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What impact will the Lebanon protests have on its startups?

The Arab social contract was designed to placate the people – provide public sector jobs and free social services, and the...

Lebanon

It was never the same for the Lebanese ecosystem after 2014. Banque du Liban’s (BDL) Circular 331 was meant to create the foundations...

Lebanon

When it comes to VCs on the Lebanese scene, Phoenician Funds is the new kid on the block. One year old now, it was cofounded by Jad...

Lebanon

In August 2014, Banque du Liban (the Central Bank of Lebanon, abbreviated as BDL) issued Circular 331 with the aim of injecting 400 million...

Lebanon

It is said that innovation is an entrepreneur’s best friend. But in Lebanon a strong second contender has to be the central...

Lebanon

Marianne Hoayek at BDL Accelerate in November 2014. (Image via BDL) Lebanon’s Central Bank first announced that it would be taking special ...

Lebanon

Last week, representatives of USAID, the Berytech Foundation (a Lebanese incubator and VC fund), and the United States...

Lebanon

Henri Asseilly at ArabNet Beirut earlier this year. (Image via Lucy Knight) As we previously reported, the focus of the ‘sponsored a...

Lebanon

The Circular 331 panel. A Lebanon-based $71 million fund focusing on the Middle East and North Africa; plans for a Beirut chapter...

Lebanon

Around 10 days ago, the Central Bank of Lebanon (the Banque du Liban) released an announcement that it had instituted a new policy to...