Lebanon What the Central Bank of Lebanon's new investment policy means for startups Around 10 days ago, the Central Bank of Lebanon (the Banque du Liban) released an announcement that it had instituted a new policy to... Maya Rahal • 03 September, 2013 Banks Government Investment
Is CSR making an impact in the Arab world? [Infographic] Corporate social responsibility has expanded in the region in recent years and continues to offer a way for companies to support their... Reem Boudraa • 03 September, 2013 Infographic CSR
Flat6Labs debuts a new model; will it set the tone for regional startup acceleration? Accelerators in the Arab world are all the rage lately. For every one that has shut down since we last listed the Top 10... Nina Curley • 02 September, 2013 Accelerators
Wamda announces Mix N’ Mentor Beirut with a new format Kicking off the second half of the Mix N’ Mentor Roadshow 2013, Wamda next heads to Beirut to continue our tour across the Middle East and ... Wamda • 02 September, 2013 Mix n Mentor Mentorship
Why are interns and recruiters unsatisfied in Morocco? [Infographic] It’s no secret that recruiting in the Arab world is hard. And with so many recruiting platforms, each claiming to offer a miraculous so... Aline Mayard • 02 September, 2013 Interns Job Recruitment
Global How are startups using translation tools? Coming from a background in translation, I believe that language is the most basic factor that we can't live without; it's the... Reine Farhat • 02 September, 2013 Poll Results Translation Arabic Content
How two Bahraini filmmakers launched their own studio to galvanize storytelling in the Arab world Five years ago, after a typical 18-hour day working on a particularly long and tiresome production in Bahrain, Saleh Nass and Chaker Ben... Leena AlOlaimy • 02 September, 2013 Film Entertainment
Egyptian online pharmacy Agzakhana secures investment from Vodafone Note: photo submitted by Agzakhana, credit: Batool Al Daawi Late last week, Agzakhana, Egypt’s first online pharmacy, announced ... Nina Curley • 01 September, 2013
4 inspiring TEDx videos from Arab entrepreneurs To build a startup you need to go down a difficult road, overcoming obstacles, disappointments and challenges along the way; you will need... Chadi Nanaa • 01 September, 2013 TEDx
Regional Why healthcare in the Arab world needs to go mobile This piece was originally published on the Huffington Post. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) should take advantage of its... Jamil Wyne • 01 September, 2013 Health Mobile Trends
15 tools that the most successful entrepreneurs use [Infographic] For today’s entrepreneurs, finding the right management and marketing tools can be just as important as hiring the right team member. In t... Glen Dalakian II • 01 September, 2013 Tips Advice Infographic
Start-Up Chile meetup in Dubai Start-Up Chile is once again ready to select, fund and host 100 startups to help them develop their global business ideas through... Wamda • 30 August, 2013 Incubator
Weekly Wrap-Up: August 25-29 Looking at our most popular articles this week, they all point to one fact: Startups require hard work, but hard work always pays off.... Wamda • 29 August, 2013 Weekly Wrap-Up
Saudi photo editing app reaches #1 in UAE, Kuwait App Stores [Podcast] Smartphones have brought photography, a once secondary feature in cellphones, to the center of the industry’s evolution, creating ripe o... Ahmed Al Majid • 29 August, 2013 instagram Developers Mobile
How the Arab startup ecosystem grew in 2012 [Videographic] In the past year, the startup ecosystem in the Arab region took a leap forward, with several new launches, a few major acquisitions, and a ... Maya Rahal • 29 August, 2013 Acquisitions Investment
Lebanon Wixel Studios launched Little Heroes, Big deeds; will it bring them long-awaited success? “To make a successful game, you need to have a good product and a lot of money to market it,” says Ziad Feghali, one of the... Reine Farhat • 29 August, 2013 Education Gaming