Regional Car-hailing app Careem raises $60M Series C [Editor's note: This article has been updated to include details about Careem's peak pricing change.] Middle East-founded... Rachel Williamson • 10 November, 2015 Wamda Capital Lumia Capital Abraaj Group
Egypt Incubators prompt entrepreneurship in Upper Egypt Hemma encouraged students at Assiut University to apply with innovative ideas. (Images via Hemma) Cairo often takes all the attention of... Sara Aggour • 10 November, 2015 Holol Techno-Falah Upper Egypt
Regional 8 MENA startup founders under the age of 20 Countries in the Middle East and North Africa currently own a vast reserve of an invaluable resource, one that can spur innovation and help... Samuel Wendel • 09 November, 2015 teenage founders startups MENA
U.A.E GE brings Minds+Machines to the region for the first time General Electric have made a MENA debut. The event focusing on Industrial Internet, was held for the first time in the region at the... Maya Rahal • 09 November, 2015 Ver2 Medicus Scriptr
Maghreb Yuzu helps Moroccans cook and eat better with less effort Dinner is ready! (Images via Yuzu) Everybody agrees: cooking at home is the easiest way to eat healthy and cheaply. But how many of us... Aline Mayard • 09 November, 2015 Yuzu morocco Food delivery
U.A.E What I know about pretotyping: Karina Sotnik Karina Sotnik explaining the benefits of pretotyping. (Image via Wharton School) For Karina Sotnik, Silicon Valley was just the beginning... Archana Menon • 09 November, 2015 Karina Sotnik What I Know Pretotyping
Regional Megatrends in MENA: startup solutions for urban lives [Infographic] The ultimate example of urbanization in MENA: Dubai from above. (Image via Picasa) 'Megatrends', according to EY, are... Rachel Williamson • 08 November, 2015 Recycle Beirut urbanisation El Noor Geh
Egypt This Egyptian fashion startup has its eyes on Europe Online luxury sales are projected to grow by an unprecedented 20 to 25 percent over the next five years, according to a Boston Consulting... Eman Mostafa • 08 November, 2015 maria munoz slickr Clothing
Regional Online laundry sector booming despite obvious challenges The desire for laundry services that are hassle free is on the rise. Clean and tidy. (Image via Washmen) Seizing their... Pamela Kesrouani • 05 November, 2015 Washplus GetLaundry Washmen
Lebanon Entreprenergy summit celebrates MENA startups Marc Dfouni, cofounder and CEO of Eastline Marketing interviews MarkaVIP founder Ahmed Alkhatib. (Image via Abed Kataya) Just... Abdulghani Kataya • 05 November, 2015 Aline Kamakian Lebanese League for Women in Business Ahmed Alkhatib
Lebanon Social entrepreneurs tackle Lebanon's trash crisis With the Naameh lanfill closed, trash has piled up the street. (Image via National Post) The piles of garbage in the streets and... Reine Farhat • 05 November, 2015 stratups crisis trash
Regional Middle East and Turkey startups raise the temperature in Stockholm [Opinion] MENA meets Stockholm at #sthlmtech. (Images via Aurore Belfrage) When talking to investors, corporates and media in the west about... Aurore Belfrage • 05 November, 2015 212 Istanbul Opinion Aurore Belfrage
Regional MEVP closes second round on fund at $32M [Editor's note: This article has been updated to include further investments announced in December 2015] Announcing Wednesday the... Lucy Knight • 04 November, 2015 VC Venture Capital MEVP
U.A.E Social selling: The future of ecommerce in the Middle East? Within the space of a few years, social media has become an integral part of everyday life. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other... Rachel McArthur • 04 November, 2015 Shedd EZHeights Social selling
Lebanon Crowdsourced interior design startup launches in Lebanon Smartphones could soon help people decorate their homes and save money at the same time. Simply fill out a short online questionnaire,... Antoine Abou-Diwan • 04 November, 2015 interior design Darwazah Ghassan Abi Fadel
Jordan Fellowship for young women entrepreneurs connects rising stars from US and Jordan Yara Al-Khader, founder and CEO of SA3ED.ME, pitches to judges during Demo Day at ZINC. (Images via Sam Wendel) “Recommendation s... Samuel Wendel • 03 November, 2015 Privail Kuli Kuli Kollectco
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