Palestine Gaza entrepreneur gives his 5 lessons for success Castle Soft began in the late 1980s with a piece of paper, a pencil, and a vision to create accounting software that is reliable,... Rafat Abushaban • 03 November, 2015 al-aseal accounting software Majdi Abu Daff
Lebanon An eco-friendly solution to dispose of pharmaceutical waste in Lebanon A 'pill-board' building. (Image via Ziad Abi-Chaker) This article is a crosspost with the MIT Technology Review Arab Edition written by N... MIT Technology Review • 03 November, 2015 MIT Technology Review Arab Edition cedar environmental expired medication
U.A.E UAE's JadoPado raises $4M Series A JadoPado CEO Omar Kassim. (Image via ResellerME.com) Online marketplace JadoPado has sold a 14.8 percent equity stake for $4 million,... Rachel Williamson • 02 November, 2015 JadoPado acquisition Series A
Regional MEC and Wamda partner to launch Corporate Entrepreneurship Services across MENA MEC, one of the largest media agencies in the world and Wamda have signed a partnership to give MENA businesses access to innovation from... Wamda • 02 November, 2015 MEC CER Corporate Entrepreneurship Responsibility
Regional Tune in to the Stars of Science Finale on Nov 20 The 7th season of Stars of Science, which kicked off in mid-September, will air its finale on November 20th, 2015, on MBC4. The program is... Wamda • 02 November, 2015 TV show MBC4 Stars of Science
Maghreb Tangiers Technopark, future hotspot for Moroccan tech? [Q&A] Marouane Chelli has great ambitions for the newly launched Technopark in Tangiers. [Image via Marouane Chelli] After launching in... Aline Mayard • 02 November, 2015 tangiers tanger Technopark
Kuwait How to leverage content at Mashup MENA SMEs and startups that wish to reach more customers should offer smart content and leverage web analytics. This was the message at the... Sara Tarik • 02 November, 2015
Global 12 tips for getting hired by a startup [Infographic] As the region’s number of startups grow so too does the interest from graduates and career changers in those startups. We’ve written many ti... Lucy Knight • 01 November, 2015 StartupCVs job hunting resume
Egypt How to make social entrepreneurship work in MENA JP Morgan's Ali Idrissi, Droomzaken's Martijn Blom and Accion Venture... Sara Aggour • 01 November, 2015 Misr El Kheir Social Entrepreneurship Egypt
Jordan Matching virtual and real in 3D printing Designing 3D models for screens is very different from designing them for printing. If a screen design is sent for printing so many... Tala El Issa • 01 November, 2015 MakePrintable MEMakers 3d printing
Regional Cash is not king [Opinion] The reliance on COD payments is hurting MENA's ecommerce sector. (Image via sharktankblog.com) This is a crosspost with Mo Ali Yusuf’s L... Mo Ali Yusuf • 29 October, 2015 cash epayment PAYMENT
U.A.E Mix N' Mentor's 2015 roadshow brings the Marketplace Edition to Dubai Mix N' Mentor serves up deep expertise in a casual atmosphere. (Images via Wamda) Dubai will host Wamda’s fifth and final Mix... Wamda • 29 October, 2015 Mix n Mentor Marketplace Edition mix n mentor dubai
Maghreb Startup Maroc Championship showcases potential of Morocco’s ecosystem StartUp Maroc brought together 60 startups for two days of pitching. (Images via StartUp Maroc) This year's Startup... Yassine Bakir • 29 October, 2015 get in the ring startup maroc Competitions
U.A.E Alemhealth brings accurate and timely healthcare diagnosis to developing countries In order to link underserved patients in developing countries with top radiologists from around the world, Alemhealth, provides... Maya Rahal • 29 October, 2015 M+M Minds+Machines MEMakers
Regional Big data for a big industry: oil and gas BP technicians in the control room of the Atlantis platform. (Image via BP) The global oil and gas industry is being seduced by... Rachel Williamson • 28 October, 2015 The Internet of Things IoT MEMakers
U.A.E AstroLabs and Google officially open their coworking space AstroLabs audience during the launch. (Images via AstroLabs) Just over a year since AstroLabs first announced they would be... Pamela Kesrouani • 28 October, 2015 DMCC Astrolabs Academy Astrolabs