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Techne Summit Alexandria Competitions

Egypt

Techne Summit Alexandria Competitions

Technology startups now have the opportunity to showcase in Techne Summit 2017 on Sep 30- Oct 1. The summit will allow...

Egypt Techne Summit alexandria

Startups, compete at your own risk

U.A.E

Startups, compete at your own risk

Be it money, equity, consultation, incubation or simply a platform to fine-tune the elevator pitch, startup competitions have manufactured...

Arab Start Up competition Startup MENA GCC Pitch Challenge Dubai+Acumen Business Plan Competition

GITEX Technology Week 2016

U.A.E

GITEX Technology Week 2016

This year's GITEX Technology Week aims to be bigger than ever, bringing designers, developers, entrepreneurs, manufacturers, and...

Icities Smart wearables 400 startups

Maker Movement and fintech: what to expect at Arabnet Beirut

Lebanon

Maker Movement and fintech: what to expect at Arabnet Beirut

Christidis speaking at Arabnet Beirut 2015. (Image via Arabnet) The maker movement has been heating up in Lebanon for the past few...

Omar christidis Arabnet Beirut 2016 makers

ArabNet Beirut 2016

Lebanon

ArabNet Beirut 2016

Highlighting digital creativity, entertainment, entrepreneurship and business, ArabNet Beirut will feature more than 80 speakers from...

2016 ArabNet Beirut lebanon

Startup Maroc Championship showcases potential of Morocco’s ecosystem

Maghreb

Startup Maroc Championship showcases potential of Morocco’s ecosystem

StartUp Maroc brought together 60 startups for two days of pitching. (Images via StartUp Maroc) This year's Startup...

get in the ring startup maroc Competitions

Lebanese game developer fights uphill battle despite international recognition

Lebanese game developer fights uphill battle despite international recognition

Over the past few months, I’ve heard numerous stories from game developers in the Arab world and across Europe looking to target regional c...

indie Competitions Mobile

PIVOT, a Palestinian app to preserve historical memory, honored by Harvard

PIVOT, a Palestinian app to preserve historical memory, honored by Harvard

Among the Palestinian diaspora, across the region and world, the danger of forgetting one’s history is very close to the s...

Pivot Competitions

3 lessons from MITEF's Cairo competition, from startup finalist Melltoo

3 lessons from MITEF's Cairo competition, from startup finalist Melltoo

Chosen from over 5,000 applicants, Melltoo (a startup I cofounded) had the honor of being one of 50 semi-finalists at the 7th MIT...

startup competitions MIT Competitions

Morocco's Meditel Apps Challenge helps first time developers get coding

Morocco's Meditel Apps Challenge helps first time developers get coding

Morocco is a country full of paradoxes. For instance, you can find 3G SIM cards anywhere, at the airport or on the beach, but local apps...

app Competitions

Endeavor Jordan selects 3 startups to advance to International Selection Panel

Endeavor Jordan selects 3 startups to advance to International Selection Panel

Four of Jordan’s most promising entrepreneurs gathered recently for Endeavor Jordan’s Local Selection Panel (LSP), where they pitched the...

Jordan Endeavor Competitions

Oasis500 launches Omraan, a funding competition for startups working to solve urban problems

Oasis500 launches Omraan, a funding competition for startups working to solve urban problems

As it intensifies its effort to spread entrepreneurial culture in the region, Jordanian tech-focused incubator Oasis500 launches its first...

Green projects take the day at the Dubai+Acumen competition

Green projects take the day at the Dubai+Acumen competition

“People believe that innovation thrives in every other part of the world… but it also exists here, and we want to be a platform to support ...

Acumen+Dubai Competitions Social Entrepreneurship

Lebanon's Re-H2O team tackles water scarcity in the Arab world

Lebanon's Re-H2O team tackles water scarcity in the Arab world

At Intel and Injaz al-Arab's Sci-preneurship Innovation Camp this past July, six young Lebanese students found an innovative, inexpensive...

Intel Injaz al Arab competition

Looly's takes home Startup Cup Maroc

Looly's takes home Startup Cup Maroc

It’s official: the Moroccan startup of the year is Looly’s! At least, it’s the startup that won the first edition of Maroc Start...

events Competitions

How idea stage entrepreneurs can benefit from startup competitions

How idea stage entrepreneurs can benefit from startup competitions

As entrepreneurship has boomed in the Middle East, startup and business plan competitions have also sprouted up in the region, after...

startup bader ya mammy

Arab Mobile App Challenge Acceleration Workshops

Arab Mobile App Challenge Acceleration Workshops

As part of the Arab Mobile App Challenge, Accelerator Workshops will be held in Qatar, the UAE, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Tunisia to allow...

Competitions Mobile

Disrupt!/Design!/ Competition in Egypt

Disrupt!/Design!/ Competition in Egypt

Hivos, in collaboration with Innoventures, is organizing a competition for Egyptian startups in the creative industry, entitled...

Music Art Design

Launch of the 7th MIT EF Arab Startup Competition

Launch of the 7th MIT EF Arab Startup Competition

On October 28, 2013, the MIT Enterprise Forum of the Pan Arab Region will be launching the 7th MITEF Arab Startup Competition, connecting...

MITEF Arab Business Plan Competition Competitions

Middle East Start-up Forum in Dubai

Middle East Start-up Forum in Dubai

The Middle East Investor Relations Society (ME-IR Society) is an independent not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting excellence...

Pitching Conferences Competitions

Arab Mobile App Challenge

Arab Mobile App Challenge

The Arab Mobile App Challenge, organized by Silatech, invites teams from Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Tunisia to compete with mobile...

Competitions Mobile

Scientific research competition in Egypt

Scientific research competition in Egypt

The Academy of Scientific Research and Technology in Egypt recently launched initiatives in several sectors for those interested in...

Dubai+Acumen Social Enterprise Business Plan Competition

Dubai+Acumen Social Enterprise Business Plan Competition

The Acumen for Social Enterprise Business Plan Competition 2013 (ASE 2013) aims to be an “innovation accelerator” competition designed to e...

Competitions Social Entrepreneurship

Hivos Creativity Competition on Zoomaal

Hivos Creativity Competition on Zoomaal

New crowdfunding platform Zoomaal, in partnership with Hivos, has set up ‘The Hivos Creativity Competition’ to encourage Arab creativity an...

Crowdfunding Competitions

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