Maghreb Look to Africa, says Moroccan startup godfather Casapplanca’s founder sees most of its traction in Egypt and Nigeria. (Image via Casapplanca) Taher Alami is often c... Aline Mayard • 17 April, 2016 cassaplanca Adweb Taher Alami
Syria Syrian entrepreneur invents capsule to replace water chlorination From the left: Louay Otba between cofounders of Jusoor Aziza Osman and Dania Ismail (Image via Louay Otba). Syrian... Maysaa Ajjan • 17 April, 2016 disinfecting tablets water pollution NobelChemist
Regional Maghreb, Egypt startups big winners at MIT Startup Competition Winners and Judges of the 9th MITEFARAB Startup Competition. ( Images via MITEF) It was North Africa versus the Arab world at this ... Aline Mayard • 15 April, 2016 Zamen Ghinwa B8ak
Regional The Product-Market-Strategy fit: big vs small ideas [Opinion] This is an edited version of an article that originally appeared on Medium. Can strategy predict a big-time versus a small-time... Mohamad Charafeddine • 14 April, 2016 pms fit product market strategy fit product development
Egypt Egypt startups try to halt education, tech skills slide Tech education experts gather st the GrEEK Campus during the EduVation Summit. (Images via EduVation) Traditionally, countries have... Eman Mostafa • 14 April, 2016 Da7ee7 EduVation Summit nafham
Egypt Micro-production of micro-solar launches in Egypt Tiba Solar CEO Ahmed Al-Abd (left) in December at his Cairo factory as the company kicked into first production. With him is Ain Al-Bee'ah... Sara Aggour • 14 April, 2016 Tiba Solar manufacturing solar
Maghreb Kaymu takes the lead in Algerian ecommerce Kaymu leads Algeria’s budding e-commerce sector. (Images via Kaymu) With its 40 million inhabitants, Algeria’s untapped digital market is s... Aline Mayard • 13 April, 2016 AIG Kaymu algeria
U.A.E Losing the pen and paper with Wrappup “If you were to record everything, it would be useless,” claimed Rami Salman, founder and CEO of Wrappup. “But, if you... Archana Menon • 13 April, 2016 AngelHack Dubai IBM Wrappup
Maghreb Saphon: the Tunisian wind-energy revolution is official Saphon's wind turbine: cheaper, more efficient, safer. (Image via Saphon) For the last four years, Tunisian company Saphon has... Aline Mayard • 13 April, 2016 Saphon Energy MEMakersGE wind energy
Jordan Preparing for a world of electronic and mobile payments Panelists discuss the future of electronic and mobile payments in MENA. (Image via Sam Wendel) For many finance industry thought leaders,... Samuel Wendel • 12 April, 2016 Umniah Madfoo3atcom Electronic and Mobile Payments in the Arab World Conference
Lebanon 8 things we learnt at MENA Games in Beirut The gaming industry in the Middle East and North Africa is growing. More than 40 gaming startups from Europe, MENA and Turkey... Lucy Knight • 12 April, 2016 Turkish Game Developers Association Netmarble Nuked Cockroach
Palestine Palestinian tech bridges Arabic language online gaps The development of the Arabic dialect search engine was a team effort. (Images via Curras). Every day millions of Arab speakers use social... Rafat Abushaban • 12 April, 2016 arabic search engine Arabic dialect Curras
U.A.E Crowd Analyzer wins pitching competition at Dubai Lynx [Video] Crowd Analyzer is going to Cannes in June, after it won Wamda’s 'Startup Alley' pitching competition at this year's Dubai L... Maya Rahal • 12 April, 2016 Startup Alley Dubai Lynx Crowd Analyzer
Regional Wamda Capital launches podcast series Investment firm Wamda Capital published yesterday its first podcast episode on Soundcloud. In this episode, Fares Ghandour... Maya Rahal • 11 April, 2016 announcement Wamda Capital podcast
Global What I know about space: Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom Emeline Paat was in Beirut in March experimenting with plastic bag-based insulation systems for refugee tents. (Image via Rachel... Rachel Williamson • 11 April, 2016 Virgin Galactic XCOR Space Adventures
Kuwait Meet the women ‘Instapreneurs’ of Kuwait Her Highness Hind Al-Sabeeh during her opening speech. (Images via Reine Farhat) This article is a crosspost with Nuwait. It would... Reine Farhat • 11 April, 2016 twentytwo Injaz Kuwait Khaleejesque
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