Saudi Arabia 8 things we learned about Saudi at the Misk Global Forum Outside the world of oil, Saudi Arabia is putting itself on the map. Currently 70 percent of the Saudi population is under the age of... Maya Rahal • 18 November, 2016 Saudi Arabia Misk Global Forum ksa
Egypt EAEF reinvests in Egypt’s Smartcare Medical Services Smartcare Medical Services in Egypt has secured another 12 million Egyptian pounds (US$762,000) from the Egyptian-American Enterprise Fund,... Rachel Williamson • 17 November, 2016 Smartcare Medical Services Egypt Series A
Global Kids aren’t born digital natives, they’re made [Opinion] Last March, during a heated debate at the World Wide Web 2016 Conference in Montreal, a researcher yelled at an American colleague:... Stéphane Bazan • 17 November, 2016 Digital literacy Opinion Keeward
Tunisia Feeling Fabulous: Tunisian app helps healthy ‘rituals’ Remember the last time you had a productive stress-free day? Did something you committed to doing a long time ago? I bet you felt fabulous.... Emna Ghariani • 17 November, 2016 Mobile Apps Diaspora Fabulous
Global Startup Watch: Kardashians, Hyperloops, and the death of No Vacancy The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your... Rachel Williamson • 17 November, 2016 Startup Watch apple netflix
U.A.E Sellanycar’s Saygin Yalcin: from student to business celebrity If his YouTube channel is anything to go by, Saygin Yalcin, founder of used car marketplace Sellanycar.com, is not exactly a shy... Vanessa Khalil • 16 November, 2016 sellanycar Saygin Yalcin uae
Regional Your checklist for investing - and pitching - right [Know your VC] This is an edited crosspost with Nuwait. Arzan VC partner Hassan Zainal’s famous checklist is one document he doesn’t... Reine Farhat • 16 November, 2016 Nuwait kuwait Arzan VC
Regional Lebanon's Sevag Babikian defies rules of 3D printing on Stars of Science Lebanese mechanics and robotics instructor Sevag Babikian is one of four Stars of Science finalists vying to win the largest... Maysaa Ajjan • 15 November, 2016 Stars of Science Sevag Babikian 3d printing
Regional $1B for a new ecommerce site out of Saudi With an initial investment of $1 billion, regionally-based real estate company Emaar is launching an ecommerce platform from Riyadh.... Abdulghani Kataya • 15 November, 2016 Alabbar Noon aramex
U.A.E Growth for service provider Mr Usta as they get more funding Mr Usta secured a pre-Series A round of 2.75 million Emirati dirhams (US$750,000) this week. Investors include regional investors... Lucy Knight • 14 November, 2016 mrusta precinct partners millennial partners & co
Jordan Health tech in MENA: How do you say measles, mumps and rubella in Arabic? “Now is the era of systems that learn. It’s like [sending] a child to school. You teach them to read and digest information.... Dana Ballout • 14 November, 2016 ICT MENA Forum Watson big data
Lebanon App aiding facial paralysis wins 10K at BDL Accelerate hackathon An app that aids patients with facial paralysis won the $10,000 prize at Lebanon’s BDL Accelerate conference health hackathon on... Maysaa Ajjan • 14 November, 2016 healthtech Health hackathon BDL Accelerate
Global What I know about airtech: Paul Papadimitriou Paul Papadimitriou is a self-described technologist but we weren’t interested in that, we wanted his thoughts on flying... Rachel Williamson • 14 November, 2016 aviation MEMakersGE airtech
Global How silliness is disrupting media We think of Facebook, Uber, and Airbnb as companies that have forever changed society as we know it, but major disruption can sometimes be... Omar Al Fil • 14 November, 2016 Ben Huh Giphy Cheezburger Network
U.A.E Bayzat closes $3.6M Series A, seeks to reform UAE health insurance Bayzat, a Dubai based technology company offering health insurance and HR solutions, has closed a $3.6 million Series A round led by BECO... Archana Menon • 13 November, 2016 Bayzat BECO Capital Series A
Jordan Communication key to soothing rocky VC-startup romance Part of a maturing ecosystem are the growing pains that go along with it. As startups continue to pop up, so do VC funds, but like any... Dana Ballout • 13 November, 2016 Funding Investment VC
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