Startups at Palestine's first accelerator bet on P2P lending, travel, and therapy “Five years ago there were no startups,” Yousef Ghandour, a tech entrepreneur with 14 years of experience in the field, says of the eco... Eric Reidy • 23 December, 2013 Fast Forward Peer-to-peer
'Arab Inspire' hopes to make entrepreneurship a way of life for youth and artists Artists and youngsters have one thing in common: they could use some help from professionals to take the leap, start a company, and make... Aline Mayard • 22 December, 2013 tunisia Artist Entrepreneurs Mentorship
7 things that entrepreneurs need to succeed, from the World Entrepreneurship Forum Abdul Baset Al Janahi, CEO of Dubai SME At the World Entrepreneurship Forum last week in Dubai, leading figures came together to discuss... Nina Curley • 18 December, 2013 world entrepreneurship forum wef uae
TEDxCarthageWomen celebrates Tunisian women's past, present, and potential Fresh off the success of its September installment, TEDxCarthage held its latest edition, TEDxCarthageWomen on December 8th, 2013 at... Courtney Joline • 18 December, 2013 Spark TEDx Women
Personal skills are the focus of Mowgli's new entrepreneur mentorship program Entrepreneurs are often advised to choose their partners carefully, as they may end up spending even more time with them than they do with... Hanan Solayman • 29 December, 2013 uk g8 Forsa
Global Entrepreneurship Week Benghazi goes ahead despite unstable situation For the first time, the Libyan city of Benghazi participated in the Global Entrepreneurship Week between November 18th and 24th, despite... Hadeel Houni • 15 December, 2013 GEW
Looly's takes home Startup Cup Maroc It’s official: the Moroccan startup of the year is Looly’s! At least, it’s the startup that won the first edition of Maroc Start... Aline Mayard • 05 December, 2013 events Competitions
Dubai SME debuts the first World Entrepreneurship Forum in the Middle East Dubai SME is set to host the UAE chapter of the World Entrepreneurship Forum to promote entrepreneurial idea exchange and networking ... Wamda • 02 December, 2013 wef entreprenership Dubai
Boris Johnson announces £100 million tech fund for Middle East startups In a move designed to bring booming tech ecosystems in the UK and the Middle East closer together, London mayor Boris Johnson... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 01 November, 2013 boris johnson innotech tech
Dubai's Emaar launches $100 million fund for emerging designers As a series of glamorous events this week in Dubai attract the fashion world’s heavyweights, Emaar, the Middle East’s biggest developer, ha... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 16 October, 2013
Saudi Arabia Hadafi competition offers Saudi women the chance to fund business ideas Last week, Dubai-based social enterprise Potential launched Hadafi, a women’s entrepreneurship program designed to empower women in Saudi A... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 15 October, 2013 Women Hadafi Saudi Arabia
Not another cupcake shop: Bahrain's women entrepreneurs debate what local startups need If there’s one place in the Arab world one can go to understand the complex relationship between women, government, and entrepreneurship i... Nina Curley • 10 October, 2013 Ecosystem
3 ways to build a better city Developing a world-class city often involves creating a healthy entrepreneurial ecosystem. New studies from McKinsey and the National... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 06 October, 2013 Corporate Entrepreneurship Responsibility Government
Shekra and Injaz Al-Arab partner to support crowdfunding with mentorship Fundraising is crucial for startups, but entrepreneurs also need knowledge and experience to realize success. That's why Shekra,... Ahmed Gabr • 06 October, 2013
Stars of Science launches fifth season with more women: 'innovation knows no gender' Stars of Science, the hit pan-Arab science and technology reality-TV competition, returns this Friday, Sept 13 on MBC 4 (8pm KSA), for its... Christina Paschyn • 10 September, 2013 Science Stars of Science Competitions
Digital agency Intigral launches new incubator to help startups reach the Saudi market Ready for a new incubator? Dubai-based digital media company Intigral launched one today, to support startups building digital products... Nina Curley • 04 September, 2013 STC Incubator Saudi Arabia
Flat6Labs debuts a new model; will it set the tone for regional startup acceleration? Accelerators in the Arab world are all the rage lately. For every one that has shut down since we last listed the Top 10... Nina Curley • 02 September, 2013 Accelerators
Why we left Dubai: A Bahraini startup's challenges In a previous post, I wrote about the reasons why my startup (fishfishme.com) made the move to Dubai and how we settled there. Following... Abdullah Alshalabi • 21 August, 2013 Incubator
Moroccan entrepreneurs vent about lack of early stage investment (what really happened to MNF) Can early stage startups still find funding in Morocco? Maroc Numeric Fund (MNF), the country's only major institutional early... Aline Mayard • 19 August, 2013 Government Investment MNF
Is mandatory military service hurting entrepreneurship in Egypt? Imagine what the world would be like if Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg had all been forced to spend three years in... Jonathan Kalan • 05 August, 2013 Government Ecosystem Legal
Can a Saudi matching platform succeed in securing deals for startups online? There's been no shortage of attempts to launch a viable, active angel network in the region; while the Arab Busines Angels... Hanan Solayman • 22 August, 2013 Funding models Investment
Women social entrepreneurs in Upper Egypt get a boost from World Bank competition To support young women social entrepreneurs in Egypt who are promoting job creation, encouraging rural development, and alleviating... Hanan Solayman • 14 August, 2013 Egypt Social Entrepreneurship
How intel is supporting young entrepreneurs in the Arab world [Wamda TV] During Wamda’s Mix N’ Mentor Riyadh this past May, we chatted with Khaled Adas, Strategic Relationship Manager at Intel for the Middle East ... Wamda • 29 July, 2013 Mix n Mentor
Why the employment process in the Arab world is broken, and 4 ways to fix it This piece was originally published on the Huffington Post on July 9, 2013. Let me state the obvious: the employment process is... Nafez Dakkak • 14 July, 2013 Job Creation Youth Government