Europe French provides a ticket to Europe for North Africans As French politicians play the immigration card ahead of the presidential election, the country’s new entrepreneurship visa opens a... Lilia Blaise • 21 March, 2017 French tech ticket Gbarena Bobbli
Maghreb Maghreb Game Conference proves strength in collaboration Whether you’re a professional, student or passionate gamer in Maghreb, your presence was critical at the first edition of the Maghreb... Yassine Bakir • 23 October, 2016 Gaming Jeux vidéos Maghreb
Maghreb Tunisia's startup minister ousted, should we panic? Tunisia’s startup minister Noomane Fehri, who won over Tunisian entrepreneurs during his 18 months in office with his casual,... Aline Mayard • 31 August, 2016 legislations Startup Act Taher Mestiri
Maghreb An IoT craze in Algeria? For the few Algerian startups commercializing Internet of Things (IoT) products, starting out was hard. Just two years ago, the mere... Aline Mayard • 14 August, 2016 makerspaces IoT algeria
Maghreb The #KarimJazouani prize's 2016 winner announced For the fourth time, Wamda is rewarding advocates of Moroccan entrepreneurship with the Karim Jazouani Prize. Last month, we asked... Aline Mayard • 26 July, 2016 Kilimanjero youssef Chaqor Endeavor
Maghreb 11 coworking spaces for startups in Maghreb [Wamda TV] For years Maghreb only counted a handful of coworking spaces in Tunis and Casablanca, but things have changed in the last two... Aline Mayard • 24 July, 2016 The Address sylabs Mon Atelier
Maghreb Seducing Dubai: how Morocco's Buzzeff broke in to El Dorado “In Dubai, we lost a lot of money for 18 months,” said Jérôme Mouthon, founder of Moroccan ad agency... Aline Mayard • 20 July, 2016 buzzeff Dubai adtech
Maghreb MNF Angels, will business angels save seed funding in Morocco? Maroc Numeric Fund (MNF) has partnered with the OCP Entrepreneurship Network to launch a new 100 million Moroccan dirham... Aline Mayard • 19 July, 2016 MNF Maroc Numeric Fund Seed funding
Maghreb Fantasy football kicking off in Tunisia Coaching Foot has proved that the American ‘fantasy football’ model has a thriving future in Tunisia. The country’s... Aline Mayard • 12 July, 2016 football coaching foot microsoft
Maghreb Is Algeria ready for Aquasafe's IoT? Is Algeria ready for IoT? In 2013 Iman Malek was certainly wondering: her company Aquasafe had created Internet-connected tools to allow... Aline Mayard • 07 July, 2016 aquaculture IoT Agriculture
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 Financement world bank morocco
Maghreb ‘Tunisian DNA’ essential to major US cloud deal An American success often hides a diaspora success. In the case of Predictix it goes far beyond that. Predictix, a US-based retail cloud... Aline Mayard • 29 June, 2016 acceleration Predictix usa
Maghreb AIG becomes Jumia, but is a rebrand a good idea? Few internet services have made as much noise as Africa Internet Group (AIG), and now it’s seeking to make more with a major... Aline Mayard - Rachel Williamson • 29 June, 2016 rebranding Africa Internet Group Kaymu
Maghreb The year Morocco's digital economy levels up This is the second of three articles about the state of digital payments in Morocco. Read the first here. Morocco’s financial... Amine Azariz • 28 June, 2016 Regulations fin-tech
Maghreb Propertyfinder buys Morocco-based Selektimmo The list of Moroccan platforms looking to benefit from the online real estate boom is long. Over a year ago, we wondered if... Aline Mayard • 23 June, 2016
Maghreb For a night, Maghreb joined forces to solve their social problems What if Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia joined forces to solve their social problems? It’s a germ of an idea that a small number of... Yassine Bakir • 22 June, 2016 algerian startup initiative espace bidaya Lab'Ess
Maghreb Karim Jazouani Prize 2016: nominate the advocates of Moroccan entrepreneurship One step forward, two steps backward? Or is it two steps forward, one step backward? If we take a look at the tech sector in Morocco,... Wamda • 16 June, 2016 Karim Jazouani morocco
Maghreb Ubisoft Casablanca closes: is this good news for Morocco game devs? After 18 years of activity French gaming giant Ubisoft has announced it will close its Casablanca studio, leaving 48 developers looking for... Aline Mayard • 14 June, 2016 Rym games Moroccan Game Developers The Wall Games
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
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
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
Maghreb Tunis-based Expensya raises seed round in France Expensya's team in their office in Cogite coworking space, Tunis. (Image via Expensyia) On Monday, almost a year after their launch,... Aline Mayard • 25 May, 2016 seed round expense reports expensya
Maghreb How is this startup bootstrapping solar and water solutions? Alto Solution has entered the tough B2B market for energy and water products. (Image via Alto Solution) How can we continue humanity’s d... Aline Mayard • 22 May, 2016 renewables solar desalination desalination
Maghreb Are you entrepreneur material? This app will tell you Have you got what it takes to be an entrepreneur? (Image via Rachel Williamson) If you’re working in a corporate job and have a startup i... Aline Mayard • 11 May, 2016 Founders Test hidden founders app