Regional Enpact launches Startup Haus in Tunisia Kicking off Enpact's coworking space with a lively discussion. (Images via Startup Haus) Three months after its soft opening in... Mohammad M. Azraq • 22 March, 2016 incubation business reform incubators
Regional Wamda and Expo 2020 Dubai launch their first report on Collaborative Entrepreneurship [Infographic] Almost every other corporation operating in MENA engages with startups in one way or another. This is one of the exciting findings... Jonas Feller • 22 March, 2016 Expo 2020 Dubai Collaborative Entrepreneurship WRL
Regional Flat6Labs launches $5.6M fund Sawari Ventures partners: Hany Sonbaty, Ahmed Alfi, Wael Amin. (Image from archive) Flat6Labs Egypt announced yesterday that they are... Maya Rahal • 21 March, 2016 fund Sawari Ventures Flat6Labs
Egypt Egypt's cash crunch is affecting startups All Egyptians have struggled for US dollars since capital controls were imposed, but this year has been particularly difficult. (Image via... Eman El-Sherbiny • 21 March, 2016 black market foreign exchange forex
Regional Online payment products are imperfect, but consumers can protect themselves This could be one way to prevent credit card fraud, not exactly practical though. (Image via kupunawiki.com) The marriage of credit... Maarid Fazili • 21 March, 2016 ecommernce Online payments Payfort
Jordan How entrepreneurs transformed this Amman neighborhood Culturally conscious entrepreneurs, like those who founded Rumi Café, shown here, have turned Jabal Al-Weibdeh into one of Amman's ... Josiane Smith • 20 March, 2016 rumi cafe jo bedu gentrification
Egypt PayFort announces new fintech accelerator at Mix N’ Mentor Cairo Around 70 entrepreneurs, largely with early stage startups, came for business advice and networking. (Images via Rachel... Rachel Williamson • 20 March, 2016 fin-tech Mix N'Mentor Cairo Payfort
Egypt Egypt's Ibticar, a public-private success story A fire can destroy a building or vehicle in minutes. Preventing one can save lives and thousands of dollars. (Image via... Eman Mostafa • 20 March, 2016 connected device fire extinguisher Ibticar
Kuwait Talabat cofounders acquire Q8flowers.com for $3M Cofounders of Talabat.com has accquired florist delivery site Q8flowers.com for one million Kuwaiti dinar (US$3 million). The deal,... Lucy Knight • 18 March, 2016 Q8flowers talabat acquisition
Regional Fear of success does exist [Opinion] Don't fear greatness, if you don't want to spend your life living among potholes! (Image via outofedenministries.com) 'Fear of Failure'... Abed Shamlawi • 17 March, 2016 Legal challenges Opinion Failure
Lebanon Equipping the next generation of Lebanese girls with STEM Event participants take a group photo during the closing ceremony of the event (Image via Girls Got IT) "I used to think technology was... Ayman Farhat • 17 March, 2016 STEM Girls Got IT MEMakersGE
Europe Tech solutions for refugees with Techfugees As the migrant crisis has spread across Europe consciences have been awoken. What if technology could improve the life of migrants and... Aline Mayard • 17 March, 2016 Urban Refugees S'team Management Refugeeks
Egypt Egypt's green building opportunity Egypt Green Building Council (EEGBC) head Salah El-Haggar, UAE Green Buildings Council vice president Khaled Boushnaq... Eman Mostafa • 16 March, 2016 green buildings DesignBuildBreathe MEMakersGE
Regional Turning your idea into a startup Pt. 2 The business plan needs to answer some concrete questions. (Image via blog.luz.vc/en/) Launching a startup can be daunting, but if... Johnny Matta • 16 March, 2016 brainstorming ideation johnny matta
Kuwait What do open-source software development and entrepreneurship have in common? Creating an open source world. (Image via foodengineeringmag.com) This article is a crosspost with Nuwait. Around 23 percent of... Ahmed Gabr • 16 March, 2016 GitHub Brilliant Lab KBSoft
Syria Bridge to success: six tips for Syrian entrepreneurs from Jusoor From the left: Moderator Karim Samakie with speakers David Nabti, Habib Haddad, Aurore Belfrage and Rama Chakaki. (Images via Maysaa... Maysaa Ajjan • 15 March, 2016 David Nabti Habib Haddad Syrian entrepreneurs