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Lebanon

Startup creativity spurred by 'networked space'

Office design matters more than most entrepreneurs realise when it comes to employee performance, which is why the UK Lebanon Tech Hub made...

networked spaces UK tech hub lebanon

Egypt

Egypt’s El Noor Geh takes part in GE’s first Minds+Machines event in the region

As Egypt suffers from frequent power cuts, programmers, makers and builders keep trying to find ways to prevent their work from being...

El Noor Geh Minds+Machines MEMakers

Iran

Pioneering PR in Iran: startup links SMEs to media

Digital companies in Iran are flourishing, carving out a space in the local market in spite of the restrictions on foreign trade and...

Akhbar Rasmi PR Newswire iran

U.A.E

MIT Radical Innovation Program [Discount]

MIT Professional Education and Eruditus Executive Education invites you to a 2-day program by MIT Professional Education on Radical...

Global

Rules of engagement: attracting media attention

Dealing with the media can be hard – a little scary sometimes. Handing over the painstakingly-crafted story of your startup to a...

media for startups media management Tips

Regional

Private equity investors in MENA seek a place in the sun

This is a crosspost with Knowledge@Wharton. The backbone of future economic development in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) could hinge...

IMF Abraaj Group private equity

Regional

Prepaid cards still filling MENA's epayment gaps

Prepaid cards are a strong contender for filling the gap between the unbanked and ecommerce in MENA, says PayPal’s Francis...

prepaid cards epayment PayPal

Regional

EdTech in MENA: issues and recommendations [Infographic]

MENA public spending on education as a percentage of GDP exceeds the world average, yet it still badly needs reform. Youth...

MENA EdTech

Egypt

Egypt's VoIP block to make the startup life harder

At the start of October news broke on social media websites that Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) applications such as Skype, WhatsApp...

voice over internet protocol Mobinil Viber

Regional

5 ecofriendly developments in MENA

Attention is shifting towards harnessing the powers of the environment for new energy sources, and the Middle East is securing its own...

Khalifa Al Tajer Mosque Bahrain World Trade Center The Gate

Maghreb

5 MENA entrepreneurs join Endeavor

Endeavor, Moroccan style. (Images via Endeavor) Two Moroccan and three Egyptian entrepreneurs have been selected to join the global...

morocoo Endeavor

Saudi Arabia

6 challenges facing Saudi entrepreneurs [Opinion]

The future is wide open. (Image via Realty Today) We have all read articles about what’s wrong with the entrepreneurship support culture a...

Saudi entrepreneurs nader ajami ksa

U.A.E

UAE's creative entrepreneurs rising

Salsali Private Museum at the Alserkal Avenue Galleries Night. (Image via Alserkal) The ever evolving Emirate of Dubai is welcoming a...

The Dubai Creative Clusters Authority Dubai Media City This Dude Knows Food

Regional

What I know about big data: Ali Rebaie

Ali Rebaie is a data scientist. One of the few data scientists, in fact, in MENA. He’s the founder of Rebaie Analytics Group...

What I Know ali rebaie Le Wagon

Egypt

KarmSolar, first Egyptian company to get license for off-grid solar power plant

Update: This article has been updated to include KarmSolar's largest deal to date, announced on October 18. Solar energy...

solar power MEMakers KarmSolar

Egypt

Egyptian social entrepreneurship incubator aims to help the neediest

A year ago the Misr El Kheir foundation launched GESR, an Egyptian incubator for social entrepreneurship, with the...

Gesr Egypt Social Entrepreneurship

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