Wamda

U.A.E

WakeCap secures $1.6 million

WakeCap, the UAE-based construction technology startup has closed $1.6 million in seed investment from a group of global investors...

Construction IoT Hardware

U.A.E

Not a hardware, not a software, this startup looks to partner with CCC to improve construction efficiency

Hassan Albalawi, the cofounder of on-site data tracking helmet WakeCap Technology, would like to believe he can digitize the construction...

WakeCap Hardware sensors

Lebanon

5 new trends at ArabNet Beirut 2018

Lebanon is a small market that is often described in the news as an unstable country full of corruption and problems on all levels. While...

ArabNet Beirut Arabnet Diabetes

Lebanon

How this entrepreneur wants to democratize mobile payment

Elise Moussa, the entrepreneur who’s behind Snapay, a mobile payment solution, didn’t start small, didn’t start at home....

lebanon mobile payment cash payment

Regional

Cohort 4 Acceleration Program

The U.S. hardware accelerator, "Make in LA", is recruiting International and MENA hardware startups for the Cohort 4 Program in...

LA acceleration accelerator

Lebanon

Innovation Factory fills Lebanon’s hardware development gap [Wamda TV]

There aren’t many startups whose entrance is preceded by a long and winding dirt road, an army station across the street, and a...

lebanon Innovation factory Hardware

Egypt

Maker Hackathon 2017

For the third year in a row, Maker Hackathon returns to empower innovators and makers to create functioning prototypes of...

Egypt hackathon Hardware

U.A.E

Did the world’s thinnest phone just launch at GITEX Dubai?

Carbon Works, a UAE-based startup, launched what they say is the world’s thinnest smartphone at Dubai’s GITEX Summit 2016 on...

carbon works Carbon fiber Telecommunication

Global

R2-D2 and Ayah Bdeir share the spotlight at Disney Demo Day

Littlebits founder Ayah Bdeir announced a new partnership with Disney on Thursday for a children’s online video series encouraging...

littlebits Disney Hardware

Regional

Five 3D prints making MENA proud

Gone are the days where printing was reserved for airline tickets, directions, or a favorite picture of your loved ones. Today,...

3d printing Hardware Dubai

Global

What I know about bootstrapping hardware: Luke Iseman

For years now the Lean methodology has been all the rage: bootstrap, get a viable minimum product, ship it without further ado, see the...

YCombinator Hardware Bootstrapping

Syria

Syrian hardware startup Daraty dodging country's challenges

Two engineering students in Syria’s capital are overcoming the enormous challenges in their war-torn country to launch Daraty, an...

Hardware syria MEMakersGE

Lebanon

Krimston 'Kickstarts' its dual-SIM iPhone adapter

Krimston's cofounders Fouad Fattal (left) and Nabil Nasr (right). (Images via Krimston) In April 2012, Lebanese entrepreneur Fouad Fattal...

kickstarter Hardware Crowdfunding

Lebanon

Prototyping and the art in hardware creation: White Lab

Prototyping is a product development process made up of tests and iterations. (Image via smashingmagazine.com) “Between the conception and ...

Air prototyping WhiteLab

Regional

Watch the Makers: Stars of Science season 7 promises surprises

Summer is out, schools are in and so is the biggest edutainment reality TV program of the region, Stars of Science (SOS). The show, an...

Industrial entrepreneurship Qatar Foundation Stars of Science

Egypt

Egypt's makers mark out industry roadblocks [WamdaTV]

Egypt's tech startup sector includes a surprisingly large number of 'makers': entrepreneurs such as Integreight CEO...

MiniMakerFair Hardware

U.A.E

A new addition to MENA's hardware facelift

When Prashant Gulati (also known as PK) was 10 he asked his father for a carpenter’s kit. In those days child-friendly kits wouldn’t hav...

The Assembly MEMakers Maker space

Jordan

Oasis500 teaches Jordan's entrepreneurs to hustle for cash

Launching a successful tech startup takes more than just a good idea and dedication. This is what Nidal Qanadilo, a coaching...

tech startup Pitch Hardware

Lebanon

The connected cooking machine will make sure you eat healthily [Video]

There will soon be no reason for students, working moms or busy professionals to become loyal customers of food delivery anymore: there's...

Tahi MEMakers cooking

U.A.E

UAE creates future female robotics entrepreneurs

The UAE could produce MENA’s next wave of female robotics and hardware entrepreneurs, as technology programs throughout the Emirates...

robotics uae abu dhabi

Jordan

Oasis500 tech and hardware business workshop

Accelerator Oasis500, one of the largest in the MENA region, is holding its first Tech and Hardware business workshop on 16-19 August...

Oasis500 Investment Hardware

Global

Littlebits makes big in $44.2M funding round

Littlebits, the open source hardware startup from Lebanese founder Ayah Bdeir, has raised over $44 million in what they say is one of the...

MEMakers littlebits Electronics

Regional

8 promising hardware startups from the MENA region

The integrated circuit board, an essential ingredient for any hardware based startup. (Image via toddfun.com) Hardware based...

MEMakers MENA Electronics

Egypt

Proposed Egypt technology park facing bureaucratic delays

Big plans to create a technology and entrepreneurial hub in the southern Cairo suburb of Maadi could be stalling, for which some are...

maadi technology park Hardware Egypt

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