Saudi Arabia What to expect from Arabnet Riyadh 2015 A snapshot of last year's Arabnet Riyadh summit. (Images via Arabnet) Gearing up for their "largest digital gathering in... Maysaa Ajjan • 06 December, 2015 Islamic Digital Economy Arab women summit
Maghreb Moroccan smart car app competition to boost local industry The future of cars? (Image via McMaster.ca) Forgetting where you parked your car is an embarrassing problem that’s about to become a t... Yassine Bakir • 06 December, 2015 MagNav self-driving car applications
U.A.E UAE Innovation Week: 800 activities, hackathons, labs, and workshops Dubai ranked second globally in government procurement of advanced technology products (Images via GE Hewar blog) From November... Maya Rahal • 04 December, 2015 UAE innovation week MEMakers Innovation
U.A.E Get 75% off for the Mobile Growth Workshop in Dubai with our promocode! Mobile Growth Academy is organizing a Mobile Growth Workshop in Dubai on December 13, at the In5 Innovation Center in Dubai. The workshop i... Wamda • 03 December, 2015 Mobile growth Academy Workshop In5 Innovation Centre
Global Time is against you: how to improve your product marketing [Webinar] We kicked off our first ever webinar, yesterday, with mobile user growth as our first subject. Thanks for the great turnout. "I don't... Stephanie Nour Prince • 03 December, 2015 Mobile growth Academy Growth hacking Digital Marketing
Regional Is COD still the only way for ecommerce? As the ecommerce market in MENA continues to grow by more than 40 percent annually, so does the urge to challenge the dominance of cash on... Maysaa Ajjan • 02 December, 2015 JadoPado online payment MENA
U.A.E Can the UAE become a global startup hub? A Model City. A model of the experimental 'knowledge hub', Masdar City. (Image via EfficientDesign.de) A few key challenges... Jonas Feller • 02 December, 2015 The Box Vision 2021 startup hub
Maghreb Programmers for hire: Scorify links talent with jobs The hunt of developers. (Image via Mashable) Every industry has its own myths, and one often-heard claim in the tech sector is that... Federico Guerrini • 02 December, 2015 startup hiring tech talent programmer
U.A.E Wamda and GE organize closing day of MEMakers Venture Program GE mentors and MENA entrepreneurs during the mentorship session (Images via Kamel El Asmar) A little over six weeks after launching the GE... Maya Rahal • 01 December, 2015 MEMakers GE Venture Program MEMakers
Regional Lebanese entrepreneurs excel at Harvard Arab Weekend Competition The WhiteLab team receiving the first prize. (Images via Harvard Arab Weekend) Ten MENA-focused entrepreneurs pitched their startups... Maya Rahal • 01 December, 2015 MoviePigs Slighter WhiteLab
Jordan Inspire ME creativity conference aims to spark innovation in graphic design Graphic designers in Jordan are a forward-thinking group, according to Medhat Eid, an Adobe Community Professional based in... Samuel Wendel • 01 December, 2015 Graphic Design Inspire ME designers
Regional Soraya Salti: Celebration of life Soraya Salti. (Image via Skoll.org) "Passionate, energetic, humble, selfless, happy, positive." These are some of the few words people use... Wamda • 30 November, 2015 soraya salti Injaz al Arab
Kuwait Nuqat’s Copy+Paste Syndrome discusses imitation and innovation This article is a crosspot with Nuwait. Are there any original ideas? Is imitating another idea a good thing? Does copying ideas encourage... Sara Tarik • 30 November, 2015 Nuqat Nuwait kuwait
Regional Megatrends in MENA: the digital future [Infographic] The 'digital future', described by EY as one of its megatrends, is upon us and rapidly changing how people live, eat... Rachel Williamson • 29 November, 2015 EY mobile internet Winex
Lebanon Seedstars World touches down in Beirut Overall winners Codefish with the Seedstar competitors in Beirut. (Images via UK Lebanon Tech Hub) For the second year running Beirut... Maysaa Ajjan • 29 November, 2015 Fallound Merchandizer Seedstars Global
Palestine GITR Palestine announces champions Three startups prevailed as champions of the Get in The Ring challenge, held for the first time in Ramallah on November... Rafat Abushaban • 29 November, 2015 Get In The Ring Foundation ramallah gaza sky geeks