Global How to do a Google design sprint: 10 things to know Google Ventures' design sprint tries to take teams from problem to solution in five days. (Image via Fastcodesign) Do you want to... Rachel Williamson • 13 June, 2016 agile Daniel Burka Design Sprint
Maghreb Tunisian teens start thinking like entrepreneurs Students putting themselves in an entrepreneur’s shoes. (Images via Spark) The time is long gone when starting a business as a teenager m... Aline Mayard • 12 June, 2016 BIAT foundation Spark teenagers
Regional Corporate-startup partnerships, where are we at in MENA? [Report] 89 percent of large corporations and 94 percent of startups see value in partnering together. [Tweet this] This is one of many findings... Teeb Assaf • 12 June, 2016 Expo 2020 Dubai Collaborative Entrepreneurship WRL
Egypt Building a biogas empire in Upper Egypt Mona El Khodairy receiving the Ecotaqa award at The Impact bootcamp in Dubai. (Images via Ecotaqa) In 2014 Mona El Khodairy, an... Eman Mostafa • 12 June, 2016 Sustaincubator Eco Taqa Mona ElKhodairy
Lebanon Fransabank to invest $2.5M investment in Lebanon’s Pinpay Lebanon’s leading fintech startup, Pinpay, is to receive a $2.5 million investment from Fransabank. The mobile payment and... Lucy Knight • 09 June, 2016 Bankmed Bank Audi Fransabank
Regional A marriage of opportunity: why I believe in collaborative entrepreneurship [Opinion] I begin with a confession: I didn’t believe in collaborative entrepreneurship. Don’t get me wrong,... Christopher Schroeder • 09 June, 2016 Startup Rising CE Collaborative Entrepreneurship
Egypt Instabug and the ecosystem Instabug has Egypt's tight-knit ecosystem to thank for much of its success. (Image via Instabug) This is an edited crosspost from Rise... Con O'Donnell • 09 June, 2016 AgileBm Go Ejaza Accel Venture Partners
Turkey The importance of workshops for UX design On the fourth floor of an Istanbul hotel young men and women are huddled over work tables, overlooking large poster boards, markers,... Lorena Rios • 08 June, 2016 Userspots design workshops User Experience
Maghreb 3 reasons why Morocco is lagging in e-payments This is the first of three articles about the state of digital payments in Morocco. At a time when ‘fintech’ is on... Amine Azariz • 08 June, 2016 Cards and payment e-payments fin-tech
Saudi Arabia Curing KSA's concrete water problem Concure founders Mohammed Khalil, Dr. Feras Kafiah & Husam Walwil. (Image via Concure) Curing concrete is a tedious process that... Bérénice Magistretti • 08 June, 2016 curing blanket wet curing blanket concrete
Kuwait 10 startup podcasts you should be listening to today This article is a crosspost with Nuwait. Despite the short attention span of online readers, good content still ranks... Reine Farhat • 07 June, 2016 Lean startups The Week In Startups Menassah
Egypt Instabug raises $1.7M from US investors Instabug's cofounder Omar Gabr (Image via Instabug) Instabug has raised a $1.7 million seed round after completing Y... Rachel Williamson • 07 June, 2016 Accel Venture Partners seed round instabug
Jordan #MixNMentor Amman provokes heated debates During the morning opening talk. (Images via Wamda) Jordan entrepreneurs never disappoint, even when they could take the day off for a... Maya Rahal • 07 June, 2016 Mix N' Mentor 2016 mix n mentor Amman Jordan
Lebanon Kwik emergency response sensor wins refugee hackathon Fire and freezing cold are potentially fatal for refugees, but they are dangers which could be over due to 'emergency sensor'... Maysaa Ajjan • 07 June, 2016 Open Source Action Network UNOCHA UNHCR
Maghreb Big changes for Tunisia as Flat6labs, Le15 launch Last week Flat6labs announced their launch in Tunisia, alongside the brand new startup hub Le15, marking a huge leap forward for the... Aline Mayard • 06 June, 2016 Flat6Labs Tunis Le15 seed investment
Saudi Arabia What I know about doing good: Shahd Al Shehail Saudi native Shahd Al Shehail cofounded Project Just during her time in India as an Acumen Global Fellow. Project Just, an online... Archana Menon • 06 June, 2016 Project Just sustainable fashion WIK
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