Regional Eventtus secures investment to launch a virtual events platform UAE-based Eventtus, has secured an investment round to launch a new digital events platform in response to the Covid-19 impact on the... Shaimaa El Nazer • 14 April, 2020 events Investment coronavirus
Regional Startups inject digital savvy into events scene Earlier this year, Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority announced a new strategic plan to revamp the local entertainment... Middle East Exchange • 24 September, 2019 eventtus Eventbox events
Global 10 November events for MENA entrepreneurs As the MENA region’s entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem blossoms and grows, so do the events, conferences, and competitions.... Dana Ballout • 26 October, 2016 BDL Accelerate Social Media Week ICT MENA Forum
Jordan Meet the 16-year olds who brought the NASA Space Apps hackathon to Jordan The pilots of NASA Space Apps Amman: Rasha Khateeb (left) and Maram Abu Hussein (right). (Images via Sam Wendel) The countdown to Jordan’s ... Samuel Wendel • 11 May, 2016 NASA Space Apps Challenge Zain Group MEMakersGE
Regional Fast Facts II: 12+ new hubs for MENA startups (2015) Throughout 2015, support for entrepreneurs in the Arab world continued to grow. As Wamda’s review of the year’s... Jonas Feller • 31 December, 2015 Wamda Research Lab accelerator CER
Egypt RiseUp Summit meets expectations, beats them A closing keynote: how does entrepreneurship impact on the economy? Well, it depends who you ask. (Images via Rachel... Sara Aggour - Rachel Williamson • 14 December, 2015 Oak Investment Partners YCombinator US Aid
Lebanon Lebanon's Global Entrepreneurship Week in full swing GEW Lebanon's official launch at cohost ElementN drew many. (Images via GEW) Lebanon's Global Entrepreneurship Week is in full swing,... Maya Rahal • 26 November, 2015 MENA lebanon events
Bahrain MENA Angel Investors Summit 2015 in Bahrain Bahrain’s second MENA Angel Investors Summit 2015 will take place on May 11th to bolster the investment ecosystem and endorse... Wamda • 11 May, 2015 events Bahrain
Global 7 tips to get the most out of Europe and US-based events As we said yesterday, going to a Europe or US-based tech event can be a game changer, but this is a costly investment, so once you’ve m... Aline Mayard • 09 December, 2014 events
Regional How did these three Arab startups take advantage of TechCrunch Disrupt Getting your product known and used internationally is tough, especially if you’re based in the Arab world. To address this head on, a s... Aline Mayard • 27 October, 2014 TechCrunch Disrupt competition Europe
Maghreb Entrepreneurs learn a lesson in storytelling at #YMEstartup Tunis Walking through the doors of Tunisia’s Elgazala Technopark on Monday October 13th, there was one thing I couldn’t help but not... Courtney Joline • 21 October, 2014 events your middle east #YMEStartup
Saudi Arabia UTURN cofounder launches a platform for outdoor activities in Jeddah This article has been crossposted from Firnas.org. Inspired by his personal struggle with finding out about outdoor activities in Jeddah,... Safar Ayad • 22 September, 2014 Saudi Arabia Entertainment Uturn
Gaming Alliance Middle East Show Dubai, deadline August 20th The Gaming Alliance Middle East Show was started in 2008 by Microsoft Xbox Gulf, PlayStation Middle East & Africa, Pluto Games and Red... Wamda • 13 August, 2014 uae events Dubai
Maghreb OuiShare Drink Beirut OuiShare is organizing the first get-together for people interested in collaborative consumption, makers, fablabs, crowdfunding,... Wamda • 05 August, 2014 beirut events collaborative economy
The Arab Women in Leadership and Business Summit in Dubai Engaging women to take leadership roles and to support and empower women entrepreneurs is one of the keys to help maintain and accelerate... Wamda • 06 August, 2014 events Women
Regional Livestream StartupIstanbul 2014 here StartupIstanbul is a networking event that hosts more than 1,000 attendees including founders, executives, entrepreneurs, and investors... Wamda • 30 September, 2014 turkey istanbul startup
Arabnet attendees grapple with changes in the ecosystem, and look to the future Over three days, from June 3 to 5, more than 110 speakers and 90 partners and sponsors met at the Atlantis Hotel in Dubai for the Arabnet... Pamela Kesrouani • 10 June, 2014 events Arabnet
At Startup Morning, Bahrain's entrepreneurs tell policy makers what they need to succeed Early on a Saturday morning at the Business and Professional Women’s Club in Bahrain’s AlJasra district, I attended the first monthly Sta... Leena AlOlaimy • 21 May, 2014 startup morning events Bahrain
Will the next real challenger to Eventbrite come from Morocco? While the MENA region lacks many of the web services that the rest of the world has become dependent on, many entrepreneurs in the Arab... Aline Mayard • 22 May, 2014 events
Startup MENA seeks to bridge the gaps between Egyptian startups and European VCs Startup MENA, the initiative funded in part by the Danish government, will hold a pitch event for Egyptian startups on May 14th, as part... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 03 May, 2014 events
Why startups in the Arab world should attend SXSW If there’s one American event international startups should attend, it’s probably South by South West (SXSW). This movie and music con... Aline Mayard • 26 March, 2014 usa events
Meet SafirLab, a French accelerator for entrepreneurs from the Arab world In Paris, it's not often that you’re sitting in a room with entrepreneurs from across the entire Arab world, listening to them pitch s... Aline Mayard • 11 December, 2013 accelerator events
Looly's takes home Startup Cup Maroc It’s official: the Moroccan startup of the year is Looly’s! At least, it’s the startup that won the first edition of Maroc Start... Aline Mayard • 05 December, 2013 events Competitions
StartupYourLife, the community that’s shaking up the Moroccan startup scene “Countries from all around the world look up to Silicon Valley as if it were the heart of innovation; they’re all getting the... Aline Mayard • 24 November, 2013 startupyourlife morocco events
