Palestine gets its first seed fund, supported by MENA Apps and USAID

The startup scene in Palestine has been slow to build over the past few years, led by initiatives like Bazinga and grassroots...

Nina Curley • 03 July, 2013

Seed stage Incubator Accelerators

Wizards founder builds new mobile gaming company at 500 Startups in Silicon Valley

In an effort to keep their gaming startup, Wizards Productions, afloat, founders Hussam Hammo and Sohaib Thiab pivoted into mobile,...

Glen Dalakian II • 02 July, 2013

Incubator Failure Mobile Gaming

Will a new startup accelerator focused on supply chain and logistics take off in Dubai?

These days, it seems incubators and accelerators are popping up everywhere in the Arab world, especially in the UAE. One of the latest...

Shaimaa El Nazer • 19 June, 2013

Logistics Supply chain Incubator

AUC launches new incubator for startups across Egypt

“In Egypt, we need to create 800,000 jobs every year, but you have to start somewhere,” says Dr. Sherif Kamel, Dean of the American Uni...

Glen Dalakian II • 17 June, 2013

Incubator Egypt Accelerators

How Welfare Association is supporting entrepreneurs in Palestine

In 1983, four Palestinian businessmen who were living in the Gulf came up with the idea for a support organization for those living in the...

Nina Curley • 06 June, 2013

Incubator Support Organizations Accelerators

Launching a fishing startup in the Gulf

“I used to go fishing with my uncle, but once I graduated it was difficult without my own boat,” says Kuwaiti entrepreneur Abdullah Als...

Glen Dalakian II • 29 May, 2013

Dubai Incubator Sports

Mohammed Al-Ayouti: Vodafone Egypt's Intrapreneur

"I don’t even believe in the value of a formal education. What drives me is the desire to build," says Mohammed Al-Ayouti, the Senior M...

Ahmed Gabr • 01 May, 2013

vodafone xone vodafone Incubator

AUC Venture Lab Challenge Deadline - Cairo, Egypt

The Entrepreneurship & Innovation Program (EIP) at the American University of Cairo School of Business, in cooperation with Intel, has...

Wamda • 24 April, 2013

Incubator Egypt Education

Lebanon

Applications now open for Speed@BDD's third acceleration program

Speed@BDD is recruiting 10 aspiring startups for their upcoming acceleration program in September, where selected...

Wamda • 01 June, 2016

application Speed@BDD beirut

Watch the livestream of Flat6Labs' 6th Demo Day

Check back at 6:30pm Cairo time! Want to see the latest round of startups coming out of Cairo's accelerator Flat6Labs? Tune in to this...

Wamda • 25 September, 2013

Incubator Flat6Labs Pitching

What's dangerous about the hype in the Middle East startup ecosystem [Wamda TV]

At the recent World Economic Forum Meeting on the Middle East and North Africa in Dead Sea, Jordan this May, we chatted with Usama Fayyad, E...

Nina Curley • 09 July, 2013

Hype World Economic Forum Incubator

Gazan entrepreneur builds online platform to unite Palestine's professionals [Wamda TV]

[Arabic] One new startup in Gaza is looking to unite all of Palestine’s professionals in one accessible online network. Entrepreneur I...

Mariam Hamed • 10 July, 2013

Incubator Networking Accelerators