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Lebanon

UK Lebanon Tech Hub’s 15 startups off to London

The startups going to London, and continuing in Beirut received certificates of their achievement. (Images via Lucy Knight) The first 15...

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U.A.E

Melltoo launches premium service

Things are moving fast at Melltoo Marketplace. The Dubai-based mobile classifieds startup has just rolled out a new premium service just a...

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Egypt

Egyptian social entrepreneurship incubator aims to help the neediest

A year ago the Misr El Kheir foundation launched GESR, an Egyptian incubator for social entrepreneurship, with the...

Gesr Egypt Social Entrepreneurship

U.A.E

Taskspotting app raises $1.2M Series A round

Market research app Taskspotting has announced the closing of their Series A round, to the tune of $1.2 million, led by Mena Venture...

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Oman

One-stop shop for Oman’s entrepreneurs launches at Oman SME Summit 2015

Al Sayyid Dr. Adham Turki Al Said addresses the summit. (Images via International Finance Magazine) Omani entrepreneurs in search of...

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Saudi Arabia

How this Saudi app developer is nurturing talent

[Update]: Ibtikar released a new trivia game called HEXA, with tens of thousands of questions in more than 15 different fields...

U.A.E

Mini Exchange secures over $1M in seed funding

Screenshot of MiniExchange for Eid sale. Mini Exchange, an outlet for childrens retailers' and an online marketplace for parents to buy...

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Lebanon

Ride sharing app wins $20K in AUB contest

Lujain Nabaa, Mohamad Nabaa, and Ralph Khairallah of tulos accept this year's AUB Samir and Claude Abillama Eco-Entrepreneurship...

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Regional

Beco Capital's tech investment 'periodic table'

Tech investment firm Beco Capital have concluded that over the last 12 months the VC investment activity within the Middle East...

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Palestine

No electricity, no problem: Startup Grind Gaza succeeds despite obstacles

Despite difficulties, Dave McClure, right, managed to get to Gaza for its second Startup Grind event, and it was a success. (Image via Ain...

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Turkey

500 Startups announces new investment team in Turkey

500 Startups is boosting it’s presence in Turkey. This week the venture firm and early stage accelerator announced new venture partner E...

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Regional

Africa Code Week aims to teach 20,000 children to code in one week

Almost everybody has heard of Code.org, the American non-profit that aims to get kids to code. They’re hard to miss. In 2013, the o...

Africa code week Coding for Kids

Regional

Watch the Makers: Stars of Science season 7 promises surprises

Summer is out, schools are in and so is the biggest edutainment reality TV program of the region, Stars of Science (SOS). The show, an...

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Turkey

Network with Dave McClure and more at Startup Istanbul 2015 [Discount]

Startup Istanbul is one of the largest networking events for startups in the region. It’s main purpose is to allow networking of...

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U.A.E

Al Ahli Group acquires US based social media company theAudience

Oliver Luckett during an interview with TheWrap UAE based conglomerate Al Ahli Holding Group has acquired theAudience, a social-media and...

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Kuwait

Mix N’Mentor lands in Kuwait for the first time

During the Facebook workshop at Beirut's Mix N'Mentor in September 2015. (Image via Sam Fakhoury) Mix N’ Mentor is finally heading to...

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Palestine

Startup Grind Ramallah hosts Dave McClure

It was clear at Startup Grind Ramallah on Thursday that teams matter less in comparison with the actual product or service they’re s...

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Jordan

The 4 challenges facing Jordan’s IT students

Students attending the Zinc workshop. (Images via Tala El Issa) Breaking into the world of IT can be tough for anyone, but in a region...

Superiors robotics MEMakers

U.A.E

Compareit4me closes Series A round of $3M

Compareit4me, the Dubai-based price comparison site for financial products has closed a Series A round of $3 million, lead by STC...

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U.A.E

Ro’Ya: Developing the UAE’s female entrepreneurs

2015 applicants attend a Ro'Ya workshop. (Images via Ro'Ya) Women are driving entrepreneurship in the UAE, and the people behind the...

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Jordan

Do employers still care about your college degree?

Just how important is a university degree? It depends on the field of study and who you ask. Wamda posed this question to employers,...

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Egypt

Dubai classifieds platform dubizzle acquired by OLX

[Update: September 17th - Dubizzle has invested $1 million in fashion marketplace app Shedd] Dubai’s classified ads website dubizzle has b...

OLX acquisition Dubizzle

Lebanon

Marketplace Edition pulls in the entrepreneurs for Mix N’ Mentor Beirut

Getting to know you. Mix N' Mentor Beirut kicks off. (Images Wamda with Sam Fakhoury) Not too far from the location of recent...

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U.A.E

HR software Beneple acquired 8 months after launch

Putting the fun back into HR admin. When HR management startup, Beneple announced this week that they were acquired by a regulated...

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