Regional Your definitive list of MENA coworking spaces This piece has been updated from its original publishing date on July 2013. Without external support, building a successful startup can... Aline Mayard • 28 April, 2016 Dubai Technology Entrepreneurship Centre (DTEC) The Coworking Café Startup Haus
Egypt Trendak monitors social media analytics in Arabic Trendak analyses data on social media in three languages including Arabic. (Images via Trendak) Knowing how to ‘read’ social media has alr... Eman Mostafa • 28 April, 2016 social media monitoring Trendak foreign investment
Lebanon Circular 331: where has Lebanon's money gone? It is said that innovation is an entrepreneur’s best friend. But in Lebanon a strong second contender has to be the central... Sophie Rimington-Pounder • 27 April, 2016 Lebanon for Entrepreneurs Berytech Fund Startup Megaphone
Regional 20 MENA startups keeping your car on the road This is the second part of our week-long look at smarter transport in MENA. Read the first here and the second here. Car sales... Maysaa Ajjan • 27 April, 2016 how's my driving gershad rakna
Saudi Arabia Et3arraf brings traditional Saudi courting online Et3arraf is a meeting of the ways: old evolving into the new. (Image via Et3arraf) Hundreds of years ago in the Arabian Desert,... Brooke Anderson • 27 April, 2016 Matchmaking love Et3arraf
Egypt Space Apps Challenge takes Egyptians from infinity to beyond Egyptian students, engineers and whizzkids breathed life into their 'moonshot' ideas. (Images via Eduard Cousin) Cairenes were seeking the... Eduard Cousin • 26 April, 2016 NASA Space Apps Challenge MEMakersGE Bazaar in Egypt
Palestine The freelancer life: tips from Gaza's successes A freelancing workshop in Gaza, run by UAE-based outsourcing website Nabbesh. (Images via Nabbesh) Outsourcing is a new trend on the rise... Rafat Abushaban • 26 April, 2016 Haweya Forsati freelance
Regional Edtech and the future of work in MENA Countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are in the midst of a tremendous inflection point, with the future of the... Willam Altman • 26 April, 2016 Refugee Open Ware Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for Education Fourth Industrial Revolution
Global What I know about building an IoT device: Shaun Moore A stint at Merrill Lynch in Chicago, experience developing mobile apps, and a constant affiliation with technology is what led Dallas-based... Archana Menon • 25 April, 2016 MEMakersGE WIK What I Know
Maghreb What happens if someone steals your idea? A month ago a story made the headlines in Algeria: in 2014 the well-known, deep-pocketed media entrepreneur Kamel Haddar allegedly stole... Aline Mayard • 25 April, 2016 idea theft lacarteplz dirassati
Egypt Startups want to tackle Egyptian health, but lack money Ahmed Abu ElHaz CEO of Shezlong pitching at BDL2015 accelerate in Beirut. (Image via Shezlong) Egypt is fertile ground for... Eman Mostafa • 25 April, 2016 Otlob Doctor MEMakersGE shezlong
Jordan Green solution for Amman's problem building site A green solution could be the answer to the Jordan Gate Towers construction catastrophe in Amman. The solution, proposed by architect Hanna... Kamel Al-Asmar • 24 April, 2016 green buildings Architecture amman
Egypt Raye7 looks to take over Cairo carpooling Samira Najm, centre, receiving her award for second place at at The Mobile World Congress application competition in Barcelona.... Eman Mostafa • 24 April, 2016 The Mobile World Congress GSMA Raye7
Jordan Hikma Pharmaceuticals launches $30M digital health venture fund in Amman Hikma Pharmaceuticals has launched a $30 million strategic venture capital fund focused on digital health, therapeutics, and diagnostics... Samuel Wendel • 24 April, 2016 Hikma Ventures Hikma Pharmaceutical MEMakersGE
Maghreb 7 life lessons from a teen entrepreneur Mohamed Aalabou presents his knowledge-sharing platform at a CEED Bootcamp. (Image via Mohamed Aalabou) Mohamed Aalabou is a... Aline Mayard • 21 April, 2016 mohamed aalabou jusk teenage founders
Regional Are angel investors born or made? [Opinion] Angel investors are in short supply in MENA. How do we 'grow' more? (Image via LabsofLatvia) There is no longer a question as to whether... Tammer Qaddumi • 21 April, 2016 VentureSouq Opinion Venture Capital
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