Regional Zain Group acquires strategic stake in Lebanese company FOO In the picture from left to right: Emre Gurkan (Zain Group Chief Strategy and Business Development Officer), Scott Gegenheimer,... Maya Rahal • 01 March, 2016 neXgen Zain Group Foo
Global Stripe announces Atlas to help any startup register in the US Inside Stripe offices. (Image via Stripe) MENA startups will soon be able to register their companies in the US, as Stripe announced last... Maya Rahal • 01 March, 2016 Stripe Atlas Stripe START
Kuwait What's most exciting about Kuwait's future? [Video] This is an edited crosspost from Nuwait. Each entrepreneurship ecosystem has its own story to tell, but failures, success... Reine Farhat • 01 March, 2016 Nuwait 500 startups world bank
Turkey Scale-ups shine at Startup Turkey Startup Turkey's winning teams AloTech, Tamatem, and UrbanStat. (Images via Startup Turkey) In the end it was the oldest and most... Federico Guerrini • 29 February, 2016 Muslim Face Eye Track Fidelo
Lebanon What I know about running a hackerspace: Bassam Jalgha Bassam Jalgha tuning his guitar using Roadie Tuner. (Image via Make Magazine) Despite the launch of several hackerspaces in the... Reine Farhat • 29 February, 2016 Lamba Labs WIK What I Know
U.A.E Souq raises MENA's largest round of $275M After almost a year of speculation, MENA’s biggest ecommerce company Souq.com has confirmed that it’s raised a $275 million... Rachel Williamson • 29 February, 2016 round Unicorn announcement
Lebanon Growing Lebanon's gaming scene The video gaming industry in Lebanon is facing a fresh chapter in 2016 with the introduction of new publisher, Morage... Sophie Rimington-Pounder • 29 February, 2016 Goliath Games Fovea MENA Games 2016
Regional The life cycle of your customer [Infographic] Retaining customers can be tricky in the online sphere. (Image via Dotsquares) As a new generation of Middle Eastern entrepreneurs... Rachel Williamson • 28 February, 2016 digital consumer Infographic
Jordan Dissecting Jordan’s diverse fintech scene Madfoo3atCom, EMP, and CBJ celebrate the launch of eFawaterCom. (Image via MadfooatCom) In May 2015, the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ)... Samuel Wendel • 28 February, 2016 eFawateerCom central bank of jordan fin-tech
Egypt Egyptian contests put innovation front and center Prolimb, the winning project, picks up nerve impulses to help the wearer move his or her fingers. (Images via... Eman Mostafa • 28 February, 2016 Rimagine EbniAccelerator Esha 3almashy
Lebanon Maker Movement and fintech: what to expect at Arabnet Beirut Christidis speaking at Arabnet Beirut 2015. (Image via Arabnet) The maker movement has been heating up in Lebanon for the past few... Maysaa Ajjan • 25 February, 2016 Omar christidis Arabnet Beirut 2016 makers
Regional Sharing our way out of malaise: MENA and the sharing economy [Opinion] A visual reprensentation of the concept that could transform the Middle East and North Africa. (Image via Meridian-180.org) In... Khaled Talhouni • 25 February, 2016 lending club Opinion careem
U.A.E OfficeRock.com raises $800K from Wamda Capital and Jabbar Office supplies on the move. (Image via OfficeRock) Ecommerce platform for office supplies, OfficeRock.com announced today that it secured... Maya Rahal • 25 February, 2016 OfficeRock Jabbar Internet Group Wamda Capital
Regional Aramex, PayPal combine forces for ecommerce solution Aramex and PayPal are working together to get around cross-border shipping and payments issues. (Image... Antoine Abou-Diwan • 25 February, 2016 aramex PayPal E-commerce
Lebanon Dream Matcher makes entrepreneurs' dreams come true Dreamers writing their wishes on their 'dream wall'. (Images via The Dream Matcher) For the past four years, The Dream Matcher... Maysaa Ajjan • 25 February, 2016 Imagine Cup The Dream Matcher Lebtivity
U.A.E Which UAE free zone should you set up in? The UAE’s SME sector is thriving. According to data from the UAE’s Ministry of Economy, these businesses contribute to between 40 to 46 per... Rachel McArthur • 24 February, 2016 Fujairah Free Zone DTEC@DubaiSiliconOasis RAK Free Trade Zone
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