U.A.E Challenge Cup: a two minute pitch for $1M Challenge Cup winners together. (Image via Shaffi Mather) Two minutes. That’s all the time 25 teams at the 1776 Challenge Cup had to c... Archana Menon • 16 February, 2016 Cowlar Smart Detection Bra MUrgency
U.A.E Enabling ecommerce with delivery Cofounders, left to right, Sari Issa and Fares Nimri. (Images via CamelShip) Ecommerce is constantly evolving and becoming more... Tala El Issa • 16 February, 2016 Sky Net Parzel CamelShip
Regional Wadi.com raises $67M Series A Ecommerce platform Wadi.com announced yesterday the closing of a $67 million Series A funding round led by Al Tayyar Group. The... Maya Rahal • 15 February, 2016 Wadi.com Al Tayyar Group Series A
Regional What I know about startups in MENA: Chris Schroeder Chris Schroeder is one of the MENA entrepreneur's biggest foreign supporters. (Image via E&T Magazine) Investor and MENA-phile... Rachel Williamson • 15 February, 2016 investor WIK What I Know
U.A.E Introducing Flat6Labs' 6 latest UAE startups Much like Hollywood is a celebrity hunting ground, Flat6Labs’ recent Demo Day suggests that Abu Dhabi might be the place to reel in... Alaa' Odeh • 15 February, 2016 StudentCart Metaphorio Jumpsuite
Regional Ground control to the Middle East An artists rendering of satellites and debris orbiting the earth. (Image via European Space Agency) Space technology is now on the... Maysaa Ajjan • 15 February, 2016 Blink Mars Robotics AP-Swiss
Regional Is ecommerce MENA's biggest digital market? [Infographic] This is an edited crosspost from LinkedIn. Consumers have become smarter and faster in making buying decisions online,... Maher Dosoqi • 14 February, 2016 payment gateway CashU fin-tech
Egypt Elves and Uber, together for Valentines Valentine’s Day can be stressful. Those behind new startup Elves have decided to team up with Uber to help clients who forgot... Sara Aggour • 14 February, 2016 Genie of Arabia Elves Elvesapp
Palestine Exoskeleton gives the gift of movement AZR’s exoskeleton prototype is being tested in the lab. (Images via AZR Team) Three Birzeit University students in the West Bank have b... Rafat Abushaban • 14 February, 2016 Handicapped Exoskeleton Birzeit University
Regional 78 teams to second round, MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup Competition During one of the mentorship sessions of last year's 8th edition of the Competition. (Image via MITEF Arab Startup Competition) The MITEF... Maya Rahal • 12 February, 2016 Semifinalists Fallound MIT Enterprise Forum Pan-Arab
Lebanon Scriptr announces $4M Series A Rabih Nassar during an interview with Wamda. (Image via Wamda) scriptr.io, the cloud platform for internet of things (IoT) solutions,... Maya Rahal • 11 February, 2016 Berytech Fund Scriptr.io announcement
Regional Could MENA see a unicorn soon? Extinct in the wild in the 1970s and reintroduced in the 1980s, the Arabian Oryx may be the animal closest to a unicorn. (Image... Willam Altman • 11 February, 2016 CB Insights unicorns oped
Maghreb Artists build businesses at Disrupt!/Media! Tunis Audiovisual, tech, and culture lovers and professionals working together over the weekend. (Images via Mideast Creatives) Is three days... Emna Ghariani • 11 February, 2016 Audiovisual disrupt!/Media! Cogite
Regional 6 areas of healthcare to watch in GCC Healthcare spending in the GCC is going to grow exponentially, says a new EY report. Global professional services firm EY is predicting... Lucy Knight • 11 February, 2016 Vezeeta Gravilog MEMakers
Maghreb Tech investor AIG to become first African unicorn Africa Internet Group (AIG) is set to become Africa’s first unicorn, after international insurer AXA bought an 8 percent stake in the... Rachel Williamson • 10 February, 2016 AXA AIG Africa Internet Group
Regional How to build a successful growth strategy This article is a crosspost with Nuwait. If you’re spending too much at your company and still not growing at the same rate, you s... Sayed Almohri • 10 February, 2016 exponential growth burn rate growth strategies
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