U.A.E Wamda Capital leads a $5M investment round in Kharabeesh Wamda Capital announced leading a $5 million investment round in Kharabeesh, alongside Endeavor Catalyst Fund and Dash... Maya Rahal • 11 August, 2016 Kharabeesh Wamda Capital Investment
Regional Startup Watch: IKEA domination, young blood, and death by space travel The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your... Rachel Williamson • 11 August, 2016 Startup Watch
U.A.E Revealing the tracks of the MIT Media Lab Dubai workshop #MLDubai Community Jameel and Wamda are hosting an MIT Media Lab multi-day workshop, bringing together different cultures, skills and expertise all... Wamda • 10 August, 2016 Workshop community jameel Redefining Cities
Regional 5 [NOT Netflix] video streaming platforms available in MENA 2016 was a year of celebration for young MENA users hungry for video on demand (VOD) and online streaming services. Netflix entered our... Dana Ballout • 10 August, 2016 Video Streaming Video On Demand netflix
Jordan Decorating Jordan’s homes with its trash It all started in one of the oldest bookstands in downtown Amman when unemployed Alaa Ziadeh decided to build things... using his... Tala El Issa • 10 August, 2016 Jordan Environment Green entrepreneurs
Morocco How Morocco's Highness beat tall poppy syndrome What to do when your team is too qualified, and too expensive, for your own country? Highness, a Moroccan user experience agency,... Aline Mayard • 09 August, 2016 Highness morocco User Experience
U.A.E Abu Dhabi, MENA’s fintech oasis? Fintech has been the subject of significant interest from entrepreneurs and investors alike in the past few years, and this interest shows... Tarek Faycal • 09 August, 2016 abu dhabi global market fintech factory 1864 accelerator
Saudi Arabia Can solar startups survive in Saudi? [Video] Saudi is one of the top two markets entrepreneurs want to scale into, but being a primarily oil-based economy it may or may not be right... Rachel Williamson • 09 August, 2016 KAUST solar energy Saudi Arabia
U.A.E Turn8 announces new $60M VC fund UAE-based accelerator and investor Turn8 launched a $60 million venture capital fund on Sunday for technology innovation. This new fund... Maya Rahal • 08 August, 2016 turn8-accelerator-fund-announcement
Regional What's holding MENA's digital media market back? [Podcast] This podcast has been crossposted from Wamda Capital. Digital media is a growing market, but the amount of education still required for... Rachel Williamson • 08 August, 2016 Wamda Capital digital content Kharabeesh
Kuwait Kuwait's ecosystem - from an investor’s point of view This is an edited crosspost with two Nuwait articles. You can see the original versions here and here. Mussaad Al-Razouki is one busy... Ana Tadic • 08 August, 2016 Nuwait Mussaad Al-Razouki AbiDoc
Syria Wikilogia: The Syrian NGO that brought open source learning to Damascus As the nearly six year war raged on in Syria, hundreds of entrepreneurs and tech enthusiasts were quietly thriving in Damascus. They are... Maysaa Ajjan • 08 August, 2016 syria Wikilogia Education
Regional Tamatem: Gaming for 18 million users As global gaming publishers overlook the Arab region’s hunger for localized mobile games, regional publishers are... Tala El Issa • 07 August, 2016 tamatem Gaming localization
Palestine 5 steps to ecommerce success in Gaza It took five years for a small team of professional coders in Gaza to launch their own ecommerce solution Loqta, after noticing how much... Rafat Abushaban • 07 August, 2016 Loqta Gaza ecommerce
Lebanon AUB’s Innovation Center: a haven for ambitious minds In the heart of Lebanon’s leading university overlooking the Mediterranean Sea is a center harnessing a future vision for the... Dana Ballout • 07 August, 2016 lebanon Telecommunication aub
Global How to professionalize a startup without stifling it This is an edited crosspost from Harvard Business Review. Insurgent companies are full of foundational stories and most of them involve... Harvard Business Review • 04 August, 2016 HBR Scaling growth
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