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Jordan

#MixNMentor Amman provokes heated debates

During the morning opening talk. (Images via Wamda) Jordan entrepreneurs never disappoint, even when they could take the day off for a...

Mix N' Mentor 2016 mix n mentor Amman Jordan

Maghreb

Big changes for Tunisia as Flat6labs, Le15 launch

Last week Flat6labs announced their launch in Tunisia, alongside the brand new startup hub Le15, marking a huge leap forward for the...

Flat6Labs Tunis Le15 seed investment

U.A.E

Family offices a new addition to investment landscape

Family offices are the new breed of investor in the MENA tech sector, according to Beco Capital. The UAE-based investment firm, has...

Periodic table investors BECO Capital

Saudi Arabia

Solar panel cleaning startup closes $1M Series A

Saudi-based startup NOMADD has closed a Series A round of $1 million. NOMADD, which stands for ‘no water mechanical automated...

Investment and acquisitions MEMakersGE NOMADD

U.A.E

Startup and corporation collaboration gets a boost #Expo2020xWamda

Corporation, big business, multinational, mega-corp - whatever noun you prefer to use, they need you, and by ‘you’ we mean...

CE Summit Collaborative Entrepreneurship expo 2020

U.A.E

IT platform Geeks raises $600K seed round

And 6500 happy customers. (Image via Geeks) Geeks.ae, an on-demand tech services platform that helps connect consumers and business...

Geeks investments Wamda Capital

Egypt

Flat6Labs and Barclays launch a fintech accelerator in Egypt

Ahmad Alfi speaking during the launch of Accelerator 1864. (Image via Flat6Labs) Yesterday Cairo-based Flat6labs announced the...

Flat6LabsCairo fin-tech accelerator

U.A.E

Payfort launches 3rd edition of the State of Payments

The Arab world could see $69 billion in online payment transactions per year by 2020. (Image via Wamda) Saudis and Emiratis have...

State of Payments 2016 Payfort Report

Regional

Activate and accelerate: 14 CE tools for corporations

In May of this year, British banking and financial services company Barclays partnered with Flat6Labs to open Egypt's first...

Expo 2020 Dubai Collaborative Entrepreneurship corporations

Maghreb

Tunis-based Expensya raises seed round in France

Expensya's team in their office in Cogite coworking space, Tunis. (Image via Expensyia) On Monday, almost a year after their launch,...

seed round expense reports expensya

U.A.E

Bitoasis secures seed funding led by Wamda Capital

Fintech startup Bitoasis has announced its first round of funding, an undisclosed sum led by Wamda Capital. The round included Barry...

Coindesk Wamda Capital Bitcoin

Egypt

Cantalop signs on for $100,000 angel investment

Egypt is brimming with job search sites on the cusp of expansion. (Image via Cantalop) Two years after its launch, Egyptian job search...

youth unemployment Egypt unemployment rate job search

U.A.E

Global incubator 1776 announces Dubai location

The number of startups coming out of the UAE is on the rise closely followed by coworking spaces, incubators and accelerators. The...

Government support 1776 incubators

Turkey

Turkey’s nascent sector: UX design

Over 600 attendees keen to learn how to enhance customer experience. (Images via Lorena Rios) User experience design (UX) is an evolving...

Userspots UX Alive UX design

Egypt

Is Alexandria coming out of Cairo's shadow?

Alexandria still has Cairo hustle, but not the size. (Image via Pinterest) Alexandria is Egypt’s second largest city - its five million p...

Jordan

Meet the 16-year olds who brought the NASA Space Apps hackathon to Jordan

The pilots of NASA Space Apps Amman: Rasha Khateeb (left) and Maram Abu Hussein (right). (Images via Sam Wendel) The countdown to Jordan’s ...

NASA Space Apps Challenge Zain Group MEMakersGE

Lebanon

Brate raises $400K in seed funding

Lebanese startup Brate announced yesterday that it raised $400,000 in seed funding from a New York based angel...

brate Seed funding investement

Maghreb

Are you entrepreneur material? This app will tell you

Have you got what it takes to be an entrepreneur? (Image via Rachel Williamson) If you’re working in a corporate job and have a startup i...

Founders Test hidden founders app

U.A.E

Reserveout raises $4M Series A

Dubai-based Reserveout announced on Sunday that it has raised a Series A round of over $4 million led by regional VC firm Silicon...

announcement ReserveOut silicon badia

Jordan

A Startup Week first for the Arab World

Salwa Qattan, left, from Careem, Fouad Jeryes from CashBasha, and Rahmeh Abu Shweimeh of She Cab. (Image via Tala El Issa) For its...

Mlabbas She Cab Startup Week

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

Jordan

10 new Jordanian startups for Enpact

After welcoming eight Jordanian fellows into its network in 2015, Enpact has returned to provide assistance to 10 others this April. A...

Startup Haus Enpact Oasis500

U.A.E

IoT devices winning big

The Mosaikx team with their giant cheque. (Image via Future Technology Week) A Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry...

The hive future technology week MEMakersGE

U.A.E

Crowd Analyzer wins pitching competition at Dubai Lynx [Video]

Crowd Analyzer is going to Cannes in June, after it won Wamda’s 'Startup Alley' pitching competition at this year's Dubai L...

Startup Alley Dubai Lynx Crowd Analyzer

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