for awards worth four million Emirati Dirhams (US$ 1 million) during MAD Mentorpreneurs pitching competition, which...

MAD Talks MAD Mentorpreneurs startups

Tunisia

How this startup digitized the business of second-hand clothes in Tunisia

Almost 30 percent of Tunisians buy second-hand clothes, according to the Trade Union Chamber of the Import, Export and Transformation of...

clothes online wardrobe epayment

U.A.E

This after school activities marketplace is using bitcoins to go global

Unlike loaded school days, which fall heavy and stressful on little ones’ shoulders, extracurricular activities, will help them...

Afterschool.ae Kids activities Bitcoin

Tunisia

How this Tunisian startup is digitizing cash registers

There are over 250,000 neighborhood grocery stores in Tunisia. Many of those can’t afford the usual cash registers which cost between...

cashing device cloud management service Scaling

Global

Startups, brace yourselves for these hurdles [Opinion]

It’s common knowledge that startups fail at the whopping rate of 90 percent. For this reason, whatever their differences, startups...

startups recruitment talents

Regional

Will MENA’s on-demand startups become sustainable businesses?

On-demand startups, the so-called ‘Uber for X’ of startups, are those that provide immediate service by dispatching someone to...

On-demand startups Technology entrepreneurship

Global

How to face the fear of missing out in the workplace [Podcast]

Whether we like it or not, we are constantly being affected by the ‘fear of missing out’ or ‘FoMO’, a term coined...

Patrick McGinnis entreprenership workplace

Regional

Battle of the finances: venture capital vs. private equity

If a business is searching for a source of external funding, it can turn to various sources. Some of these sources may be vastly different,...

Venture Capital private equity Funding models

Global

When less is more: The 10% entrepreneur [Podcast]

We’ve all met those entrepreneurs who brag about dropping everything just to follow their dream and start their own business. You...

Patrick McGinnis entrepreneurship job

Algeria

How this Algerian entrepreneur is recycling plastic waste

Unemployment rate in Algeria increased to 10.5 percent, reaches almost 27 percent of the youth, and 20 percent of women, according to...

algeria waste trash

Global

Hey you, is there anybody out there listening [Part 2]

In the first part of this series, we looked at the business of online music in the Middle East. In this part, we will focus on the struggle...

Online music Crowdfunding zoomaal

Tunisia

What I know about building an ecosystem from scratch: Wassel Berrayana

In 2000, Wassel Berrayana was an employee in HQ Sun Microsystems, one of Silicon Valley’s companies, when he decided to leave his job...

it decentralization entrepreneurship

Morocco

Dare Inc. a social incubator on the rise in Morocco

According to a study by the British Council and the Moroccan CISE (Moroccan Center for Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship), the...

Social Entrepreneurship startups incubation

Morocco

4 Moroccans aiming at becoming the Alibaba of Africa

Working in the energy and industry sectors in various African countries helped Niama El Bassunie, a Casablanca-born entrepreneur, discover...

Trade financing for trade suppliers

Lebanon

How this entrepreneur wants to democratize mobile payment

Elise Moussa, the entrepreneur who’s behind Snapay, a mobile payment solution, didn’t start small, didn’t start at home....

lebanon mobile payment cash payment

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...

Pitching Pitch Competition jusoor

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...

Incubateur BIAT privé

Tunisia

How Tunisia could be the next hub for justice entrepreneurs

What if Tunisia was a better place to live in with more justice startups? The question was asked by Hiil, a Netherlands-based nonprofit...

justice Innovation droit

Algeria

From dates to big data, entrepreneurship as therapy

“You need to start by entering your order into the machine,” a waiter explained to Hadj Khelil at a McDonald’s in Paris....

big data organic farming

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