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Global

Smart nations are the next smart cities

Ayesha Khanna says smart cities must become more human-centric. (Image via Bureau Insight) Smart cities are built on technology - but...

Hybrid Reality Institute Ayesha Khanna Smart Cities

Turkey

Can this app make real-time carpooling a possibility?

Lebanese entrepreneur Ali Halabi wants to make real-time carpooling with traffic navigation a possibility. His app, Volt, which has been...

volt Wamda Capital carpooling

Saudi Arabia

Uturn's edgy Youtube hits get $10M investment

The Uturn team. (Images via Uturn) In November 2015, Uturn Entertainment landed a $10 million investment from Beirut-based VC...

Uturn Saudi Arabia YouTube

Regional

Silkroad Images raises seed round

Silkroad Images, a stock photography and audio-video content library from Jordan, has secured a seed round of investment from Abu...

silk road images TwoFour54 techwadi

Global

Youth, Tech, and Entrepreneurship: Unlocking the Middle East's Economic Potential

Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former US National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley will be presenting the talk "Youth, ...

U.A.E

Mumzworld secures multi-million dollar investment round

Mona Ataya posing next to some of the products offered on Mumzworld. (Image via Mumzworld) Mumzworld announced yesterday it had closed...

announcement Wamda Capital series B

Egypt

Nawart opens doors to Egypt renewables startups

Cleantech Arabia cofounder Ahmed Huzayyin gives an explainer on Nawart and what it's looking for. (Images via Nawart) MENA’s...

cleantech incubator Ahmed Huzayyin GIZ

Regional

Angel investment vs institutional investment [Wamda TV]

During Wamda’s last Mix N’Mentor in Cairo, we met up with Lana Alamat, partner and general counsel at Wamda Capital, for a chat about the i...

Lana Alamat Institutional Investment insights

Turkey

Startup Turkey 2016: the Very Best of Eurasia's Startups & Investors

Startup Turkey is Turkey's leading startup event bringing together founders, entrepreneurs, investors and executives in the...

Startup challenge Europe and Asia startups Startup Turkey

U.A.E

What I know about design thinking: Johannes Comeau Milke

Johannes Comeau Milke with workshop attendees. (Image via Better today) Having planted the initial seeds of design thinking at...

What I Know User Experience work practices

Egypt

More cash, new look for Egypt SMEs

Changes to lending guidelines for SMEs may open up new avenues of cash for tech startups. (Image via Misr Journal) Egypt’s...

lending SME definition CBE

U.A.E

Physicians and the future with 3D printing

How soon before the doctors of the Middle East embrace the possibilities of 3D printing? (Images via Jacqueline Sofia) Covering everything...

Arab Health Exhibition MEMakers AlemHealth

Regional

Social money: it's coming to a MENA platform near you

Fastacash is expanding into the Middle East, bringing with it social network payment options. (Image via Fastacash) Sending money to your...

mobile money social payments Fastacash

Syria

ReBootKamp initiative gives Syrian refugees access to tech-education

A mockup of RBK's planned ZatLAB in northern Jordan. (Images via RebootKamp.org) As the Syrian Civil War drags on, a generation of young...

hugh bosely syrian civil war Zatlab

Egypt

Fintech startup Dopay raises $2.4M to take on Egypt, Ghana

Dopay will use the funding to roll out its payroll and Visa prepaid card services. (Images via Dopay) Egypt-focused fintech startup...

Visa pre-Series A raising

U.A.E

Startups pitch for entry to Masdar and BP’s new accelerator

Catalyst advisor Mohamed Hamdy holds forth on what he'd like to see from startups wanting to enter the accelerator. (Images...

Masdar Catalyst accelerator BP

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