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Turbines bring winds of change to the West Bank

In 2010, Fadi Quran came back to Palestine during winter break from his senior year at Stanford University, where he was studying Physics...

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MySportner founder Kenza Bennani on her greatest challenges, and big plans for the future

The New Work Lab, a Moroccan co-working space based in Casablanca, recently held the first edition of Pitch Lab won by MySportner....

mysportner new work labs morocco

Gaza's startups offered outside acceleration and funding for the first time

For the first time ever, startups from Gaza have been accepted to receive mentorship and seed investment from regional accelerators. After...

Gaza palestine Funding

Can Bitcoin transform Africa?

If there is one thing to know about payments in Africa, it’s that digital money is poised to disrupt transactions on the continent. Now t...

Bitcoin

Global Entrepreneurship Week Benghazi goes ahead despite unstable situation

For the first time, the Libyan city of Benghazi participated in the Global Entrepreneurship Week between November 18th and 24th, despite...

GEW

Gamification startup KidzWeekend wins Startup Weekend Dubai

Startup Weekend Dubai is quickly becoming a rite of passage for many serious startups, who come to the weekend like a band of travelers...

Startup Weekend

Looly's takes home Startup Cup Maroc

It’s official: the Moroccan startup of the year is Looly’s! At least, it’s the startup that won the first edition of Maroc Start...

events Competitions

Global

littleBits, led by a Lebanese founder, releases Synth Kit, secures $11.1M investment

Lebanese entrepreneur and maker Ayah Bdeir’s startup littleBits, which has been hailed as the LEGO of electronics, has just released its n...

Electronics Hardware littlebits

Maghreb

A co-working space to develop the Tunisian entrepreneurial ecosystem

Who better than entrepreneurs to solve Tunisia’s most pressing social, economic and environmental challenges and contribute to t...

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Startup news ticker: ArabNet announces the three winners; Bayt launches People Search

Welcome to Wamda's weekly startup news ticker, which will offer quick announcements and stories relevant to the region. If you have a quick...

LinkedIn E-commerce

How an Egyptian traffic app partnered with the Kuwaiti government [Wamda TV]

If you ask a random big city resident about their city’s main problem, it’s very likely that their response will be the traffic. With more a...

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Dubai SME debuts the first World Entrepreneurship Forum in the Middle East

Dubai SME is set to host the UAE chapter of the World Entrepreneurship Forum to promote entrepreneurial idea exchange and networking ...

wef entreprenership Dubai

PayPal announces regional discounts for Black Friday and Cyber Monday

Buyers throughout the Middle East will have access to discounts and sales on US websites this Friday and next Monday, thanks to a new deal...

PayPal

Can a private equity firm seed a viable startup ecosystem in Tunisia?

Update 01/03/2014: This article has been edited to take into account new informations. Startup investment in Tunisia is often...

tunisia VC Incubator

Wamda's Mix N' Mentor is coming back to Dubai!

Coming up right after our stop in Jeddah, the Mix N’ Mentor Roadshow 2013 will next head back to Dubai to close out Wamda’s 2013 MnM tour a...

Mix n Mentor

The Middle East gets its first peer-to-peer lending site, with Sharia compliance

Looking back at the year, 2013 has clearly been the year of crowdfunding– especially in emerging markets and the Middle East. This y...

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Startup Weekend Baghdad reveals an early but growing Iraqi ecosystem

Editor's note: When it comes to the startup scene in Iraq, we haven't seen a lot of activity, although opportunities are growing,...

Startup Weekend

8 leading startups get connected with Silicon Valley at MENA Innovation DemoDay

Despite the instabilities at home, Egyptian startups are gaining global recognition for their innovations lately; it’s not just that I...

techwadi palinno disrupt

2014 NYU Abu Dhabi Annual International Hackathon for Social Good in the Arab World

The 2014 New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) Annual International Hackathon for Social Good in the Arab World will be held in the...

nyu hackathon abu dhabi

Startup news ticker: Int@j connects Jordanian and Saudi companies; Souq.com launches Cyber Week

Welcome to Wamda's weekly startup news ticker, which will offer quick announcements and stories relevant to the region. If you have a quick...

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New meetup at Morocco's New Work Lab awards MySportner startup of the month

The Moroccan co-working space New Work Lab has launched a new meetup called Pitch Lab, giving entrepreneurs the opportunity to pitch...

pitch lab new work labs morocco

Experienced entrepreneurs battle at Startup Weekend Ramallah

The startup ecosystem in Palestine is maturing, and nowhere was that more evident than at the second Startup Weekend in Ramallah this...

Mentorship Startup Weekend

How are teenagers using social networks? Can Shots of Me surpass Facebook?

Shots of Me, the new social network for selfies (photos taken of oneself), has famously raised $1.1 million USD in a seed-funding round...

shots of me teenagers Social Networks

Ad network ikoo closes offices in Saudi, Kuwait and Egypt for strategic refocusing

Several days ago, we received confirmation that ikoo had closed its offices in Saudi Arabia (Jeddah and Riyadh), Kuwait, and...

ikoo

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