Kuwait The impact of Ramadan on social media users This article is a crosspost with Nuwait. The holy month of Ramadan is an opportunity for its adherents to both do good and practice self... Ahmed Gabr • 10 July, 2016 socialobby ghaliah Nuwait
Egypt 12 coworking spaces for startups in Egypt [Wamda TV] By 2012 the coworking space scene in Cairo and Alexandria was vibrant. Four years on, some have disappeared, some have expanded,... Aline Mayard • 10 July, 2016 302Labs AlMaqarr Coworking Space Business Yard
Kuwait Noor Al Qatami: one 2016's most powerful Arab women This is an edited crosspost from Nuwait. Kuwaiti Noor Al-Qatami was chosen as one of the 100 most powerful Arab women in... Ana Tadic • 07 July, 2016 Noor Al Qatami Saveco kuwait
Maghreb Is Algeria ready for Aquasafe's IoT? Is Algeria ready for IoT? In 2013 Iman Malek was certainly wondering: her company Aquasafe had created Internet-connected tools to allow... Aline Mayard • 07 July, 2016 aquaculture IoT Agriculture
U.A.E In5 Media Hub, latest incubator with industry approach Dubai-based incubator In5 is finally putting the finishing touches to its media-focused hub. First announced in November 2015 they... Daria Solovieva • 06 July, 2016 in5 In5 media hub Payfort
Maghreb New $51M World Bank fund to target Morocco Morocco has been missing a strong investment fund dedicated to startups, but this will change in autumn when the World Bank launches a... Aline Mayard • 05 July, 2016 Financement world bank morocco
U.A.E 500 Startups invests in UAE gifting marketplace UAE-based gift-giving platform Joi has recieved investment from 500 Startups. With this first round founders Ritesh Tilani and... Natasha D'Souza • 05 July, 2016 500 startups joi gifts Investment
Regional Startups and VCs: it doesn't have to be complicated The relationship between an investor and an investee is sometimes delicate. One is fronting up with cash and faith that it’ll go... Maya Rahal • 05 July, 2016 due diligence startups VCs
Regional What I know about mentoring: Kathleen Bury Despite having alumni spread across 14 countries the UK-based foundation Mowgli is still having to work very hard to get people to... Lucy Knight • 04 July, 2016 Mowgli relationships
Syria High risk, high reward: Mag Optics wants to change the way we see Biotech is a high risk, high cost, high reward world. It's one that Mag Optics, a London-based startup founded by a Syrian... Rachel Williamson • 04 July, 2016 MAG Optics lasik MEMakersGE
Egypt Ramadan a flash point for Egypt food startups Egyptians’ food spending over Ramadan hit an average of 35 billion Egyptian pounds (US$3.5 billion), or about 15 percent of their... Eman Mostafa • 03 July, 2016 Agrimatic Akla Baity Yumamia
Regional MENA by the numbers: what do they really mean? Internet penetration, media consumption or ecommerce spending rates all tell one piece of a broader story about how the internet is being... Rachel Williamson • 03 July, 2016 Payfort infographics Data
Regional Meet the makers: GE Garages and the future of industrial entrepreneurship As the MENA region grapples with non-hydrocarbon diversification in the aftermath of the oil price shock, a slew of strategic announcements... Vanessa Khalil • 03 July, 2016 MEMakersGE GEMS robotics
Global The future of everything: tech of 2016 [Infographic] The technology you hear about everyday - artificially intelligent robots, self driving cars - are just the tip of science these... Rachel Williamson • 30 June, 2016 Systems Metabolic Engineering open AI perovskite
Jordan For tech’s sake, get out of our way [Opinion] Last October we found out the royal court wanted some major changes to reawaken Jordan’s technology sector. This was no surprise... Laith Zraikat • 30 June, 2016 regulation Opinion Policy
Global Religious readings get innovative This article is a crosspost with MIT Technology Review Arab Edition. It is quite common in religious circles to read Islam’s holy... MIT Technology Review • 30 June, 2016 Brandwise-apps Quran Khatma sawab