Regional Dealmakers 2015 offers an inside look at MENA’s investment landscape “How many entrepreneurs here are currently trying to scale?” Nearly half of the people packed into the Grand Hyatt Amman’s conference hall r... Samuel Wendel • 25 November, 2015 Dealmakers silicon badia Endeavor
Regional Busting MENA's top 4 myths about bitcoin (Image via SDTimes) Remember bitcoin? Despite making periodic headlines around the world and sparking debates among tech and finance... Karim Fadi • 23 November, 2015 Silk Road Mt Gox bitcoin wallet
Regional First Syrian takes home top prize in Stars of Science Yaman Abou Jieb taking home first prize. (Images via Stars of Science) Yaman Abou Jieb prides himself in being the first Stars of Science... Stephanie Nour Prince • 22 November, 2015 Qatar Foundation competition Stars of Science
Regional Sign up for the Mobile Growth Academy Webinar with Nagi Salloum Nagi Salloum, founder of Mobile Growth Academy and head of global product marketing at TangoMe, one of the top 5 communication apps in the... Wamda • 18 November, 2015 Nagy Salloum Mobile growth Academy webinar
Regional Eco and social entrepreneurs meet in Barcelona Enrique de Villamore Martín, director of SCP/RAC, speaks at the the SwitchMed networking panel. (Images via SwitchMed) More than 400 ... Ruba Al-Zu'bi • 18 November, 2015 Social Entrepreneurship SwitchMed
Regional Apply to the Vital Voices GROW Fellowship This year's Vital Voices GROW Fellowship has strated receiving applications. The VV GROW Fellowship is a highly competitive one-year... Wamda • 17 November, 2015 VV fellowship Leaders Women
Regional Intel's ChallengeME IoT competition announces winners Intel's ChallengeME competition showcased a diversity of IoT innovation at Berytech in Beirut. (Images via Lina Mubarak) A logistics... Maya Rahal • 17 November, 2015 ChallengeME IoT MEMakers
Regional Turning to technology to preserve cultural sites Syria's Palmyra has been a subject of looting and destruction. (Image via Shutterstock) This article is an edited crosspost from the MIT... MIT Technology Review • 16 November, 2015 Nframes Sketchfab Training Network for Digital Cultural Heritage
Regional Geeks on a Plane + PreMoney MENA in Bahrain If you're in Bahrain in December, then you're in for the first PreMoney MENA event. From December 5 to December 15, 500 Startups and a ... Wamda • 16 November, 2015
Regional Majority of UAE residents prefer to be entrepreneurs if given the choice [Report] (Image via Startupist) More than half of the UAE’s residents say they would like to be entrepreneurs, according to a survey conducted b... Antoine Abou-Diwan • 16 November, 2015 YouGov bayt.com MENA
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 Doing Business Report Oman Yemen
Regional Things to keep in mind when prepping for a VC round [Opinion] Investors and industry-leading startups can do great work together. (Image via MetroMBA) Entrepreneurs are a gifted breed of individuals... Walid Faza • 12 November, 2015 Walid Faza Wamda Capital VC investment
Regional AIMA Middle East Alternative Investment Summit This year's Alternative Investment Summit, organized by the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) will take place on... Wamda • 12 November, 2015
Regional The female VCs of MENA Noor Sweid and Hala Fadel. (Image via Leap Ventures) There are two common complaints in the Middle East startup sector: a lack of funding,... Lucy Knight • 12 November, 2015 MIT Enterprise Forum GCC MIT Enterprise Forum Pan-Arab Zen Yoga
Regional Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority's Annual Tech Startups Pitching Competition For The Entrepreneur Day, tech entrepreneurs from all over the world are invited to apply to DSOA's Annual Tech Startups Pitching C... Wamda • 11 November, 2015 DSOA competition Dubai
Regional Car-hailing app Careem raises $60M Series C [Editor's note: This article has been updated to include details about Careem's peak pricing change.] Middle East-founded... Rachel Williamson • 10 November, 2015 Wamda Capital Lumia Capital Abraaj Group
Regional RiseUp Summit 2015 in Egypt RiseUp Summit 2015, Egypt's top entrepreneurship event, will be held on 12-13 December in Cairo, at the GrEEK Campus and downtown areas. Or... Wamda • 09 November, 2015 summit RiseUp Egypt
Regional 8 MENA startup founders under the age of 20 Countries in the Middle East and North Africa currently own a vast reserve of an invaluable resource, one that can spur innovation and help... Samuel Wendel • 09 November, 2015 teenage founders startups MENA
Regional Megatrends in MENA: startup solutions for urban lives [Infographic] The ultimate example of urbanization in MENA: Dubai from above. (Image via Picasa) 'Megatrends', according to EY, are... Rachel Williamson • 08 November, 2015 Recycle Beirut urbanisation El Noor Geh
Regional Online laundry sector booming despite obvious challenges The desire for laundry services that are hassle free is on the rise. Clean and tidy. (Image via Washmen) Seizing their... Pamela Kesrouani • 05 November, 2015 Washplus GetLaundry Washmen
Regional Intel ChallengeME Final Awards Ceremony in Beirut The Regional Final Awards Ceremony of ChallengeME!, an Internet of Things (IoT) competition coming to MENA for the first time, will be h... Wamda • 05 November, 2015 ChallengeME Intel competition
Regional Middle East and Turkey startups raise the temperature in Stockholm [Opinion] MENA meets Stockholm at #sthlmtech. (Images via Aurore Belfrage) When talking to investors, corporates and media in the west about... Aurore Belfrage • 05 November, 2015 212 Istanbul Opinion Aurore Belfrage
Regional MEVP closes second round on fund at $32M [Editor's note: This article has been updated to include further investments announced in December 2015] Announcing Wednesday the... Lucy Knight • 04 November, 2015 VC Venture Capital MEVP
Regional MEC and Wamda partner to launch Corporate Entrepreneurship Services across MENA MEC, one of the largest media agencies in the world and Wamda have signed a partnership to give MENA businesses access to innovation from... Wamda • 02 November, 2015 MEC CER Corporate Entrepreneurship Responsibility