Regional How to leverage healthcare analytics to control healthcare costs [Opinion] Healthcare costs directly impact an SME’s bottom line and overall competitiveness. Skyrocketing healthcare costs in the United... Hari Kesavan - Anchshana Haridas • 07 January, 2016 healthcare analytics MEMakers Healthcare
Regional Piecing together the social enterprise ecosystem in MENA For every Dumyé doll purchased one is gifted to an orphan. (Image via Dumyé) Sourcing a definition for social enterprise could prove as p... Archana Menon • 07 January, 2016 Ustad Mobile Social Tent Palestyle
Kuwait Arzan VC invests in a Silicon Valley startup, prepares to launch office hours Aerial view of Silicon Valley (Source: Wired.com) The article is a crosspost with Nuwait. I often get the chance to sit on the... Reine Farhat • 07 January, 2016 Nuwait Arzan VC kuwait
Egypt Bedaya’s new fund for Egyptian startups During the launch of Bedaya Startup Academy in 2015. (Image via Mahi Al Jazzar) Bedaya, Egypt’s first governmental fund that is private s... Eman Mostafa • 06 January, 2016 Bedaya Startup Academy Bedaya
Regional MENA’s forecasting situation The power of the wind, important for MENA. (Image via Utilities-me.com) The MENA region population growth has been explosive. According to... Essam Maged • 06 January, 2016 Weather forecasting El Noor Geh MEMakers
Regional ArabiaWeather uses big data to help the aviation industry [Video] November 2015 was a big month for the first weather company in the Middle East, ArabiaWeather. The team announced a $5 million funding... Maya Rahal • 05 January, 2016 MEMakers ArabiaWeather big data
Regional 10 great project management tools for startups For a startup, nothing is more important than making sure everyone on the team is on the right track. As you grow you want to have the... Esraa Haidar • 05 January, 2016 ProofHub Asana Kanban Tool
Maghreb Marrakesh gets its first incubator A door opens on the startup world. (Images via Emerging Business Factory) Marrakesh, the fourth biggest city in Morocco, barely... Aline Mayard • 05 January, 2016 50 Partners Marrakesh Emerging Business Factory
Pakistan What I know about building an ecosystem from scratch: Khurram Zafar Khurram Zafar. (Image via Rachel Williamson) The Pakistani media have dubbed the softly spoken Khurram Zafar an ‘entrepreneur... Rachel Williamson • 04 January, 2016 Plan9 LUMS Khurram Zafar
Egypt Egypt's A15 to get back into the startup game Tech investment company A15 launched in Egypt in October, heralding its arrival with the news of the sale of one of its biggest companies,... Eman Mostafa • 04 January, 2016 Catalyst Performly DishDino
Regional 7 online courses for startups The life of an entrepreneur is hectic, with nonstop demands and success often depending on learning and growing in changing... Esraa Haidar • 04 January, 2016 Coursera Udacity Udemy
Regional MENA's year in investing [Infographic] The money pool for startups in MENA is growing, but slowly. (Image via Near Shore Americas) Funding is the entrepreneur's... Rachel Williamson • 03 January, 2016 VC investment Womena MENA
Turkey What is holding back Turkey’s startups? There's something holding them back. (Image via Dwass at Foolishlego.com) With 2015 drawing to an end, suffice to say it has been another... Ronan Farrell • 03 January, 2016 Galata Business Angels 212 Capital Webit DIGIT EMEA
Egypt Egypt's Winex innovates with health tech The international health sector is evolving as innovators mix tech solutions with healthcare, but in Egypt the shift to even partially... Sara Aggour • 03 January, 2016 Winex MEMakers big data
Regional Fast Facts II: 12+ new hubs for MENA startups (2015) Throughout 2015, support for entrepreneurs in the Arab world continued to grow. As Wamda’s review of the year’s... Jonas Feller • 31 December, 2015 Wamda Research Lab accelerator CER
Regional Some considerations on starting a company in MENA [Opinion] The path to the MENA market is difficult but not impossible. (Image via constructionweekonline) Entrepreneurship is not for everyone,... Johnny Matta • 31 December, 2015 billing oped Opinion
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