Wamda

U.A.E

Crowd Analyzer wins Startup Alley pitching competition at #DubaiLynx

From left to right: Ahmed Saad CEO and Bahaa Galal CTO, happy winners. (Images by Maya Rahal). New startups need contacts, and the...

Exhibition Startup Alley Dubai Lynx

Maghreb

Deadline for application to Espace Bidaya incubator in Casablanca

Amine Slaoui taking the mic at the kickoff ceremony (image via Espace Bidaya) Following the launch of their coworking space in Casablanca...

espace bidaya

Maghreb

Droidcon Tunis, the government backs startups

The Tunisian minister drop the suit for the fifth edition of Droidcon in Tunisia. (image via Tekiano) Over the weekend, huge crowds of...

noomen fehri Droidcon Tunisia Taher Mestiri

Global

Governments and startups, where the two can merge

Amongst the snow capped Swiss mountains a crop of startups selected from emerging markets descended on the chilly town of Lausanne for the...

Government reform Omniup Merchandiser

Lebanon

Robots and races at ArabNet maker day

Teens displayed their car robots in a Robotic fight show at ArabNet Beirut. (Image via Kalimat) The maker movement is gathering pace...

Axel Space Alex hackerspace panels

Egypt

Egyptian contests put innovation front and center

Prolimb, the winning project, picks up nerve impulses to help the wearer move his or her fingers. (Images via...

Rimagine EbniAccelerator Esha 3almashy

Lebanon

Content was king at ArabNet Beirut

Full house. (Image via Hasna Frangieh) Content was king at ArabNet Beirut this year and it didn’t take Quantum...

Arabnet Beirut 2016 content Online video

Regional

Network International to acquire Emerging Markets Payments for $340M

Private equity firm Actis confirmed today its agreement to sell EMP (Emerging Markets Payments), a payments business in Africa and the...

Emerging Markets Payments Network International acquisition

U.A.E

GE, MENA startups come together on common ground [Video]

During the last quarter of 2015, Wamda and General Electric (GE) kicked off a new common activity, the ‘GE MEMakers Mentorship Program’. Th...

MEMakers GE Venture Program MEMakers program

Regional

Zain Group acquires strategic stake in Lebanese company FOO

In the picture from left to right: Emre Gurkan (Zain Group Chief Strategy and Business Development Officer), Scott Gegenheimer,...

neXgen Zain Group Foo

Regional

How low oil prices are battering MENA [Crosspost]

This is an edited crosspost from Knowledge@Wharton. In late 2015, Saudi Arabia announced a record budget deficit of $98 billion, its...

AstroLabs Dubai oil prices crosspost

Jordan

Dissecting Jordan’s diverse fintech scene

Madfoo3atCom, EMP, and CBJ celebrate the launch of eFawaterCom. (Image via MadfooatCom) In May 2015, the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ)...

eFawateerCom central bank of jordan fin-tech

Lebanon

Dream Matcher makes entrepreneurs' dreams come true

Dreamers writing their wishes on their 'dream wall'. (Images via The Dream Matcher) For the past four years, The Dream Matcher...

Imagine Cup The Dream Matcher Lebtivity

Global

Stripe announces Atlas to help any startup register in the US

Inside Stripe offices. (Image via Stripe) MENA startups will soon be able to register their companies in the US, as Stripe announced last...

Stripe Atlas Stripe START

Jordan

Jordan ed-tech startup secures deal with UNRWA

The EDaura team. Founder and CEO Nidal Khalifeh at far left, cofounder Muneer Saifi third from left, standing. (Image via Samuel...

lms skoolizer edaura

Lebanon

Maker Movement and fintech: what to expect at Arabnet Beirut

Christidis speaking at Arabnet Beirut 2015. (Image via Arabnet) The maker movement has been heating up in Lebanon for the past few...

Omar christidis Arabnet Beirut 2016 makers

U.A.E

OfficeRock.com raises $800K from Wamda Capital and Jabbar

Office supplies on the move. (Image via OfficeRock) Ecommerce platform for office supplies, OfficeRock.com announced today that it secured...

OfficeRock Jabbar Internet Group Wamda Capital

Regional

Aramex, PayPal combine forces for ecommerce solution

Aramex and PayPal are working together to get around cross-border shipping and payments issues. (Image...

aramex PayPal E-commerce

Bahrain

Vinli launches in Bahrain

Making driving more seamless in a growing market. (Image via Vinli) Connected car platform Vinli is launching in Bahrain, its first stop...

VIVA Bahrain M2M Vinli

Palestine

Exoskeleton gives the gift of movement

AZR’s exoskeleton prototype is being tested in the lab. (Images via AZR Team) Three Birzeit University students in the West Bank have b...

Handicapped Exoskeleton Birzeit University

Egypt

Enhancing Egypt’s creative economy

Hisham Basha, Azza Fahmy and moderator Ahmed El Attar discuss Egypt's creative economy. (Images via Eman Mostafa) Creative industries that...

creative economy British Council Egypt British Council

U.A.E

UAE cleaning platform gets investment from Yemeksepeti founder

Outsourcing your housework can be a chore, pun intended. (Image via Stephen Swintek/Getty Images) JustMop, the latest addition to a...

Just Mop cleaning yemeksepeti

Regional

Why we invest in online marketplaces [Opinion]

Driven by mobile penetration rates and user growth, online marketplaces present tantalizing oportunities for investors. (Image via...

Wajdi Ghoussoub Middle East Venture Partners volt

Syria

20 Syrian startups join Jusoor bootcamp in Beirut

Jusoor bootcamp starts in February. Jusoor has selected 20 startups for the second phase of its Entrepreneurship Program...

jusoor Jusoor Entrepreneurship Bootcamp syria

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