U.A.E Ro’Ya: Developing the UAE’s female entrepreneurs 2015 applicants attend a Ro'Ya workshop. (Images via Ro'Ya) Women are driving entrepreneurship in the UAE, and the people behind the... Rachel McArthur • 07 September, 2015 Dubai Business Women Council Baby Arabia VentureFin
Regional 10 ways open source tech is changing the rules of the game In the last few years, open source software platforms such as Android have established themselves as essential catalysts for technology... Pamela Kesrouani • 25 August, 2015 Droidcon Dubai open source Dubai
Regional How do you build a smart city? Dubai's smart city, Silicon Park, focuses on six pillars: life, society, mobility, economy, governance and environment.(Image... Pamela Kesrouani • 17 August, 2015 Smart Devices Smart Cities IoTx
U.A.E How UAE’s Mrusta raised an unexpected $351K When Ibrahim Colak, founder of UAE service providers platform Mrusta, attended a networking event at Dubai’s In5 innovation center,... Reine Farhat • 11 August, 2015 mrusta seed investment Dubai
Egypt Printing money: Spear Ink’s e-waste ambitions E-waste is a mushrooming scourge of the technology revolution with up to 50 million tons of electronic rubbish generated annually -... Rachel Williamson • 30 July, 2015 printer cartridge spear ink MEMakers
U.A.E The Dubai startups at your service For the money-rich and time-poor white collar workers of Dubai, chores are largely a thing of the past. For several years at least,... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 20 July, 2015 maids.ae helpling service economy
U.A.E Green is the new black, bringing bamboo sportswear to the UAE A Baembu t-shirt. The camels approve. (Image via Plhong Flores) Most startup conferences will tell you that perfectionism is an enemy of... Rachel McArthur • 05 July, 2015 Market OTB PechaKucha Clothing
U.A.E MEED’s Smart Cities 2015 in Dubai MEED’s Smart Cities 2015 is a conference that brings together critical partners to promote and invigorate the creation and... Wamda • 25 June, 2015 MEED Dubai conference
U.A.E TURN8 hackathon on Arabic digital content ideas TURN8 seed accelerator is organizing a hackathon to find innovative digital media and business models that enhance Arabic content online.... Wamda • 29 June, 2015 Digital Arabic Content turn8 united arab emirates
U.A.E Can sports help people explore Dubai? I wrote two years ago about how daily deals websites are fading in Lebanon, inspired by my previous job at GoNabit, the first group... Reine Farhat • 28 May, 2015 GamePlaySport seed investment Dubai
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
Regional Arabnet Digital Summit 2015 in Dubai Arabnet Digital Summit 2015 is one of the biggest event in MENA, gathering thousands of attendees and hundreds of speakers every year... Wamda • 05 May, 2015 arabnet digital summit Dubai Arabnet
U.A.E Silicon valley’s 500 Startups is organizing a pitching workshop in Dubai 500 Startups is organizing a pitching workshop hosted by AstroLabs in partnership with Nestle and TOP. The event allows entrepreneurs and... Wamda • 08 May, 2015 Nestle 500 startups TOP
Regional Diagnose your market: insights into MENA’s digital health revolution The health revolution. (Image via CB Insights) As the m-health industry of the Middle East continues to grow, Dubai hosted its first... Roland Daher • 11 May, 2015 Trice Imaging Inc HealthXL Qualcomm Ventures
Regional Beyond Oil: Tech and Future of Work in MENA Moving from traditional to knowledge economies is a prickly problem for any country, but especially so for oil-bound Middle Eastern... Pamela Kesrouani • 10 May, 2015 Diversification FOW Future of Work
U.A.E Russian entrepreneurship organization Startup Sabantuy comes to Dubai The Cribb, an innovative hub based in Dubai, is hosting Startup Sabantuy this June 6, 2015, in Dubai UAE. The event will start at 11:30 AM... Wamda • 16 April, 2015 Russia Startup Sabantuy Dubai
U.A.E Payment solution, online marketplace, and logistics startup top TechCrunch Dubai On the eve of the Step Conference, (the Middle East’s largest event featuring technology, design, and gaming trends), Innovation360’s acc... Sushmitha Pidatala • 01 April, 2015 Step Conference Laundry Box Bit Oasis
Regional Hatcher announces new seed and Series A funding for MENA startups Hatcher, the Singapore-based ‘B2B venture builder’ connecting startups in emerging markets with investors, is looking to “double down,” as ... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 02 April, 2015 hatcher fund hatcher beirut
U.A.E AstroLabs Dubai sign on 30 startups ahead of Google tech hub launch Ahead of its official opening of the Google Tech Hub Space, AstroLabs Dubai has launched a temporary coworking space in the city with 30... Pamela Kesrouani • 14 April, 2015 Google Tech Hub Dubai Astrolabs
U.A.E Two years in, In5's impact on Dubai's entrepreneurship sector “In5 is a center specialized in supporting the development of private companies and entrepreneurs and in the encouragement of creativity a... Pamela Kesrouani • 20 April, 2015 in5 Dubai
Global Corridor for UK and MENA investment in SMEs opened up further by UK regulation The Dubai-based international investment platform Eureeca announced today that they have recently received the stamp of approval from the... Wamda • 23 March, 2015 FCA eureeca Dubai
U.A.E Hacka { MENA } 2015, Dubai [DISCOUNT] Hacka { MENA } is a social impact Hackathon bringing together the most innovative technopreneurs from code and design industries from ... Wamda • 17 March, 2015 Dubai
Regional What KinTrans' Mohammed Elwazer learned at SeedStars International KinTrans may not have won SeedStars 2015 competition in Geneva in February, but founder Mohammed Elwazer didn’t walk away empty h... Samantha Kaufman • 08 June, 2015 SeedStars International hearing impaired KinTrans
Regional Future of Work: Middle East On April 29th 2015, The Economist will be hosting “Future of Work: Middle East” event, which will explore the opportunities and challenges ... Wamda • 12 March, 2015 The Economist Dubai