Egypt Egypt's next meal ticket in tech Egypt birthed the Middle East's first delivery website with Otlob.com in 1999; today its digital food and beverage sector is finally... Lilian Abou Zeki • 19 January, 2016 Aklni Mumm Engezni
Egypt Many challenges still facing Egypt’s startups Startology cofounders from L to R: Ayman Saeed, Mahinaz El-Aasser, and Mahmoud Wasfy. Egypt's startup ecosystem... Eman Mostafa • 19 January, 2016 Global Entrepreneurship Index Entrepreneurship in Egypt From Revolution To Evolution Startology
U.A.E Why e-Home Automation is big on smart home tech? [Video] Khalifa AlJaziri, Group Managing director of e-Home Automation International, explains in this video the core goal of his company, in... Maya Rahal • 19 January, 2016 ehome automation MEMakers
Saudi Arabia Saudi launches $133M fund for ICT startups Saudi Arabia has seen the launch of a new ICT venture worth 500 million riyals (US$133 million). Saudi riyals are plenty for... Lucy Knight • 18 January, 2016 Riyadh Taqnia Capital Riyad Capital Taqnia
Palestine What I know about developing hardware and software in Palestine: Ayman Arandi Ayman Arandi and his partners launched Iris Solutions with $15,000 of their own capital in the West Bank in 2012, with a plan to provide... Christina Ganim • 18 January, 2016 Ayman Arandi Sensory room Touch screens
U.A.E Expo 2020 and Wamda partner to drive collaborative entrepreneurship #Expo2020xWamda Expo 2020 Dubai has announced that it will partner with Wamda, the leading platform for entrepreneurs in the Middle East and North... Wamda • 18 January, 2016 CE Collaborative Entrepreneurship Dubai Expo 2020
Lebanon Lebanese telco Touch expands its reach with startups Nadim Khater at his office. (Image via Touch) After indulging in an era of global expansion, telecom operators around the world... Maya Rahal • 18 January, 2016 Telcos touch lebanon
Regional Digi-teens' online spending habits [Infographic] The teens love their brands. (Image via International Digital Marketing) Today's teens are the market for many ecommerce... Rachel Williamson • 17 January, 2016 mobile shopping Payfort teenagers
Jordan Space: the next tech frontier for MENA? An art installation in Amman that could soon have a real-life counterpart. (Image via Sam Wendel) Watch out Elon Musk, a new force is... Samuel Wendel • 17 January, 2016 Oasis Space Ventures Jordan Space Ventures SpaceX
Lebanon Speed@BDD sends two startups off to Silicon Valley Two of Speed@BDD’s first six startups are off to Silicon Valley. The accelerator’s CEO Sami Abou Saab said Rational Pixels... Lucy Knight • 14 January, 2016 NAR Rational Pixels Speed@BDD
Maghreb Tunisian incubator Esprit aims to turn engineers into entrepreneurs The first promotion of engineers-entrepreneurs presented health and safety-related startups at Esprit's demo day. (Images via Esprit) If... Aline Mayard • 14 January, 2016 Esprit engineering school
Saudi Arabia Saudi's MyCN makes shopping in China simple "From China to your doorstep... In just a couple clicks". The MyCN homepage. If you found something you wanted on Amazon for $5, but its... Safar Ayad • 14 January, 2016 WorldShip MyCN china
Regional Opportunities in the risk intelligence market [Opinion] A map of countries facing the greatest risk of terrorism. (Image via The Telegraph) One basic law of economics dictates a... Johnny Matta • 14 January, 2016 Risk intelligence data analysis MEMakers
U.A.E Bahrain’s Eat app on fast thinking and changing course The team behind Bahraini startup Eat had a solid plan when they launched in 2014, but when they heard a global player was about to enter... Lucy Knight • 13 January, 2016 Eatapp zomato reservations
Maghreb Tunisia’s media monitoring service, WebRadar, is targeting the Arab world The Innova team is changing Arabic big data. Here they pause at Cogite coworking space's garden. (Images via WebRadar) Upon discovering... Emna Ghariani • 13 January, 2016 online alerts WebRadar tunisia
Jordan Will e-sports be the next industry to level up in MENA? The next generation of star athletes from the Middle East and North Africa recently gave spectators a glimpse of the future of... Samuel Wendel • 13 January, 2016 AFKG Viva Algeria esports
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