Wamda

Jordan

University of Jordan launches entrepreneurship innovation center

A look the University of Jordan's Innovation Center. (Image via UJ News Press Release) The University of Jordan recently announced that it...

Injaz UJIC University of Jordan

Lebanon

Speed@BDD sends two startups off to Silicon Valley

Two of Speed@BDD’s first six startups are off to Silicon Valley. The accelerator’s CEO Sami Abou Saab said Rational Pixels...

NAR Rational Pixels Speed@BDD

Maghreb

Impact of the VoIP ban in Morocco on the economy and entrepreneurship

Skype, WhatsApp calls and Viber are gradually becoming unavailable in Morocco. (Image via The Huffington Post) It was hard to miss the...

SmartVPN Genious morocco

Maghreb

How the Tunisian government revived its economy [Opinion]

Tunisia in 2025 is quite different from the Tunisia of the Arab spring (Image via Hongkiat) * This is a hypothetical look-back from the...

revival startups economy

U.A.E

Souq.com sells CashU

Regional ecommerce site Souq.com has sold its online payment arm CashU. In what is known as a ‘management buyout’ the company was pur...

investments Online payments Genero Capital

Egypt

Seeding success at Cairo Innovates

The Cairo Innovates tech fair was held at the historic Baron Palace. (Image via Cairo Innovates) Youth technology fair Cairo Innovates is...

Eqotaqa Beetw Green Battery

U.A.E

Laundrybox expands its services

At the end of 2015 Laundrybox’s business model, and solid teamwork, secured them the third place at Forbes Middle East’s 15 Most Promising ...

Forbes Laundry Box Funding

U.A.E

A mobile growth workshop with a touch of Silicon Valley

Those magic micro-moments. (Image via Nagi Salloum) in5 Innovation Centre hosted the Mobile Growth Academy workshop with Nagi Salloum,...

TangoMe Mobile growth Academy In5 Innovation Centre

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,...

Catalyst Performly DishDino

Saudi Arabia

Youth on show at ArabNet Riyadh

Ben Maher, executive director at EMEA Mashable, speaking about creating Arabic digital content. (Images via Twitter) Saudi Arabia’s young p...

Buildify B8ak Non

Regional

PayFort releases two new tools for ecommerce startups

Omar Soudodi during Mix N'Mentor Dubai in December 2015. (Image via Wamda) PayFort announced December 15 the release of two new...

The FORT START Payfort

Saudi Arabia

Two KSA startups headed to Get in the Ring regional competition

Get in the Ring combines the excitement of a boxing match with the mentorship and networking opportunities of a startup pitch contest....

Vanoman Myndplay get in the ring

Lebanon

Lebanese outpitch internationals at BDL Accelerate

ReAble cofounders Paul Safi and Emile Sawaya. (Image via ReAble) BDL Accelerate's Early Stage Startup Competition saw a staggering...

Early Stage Startup Competition BDL Accelerate Banque du Liban

U.A.E

7 minutes in an Infiniti Q70 for a shot at $40,000

Your passion was unmatched! Congratulations to our 3 entrepreneurs, we can't wait to see what's next for you! pic.twitter.com/I3etOE5IJC — ...

Bookr Infiniti Lab infiniti

Top 6 questions raised at Mix N'Mentor Dubai

U.A.E

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

RiseUp Summit meets expectations, beats them

A closing keynote: how does entrepreneurship impact on the economy? Well, it depends who you ask. (Images via Rachel...

Oak Investment Partners YCombinator US Aid

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...

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...

Dave McClure Hasan Haider 500 startups

U.A.E

Cisco Dubai successfully hosts IoT World Forum Hackathon

In first place SmartX team with the judges. (Images via BeMyApp) Right on the heels of the Internet of Things World Forum (IoTWF) in...

IoTWorldForum IoT MEMakers

Maghreb

Moroccan smart car app competition to boost local industry

The future of cars? (Image via McMaster.ca) Forgetting where you parked your car is an embarrassing problem that’s about to become a t...

MagNav self-driving car applications

Regional

Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority's Annual Tech Startups Pitching Competition

For The Entrepreneur Day, tech entrepreneurs from all over the world are invited to apply to DSOA's Annual Tech Startups Pitching C...

DSOA competition Dubai

U.A.E

UAE Innovation Week: 800 activities, hackathons, labs, and workshops

Dubai ranked second globally in government procurement of advanced technology products (Images via GE Hewar blog) From November...

UAE innovation week MEMakers Innovation

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

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