Egypt Widebot: building Facebook chatbots gets easier With over 11 million users engaging chatbots currently functioning on Facebook Messenger, most notably Uber’s ride requesting... Radwa Rashad • 29 May, 2017 Facebook Messenger Arabnet Battles Cairo chatbot
Saudi Arabia What I know about building a happy company: Alper Celen You cannot spread happiness without being happy yourself. This tenet is the driving force behind Alper Celen’s aim to build the... Elias Jabbe • 29 May, 2017 Joi What I Know Employment
Global 6 tips for becoming a successful entrepreneur Being a true entrepreneur is not for everyone, as it is not a simple lifestyle mode. It is a very challenging task and requires a... Mohammed Almokhem • 28 May, 2017 Expert Advice startups Success Stories
Tunisia Cyberesa improves e-tourism in Tunisia Despite the regional instability and tourism shakiness, Tunisian e-tourism is actually witnessing bright days and is not affected by the... Maya Rahal • 28 May, 2017 Tourism technologies Cloud
Lebanon How the IFC wants to support MENA scaleups [Wamda TV] Shortly before the World Economic Forum MENA Davos event at the Dead Sea in Jordan, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) visited... Maya Rahal • 26 May, 2017 ifc Fadi Ghandour Philippe Le Houerou
Global Investing for dummies: how to start investing in startups [Opinion] Investing into startup companies is becoming more and more of a interest for a growing number of the wealthy. The reasons for this... Ida Beerhalter • 25 May, 2017 investement startups Funding
Lebanon The UK Lebanon Tech Hub accentuates R&D financing in Lebanon [Wamda TV] Despite its vast intellectual and academic capital, Lebanon still falls behind developed countries in terms of research. Its gross... Rida Mawla • 25 May, 2017 UK Lebanon Tech Hub Nadim Zaazaa Elie Akhras
Lebanon Lebanon’s digital industry: the battle of BDL circulars This article is an extension of Lebanon’s Circular 331: The birth of an industry piece, published here yesterday. On... Marie-José Daoud • 24 May, 2017 BDL Leap Ventures Bookwitty
Egypt Egypt calls for financial inclusions The Egyptian online payment sector remains heavily hampered by a wide gap between available solutions and the needs of 91 million... Doaa Farid • 24 May, 2017 e-Finance fawry Mostafa Elnahhas
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
Lebanon Lebanon’s Circular 331: The birth of an industry In August 2014, Banque du Liban (the Central Bank of Lebanon, abbreviated as BDL) issued Circular 331 with the aim of injecting 400 million... Marie-José Daoud • 23 May, 2017 BDL Circular 331 bookwitt
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 Arabnet Dubai promotes investments in the MENA's emerging markets As Arabnet CEO Omar Christidis took his last strides on the Arabnet Digital Summit stage in Dubai and shared some telling numbers, the... Elias Jabbe • 22 May, 2017 Aqar Map Astrolabs Oman Technology Fund
Jordan Jordan’s WEF accentuates SMEs as key economic drivers in the Middle East Entrepreneurship is no longer only discussed in private meetings and coworking spaces, it is increasingly becoming relevant on a macro... Tala El Issa • 22 May, 2017 wef Oasis 500
Kuwait What I know about successful crowdfunding: Saleh Altunaib This article is a crosspost from Nuwait. Crowdfunding is an alternative form of funding that allows early entrepreneurs to finance... Ahmed Gabr • 22 May, 2017 Crowdfunding kuwait Nuwait
Turkey Smart waste management, one bin at a time Creating waste is what humans seem to do best, and we’re getting better at it. By 2025 it is predicted that 4.3 billion city... Lucy Knight • 22 May, 2017 Evreka smart waste management Smart Cities
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