Jordan Nestrom and how to feed the next two billion Over half a century ago, the introduction of pesticides and modified irrigation systems helped save one billion people from famine,... Tala El Issa • 09 October, 2016 Agriculture Nestrom Yousef Wadi
Egypt Cairo Angels lead angel deal in Egypt's Hire Hunt Business angels network Cairo Angels has sealed an investment with the Egyptian startup Hire Hunt in September. Cairo Angels... Eduard Cousin • 06 October, 2016 cairo angels HireHunt Egypt
U.A.E Careem v Uber: the local kid is winning Careem’s flexibility in dealing with governments may give it the edge it needs over Uber and upstarts such as Egypt’s... Rachel Williamson • 06 October, 2016 careem Uber Ousta
Global Startup Watch: Who's reading your emails, the UAE mission to Mars and has power corrupted you yet? Here’s a roundup of what we’ve been reading this week on those new Pixel phones that do stuff with the flick of a wrist,... Lucy Knight • 06 October, 2016 twitter Space Cleantech
Regional MITEF Pan Arab awards $150K to refugee aid ideas Seven startups and NGOs (listed below) were awarded $150,000 in total at the MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab Innovate for Refugees award... Tala El Issa • 05 October, 2016 MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab Innovate for Refugees MIT Enterprise Forum Pan-Arab Natakallam
Global Braci capitalizes on Europe’s growing hard of hearing market Anwar Al Mojarkesh has built up a long list of inventions that he sought to one day realise. One was a “dancing pillow” that... Lucy Knight • 05 October, 2016 Braci sound alert MEMakersGE
Lebanon From Bitcoins to footwear, opportunity drives David El Achkar If you do a quick Google search of David El Achkar’s name, you’re likely to find the following article headlines:... Dana Ballout • 05 October, 2016 Maku Yellow bitcoins
U.A.E Dubai attracts global tech elite to Future Accelerators program Dubai officially launched its Future Accelerators program on Sunday, following a $275 million pledge in August to address seven global... Rachel Williamson • 04 October, 2016 Dubai Future Accelerators Comae Technologies Hyperloop One
Regional Cleantech startups in MENA face many challenges but remain resilient [Report] MENA is experiencing some of the most daunting environmental challenges on earth. Energy and water scarcity coupled with an... Teeb Assaf • 04 October, 2016 Cleantech MEMakersGE Report
Morocco Converting code quicksmart, scalable? Hunched over his laptop in a hotel lobby, empty coffee cups and water bottles piled up on the table beside him, Jaoued Ahmed’s energy... Celeste Hicks • 04 October, 2016 myappconverter morocco
Syria Artificial intelligence startup wins at Jusoor competition Arabot, a startup that uses artificial intelligence to build online Arabic chatbots, won first place at Jusoor’s third annual... Maysaa Ajjan • 04 October, 2016 Jusoor Entrepreneurship Bootcamp Glean syria
Lebanon Don't hide your ideas, Andrew Hyde of Techstars [Q&A] Andrew Hyde, Startup Week director at Techstars, is a globe-trotter with a mission: bridging the gap between community, technology and... Dana Ballout • 03 October, 2016 Andrew Hyde techstars Startup Weekend
Lebanon Making social pay, #MixNMentor Beirut If you had a choice between having a $10 million business and being on the cover of Forbes magazine, or running a $50 million business and... Lucy Knight • 03 October, 2016 lebanon Mix n Mentor Social Entrepreneurship
Egypt Replacing wood with straw, an Egyptian environmental solution Egypt is brewing a number of entrepreneurial projects seeking to provide sustainable solutions for the manufacture of wooden furniture and... Eman Mostafa • 03 October, 2016 Egypt Dawayer MEMakersGE
Tunisia Favizone, the Tunisian big data company that's launching in France What do you do after you’ve found success and sold your startup? Mehdi Khemiri’s answer was to pick a high potential... Aline Mayard • 02 October, 2016 France Business France big data
Scopio aims to become the Getty Images of social media Social media has popularized videography and photography to an extent where 2 to 4 billion images are pushed out every day. Amidst the... Stefania D'Ignoti • 02 October, 2016 Scopio user generated content Media
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