Palestine Ramallah travel portal Batuta announces $2.5M Series A round So many places to visit, so much to see. (Image via Batuta) Batuta, a Ramallah-based Arabic travel research website has secured a $2.5... Antoine Abou-Diwan • 08 June, 2015 Siraj Palestine Fund I Batuta yamsafer
U.A.E Flat6Labs Abu Dhabi debuts freshman class Flat6Labs Abu Dhabi's first graduates (Images via Pamela Kesrouani) Seven startups from all corners of the globe flaunted their wares over... Pamela Kesrouani • 08 June, 2015 flat6labs abu dhabi Demo Day Incubator
Jordan Jordanian students work with NASA to discover if there is life on Jupiter’s moon The students: Sanad Haddad, Zaid Kawar, Chad (their mentor at NASA), Mohammad Alzorgan, Firas Mistarihi. (Images via Kawar) In Jordan... Tala El Issa • 08 June, 2015 Space research Queen Rania Center for Entrepreneurship King Abdullah II Design and Development Bureau
Egypt Egypt’s Banana Kingdom to ripen in California Egyptian social startup Banana Kingdom could be leaving its sleepy Nile-side home for a faster pace of life in Silicon Valley, after... Eman Mostafa • 08 June, 2015 Tahrir Academy IrlenEgypt Banana Kingdom
Saudi Arabia Has saying 'I do' in KSA just become a whole lot easier? Image via Selsal, a wedding planning platform in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia No one said getting married was easy and by that we mean... Reine Farhat • 07 June, 2015 Saudi Arabia Flat6Labs Wedding Industry
Egypt Meet the Egyptian startup working to green the Middle East's oil industry Fifteen years ago fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, irrevocably changed the global oil and gas sector. Today, technology developed in the... Rachel Williamson • 07 June, 2015 oil & gas Tanmia Petroleum Company Green Energy
Jordan ZINC and DSOA partnership creates new opportunities for Jordanian startups Exploring new marketing opportunities has always been an objective for many Jordanian entrepreneurs. In an attempt to help those wanting to... Elsy Melkonian • 07 June, 2015 zinc incubator DSOA Zain Jordan
Palestine Yamsafer secures $3.5M in series B funding led by Global Founders Capital The world is your oyster. (Image via Yamsafer) Yamsafer, a Ramallah-based hotel booking platform servicing the Arab region, has announced... Maya Rahal • 04 June, 2015 series B Global Founders Capital investement
U.A.E ArabNet summit focuses on smart government initiative Attendees of last session of the second day – snapshot of Christidis' Twitter account. Smart government - Dubai's initiative to use i... Pamela Kesrouani • 04 June, 2015 arabnet digital summit Dubai Smart City initiative Arabnet
Egypt How this Egyptian startup is supercharging the worldwide Maker community Meet Amr Saleh, the Egyptian entrepreneur who launched Integreight. The company designed and built a product called 1Sheeld which turns sm... Maya Rahal • 04 June, 2015 MEMakers Amr Saleh arduino
Regional Maqtoob takes its mission on the road Meet Maqtoob's cofounders. (Images via Maqtoob) For many, promoting a new platform means using SEO techniques and Facebook ads. Not for... Aline Mayard • 04 June, 2015 digital nomads maqtoob morocco
Regional 6 steps to valuing a tech startup [Opinion] This is an edited crosspost with BOOSTMENA. There are hundreds (if not thousands) of posts on the subject of valuation, specifically... Amir Farha • 03 June, 2015 irr tech startup Valuation
Regional Silicon Valley investor on MENA’s road to startup success Bern Shen at Flat6Labs mentoring a startup team working on children education. Investor Bern Shen is optimistic about the MENA region’s a... Pamela Kesrouani • 03 June, 2015 MENA ecosystem Bern Shen MENA
Regional Are MENA’s SME business reforms doing enough? Governments have been adding their cogs to the startup machine of MENA. Enough though? (Image via Mikehoolboom.com) For entrepreneurs... Jamil Wyne - Jonas Feller • 03 June, 2015 business reform Endeavor Insight The Economist
Syria Bootcamp boosts Syrian startups The Jusoor Bootcamp (Images via Jusoor) After three weeks of intensive training with Syrian startups, Jusoor celebrates the completion of... Raed Khalil • 02 June, 2015 Jusoor Entrepreneurship Bootcamp
Egypt Egyptian power cuts fuel an ecommerce solution For the majority of Egypt’s 82 million residents, 2014 will no doubt go down in history as the year of the power cut. It didn’t matter whi... Rachel McArthur • 02 June, 2015 Green Scene Egypt clean tech Green Energy
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