Regional 18 Iftar feasts from your phone Typically during Ramadan there is a spike in the region’s food industry. Early mornings and late nights boost take-away food sales... Maysaa Ajjan • 06 June, 2016 Bilbayt Lebanese Food Kitchen 24h.ae
Regional Uber’s getting cuddly with KSA - but it’s not what you think [Opinion] My initial reaction to Uber’s $3.5 billion round was: great! It is easy to frown upon the deal and question why the... Laith Zraikat • 06 June, 2016 Public Investment Fund Opinion Arzan VC
U.A.E Family offices a new addition to investment landscape Family offices are the new breed of investor in the MENA tech sector, according to Beco Capital. The UAE-based investment firm, has... Lucy Knight • 05 June, 2016 Periodic table investors BECO Capital
Egypt Integreight launches IOT home automation kit Integreight at the Bay Area Maker Faire in San Mateo, California: CTO Islam Mustafa, embedded software engineer Eslam... Eduard Cousin • 05 June, 2016 home automation Togglit MEMakersGE
Saudi Arabia Solar panel cleaning startup closes $1M Series A Saudi-based startup NOMADD has closed a Series A round of $1 million. NOMADD, which stands for ‘no water mechanical automated... Lucy Knight • 03 June, 2016 Investment and acquisitions MEMakersGE NOMADD
Regional Activate and accelerate: 14 CE tools for corporations In May of this year, British banking and financial services company Barclays partnered with Flat6Labs to open Egypt's first... Jonas Feller • 02 June, 2016 Expo 2020 Dubai Collaborative Entrepreneurship corporations
Egypt Egypt VC launches new $50M fund Algebra Capital Cairo's startup ecosystem has been crying out for money for years. This year they've been inundated. (Image via Wikipedia) Egyptian... Eduard Cousin • 02 June, 2016 Ziad Mokhtar Algebra Fund EAEF
Saudi Arabia Saudi fund takes 5% stake in Uber for $3.5B A Saudi Arabia fund has bought a 5 percent stake in Uber for $3.5 billion. The buy-in, by the Public Investment Fund (PIF),... Rachel Williamson • 02 June, 2016 Public Investment Fund fundraising Uber
U.A.E Doctoruna: making healthcare accessible in MENA Since they launched in 2013, healthcare appointment website and mobile app Doctoruna has been on a mission to minimize the all too... Archana Menon • 02 June, 2016 DoctorUna MEMakersGE Bayt
Lebanon Applications now open for Speed@BDD's third acceleration program Speed@BDD is recruiting 10 aspiring startups for their upcoming acceleration program in September, where selected... Wamda • 01 June, 2016 application Speed@BDD beirut
U.A.E IT platform Geeks raises $600K seed round And 6500 happy customers. (Image via Geeks) Geeks.ae, an on-demand tech services platform that helps connect consumers and business... Maya Rahal • 01 June, 2016 Geeks investments Wamda Capital
U.A.E Are you happy? Data may decide for you Welcoming to Arabnet Dubai 2016. (Image via Jacqueline Sofia) “Happiness is very personal. How far do you want us to go to make you h... Jacqueline Sofia • 01 June, 2016 Happiness Dubai RTA Dubai Open Data Law
U.A.E Startup and corporation collaboration gets a boost #Expo2020xWamda Corporation, big business, multinational, mega-corp - whatever noun you prefer to use, they need you, and by ‘you’ we mean... Lucy Knight • 01 June, 2016 CE Summit Collaborative Entrepreneurship expo 2020
Egypt Flat6Labs and Barclays launch a fintech accelerator in Egypt Ahmad Alfi speaking during the launch of Accelerator 1864. (Image via Flat6Labs) Yesterday Cairo-based Flat6labs announced the... Eman Mostafa • 31 May, 2016 Flat6LabsCairo fin-tech accelerator
Palestine Palestine's $12M Ibtikar fund launches, announces 8 investments The Ibtikar Fund's management team, investors and startups. (Image via Christina Ghanim) Palestinian pride is providing the fuel for... Christina Ganim • 31 May, 2016 5QHQH Tasameem ArabiAuto
U.A.E Payfort launches 3rd edition of the State of Payments The Arab world could see $69 billion in online payment transactions per year by 2020. (Image via Wamda) Saudis and Emiratis have... Maya Rahal • 31 May, 2016 State of Payments 2016 Payfort Report
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