Regional Beco Capital's tech investment 'periodic table' Tech investment firm Beco Capital have concluded that over the last 12 months the VC investment activity within the Middle East... Lucy Knight • 21 September, 2015 investing BECO Capital Venture Capital
Regional Change your positioning [Cartoon] Omar Al Fil is a digital producer at Wamda and freelance graphic designer. When he's not illustrating kooky cartoons he's making weird... Omar Al Fil • 21 September, 2015 target audience positioning Humor
Regional Prototype to product: how to manage your manufacturing Manufacturing is one of the final obstacles for hardware startups and it can be a rage-inducing affair. Flaky suppliers, the belated... Rachel Williamson • 20 September, 2015 pch manufacturing Hind Hobeika
U.A.E Dubai’s smart city goal creeps closer Dubai wants to be a world-leader in building smart cities and it’s attracting corporate players from around the world clamouring to be i... Pamela Kesrouani • 20 September, 2015 Dubai Design District cisco MEMakers
Regional I pitched to Dave McClure: here's what I learned When I first heard that Dave McClure was coming to Ramallah and Gaza, my immediate reaction was wow, we’re definitely doing something r... Christina Ganim • 20 September, 2015 Kenz Dave McClure
Turkey 500 Startups announces new investment team in Turkey 500 Startups is boosting it’s presence in Turkey. This week the venture firm and early stage accelerator announced new venture partner E... Antoine Abou-Diwan • 17 September, 2015 500 startups turkey
U.A.E Al Ahli Group acquires US based social media company theAudience Oliver Luckett during an interview with TheWrap UAE based conglomerate Al Ahli Holding Group has acquired theAudience, a social-media and... Maya Rahal • 17 September, 2015 Al Ahli Holding Group al-ahli theaudience
Regional Three killer strategies to engage your inactive app users [Opinion] Keeping your app users engaged is an art and a science. (Image via eventasticme.com) Through my work with AppsGuru I've seen... Faisal Al Bitar • 17 September, 2015 retention churn rate Faisal Al Bitar
Kuwait Mix N’Mentor lands in Kuwait for the first time During the Facebook workshop at Beirut's Mix N'Mentor in September 2015. (Image via Sam Fakhoury) Mix N’ Mentor is finally heading to... Wamda • 16 September, 2015 Mix n Mentor Kuwait Kuwait National Fund kuwait
Bahrain Bahraini startup streams success? For 10 years Ali Mahmood was obsessed with amateur motorbike and go-kart racing. He wanted to take his love of the sports to another... Lucy Knight • 16 September, 2015 Livestream Live streaming Utrack.tv
Jordan Global startup accelerator Founder Institute test launches Amman chapter Igniting startup ambitions may soon be a little easier for first-time entrepreneurs in Jordan. The Founder Institute, a Silicon... Samuel Wendel • 16 September, 2015 Marwan Soudi Founder Institute
Regional Watch the Makers: Stars of Science season 7 promises surprises Summer is out, schools are in and so is the biggest edutainment reality TV program of the region, Stars of Science (SOS). The show, an... Stephanie Nour Prince • 15 September, 2015 Industrial entrepreneurship Qatar Foundation Stars of Science
Egypt e-health and Egypt: the who's who [Infographic] Egypt’s health sector is in dire need of an overhaul, but it has yet to attract much attention from the country’s tech... Rachel Williamson • 15 September, 2015 Nano Ebers D-Kimia Diagnostics Vound
Regional Africa Code Week aims to teach 20,000 children to code in one week Almost everybody has heard of Code.org, the American non-profit that aims to get kids to code. They’re hard to miss. In 2013, the o... Aline Mayard • 15 September, 2015 Africa code week Coding for Kids
Palestine No electricity, no problem: Startup Grind Gaza succeeds despite obstacles Despite difficulties, Dave McClure, right, managed to get to Gaza for its second Startup Grind event, and it was a success. (Image via Ain... Christina Ganim • 14 September, 2015 Startup Grind Gaza Dave McClure
Jordan Do employers still care about your college degree? Just how important is a university degree? It depends on the field of study and who you ask. Wamda posed this question to employers,... Maya Rahal • 14 September, 2015 degrees Akhtaboot Cares Initiative Job fair