Regional Bloovo receives $3M in investment Bloovo, a Dubai-based algorithmic online recruitment platform founded in 2016, closed a $3 million funding round. The co-investment was... Staff writer • 12 June, 2017 recruitement online platform
Regional Aim low, shoot high: AI regional startups are keeping it real In the past two years, both growth numbers and tech advancements in the AI industry have made it fairly easy for its outsiders to fantasize... Vanessa Khalil • 11 June, 2017 chatbot AI Facebook Messenger
Regional Video analytics startup Mintrics receives seed funding from Numu Capital Numu Capital, the Dubai-based venture capital seed fund, has invested in Mintrics, a social video analytics dashboard. The startup uses... Staff writer • 07 June, 2017 startup seed investment Social Media
Regional New startups on the block: June Startups are launching faster than we can write about them, so here’s our list of raw newbies to... Reine Farhat • 04 June, 2017 new startups f&b SAAS
Regional Ramadan strategies to help you compete with giants When people have more leisure time away from work it’s not surprising to see their online habits change. So, during the month of... Berthe El Aya • 30 May, 2017 Insider Ramadan Digital Marketing
Regional The journey towards MENA’s future jobs: a train wreck or a gentle stroll? The battle between old and new is fierce. Ride hailing apps versus yellow cabs, telcos versus VoIPs, Youtube versus TVs. But the future is... Tala El Issa • 30 May, 2017 wef employent jobs
Regional Middle East Investment Summit explores MENA's VC trends With the largest B round funding in the history of the Middle East tech ecosystem (41 million dollars for Fetchr) and Amazon’s... Elias Jabbe • 23 May, 2017 Middle East Investment Summit Fetchr Angus Paterson
Regional Talents get hired [Video] This video is a crosspost with IFC. Figures and statistics released by the World Bank reveal that 28 percent of the Arab... Rana Freifer • 23 May, 2017 Nabbesh.com Expert's advice
Egypt Minesweepers: Towards a Landmine-Free World Minesweepers: Towards a Landmine-Free World is an international robotics competition that will be held in October 2017 in Kuala Lumpur,... Wamda • 22 May, 2017 mines robots tech
Regional C5 Cloud 10 Scalerator The third round of the Cloud 10 Scalerator program is currently accepting applications from startups and entrepreneurs that are working on... Wamda • 22 May, 2017 C5 Accelerate Cloud10 Entrepreneur
Regional Alabbar acquires large stake in MEVP Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP) announced May 18 that Mohamed Alabbar, acquired a large stake in the company to create one of... Staff writer • 19 May, 2017 Alabbar emaar properties MEVP
Regional Facebook selects finalists for Bots for Messenger Challenge Facebook has selected 60 finalists from the hundreds of entries it received from across the Middle East and Africa for the Bots for... Staff writer • 18 May, 2017 Facebook Messenger Bots
Regional The opportunity of an inclusive sharing economy in MENA It’s 9am. A commuter leaves home heading for her office in the local tech business hub. After 30 seconds a car has arrived to take... Edoardo Giorgetti • 17 May, 2017 lebanon uae Egypt
Regional Logistics company secures $41M in Series B funding Fetchr, a tech company disrupting the traditional logistics sector in the MENA region, secured 41 million dollars in a Series B... Staff writer • 16 May, 2017 Fetchr New Enterprise Associates Inc. Idriss Al Rifai
Jordan Digitizing financial transactions in the region: go startups! The rise of the fintech industry in the region throughout the years, proves that this sector has a big impact on emerging markets despite... Maisa Khudair • 16 May, 2017 Fintech online payment Oasis 500
Syria Arageek: the reader comes first, even at our expense ‘Arabic content worth reading’ is the motto many Arabic content platforms hold to against the rise of poor online Arabic... Maya Rahal • 15 May, 2017 arageek raseef22 Arabic Content
Regional What do MENA telcos want to be when they grow up? Part II This is the second article of two about telecom companies in MENA and how they should be adapting. The first is here. In this part we are... Staff writer • 11 May, 2017 Telcos du anghami
Regional 500 Startups closes $15M on MENA fund Hassan Haidar, the managing director of the MENA fund for 500 Startups, 500 Falcons, announced Wednesday the closing of their fund at $15... Staff writer • 10 May, 2017 500 startups falcon fund Investment
Regional SOCAP 17 SOCAP17 is a conference on impact investment and social enterprise. Held in San Francisco, SOCAP17 will bring together innovators in... Wamda • 09 May, 2017 entrepreneurship conference San Francisco
U.A.E What do MENA telcos want to be when they grow up? Part I This is the first article of two about telecom companies in MENA and how they should be adapting. In the opening sequence of... Staff writer • 09 May, 2017 Telcos du anghami
Regional IFLIX launches in MENA IFLIX’s service is now available to over 1 billion consumers in 18 countries across Asia and the Middle East and North... Wamda • 09 May, 2017 IFLIX TV on demand SVoD
Regional How to make a good digital media strategy for your business [Wamda TV] In a region where internet penetration is rapidly growing (60 percent in 2017), having a good digital strategy for your business is... Maya Rahal • 09 May, 2017 Jad Yammine content strategies content
Regional What's your share of the company? [Opinion] The Souq.com deal was great for the news media cycle, but was it so great for the investors? In tech, these types of events are fraught... Tammer Qaddumi • 08 May, 2017 Souq.com investments VCs
Jordan Startup with Purpose Startup With Purpose has recently announced that it will be hosting its first week-long entrepreneurship bootcamp at King’s Academy... Wamda • 04 May, 2017 Jordan entrepreneurship startup