Egypt MerQ closes its seed funding round Egypt-based artificial intelligence (AI) company MerQ has closed its seed financing round from Ahmed Kamal Selim, a financial investor,... News • 14 April, 2019 chatbot AI Investment
Regional GetJenny raises $2.3m from Dubai Angel Investors Source: Menabytes Helsinki-based customer service-focused bot building platform GetJenny has raised $2.3 million (€2 million) as... News • 05 February, 2019 Expansion MENA AI
U.A.E In conversation with Andrew Kabrit of the UAE's Seez Seez, the UAE-based car aggregator platform is one of the few companies in the Middle East to develop its own artificial intelligence (AI)... Triska Hamid • 16 January, 2019 Seez AI Artificial intelligence
Pakistan The robotic arms made in Pakistan In the final year of university, mechatronics engineering students Ovais Qureshi and Anas Niaz decided to build a “robotic prosthetic... Triska Hamid • 08 January, 2019 3d printing prosthetics sensors
Bahrain Bahrain's Inagrab closes seed round Source: Startup MGZN Bahraini startup Inagrab, a platform that helps retail businesses scale their business with the help of A.I... News • 03 January, 2019 Bahrain 500 startups Retail
Tunisia For every human need comes a robot Robots may not rule the world (anytime soon) but they are gradually excelling at a number of human tasks such as helping human resources... Reine Farhat • 11 October, 2018 robots robotics AI
Global Voicera acquires Wrappup, launches new AI virtual assistant app Voicera, a pioneer in the artificial intelligence and productivity space, acquired Wrappup, the company behind one of the most popular apps... Staff writer • 19 April, 2018 Voicera Wrappup AI
Regional World AI Show Dubai Dubai is set to host the first edition of World AI Show in the wake of the ‘Smart Dubai Government' initiative. The... Wamda • 04 April, 2018 uae AI Artificial intelligence
Regional Over 3M jobs will be at risk in the GCC if not adapted to AI advancements: The time is now Artificial intelligence is becoming an inseparable part of our daily lives, and its impact is reaching almost every segment of the economic... Rana Freifer • 28 February, 2018 Artificial intelligence AI Technology
Global The rise of the Arab MOOCs. Will education in the Arab world ever be the same? In the past 10 years alone, tech invaded classrooms and played a crucial role in disrupting the way knowledge is consumed worldwide.... Reine Farhat • 11 December, 2017 EdTech MOOC AI
Regional Eventtus raises $2 million, looks to adopt AI recognition at events Event management startup Eventtus received US$ 2 million of investment from Egyptian VC Algebra Ventures and 500 Startups. It previously... Staff writer • 20 November, 2017 eventtus fundraising Scaling
Global Robotics are set to revolutionise hospitality and guest servicing On Thursday March 10, 2016 the special guest at the ITB Berlin Hospitality Day, one of the world’s leading travel trade shows, was... Rana Freifer • 17 October, 2017 robotics hospitality Marriott TestBED MEA
Lebanon Startup Weekend Beirut Artificial Intelligence Edition From September 29 to October 1, Beirut Digital District will be hosting the first Startup Weekend dedicated to artificial intelligence in... Wamda • 19 September, 2017 beirut AI Startup Weekend
Turkey Turkish startup turned machine failure into a business model Airways and railways have been conservative and difficult sectors for startups due to safety and security issues. But this is changing,... Maya Rahal • 18 September, 2017 Delphisonic predictable maintenance turkey
Global New startups on the block: September Startups are launching faster than we can write about them, so here’s our list of raw newbies to watch. Blink Egypt Development... Reine Farhat • 04 September, 2017 Startup List news AI
Global Startup Watch: Uber’s new era, a computer that can smell and wealth secrets 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... Reine Farhat • 31 August, 2017 Startup Watch Uber AI
Regional AI is taking roots in the MENA Even though Artificial Intelligence (AI) is developing at a blistering pace, outside academia and engineering, it remains a bit of a... Tarek Faycal • 30 August, 2017 AI Investment Technology
Global Artificial Intelligence is making mobile apps even smarter Artificial Intelligence (AI) enables computers to do much of what humans have traditionally done, and even to correct our mistakes. AI... Hamad Almuraikhi • 23 August, 2017 AI Mobile Apps Google
Global Startup Watch: Paint is back, punished Google, and tech titans AI clash 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... Rana Freifer • 27 July, 2017 Startup Watch Google Paint
Global Startup Watch: Overfunding kills, cybersecurity smartphones, and Toyota’s AI fund 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... Rana Freifer • 13 July, 2017 Startup Watch Jawbone AI
Jordan How this chatbot is facilitating food ordering At some point in 2014, Mark Zuckerberg was disliked by many. Forcing all Facebook app users to migrate to a separate chatting app... Tala El Issa • 16 July, 2017 Eila Mindhub Cafe chatbot
U.A.E What I know about AI: Damu Winston Ever since he first saw Star Trek as a child Damu Winston has had a lifelong fascination with futuristic technology. The founder and... Elias Jabbe • 03 July, 2017 What I Know AI WIK
Egypt Automating HR management in Egypt Focusing on developing a specialized product allowed Egyptian software company HITS Solutions to enter more than 40 countries, working with... Maya Rahal • 20 June, 2017 Egypt HITS Solutions HR
Regional Aim low, shoot high: AI regional startups are keeping it real In the past two years, both growth numbers and tech advancements in the AI industry have made it fairly easy for its outsiders to fantasize... Vanessa Khalil • 11 June, 2017 chatbot AI Facebook Messenger