Global R2-D2 and Ayah Bdeir share the spotlight at Disney Demo Day Littlebits founder Ayah Bdeir announced a new partnership with Disney on Thursday for a children’s online video series encouraging... Dana Ballout • 14 October, 2016 littlebits Disney Hardware
Regional You need more than a website to save the world [Opinion] Aspiring social entrepreneurs need to understand that the tech component of solving a social problem is only a very small part of... Kamel Al-Asmar • 13 October, 2016 Opinion Social Entrepreneurship Pepsico
Jordan Home-cooked food gets a taste of delivery services in Jordan When Marwan Oklah Al Zou'bi and Adam Barghouti were studying indoors during Canada’s harsh winters, ordering homemade food... Tala El Issa • 13 October, 2016 Jordan Delivery Homecooked meals
Global Startup Watch: How to get more dates on Tinder, why Egyptian investors must unite, and VR Facebook emojis Here’s a roundup of what we’ve been reading this week on how to get more dates on Tinder, VR spreading its Ocu-pus legs across... Dana Ballout • 13 October, 2016 Startup Watch Theranos tinder
Regional Holidayme.com secures $7M funding, a boost for regional travel industry UAE online travel agency Holidayme.com has raised $7 million in Series A funding from Silicon Valley-based Accel Partners, Saudi... Dana Ballout • 12 October, 2016 Travel holidayme Geet Bhalla
Lebanon Tripoli-based startup brings online retail to local merchants Lebanon’s northern coastal city of Tripoli, once the center of trade in the region, is now too often associated with political... Maysaa Ajjan • 12 October, 2016 Tripoli lebanon Navybits
Syria Syrian inventor on his journey of making a solar-powered washing machine [Q&A] Twenty-two-year old Syrian inventor Yaman Abou Jeib has the entrepreneurship community buzzing over him, and for good reason too. Aside... Maysaa Ajjan • 12 October, 2016 Glean Yaman Abou Jeib Cleantech
U.A.E Has Falafel Games raised the largest round for a gaming startup in MENA? Falafel Games, one of the first gaming studios to emerge in the Middle East, just closed a round of $2.6 million. The funding round was... Lucy Knight • 11 October, 2016 falafel games MEVP Investment
U.A.E A step in the ecotourism direction This year Dubai and Abu Dhabi topped the list of most sustainable cities in MENA. On the global ranking list, however,... Archana Menon • 11 October, 2016 MEMakersGE uae eco resort group
Regional Can audiobooks inspire more Arabs to read? [Wamda TV] Rawan Barakat, the founder of Raneen. (Image via Wamda) Studies have shown that Arab citizens hardly care about reading - dedicating... Kamel Al-Asmar • 11 October, 2016 Rawan Barakat Raneen Raneen Media
Iran Iran startup Snapp raises $22M Series A Iranian ride sharing startup Snapp has secured a 20 million euro (US$22 million) Series A investment. The deal, reported in Tech... Rachel Williamson • 10 October, 2016 Snapp Iran Internet Group Rocket Internet
Bahrain Bahrain’s Eat raises $2M Editor’s note: this article was updated on October 12 to include a comment from Reserve Out. In what they are labelling... Lucy Knight • 10 October, 2016 Eatapp eat Bahrain
Kuwait Is there a way to create high quality startups in Kuwait? This is an edited crosspost with Nuwait. We see plenty of buzz around the topic of startups in Kuwait. The 2 billion Kuwaiti dinar... Surya Rao • 10 October, 2016 Nuwait Mefazec kuwait
Lebanon Reboot Beirut hackathon features seasoned student entrepreneurs [Wamda TV] Over the past decade, there have been countless news stories pointing to a rise of student entrepreneurship globally. Lebanon is no... Dana Ballout • 10 October, 2016 Reboot Beirut aub student entrepreneurship
Egypt 'VC association wanted, please call Egypt for more details' [Opinion] There is no doubt the Egyptian startup ecosystem is young. If the startups are young, the investors are as well. As investors, we need... Tamer Azer • 09 October, 2016 Egypt venture capital association British Venture Capital Association
Kuwait Arabnet Kuwait draws crowds, demands action Entrepreneurship is a top priority for Kuwait’s power brokers who are spending a lot of money on developing an ecosystem, yet only a... Reine Farhat • 09 October, 2016 Arabnet Kuwait 2016
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