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The impact of Gaza crisis on the Palestinian tech ecosystem

Gaza Sky Geeks, a programme of Mercy Corps, launched an impact report on the Palestinian tech ecosystem “The Impact of Gaza Crisis on...

Press Release • 18 July, 2024

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Mobilizing for Gaza: Creating Jobs for Palestinians

The genocide in Gaza is an assault on every facet of life and society. Entire sectors have been decimated, universities razed, and...

Nesma Abdel Azim • 19 April, 2024

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The martyrs of Gaza

Wamda is compiling a list of all the people working in the technology and startup sector who have been killed in Gaza by Israeli strikes....

Wamda • 25 December, 2023

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Palestinian entrepreneurs are facing the disastrous repercussions of war

Monthly VC investment deals were transformed into data on the numbers killed and wounded. The number of startups being founded were...

Amro Selim • 30 November, 2023

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Rising from the rubble: Entrepreneurs in Gaza look to rebuild

Rafat Abushaban is an author, speaker, and advocate for startups in fragile environments. He is the founder of Riable- an online platform...

Rafat Abushaban • 30 May, 2021

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Struggles multiply for Palestine's startup ecosystem

Since escalations unfolded in Palestine this month, Gaza-based tech hub and accelerator Gaza Sky Geeks (GSG), has been closely monitoring...

Dunya Hassanein • 23 May, 2021

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Connect Gaza looks to bring Palestinian startups into the regional ecosystem

Digital entrepreneurship and innovation are becoming key focuses of many governments across the Middle East as they seek to reform their...

Staff writer • 06 July, 2017

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Gaza’s Swift Braille helps the blind use smartphones

Swift Braille is a smartphone app that aims to help visually impaired and blind people communicate with others in writing. Worldwide...

Rafat Abushaban • 04 January, 2017

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Gaza hackathon solves ‘lady problems’

With engaging spirit and thrill, 60 participants took part in the first Lady Problem Hackathon in Gaza last week. The event was for...

Rafat Abushaban • 07 December, 2016

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Gaza game maker Baskalet eyes Saudi success

Facing tough economic conditions and unsatisfying day jobs in Gaza, Baskalet founders Mohammed Madhoun and Osayd Madi took the leap to do...

Rafat Abushaban • 16 October, 2016

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Borders may lock Gazan techies in, but they don’t lock support out

In a jam-packed hall at Box inc. in the heart of Silicon Valley, Gaza Sky Geeks hosted a startup event atypical of Bay Area...

Lilian Abou Zeki • 23 September, 2016

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Lady Problems Hackathon: Gaza

Lady Problems Hackathon Series are challenging developers (both men and women) to create solutions addressing issues female...

Wamda • 22 September, 2016

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Summer startups: entrepreneurs nurture Gaza's next generation

With school summer vacations coming to an end, August witnessed a peak in the number of events targeting children in the Gaza...

Rafat Abushaban • 07 September, 2016

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5 steps to ecommerce success in Gaza

It took five years for a small team of professional coders in Gaza to launch their own ecommerce solution Loqta, after noticing how much...

Rafat Abushaban • 07 August, 2016

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Scarcity fuels Gaza hardware invention boom

Following the successful Bold Knot crowdfunding campaign* in 2015, Gazan entrepreneurs have started pursuing their own hardware...

Rafat Abushaban • 22 June, 2016

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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

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AngelHack Gaza 2016

AngelHack’s 9th Global Hackathon Series is coming to Gaza on May 6-7, 2016. The event will take place at the new Gaza Sky Geeks acc...

Wamda • 09 March, 2016

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Freelance marketplace Nabbesh helps Palestinians leap borders

Unemployed youth in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank can now find virtual freelance work more easily, following the launch of an...

Christina Ganim • 06 October, 2015

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Palestine's top 8 incubators

There has been a lot of hype recently surrounding startups from Palestine, but they aren’t working in a vacuum. There’s a thriving eco...

Rafat Abushaban • 01 September, 2015

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Startups have a role to play in rebuilding Gaza

Despite Israel’s destroying several billion dollars worth of property, businesses, and homes, displacing 500,000 people, and killing 2,200 ...

Wamda • 09 December, 2014

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Gaza's accelerator turns to crowdfunding to keep its doors open

Update: Mercy Corps has extended its crowd funding campaign for Gaza Sky Geeks by an extra 30 days and it will now run until January 8 ...

Lucy Knight • 05 November, 2014

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Startup Grind Ramallah supports Direct Assistance to Gazans

Startup Grind, powered by Google for Entrepreneurs, is a global startup community designed to educate, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs....

Wamda • 26 August, 2014

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Here's how group messaging app Palringo raised $230,000 for Syria and Gaza this Ramadan

Palringo, a London-headquartered group messaging and gaming app for iOS and Android launched in 2006, used its 27 million-strong user...

Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 12 August, 2014

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How these two Arab startups are joining forces to support #Gaza

More and more individual and collective initiatives are being launched every day across the Arab region – and the whole world for that m...

Maya Rahal • 10 August, 2014

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