Syria Startup Weekend Damascus: here are the winners! Tabbakh Rou7o, an app that matches home cooks with customers seeking affordable meals, snagged the first prize at Startup Weekend Damascus... Maysaa Ajjan • 21 August, 2016 Startup Weekend Damascus syria
U.A.E Astrolabs: diversifying innovation in Dubai [Q&A] This is an edited crosspost from Knowledge@Wharton. Muhammed Mekki is well equipped for his mission to promote a robust startup culture... Knowledge @Wharton • 18 August, 2016 Astrolabs Google Dubai
Egypt Egyptian superhero startup wants to save comics Koshk Comics has a plan to take over the world, but unlike the nefarious comic villains who normally wield that line they’re aiming... Rachel Williamson • 18 August, 2016 Koshk Comics Egypt Lamis
Regional Startup Watch: Google Duo, Dropbox IPO and squirting guns The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your... Maya Rahal • 18 August, 2016 Startup Watch Google Duo DropBox
Regional Test your market with these 6 prototyping tools This is an edited crosspost from Nuwait. Some entrepreneurs think that prototyping delays the launch of the real product and could... Reine Farhat • 17 August, 2016 Protoytping Axure RP Nuwait
Egypt Egypt fintech startups prepare for lift off In a country where only 14 percent of people have bank accounts, fintech startups servicing Egyptians’ unmet needs are playing on a... Radwa Rashad • 17 August, 2016 Fintech Egypt Dopay
Regional Why digital access is essential to economic development Digital. It's a byword for modern life and how we move our homes and cities forward. Back in May, Dubai hosted the 22nd GCC Smart... Archana Menon • 17 August, 2016 smart government Smart Cities
Tunisia Surviving the Ben Ali regime: a Tunisian entrepreneur success story Badreddine Ouali is a model for the new generation of Tunisian entrepreneurs, but he never planned his career. Today, after blazing a... Jazem Halioui • 16 August, 2016 Corruption Europe Vermeg
Regional Making the best of a child’s addiction In the 90s, parents hid Gameboys from their children on high shelves and under heavy mattresses. This year, with face-to-screen time at... Dana Ballout • 16 August, 2016 Play My Way children Education
Lebanon Asmahan Zein shares the highlights of her journey [Wamda TV] Asmahan Zein founded and built data management company Infofort in Lebanon after working for 27 years at Aramex. She’s the... Maya Rahal • 16 August, 2016 Asmahan Zein infofort aramex
Regional What I know about investing in content: Turi Munthe A little over two years ago, the MENA region witnessed the first big acquisition of a media company. Diwanee, a Dubai-based digital... Maya Rahal • 15 August, 2016 digital content demotix WIK
Regional 5 medical solutions startups from MENA Research suggests that the global medical device market will grow by 14 percent between 2016 and 2020. However, VC investment in medical... Lucy Knight • 15 August, 2016 Healthcare medical solutions Slighter
Saudi Arabia Foodics: the Saudis taking on Gulf restaurant giants In Saudi, the food and beverage (F&B) sector is one of the largest in the Gulf. Probably no surprise there, as in MENA food and... Ahmed Gabr • 14 August, 2016 Foodics ksa Alwans
Morocco New Work Class trains Morocco's aspiring entrepreneurs Each ecosystem has its quirks and setbacks. One of Morocco’s was that it lacked a training program for entrepreneurs outside of... Aline Mayard • 14 August, 2016 New Work Lab NWL Training
Egypt The startups mapping Cairo's in between spaces Informality is the rule in Cairo, be it the sprawling extra-legal settlements that form a moat around the city center, forgotten alleys... Rachel Williamson • 14 August, 2016 Cluster Egypt CUIP
Maghreb An IoT craze in Algeria? For the few Algerian startups commercializing Internet of Things (IoT) products, starting out was hard. Just two years ago, the mere... Aline Mayard • 14 August, 2016 makerspaces IoT algeria
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