Wamda

U.A.E

Mix N' Mentor

Mix N’ Mentor brings together promising entrepreneurs with top regional and global mentors. The event includes mentorship...

Palestine

Entrepreneurship in Palestine: More than just a job

For many startups in Palestine, entrepreneurship is not only a choice of employment, but a form of resistance. With restrictions faced by...

Palestinian Diaspora Ecosystem

Regional

What happens when startups fail?

Nearly a century ago, Henry Ford said that failure was simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently. Many...

startup Failure

Regional

Women are driving change in the Middle East tech industry

With more females operating in tech per capita than anywhere else in the world, a new wave of talented individuals are revolutionising the...

Women Entrepreneur Women empowerment women in tech

Regional

Increasing competitiveness in the Arab World

The Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region has the highest unemployment and youth unemployment rate in the world at 10 per...

Palestine

Gaza startup Vidmass raises pre-Seed from Ibtikar and Vision VC

Vidmass, a Gaza-based startup specialising in online video creation, has raised a pre-seed round of investment from early-stage funds...

pre-Seed Investment Ibtikar VC

Lebanon

What does Lebanon need to foster real innovation? Insights from Mix N’ Mentor Beirut

Since the launch of Beirut Digital District (BDD) in 2012, a startup hub was created for Lebanese entrepreneurs to connect, network and...

Mix N' Mentor Mix n Mentor Beirut Mentorship

Regional

Three essential strategies to successfully launch and grow a startup

A lot of startup advice is tactical by nature and thus varies from one context to another, whereas the most transformative advice is more...

Startup Arabia

Global

Tragedy spurs Nigerian entrepreneur to combat scourge of fake medicines

After a friend died from taking a fake malaria pill, Nigerian entrepreneur Vivian Nwakah vowed to help fight the threat of counterfeit and...

Medsaf Healthcare

Global

What these three African entrepreneurs had to say about their path to success

Africa’s entrepreneurs are harnessing technology to solve local and international problems. Whether it’s creating a...

Andela waystocap Sokowatch

Global

Here’s how these four startups are making agriculture more efficient

During a business trip to Switzerland this year, I have had the chance to meet many startups from different parts of the world, but mainly...

Agrocenta Twiga Foods GreenTec

Saudi Arabia

Badir-incubated Biotech startups raised $2.6M in 2017

The Saudi biotech startups incubated by Badir Biotechnology Incubator, under King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology...

Saudi Arabia VC funding Badir Biotechnology Incubator

Ivory Coast

How Ivory Coast is attempting to lead Francophone-African entrepreneurial ecosystems

A review by the World Economic Forum has identified three major trends expected to prompt Africa’s economic growth in the upcoming...

Ivory Coast startups africa

Lebanon

Three students teams awarded by Theemar Tripoli Investment Fund

Theemar Business Idea Competition’s (TBIC) final event was held on Saturday May 12 at AZM Educational Campus. TBIC is a...

lebanon Theemar Tripoli startups

Global

A Nigeria story: Empowering those in need through technology

One of the leaders in the online space in Nigeria, Wole Faroun, the founder and managing director of NetPlusDotCom, is helping launch...

Nigeria Sub-saharan Africa Q&A

U.A.E

Abu Dhabi’s travel and tourism leaders award $100k to four Fikra Labs winners

One month after announcing the 12 shortlisted startups to join a four-week training by Fikra Labs, an acceleration programme for the travel...

Fikra Labs acceleration abu dhabi

Lebanon

Could this 3D-printing startup remove one of the biggest construction costs in Dubai?

I met two startups in less than two weeks working in innovating the construction industry. And this is only in Lebanon. One cannot...

Buildink 3d printing Construction

Egypt

Cairo’s Startups without Borders brings 200 refugee entrepreneurs to learn, share, and give back

Late March, Startups without Borders, a newly-established project that supports refugees in Egypt, gathered around 200 women...

Greek Campus cairo Startups Without Borders

Global

What undeserved emerging markets achieved through tech: Success stories from Seedstars Global Summit

Switzerland was named the fourth happiest place on earth by the United Nations. This European country is home to one of the best...

Emerging Markets Seedstars Global africa

U.A.E

Abu Dhabi's Fikra Labs accelerator selects 12 finalists, embraces hospitality innovation

Weeks after announcing Fikra Labs, an acceleration programme for the travel and tourism industries in Abu Dhabi, 32 startups out of 200...

Fikra Labs bootcamp startups

U.A.E

How to increase your exit chances, widen your audience and keep it simple: Insights from #STEP2018

Entrepreneurs don’t need to refine their pitches or have everything figured out when approaching investors, because great products...

Step Conference 2018 startups

Jordan

Teaching coding will lead digital jobs, and this Jordanian startup is seizing this opportunity

Even though digital talent is still scarce globally, and in the Middle East particularly, the fast-growing digital economy is leading an...

Jordan usa Y Combinator

U.A.E

Dubai-based certified car marketplace raises another $1M

CarSwitch.com, the UAE’s first marketplace for certified cars, has secured an additional $1 million investment led by Dubai Angel...

uae carswitch.com marketplace

Lebanon

Four winning teams at Jusoor’s fourth Entrepreneurship Competition for Syrian startups

Four teams were awarded at Jusoor’s fourth annual entrepreneurship competition and bootcamp for Syrian startups in Beirut. The...

lebanon Jusoor Entrepreneurship Competition Jusoor Entrepreneurship Bootcamp

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