Egypt

Egypt launches $50 million VC programme to support tech startups

Egypt has launched a $50 million venture capital programme to finance new and existing investment funds, in collaboration with the World...

News • 24 February, 2022

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Palestine

World Bank approves $15 million grant to support Palestinian IT sector

Source: DevDiscourse The World Bank has approved a US$15 million grant to improve sustainable economic opportunities for much...

News • 15 June, 2020

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Egypt

Egypt’s fintech startups are growing in number, value, and specialization

“The wave of innovation sweeping through the world of financial technology promises nothing short of revolution … It will...

Rana Freifer • 24 January, 2018

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Lebanon

About Beirut’s middle-stage ecosystem and its multiple opportunities [Report]

The World Bank’s Tech startup ecosystem in finding and recommendations report, analyzed the tech startup ecosystem in Beirut, in an...

Rana Freifer • 23 October, 2017

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Global

New World Bank initiative targets women entrepreneurs

The World Bank announced last Saturday the creation of  the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) to finance and support...

Staff writer • 11 July, 2017

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Lebanon

Lebanon's Jaleesa awarded $40K by World Bank

Jaleesa, the Lebanon-based tech startup that connects families with a trusted babysitter, has secured a $40,000 equity-free contribution...

Wamda • 02 May, 2017

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Lebanon

Entrepreneurship: an unequal playing field

The message aspiring business leaders get when they go to conferences and listen to motivational speeches by their role models, urging them...

Brooke Anderson • 13 February, 2017

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Regional

Mediterranean Water Heroes Youth Contest

Are you between the ages of 18 and 35 and from the Mediterranean? Are you engaged in water and climate activities that contribute to...

Wamda • 07 February, 2017

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Maghreb

New $51M World Bank fund to target Morocco

Morocco has been missing a strong investment fund dedicated to startups, but this will change in autumn when the World Bank launches a...

Aline Mayard • 05 July, 2016

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Kuwait

What's most exciting about Kuwait's future? [Video]

This is an edited crosspost from Nuwait. Each entrepreneurship ecosystem has its own story to tell, but failures, success...

Reine Farhat • 01 March, 2016

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Regional

MENAT’s internet growth and barriers [Infographic]

Despite the apparent prevalence of the world wide web in people’s lives, there are still a many who go without internet access. According t...

Lucy Knight • 24 January, 2016

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Kuwait

Why celebrating failure is important for Kuwaiti startups [Video]

Video has Arabic subtitles. This article is a crosspost with Nuwait. In a country that’s considered one of the...

Reine Farhat • 22 December, 2015

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Regional

The ‘ease’ of doing business in MENA [Infographic]

Starting a business and running it isn’t easy. It becomes less so when the economy in which you want to start the business...

Lucy Knight • 15 November, 2015

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Lebanon

The Chile Connection: lessons for Lebanese entrepreneurs

The Chileans in Beirut. (Image via BDD) For 17 years Chileans endured a right-wing military dictatorship that saw more than 3,000 people...

Lucy Knight • 28 July, 2015

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Kuwait

Kuwait National Fund partners with the World Bank to support local SMEs

The State of Kuwait is aiming to develop the entrepreneurial spirit among Kuwaitis, help the country take a major stride in efforts to...

Reine Farhat • 24 May, 2015

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Egypt

WE’Resilient, a competition for women solving urban risks of the MENA

WE’Resilient is a startup competition organized by the World Bank in partnership with IE Business group. The competition encourages the c...

Wamda • 10 April, 2015

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Lebanon

Access to funding for Lebanese startups is looking up

Obviously a lot more than loose change is going to be availalbe. (Image via Lucy Knight) Things are certainly looking up for the coffer...

Lucy Knight • 05 March, 2015

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Lebanon

Lebanese government inks $6.4 million loan to create tech hub

Lebanon’s government is moving forward with an initiative aimed at strengthening innovation and entrepreneurship in its mobile internet e...

Maya Rahal • 25 February, 2015

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Egypt

Egypt startups need a big business leg up

During an International Development Research Centre (IDRC) roundtable on Tuesday, co-hosted by the Egyptian Centre...

Rachel Williamson • 10 December, 2014

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Diaspora key to making Lebanon more business friendly, says Nokia's Ramzi Haidamus

In the early 1980s, at the age of 17, Ramzi Haidamus migrated from his war-ravaged home of Lebanon, leaving his family behind....

Anwar Aridi • 07 September, 2014

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World Bank wants to help Lebanese and Tunisian diasporas give back

As part of a new project, Integrating the Middle East and North Africa (i-MENA) aiming to foster MENA global integration, the World Bank...

Anwar Aridi • 14 July, 2014

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