Regional Could MENA see a unicorn soon? Extinct in the wild in the 1970s and reintroduced in the 1980s, the Arabian Oryx may be the animal closest to a unicorn. (Image... Willam Altman • 11 February, 2016 CB Insights unicorns oped
Saudi Arabia Winners emerge from KSA verbal throwdown MC Keith Wallace kept the punches flowing. (Image via Get in the Ring) The gloves were off last night in Riyadh at the regional final of... Bérénice Magistretti • 16 February, 2016 Food For People Date Pits Filers Fadfid.com
Maghreb Founder Institute Tunisia graduates first class Tunisian ICT Minister Nooman Fehri speaks at the Founders Institute. (Images via Founder Institute) Tunisia’s Founder Institute has g... Aline Mayard • 17 February, 2016 Founder Institute tunisia
U.A.E Introducing Flat6Labs' 6 latest UAE startups Much like Hollywood is a celebrity hunting ground, Flat6Labs’ recent Demo Day suggests that Abu Dhabi might be the place to reel in... Alaa' Odeh • 15 February, 2016 StudentCart Metaphorio Jumpsuite
Maghreb Apply now to Techfinance Academy in Morocco A new accelerator is opening shop in Casablanca, Morocco. Techfinance Academy is a six-month acceleration program open to Morocco-based ... Wamda • 05 February, 2016 accelerator Casablanca morocco
Egypt Nawart opens doors to Egypt renewables startups Cleantech Arabia cofounder Ahmed Huzayyin gives an explainer on Nawart and what it's looking for. (Images via Nawart) MENA’s... Rachel Williamson • 02 February, 2016 cleantech incubator Ahmed Huzayyin GIZ
Jordan Space: the next tech frontier for MENA? An art installation in Amman that could soon have a real-life counterpart. (Image via Sam Wendel) Watch out Elon Musk, a new force is... Samuel Wendel • 17 January, 2016 Oasis Space Ventures Jordan Space Ventures SpaceX
Maghreb Morocco's New Work Lab grows coworking space into entrepreneurship training center Eyes were riveted on startup at a Pitch Lab. (Images via New Work Lab) Last Thursday, 35 Moroccan startups exhibited their services and... Aline Mayard • 24 January, 2016 New Work Lab Coworking Training
Maghreb Tunisian incubator Esprit aims to turn engineers into entrepreneurs The first promotion of engineers-entrepreneurs presented health and safety-related startups at Esprit's demo day. (Images via Esprit) If... Aline Mayard • 14 January, 2016 Esprit engineering school
Bahrain Bahrain wants startups to call it home As almost every country in the Middle East begins to focus on attracting and developing an entrepreneur market, Bahrain is setting itself... Rachel Williamson • 10 December, 2015 BIM Bahrain Investment Market Cloud Accelerator
Kuwait Arzan VC invests in a Silicon Valley startup, prepares to launch office hours Aerial view of Silicon Valley (Source: Wired.com) The article is a crosspost with Nuwait. I often get the chance to sit on the... Reine Farhat • 07 January, 2016 Nuwait Arzan VC kuwait
Maghreb Marrakesh gets its first incubator A door opens on the startup world. (Images via Emerging Business Factory) Marrakesh, the fourth biggest city in Morocco, barely... Aline Mayard • 05 January, 2016 50 Partners Marrakesh Emerging Business Factory
Jordan First Jordan Connect matches startups with big business Big business meets the smallest: Jordan Connect brought together large corporations with startups. (Images via VentureScout) Discovering a... Maya Rahal • 27 December, 2015 Jordan Connect SWIPT The Tank
Jordan Jordan entrepreneurs have high hopes for ZINC 2016 Keynote Speaker Steve Johnson signing his book "Where good ideas come from: the natural history of innovation". (Images via... Tala El Issa • 24 December, 2015 I3zif.com Zain incubator Coding Circle
Regional The role of the term sheet in VC transactions The term sheet, not binding but crucial. (Image via Exceleratelabs) The negotiation of a venture capital transaction between a... Rita Khoriaty • 08 December, 2015 term sheets startups Venture Capital
Global What I know about raising money: Ramy Adeeb Ramy Adeeb, ready to disperse advice. (Image via Ramy Adeeb) When Ramy Adeeb sold his startup, a news article curation site Snip.It to... Lucy Knight • 07 December, 2015 Ramy Adeeb Snip.It What I Know
Egypt Egypt's A15 to get back into the startup game Tech investment company A15 launched in Egypt in October, heralding its arrival with the news of the sale of one of its biggest companies,... Eman Mostafa • 04 January, 2016 Catalyst Performly DishDino
Maghreb Two Tunisian makerspaces boost creativity The FabLab solidaire is bringing out the heavy artillery. (Image via FabLab Solidaire) “Tunisia has no other choices but i... Emma Djilali • 08 December, 2015 Association Jeunes Science de Tunisie FabLab Solidaire elFabLab
Regional Egypt’s Noongam wins top prize at The Entrepreneur Day Egyptian comic book publishers, Noongam, have snagged the biggest prize at DSOA’s The Entrepreneur Day with their platform Magnoon. Founder ... Pamela Kesrouani • 17 December, 2015 Mea 360 Just Mop Guiddoo World
Lebanon Investments announced at Lebanon's BDL Accelerate [Editor’s note: This article has been updated to include Berytech’s further investments announced on the second... Lucy Knight • 11 December, 2015 BDL Accelerate Berytech beirut
Regional 500 Startups announces $30M MENA fund Silicon Valley-based venture firm 500 Startups announced this week their $30 million fund for MENA startups. The fund, aptly... Lucy Knight • 09 December, 2015 Dave McClure Hasan Haider 500 startups
Regional The female VCs of MENA Noor Sweid and Hala Fadel. (Image via Leap Ventures) There are two common complaints in the Middle East startup sector: a lack of funding,... Lucy Knight • 12 November, 2015 MIT Enterprise Forum GCC MIT Enterprise Forum Pan-Arab Zen Yoga
Palestine Keeping Arabic alive with greeting cards Maysa's sister Assel inspects their products. (Images via Loz) When you talk about what inspired Maysa Alshaer to create Loz, a... Christina Ganim • 25 November, 2015 Women on the Frontline Arabic language Loz
Egypt Bedaya’s new fund for Egyptian startups During the launch of Bedaya Startup Academy in 2015. (Image via Mahi Al Jazzar) Bedaya, Egypt’s first governmental fund that is private s... Eman Mostafa • 06 January, 2016 Bedaya Startup Academy Bedaya