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Lebanon

How Lebanon and its diaspora can mutually benefit in the startup ecosystem [Opinion]

Editor's note: this is the first of two articles on diaspora engagement. Connecting a diaspora and its home country can’t be a one-way r...

Startup Megaphone Elie Nasr Foo

Lebanon

Startup creativity spurred by 'networked space'

Office design matters more than most entrepreneurs realise when it comes to employee performance, which is why the UK Lebanon Tech Hub made...

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Lebanon

What I know about life: Nicolas Sehnaoui

(Image via mpt.gov.lb) Instrumental in the creation of the Beirut Digital District, bringing Lebanon ever closer to faster internet and...

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Lebanon

Lebanese teens invent urine-powered generator

As Lebanon's environmental woes continue to escalate, with mountains of garbage rotting in the street and power cuts lasting...

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Lebanon

Ride sharing app wins $20K in AUB contest

Lujain Nabaa, Mohamad Nabaa, and Ralph Khairallah of tulos accept this year's AUB Samir and Claude Abillama Eco-Entrepreneurship...

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Lebanon

Is Lebanon a startup trap? [Opinion]

The buzz about entrepreneurship and start-ups in Lebanon has never been louder. News of increasingly available venture capital funds, bank...

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Regional

New Wamda Research Lab report, Country Insights looks at Egypt, Lebanon Jordan and UAE

Jerash, Jordan: more than 60 percent of MENA's startup support institutions are based in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and the UAE. (Images via...

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Lebanon

5 ways to address Lebanon's trash crisis

Lebanon's trash piles up in the streets. (Image via Al Arabiya) Trash is piling up in the streets of Beirut and across Lebanon,...

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Lebanon

Sweet as honey: how this Lebanese startup founded a thriving business

In the middle of Beirut's Achrafieh area is a small boutique with rows and rows of honey jars stacked on top each other. The boutique...

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Lebanon

How Lebanon’s food scandal spurred startup solutions

The Lebanese are all over the world, and more often than not their cuisine acts as the ultimate ambassador for the tiny Middle Eastern...

Beirutista ChefXchange Bibayti

Lebanon

A Conversation with Chile’s Changemakers

How can Lebanon and Chile collaborate to promote entrepreneurship and innovation? In just a few years, Chile’s startup ecosystem has...

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Lebanon

AltCity Bootcamp² Ideation Competition

AltCity is organizing the Bootcamp² Ideation Competition, in collaboration with French entrepreneur coding school Le Wagon. The one day ...

Bootcamp Ideation Competition Le Wagon Altcity

Lebanon

Daily deals site ScoopCity outlives, outplays Lebanese rivals

Brothers Abdallah and Ghaith Yafi (Image via Executive Magazine) ScoopCity was one of the first online daily deals platforms in...

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Lebanon

PayPal cofounder pays young Lebanese student $100K to drop out and build a startup

During TedxBeirut last year. (Images via YouTube) It’s a busy time for Jihad Kawas. The 18-year-old Lebanese is wrapping up his final year ...

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Lebanon

Global Entrepreneurial Network EO Launches a Chapter in Lebanon

Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO), one of the largest and most influential community of entrepreneurs, is launching in Lebanon on the 17th...

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Lebanon

What does it take to make it in the Lebanese ecosystem?

There was plenty to discuss at Energy Boost. (Images via Facebook) How do you make it big in a country like Lebanon? How do you...

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Regional

Maqtoob takes its mission on the road

Meet Maqtoob's cofounders. (Images via Maqtoob) For many, promoting a new platform means using SEO techniques and Facebook ads. Not for...

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Lebanon

Lebanese game developers Wixel Studios targets cancer with new project

Still from the Aurora game. (Image via Wixel Studios) Despite a growing tech-healthcare sector - which by now has hundreds of...

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Lebanon

Beirut gets a new accelerator, UK Lebanon Tech Hub now open

A giant Twitter deck at the UK Lebanon Tech Hub. (Images via Lucy Knight) Standing on a podium in a carpark in a fast sweltering Beirut,...

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Turkey

Turkish news site to launch Arabic version from Beirut

The Istanbul offices of haberler.com By the end of 2015 Beirut is going to be home to another news portal for the Arabic speaking region,...

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Lebanon

5 things I learned from making a video game in 30 hours

Sten Selander of Media Evolution (Sweden) briefs Arabic Game Jam participants As a kid, I had two main hobbies: drawing and playing video...

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Lebanon

How a Lebanese ecommerce pioneer carved his niche

The hype surrounding entrepreneurs and tech companies has breathed new life into the myth that startups are staffed by college dropouts in...

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Lebanon

USAID launches MENA-II in Lebanon amidst growing landscape of support

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

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Regional

From Beirut to the Gulf, Armenian cuisine expands its reach

It is no longer a surprise to see successful female entrepreneurs. However, when one comes across them in the food and beverage sector...

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