Pakistan Entrepreneurs soak up the sun in Pakistan Pakistan is a lucky country. It’s a contrarian view but in the right light it is indeed lucky: rich in technophiles, a 190... Rachel Williamson • 24 August, 2016 pakistan Harness Energy Pantera Energy
Saudi Arabia Startup Weekend Taif carries on the Kingdom’s vision 2030 Startup Weekend in Sooq Okadh in Taif ended on August 13 after three days of hard work on entrepreneurial projects. The event falls under... Reine Farhat • 23 August, 2016 Startup Weekend Startup Weekend Taif Badir
U.A.E Refining the search for higher education, Schoolapply To better help those looking for university and college courses around the world Schoolapply, a Switzerland-born ed-tech startup, is... Lucy Knight • 23 August, 2016 schoolapply uae
Lebanon Lebanon's droid-maker: Innovo breaks into hi-tech manufacturing [Wamda TV] Innovo is one of the few independent precision manufacturing workshops in the region - this means robots, high tech circuit boards, and 3D... Rachel Williamson • 23 August, 2016 Innovo lebanon robotics
U.A.E Eureeca crowdfunds $400K for itself Crowdfunding platform Eureeca has announced today they have raised $400,000 on their platform for themselves. Eureeca closed the... Lucy Knight • 22 August, 2016 eureeca uae
Global What I know about going to Silicon Valley: Muyesser Taqi Eddin A Google search of this woman won’t yield much, and yet she has been intrinsic in building bridges between Silicon Valley and... Lucy Knight • 22 August, 2016 What I Know techwadi Networking
Jordan No labels, please: hybrid indie design spaces are trending in Amman Across the vibrant colored stairs extending from the renowned King Hussein street that curls its way down to the center of Amman, stands a... Tala El Issa • 22 August, 2016 Amman Design Week Design Art
Syria 10 tech ideas to prevent a lost Syrian generation “Between two million and three million Syrian children are not attending school. The UN children’s agency says the... Maysaa Ajjan • 22 August, 2016 Social Entrepreneurship syria Education
Regional Using tech to reverse wealth inequality The increasing pace of technological evolution is causing serious concerns about its impact on wealth inequality and creating... Abdulghani Kataya • 21 August, 2016 Wealth wealth inequality The Little Engineer
Qidni Labs promises to clean out your kidney for an artificial one End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) is when kidneys have stopped working well enough for patients to survive without dialysis or a kidney... Bérénice Magistretti • 21 August, 2016 Qidni Labs Healthcare Artificial organs
Syria Startup Weekend Damascus: here are the winners! Tabbakh Rou7o, an app that matches home cooks with customers seeking affordable meals, snagged the first prize at Startup Weekend Damascus... Maysaa Ajjan • 21 August, 2016 Startup Weekend Damascus syria
U.A.E Astrolabs: diversifying innovation in Dubai [Q&A] This is an edited crosspost from Knowledge@Wharton. Muhammed Mekki is well equipped for his mission to promote a robust startup culture... Knowledge @Wharton • 18 August, 2016 Astrolabs Google Dubai
Egypt Egyptian superhero startup wants to save comics Koshk Comics has a plan to take over the world, but unlike the nefarious comic villains who normally wield that line they’re aiming... Rachel Williamson • 18 August, 2016 Koshk Comics Egypt Lamis
Regional Startup Watch: Google Duo, Dropbox IPO and squirting guns 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... Maya Rahal • 18 August, 2016 Startup Watch Google Duo DropBox
Regional Test your market with these 6 prototyping tools This is an edited crosspost from Nuwait. Some entrepreneurs think that prototyping delays the launch of the real product and could... Reine Farhat • 17 August, 2016 Protoytping Axure RP Nuwait
Egypt Egypt fintech startups prepare for lift off In a country where only 14 percent of people have bank accounts, fintech startups servicing Egyptians’ unmet needs are playing on a... Radwa Rashad • 17 August, 2016 Fintech Egypt Dopay