Regional AUB Stanford Women in Data Science Conference In a joint effort between the American University of Beirut and Stanford Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering at... Wamda • 11 January, 2017 Data data analytics data science
Egypt WeMENA Resilient Future [call for applications] Women Entrepreneurs for a Resilient Future in the Middle East and North Africa (WeMENA) is a business model challenge launched to... Wamda • 07 January, 2017 women entrepreneurs MENA Innovation
Egypt Maker Hackathon 2017 For the third year in a row, Maker Hackathon returns to empower innovators and makers to create functioning prototypes of... Wamda • 09 January, 2017 Egypt hackathon Hardware
U.A.E Etisalat Digital Challenge call for applications It’s 2017 and new challenges are ahead of the region’s innovators, entrepreneurs & startups. Etisalat Digital and Dubai... Wamda • 04 January, 2017 Dubai acceleration Dubai Future Accelerators
Lebanon Lack of local talent drives Lebanese entrepreneurs abroad Despite a deep desire by Lebanese entrepreneurs to hire local and base their startups at home soil, lagging skills within the labor force... Dana Ballout • 28 December, 2016 Endeavor lebanon talent
U.A.E Serving the underserved at IBM's Smartcamp, Dubai Serving the underserved was very much the theme last week as two startups providing services to migrant workers in the UAE took the top... Elias Jabbe • 20 December, 2016 IBM now money smart labour
Saudi Arabia Arabnet Riyadh shows regions' rising interest in Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia is rising fast as an entrepreneurship ecosystem and events like Arabnet Riyadh are providing a platform for those in the... Abdulghani Kataya • 19 December, 2016 Arabnet Arabnet Riyadh Saudi Arabia
Tunisia Left out: Tunisian startups demand attention Tunisian entrepreneurs think the government should pay more attention to them rather than focusing on megaprojects, after a major... Lilia Blaise • 21 December, 2016 Tunisia2020 economy startup
U.A.E Mentors to startups, 13 ways to build your brand #Mixnmentor “What is your purpose in life?” might seem like a grand question to be asked at a job interview but it is one that Careem... Lucy Knight • 18 December, 2016 mix n mentor dubai uae
Lebanon Beirut Game Fest Gaming enthusiasts, this is for you. For the first time ever, Arab Arcade invites you to Beirut Game Fest, a day of talks,... Wamda • 14 December, 2016 Gaming development INDUSTRY
Iraq To dream the impossible dream: an Erbil incubator When Mashal Sadiq arrived in Erbil after completing her undergraduate studies in the UK she was just looking for a little break from the... Lucy Knight • 14 December, 2016 Incubator myedream iraq
U.A.E OPCDE 2017 [Call for Papers] The UAE and the region as a whole needs a platform for security researchers and academics to present their work on cyber-security in a... Wamda • 13 December, 2016 cyber security Research Technology
Morocco Casablanca gets smart to clean up Morocco's economic center, the city of Casablanca, has experienced galloping urbanization in recent years and it’s significantly... Yassine Bakir • 19 December, 2016 smart city morocco NUMA
Egypt Rising Up: Egypt's entrepreneurs as important as ever The Rise Up Summit, the region’s foremost entrepreneur get-together, closed yesterday on the news of yet another brutal terrorist... Rachel Williamson • 12 December, 2016 RiseUp Summit Egypt Alexandria Angels
U.A.E Big data, food for thought at Dubai’s Smartcon ‘Big data’ is an increasingly cited buzzword but not always completely understood in relation to the planning and optimization... Elias Jabbe • 13 December, 2016 big data Smart Cities Smart Dubai
Lebanon Speed@BDD Acceleration Cycle [Call for Applications] Do you have a technology startup that you want to grow into a successful business? Speed@BDD, the first ecosystem-backed technology... Wamda • 12 December, 2016 lebanon accelerator Innovation
Egypt Innoventures announces $1.6M fund Innoventures CEO, Hesham Wahby, announced December 6 the launch of a new 30 million Egyptian pound (US $1.6 million) fund, Innoventures... Eman Mostafa • 09 December, 2016 Innoventures Reactor VC4Africa
Egypt Karmsolar unveils product, deals in Apple-style launch In a presentation that drew considerably on those of an Apple product launch, Egypt off-grid solar power specialist Karmsolar announced new... Rachel Williamson • 09 December, 2016 KarmSolar solar power solar pumping
Palestine Gaza hackathon solves ‘lady problems’ With engaging spirit and thrill, 60 participants took part in the first Lady Problem Hackathon in Gaza last week. The event was for... Rafat Abushaban • 07 December, 2016 Lady Problems Hackathon palestine gaza sky geeks
Egypt ROVArab Competition Applications for the upcoming ROVArab competition have recently opened for students of all educational levels, whether university,... Wamda • 06 December, 2016 Egypt robot ROV
Tunisia Spark Tunisia student geekout bridges social divides Two members of the winning team at Spark Tunisia came from a high school in Aïn Draham, one of the poorest areas in the country. A... Lilia Blaise • 07 December, 2016 Innovation Technologie Start-up
Lebanon SE Factory Cycle #3 [Call for Applications] Bader Young Entrepreneurs Program and the Nawaya Network teamed up to launch an advanced coding bootcamp in Lebanon, which aims... Wamda • 05 December, 2016 Software software engineering lebanon
Regional Innovation Arabia 10 [Call for papers] Empirically valid research methods and data-backed analysis are something the region still lacks. If you have done research on the... Wamda • 02 December, 2016 Innovation academics Research
Regional Egyptian startup wins PepsiCo Social Impact Competition Napata from Egypt was announced the winner of the PepsiCo Social Impact Competition, receiving $10,000 in Amman on Tuesday. Napata,... Tala El Issa • 30 November, 2016 PepsiCo Social Impact Competition social impact Sustainability