Wamda

Jordan

Data science: how is it good for government?

All those zeros and ones - how can you make the most of them? (Image via Digitalgov.gov) “Understanding and innovating with data...

Kai Chan INSEAD data science

Egypt

Hub in a Box creates off-the-shelf plan for hub finances

Hub 'DNA' - working out what's essential and what's not. (Image via Eduard Cousin) Asking Adam Molyneux-Berry about Hub in a Box is...

Global Innovation Gathering ImpactHubs Naweya

Lebanon

Circular 331: where has Lebanon's money gone?

It is said that innovation is an entrepreneur’s best friend. But in Lebanon a strong second contender has to be the central...

Lebanon for Entrepreneurs Berytech Fund Startup Megaphone

Regional

Edtech and the future of work in MENA

Countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are in the midst of a tremendous inflection point, with the future of the...

Refugee Open Ware Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for Education Fourth Industrial Revolution

Jordan

Has foreign investment helped Jordanian SMEs and entrepreneurs?

Jordanian NGO Leaders of Tomorrow (LoT) was recently doing some research on the history of local economic reform. It brought them to the...

Diwanieh Foreign Direct Investment Leaders of Tomorrow

Maghreb

Moroccan politicians cheer for startups at Pitch Lab

The audience is taking the floor during the 28th Pitch Lab. (Images via New Work Lab) Morocco's Pitch Lab has begun to reach...

Manageo.ma Mozaic Parking The Wall Games

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...

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...

Founder Institute tunisia

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...

cleantech incubator Ahmed Huzayyin GIZ

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...

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...

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...

BIM Bahrain Investment Market Cloud Accelerator

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...

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...

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...

I3zif.com Zain incubator Coding Circle

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 ...

Mea 360 Just Mop Guiddoo World

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...

Bedaya Startup Academy Bedaya

Maghreb

Why accelerators are flocking to Tunisia

Are you ready for more Demodays? (Image via Flat6Labs) Tunisia has an impressive number of entrepreneurship training and mentoring...

Start'act Wikistartup Founders Institute

Maghreb

Algeria to get its first coworking space

Coworking and more at Sylabs (Image via Sylabs) The Algerian web community has many brillant tech minds, motivated marketers, and...

sylabs algeria Coworking Spaces

Egypt

Incubators prompt entrepreneurship in Upper Egypt

Hemma encouraged students at Assiut University to apply with innovative ideas. (Images via Hemma) Cairo often takes all the attention of...

Holol Techno-Falah Upper Egypt

Maghreb

Tangiers Technopark, future hotspot for Moroccan tech? [Q&A]

Marouane Chelli has great ambitions for the newly launched Technopark in Tangiers. [Image via Marouane Chelli] After launching in...

tangiers tanger Technopark

Maghreb

Morocco’s Eiréné4Impact in the push for social entrepreneurs

Future Moroccan entrepreneurs learning about social entrepreneurship at Impact Camp. (Images via Sara Kaddaoui) This fall, school is back...

impact entrepreneurship Eiréné4Impact morocco

Regional

London calling

A Lebanese, a Briton, a Dutchman and an Italian walk into a London investment firm. They bond over hip hop. One year later they launch a...

Braci Hoxton Ventures Slidr

Maghreb

NUMA to bring French expertise to Morocco's startups

Jordan has Oasis500, Egypt has Flat6Labs, now Morocco has NUMA. The famous French innovation hub announced today that they are going to...

NUMA Eiréné4Impact morocco

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