Angel investor Hala Fadel's 3 most common entrepreneurial mistakes This article is part of our expert content series, in which we will highlight valuable advice from key experts in the regional... Maya Rahal • 30 April, 2014 hala Fadel Angel Investment Investment
3 reasons to launch a startup in Algeria Following the example of Morocco and Tunisia, Algeria is witnessing more and more entrepreneurs, both young and old. And although we could... Abdellah Mallek • 30 April, 2014 algeria
How Nabbesh surmounted 3 major regional obstacles to growth As startups in the Middle East we face barriers every day, whether it’s writing our first business plan, gaining access to capital, f... Kara Schoeffling • 29 April, 2014 WRL Wamda Research Lab nabbesh
NGO Nahdet El Mahrousa teams up with Barclays Bank Egypt to fight unemployment After three years of political turmoil, the economy of Egypt is suffering from a lack of stability that was translated into a remarkable... Eman Mostafa • 29 April, 2014 competition Egypt
Morocco's Meditel Apps Challenge helps first time developers get coding Morocco is a country full of paradoxes. For instance, you can find 3G SIM cards anywhere, at the airport or on the beach, but local apps... Aline Mayard • 28 April, 2014 app Competitions
Iraq Ifrosh tests cardless ecommerce platform in Iraqi Kurdistan In recent years, the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan has generated headlines for its relative stability and booming... Eric Reidy • 28 April, 2014 iFrosh Kurdistan credit cards
8 international accelerators that welcome startups from the Arab region Aline Mayard • 27 April, 2014 incubators Accelerators
4 tips to put user generated content to work for your business As an entrepreneur, you’ve probably had some kind of internal monologue that went a bit like this: “I know we need great content – but it t... Wissam Dandan • 27 April, 2014 UGC user generated content content
Startup Maroc hits the road again with an ambitious roadshow April is a busy month for Startup Maroc. The group of friends, who have been working for three years to help foster an entrepreneurial... Aline Mayard • 24 April, 2014 competition Report Startup Weekend
Lebanon Lebanese developer overcomes technical challenges to launch Arabic mobile word game After attending a seminar about the lack of digital Arabic content at ArabNet 2012, Samer Hamandi came up with the idea of Charbaka, a... Reine Farhat • 24 April, 2014 Mobile Gaming Arabic Content Mobile
Lebanon AltCity organises a 12-Hour hackathon to build ultralight application Altcity.me is organizing DevAppLB Ultralight 12-Hour Hackathon, on Saturday May 3rd from 9am to 9pm at the Beirut Digital District... Wamda • 24 April, 2014 Beirut Digital District Altcity competition
Young change agents from the Arab world convene at Stanford For three years now, Stanford University students, gathered in a student initiative called AMENDS, have invited promising actors of change... Aline Mayard • 24 April, 2014 techwadi silicon valley Mentorship
PayPal partners with Cairo Amman Bank to boost regional e-commerce PayPal, as part its continued expansion throughout the Middle East, announced a new partnership with Cairo Amman Bank yesterday at the... Hayden Pirkle • 23 April, 2014 cairo amman bank banking PayPal
Egyptian InstaPush adopted by international app integration platform Zapier, a popular online platform that simplifies the process of connecting web apps and APIs, based on triggers and actions, has just a... Ahmed Gabr • 23 April, 2014 instapush pushbots Technology
How this Bahraini woman uprooted her successful London creative agency and moved home I first met Wafa Obaidat at a TEDxYouth event in Bahrain. I was floored by how — at 23 years old — Obaidat was running operations for her S... Leena AlOlaimy • 23 April, 2014 Fashion
Egypt 2 lessons from last year's Dare'n'Deal shutdown Ever since Dare’n’Deal shut down last May, many have wondered why Egypt’s most popular daily deals site... Hanan Solayman • 22 April, 2014 Daily Deals E-commerce
