Saudi Arabia Saudi educational app for special needs users ready to launch May Al-Oteibi, 26, is a Saudi entrepreneur who has always aspired to use technology to serve the disabled, having a mentally challenged... Ahmed Gabr • 14 September, 2015 Learn with May May Al-Oteibi MEMakers
U.A.E Compareit4me closes Series A round of $3M Compareit4me, the Dubai-based price comparison site for financial products has closed a Series A round of $3 million, lead by STC... Lucy Knight • 14 September, 2015 uae Investment Financial price comparison
Regional A day in the life of a Facebook programmer Facebook is one of the world’s most successful startups and - as for many tech startups - programmers are the bedrock of its... Ayman Farhat - Mohamad Sleiman Haidar • 13 September, 2015 International Programmer's Day Programmer's Day Facebook
Palestine Startup Grind Ramallah hosts Dave McClure It was clear at Startup Grind Ramallah on Thursday that teams matter less in comparison with the actual product or service they’re s... Christina Ganim • 13 September, 2015 Leaders Dave McClure startup grind ramallah
Egypt Dubai classifieds platform dubizzle acquired by OLX [Update: September 17th - Dubizzle has invested $1 million in fashion marketplace app Shedd] Dubai’s classified ads website dubizzle has b... Eman Mostafa • 13 September, 2015 OLX acquisition Dubizzle
Regional Raising the right kind of money [Opinion] I was at last weekend’s Mix N’ Mentor Beirut, and after sitting in on two fundraising mentorship sessions it became clear that... Fares Ghandour • 10 September, 2015 startup financing convertible note debt financing
Turkey Network with Dave McClure and more at Startup Istanbul 2015 [Discount] Startup Istanbul is one of the largest networking events for startups in the region. It’s main purpose is to allow networking of... Wamda • 10 September, 2015 startup istanbul turkey istanbul
Jordan The 4 challenges facing Jordan’s IT students Students attending the Zinc workshop. (Images via Tala El Issa) Breaking into the world of IT can be tough for anyone, but in a region... Tala El Issa • 10 September, 2015 Superiors robotics MEMakers
Lebanon What we learned: Mix N’ Mentor Beirut Even the most amazing of ideas need a little help. (Images via Wamda with Sam Fakhoury) During our Mix N’ Mentor Beirut we gained s... Lucy Knight • 10 September, 2015 Choueiri Group Diwanee Y Venture Partners
Regional Strategy, not technology, drives digital transformation [Infographic] It shouldn’t surprise anybody, but companies with coherent digital strategies do better than those focusing on individual technologies, a... Antoine Abou-Diwan • 09 September, 2015 digital adoption MIT Sloan Management Review deloitte
U.A.E Overhauling MENA's biodiesel industry [Q&A] Karl Feilder believes he’s designed the first biodiesel system in the world that really works, and is willing to explain down to the... Rachel Williamson • 09 September, 2015 Neutral Fuels Karl Feilder biofuel
Saudi Arabia What you should know about Saudi’s social media behavior A screenshot from the video created along with the TOP report Saudi Arabia is still growing into a market that regional and global tech... Maya Rahal • 09 September, 2015 TOP Academy the online project TOP
Regional Zomato raises $60M round Restaurant review app Zomato has raised a $60 million round, led by Singapore investment company Temasek, and will use some of those... Rachel Williamson • 08 September, 2015 zomato ifood.jo uae
Jordan Jordan's windy solution [Infographic] When it comes to natural resources, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is poor. According to the World Bank they import over 90 percent... Lucy Knight • 08 September, 2015 Taqetna Green Watts Wind Farms
U.A.E HR software Beneple acquired 8 months after launch Putting the fun back into HR admin. When HR management startup, Beneple announced this week that they were acquired by a regulated... Sushmitha Pidatala - Lucy Knight • 08 September, 2015 Acqui-hire Health Insurance Beneple
Lebanon Marketplace Edition pulls in the entrepreneurs for Mix N’ Mentor Beirut Getting to know you. Mix N' Mentor Beirut kicks off. (Images Wamda with Sam Fakhoury) Not too far from the location of recent... Lucy Knight • 07 September, 2015 ElementN Diwanee term sheets
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