Egypt 8 lessons for new founders [Opinion] In August I officially completed my first year of being fully dedicated to my food startup Yumamia. It’s been a year of hard... Belal El Borno • 29 September, 2016 Opinion first time founder Yumamia
Palestine Hackathon seeks to boost tourism in Bethlehem Nearly 100 people gathered for Palestine’s first tourism industry-led hackathon in Bethlehem on September 22. The three day event... Christina Ganim • 29 September, 2016 hackathon palestine Bethlehem
Global Startup Watch: It pays to listen, no to networking and solar for Lebanon? Here’s a roundup of what we’ve been reading this week on how to approach networking in the most effective way possible, how we... Lucy Knight • 29 September, 2016 Startup Watch solar power Uber
Morocco The Moroccan doctor who wants to rethink medicine Next year should be the first time a 100 percent Moroccan made medicine will be commercialized. Adnane Remmal, a biology researcher,... Yassine Bakir • 28 September, 2016 biotech drugs Medical
Regional 10 October events for MENA entrepreneurs As the MENA region’s entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem blossoms and grows, so do the events, conferences, and competitions.... Dana Ballout • 28 September, 2016 Arabnet kuwait startup istanbul
Lebanon Growing organically in Lebanon can be tough Reema Mansour Maamari challenges you to make your own granola. “Why shouldn’t you make your own granola? It’s so easy. If... Lucy Knight • 28 September, 2016 biolicious lebanon Organic Food
Jordan Hello World Kids teaches programming in Jordanian schools After Hanan Khader travelled to Silicon Valley in 2013 to represent her Jordanian company Aqar-Estate as part of the TechWomen program, she... Tala El Issa • 27 September, 2016 Hello World Kids Jordan Hanan Khader
Lebanon Launch Summit experts advise entrepreneurs to begin with solving local problems “Right now is a good time to be an entrepreneur… Ten years ago, if you said you’re an entrepreneur people thought you... Dana Ballout • 27 September, 2016 Launch Summit Altcity techstars
Global Branding outside the box [Wamda TV] When design consultant Ashley Shaffer and her team were asked to help a long established US insurance company to appeal to a younger... Lucy Knight • 27 September, 2016 ideo MIT Media Lab uae
U.A.E Compareit4me closes $2.4M funding round The financial comparison site Compareit4me.com has closed a funding round of $2.4 million. According to a statement released by the... Lucy Knight • 26 September, 2016 Investment Compareit4me.com Wamda Capital
Tunisia What I know about social entrepreneurship: Camille Courtaud Social entrepreneurship, high impact entrepreneurship, social business, impact investing, so many mysterious words. What do they mean? Do... Aline Mayard • 26 September, 2016 Social Entrepreneurship Social Business Yunus Social Business
U.A.E Dubai-based The Luxury Closet closes Series B round of $7.8M The Luxury Closet has closed a Series B round of $7.8 million. Led by Wamda Capital, the investment is one of the highest in MENA this... Dana Ballout • 26 September, 2016 The Luxury Closet Wamda Capital Kunal Kapoor
Egypt Going cashless in Egypt with Paymob It is no secret that cash and informal transactions are still the norm in Egypt. Cash transactions account for 40 percent of the... Radwa Rashad • 26 September, 2016 Paymob Egypt banking
Pakistan Making money from Pakistan’s darkness This article is the second in a series on solar energy in Pakistan. You can read the first article here. Imagine yourself living tens,... Rachel Williamson • 26 September, 2016 pakistan solar energy Nizam Energy
U.A.E Could this Dubai startup have produced the world’s thinnest smartphone? A Dubai-based startup claims to have manufactured the thinnest smartphone available worldwide, with a width of 4.6 mm (a little more than... Maysaa Ajjan • 25 September, 2016 carbon works Dubai smartphone
U.A.E NYUAD Idea Lab rebrands to Start AD Initially created to help students, New York University Abu Dhabi’s Idea Lab will be known as Start AD starting this month.... Archana Menon • 25 September, 2016 NYU Abu Dhabi MEMakersGE Start AD
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