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The challenges of bootstrapping a mobile app as a single female founder in Lebanon

This piece is part of a new series on the challenges of young entrepreneurs who are bootstrapping their startups. If you know someone who's...

Incubator Competitions Mobile

Stars of Science launches fifth season with more women: 'innovation knows no gender'

Stars of Science, the hit pan-Arab science and technology reality-TV competition, returns this Friday, Sept 13 on MBC 4 (8pm KSA), for its...

Science Stars of Science Competitions

Deadline for Maroc StartUp Cup

The team behind ALL the Startup Weekends in Morocco, the AMPII, is importing a new international concept to the country: the Startup ...

Competitions

Egyptian startup Instabug chosen as a finalist in The Next Web's USA Mobile Rally

Egyptian startup Instabug is quickly becoming one of the region's major fledgling success stories this year, despite the country's...

The Next Web Developers MITEF Arab Business Plan Competition

International Young Screen and Multimedia Entrepreneur Award in the UAE

The International Young Screen and Multimedia Entrepreneur award finds the brightest stars in the world of international screen and...

Competitions

Celebration of Innovation competition in Palestine

The Celebration of Innovation (COI) is a nation-wide competition of entrepreneurs and is the flagship program of Palestine for a New ...

Competitions

Young Creative Entrepreneur Awards in Lebanon

The Young Creative Entrepreneur competition (YCE) is one of the British Council’s flagship programs that identifies and connects innovative ...

Creativity Competitions

CHANGING Markets Award Competition in Istanbul

Update: Submission deadline extended to September 8, 2013. The CHANGING Markets Award rewards enterprises that are contributing to a g...

Competitions

Moroccan student entrepreneurs face off at Enactus competition, winner heads to World Cup

Young social entrepreneurs in Morocco are set to compete on the world stage this fall as the Enactus Morocco competition winner is...

Entrepreneuriat social Students Competitions

Umniah, Plug and Play launch program to bring Jordanian startups to Silicon Valley

Startups in Jordan now have a new opportunity to receive support from Silicon Valley. Umniah, a Jordanian...

Incubator Accelerators Competitions

Netherlands Game Award Competition in Beirut

Building on the success of the Netherlands Game Award in 2012, AltCity, Lamba Labs Beirut Hackerspace, GeekExpress, Bader Program for Y...

Mobile Gaming Competitions Gaming

Cairo's Startup Cup put on hold; what's next for its semifinalists?

Where can you find a team of 20-year-old Space Studies graduates working on an organic waste processing plant to improve a...

Egypt Competitions

BiD Women in Business Challenge Award Ceremony in Amsterdam

On September 12, the five finalists of the Women in Business Challenge flying from emerging markets will stand before a community of...

Competitions Women

Kick-start your mobile app by developing on these alternative platforms

As of last April, the number of smartphones and tablets sold in the Middle East reached 22 million and continues to grow. The...

Developers Mobile Gaming Competitions

Intel Business Challenge Middle East and North Africa 2013 Finals in Abu Dhabi

The Intel Business Challenge Middle East and North Africa 2013 is the gateway to the Intel Global Challenge, bringing together the best e...

Competitions

Meet The Winners of the HCT-Wharton Innovation Tournament 2021

Early this May, three forward-thinking companies from the Middle East and North Africa took home the top prizes at the...

Sustainability Wharton Competitions

Startup Cup Round 2 in Egypt

Innoventures, in cooperation with MECSBE and the support of the Global Entrepreneurship Program (GEP), is organizing the second Startup C...

Conferences Innovation Competitions

2013 Orange Price for Social Entrepreneurs in Africa Deadline

Orange is launching the 3rd edition of its Prix Orange de l'entrepreneur social en Afrique. This award is promoting the development of...

Competitions

BiD Network launches ICT Challenge in Palestine

The ICT market is Palestine is on the rise; in Gaza, some of the best emerging employment opportunities are in ICT, especially for...

ict Business Development Competitions

Cairo University Tech Transfer Competition

The Cairo University Technology Transfer Office is organizing a competition for existing and new startup concepts with the potential for a...

Competitions

Meet the Jordanian College Graduate Who Rose to Startup Success by Reporting the Weather

Jordanian entrepreneur Mohamed Al-Shaker is very, very passionate about the weather. “I’ve had an interest in weather since I was 4 years o...

Science Jordan Competitions

2013 Arab Innovation Network Annual Conference - Dead Sea

Update: This event's date and location has changed from its original location in Alexandria, Egypt to the Dead Sea in...

Conferences Health Environment

Queen Rania National Entrepreneurship Competition

The Queen Rania National Entrepreneurship Competition (QRNEC) advocates entrepreneurial skills as Jordanian students and mature ...

Competitions

GIST 2013 Tech-I Competition

The Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) initiative is calling on all entrepreneurs and startups from Africa, Asia, the ...

Competitions

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