Egypt Seeding success at Cairo Innovates The Cairo Innovates tech fair was held at the historic Baron Palace. (Image via Cairo Innovates) Youth technology fair Cairo Innovates is... Eman Mostafa • 16 December, 2015 Eqotaqa Beetw Green Battery
Egypt Hack4Egypt tackles the big issues Mentor Tarek Amin, digital group head for Adline Media Network, offers some advice. (Images via Hacka Mena) Hack4Egypt is a chance to... Sara Aggour • 15 December, 2015 Nile University HEAT HACK4EGYPT
Lebanon Lebanese outpitch internationals at BDL Accelerate ReAble cofounders Paul Safi and Emile Sawaya. (Image via ReAble) BDL Accelerate's Early Stage Startup Competition saw a staggering... Maysaa Ajjan • 15 December, 2015 Early Stage Startup Competition BDL Accelerate Banque du Liban
U.A.E 7 minutes in an Infiniti Q70 for a shot at $40,000 Your passion was unmatched! Congratulations to our 3 entrepreneurs, we can't wait to see what's next for you! pic.twitter.com/I3etOE5IJC — ... Archana Menon • 15 December, 2015 Bookr Infiniti Lab infiniti
U.A.E Top 6 questions raised at Mix N'Mentor Dubai The Mix N'Mentor crowd during the morning opening session. (Image via Abed Kataya) As promised, Mix N’Mentor Dubai, took Wamda’s signature ... Maya Rahal • 14 December, 2015 mix n mentor dubai Dubai Mix n Mentor
Egypt RiseUp Summit meets expectations, beats them A closing keynote: how does entrepreneurship impact on the economy? Well, it depends who you ask. (Images via Rachel... Sara Aggour - Rachel Williamson • 14 December, 2015 Oak Investment Partners YCombinator US Aid
Regional How credit card processing works What goes on when you click that 'buy' button? (Image via Papdan.com) Credit cards are everywhere these days, but few people know what... Yazin Alirhayim • 14 December, 2015 White Payments Payfort credit cards
Regional Megatrends in MENA: the rise of entrepreneurship [Infographic] Entrepreneurship has finally attained global megatrend status, according to EY, but MENA's founders knew that long... Rachel Williamson • 13 December, 2015 EY megatrend entrepreneurship
Saudi Arabia Two KSA startups headed to Get in the Ring regional competition Get in the Ring combines the excitement of a boxing match with the mentorship and networking opportunities of a startup pitch contest.... Rafat Abushaban • 13 December, 2015 Vanoman Myndplay get in the ring
Lebanon Investments announced at Lebanon's BDL Accelerate [Editor’s note: This article has been updated to include Berytech’s further investments announced on the second... Lucy Knight • 11 December, 2015 BDL Accelerate Berytech beirut
Pakistan What to do when the giants arrive [Opinion] Visitors to Lahore from the Islamabad incubator i2i test out the Savaree service. (Images via Savaree) Madeeha Hassan, founder of... Madeeha Hassan • 10 December, 2015 taxi app ride sharing Lahore
Bahrain Bahrain wants startups to call it home As almost every country in the Middle East begins to focus on attracting and developing an entrepreneur market, Bahrain is setting itself... Rachel Williamson • 10 December, 2015 BIM Bahrain Investment Market Cloud Accelerator
Regional Lift-off: planning your exit strategy Investment activity is slowly heating up in Egypt and as a result entrepreneurs, especially those looking to raise funding, need to start... Eman Mostafa • 10 December, 2015 oteena Egypt rise up summit
Regional 500 Startups announces $30M MENA fund Silicon Valley-based venture firm 500 Startups announced this week their $30 million fund for MENA startups. The fund, aptly... Lucy Knight • 09 December, 2015 Dave McClure Hasan Haider 500 startups
U.A.E Cisco Dubai successfully hosts IoT World Forum Hackathon In first place SmartX team with the judges. (Images via BeMyApp) Right on the heels of the Internet of Things World Forum (IoTWF) in... Archana Menon • 09 December, 2015 IoTWorldForum IoT MEMakers
Iraq Erbil's startups go quiet An Erbil panorama. (Images via Rachel Williamson) On three occasions this year Goran Sherko has had to postpone Startup Weekend... Lucy Knight • 09 December, 2015 Erbil Kurdistan isis
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