Wamda

Lebanon

Scriptr announces $4M Series A

Rabih Nassar during an interview with Wamda. (Image via Wamda) scriptr.io, the cloud platform for internet of things (IoT) solutions,...

Berytech Fund Scriptr.io announcement

U.A.E

Physicians and the future with 3D printing

How soon before the doctors of the Middle East embrace the possibilities of 3D printing? (Images via Jacqueline Sofia) Covering everything...

Arab Health Exhibition MEMakers AlemHealth

Regional

How IoT will transform daily life [Q&A]

Seemingly everything will soon be connected. (Image via blog.telligent.com) The Internet of Things (IoT) promises to transform the...

Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority Entrepreneur Day Rod O' Shea

U.A.E

Dashroad launches with Careem, seeks to take on MENA

"It's a platform. In short, it's a FitBit for cars" This is how entrepreneur Faheem Gill introduces his product Dashroad, which was...

MixTelematics Samtech Dashroad

Regional

Offline healthcare going online in MENA

Not enough time for exercise? Perhaps apps might be of use. (Image via core0.staticworld.net) Healthcare. An increasingly diverse and...

Heathcare Fittpass The Wellness Log

Egypt

Nawart opens doors to Egypt renewables startups

Cleantech Arabia cofounder Ahmed Huzayyin gives an explainer on Nawart and what it's looking for. (Images via Nawart) MENA’s...

cleantech incubator Ahmed Huzayyin GIZ

Kuwait

A cost effective and environmentally friendly way to cook your food, straight out of Kuwait

As reported previously on Wamda, the teams attending the first Kuwait Global Technopreneurship Challenge were trying to answer questions...

Solar cooker Kuwait Global Technopreneurship Challenge MEMakers

U.A.E

Why e-Home Automation is big on smart home tech? [Video]

Khalifa AlJaziri, Group Managing director of e-Home Automation International, explains in this video the core goal of his company, in...

ehome automation MEMakers

Regional

Opportunities in the risk intelligence market [Opinion]

A map of countries facing the greatest risk of terrorism. (Image via The Telegraph) One basic law of economics dictates a...

Risk intelligence data analysis MEMakers

Palestine

What I know about developing hardware and software in Palestine: Ayman Arandi

Ayman Arandi and his partners launched Iris Solutions with $15,000 of their own capital in the West Bank in 2012, with a plan to provide...

Ayman Arandi Sensory room Touch screens

Jordan

Space: the next tech frontier for MENA?

An art installation in Amman that could soon have a real-life counterpart. (Image via Sam Wendel) Watch out Elon Musk, a new force is...

Oasis Space Ventures Jordan Space Ventures SpaceX

Lebanon

Hind Hobeika discusses manufacturing challenges [Video]

Wamda's cofounder and CEO, Habib Haddad interviewed in the video above, Hind Hobeika, founder of Instabeat, from a driverless car in ...

wearable MEMakers Hind Hobeika

U.A.E

5 initiatives making the UAE perfect for eco-friendly startups

It’s a common perception that every Middle Eastern economy relies completely on fossils fuels, but the UAE is working towards being more e...

Dubai 2020 Urban Masterplan Estidama Etihad Esco

Regional

How to leverage healthcare analytics to control healthcare costs [Opinion]

Healthcare costs directly impact an SME’s bottom line and overall competitiveness. Skyrocketing healthcare costs in the United...

healthcare analytics MEMakers Healthcare

Regional

MENA’s forecasting situation

The power of the wind, important for MENA. (Image via Utilities-me.com) The MENA region population growth has been explosive. According to...

Weather forecasting El Noor Geh MEMakers

Egypt

Egypt's Winex innovates with health tech

The international health sector is evolving as innovators mix tech solutions with healthcare, but in Egypt the shift to even partially...

Winex MEMakers big data

Palestine

This Palestinian startup is using touch technology to help kids affected by autism

Colors, lights, music - the specialized environments of Iris Solutions' sensory rooms helps rehabilitate people who live with stress...

Medical Aid for Palestinians Stress Disorders Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Global

How important is the patent?

A patent. ‘Have you got one?’ It’s a question that one startup tells Wamda is asked a lot, too much in fact. So, are...

Band Industries Saba IP Patents

Regional

ArabiaWeather uses big data to help the aviation industry [Video]

November 2015 was a big month for the first weather company in the Middle East, ArabiaWeather. The team announced a $5 million funding...

MEMakers ArabiaWeather big data

Maghreb

Moroccan entrepreneur wants to fix his cities

Urban life could be much nicer if everybody did his or her share. (Image via Amine Elaoui) Damaged roads, defective street...

Twiyar Smart Cities MEMakers

Egypt

How Farminal uses tech to impact the agriculture sector in Egypt [Video]

As CEO of Farminal, Egyptian entrepreneur Walid Sorour presents his company, providers of innovative solutions for dairy farms. With their...

Mastitis Farminal NUMA

Egypt

Seeding success at Cairo Innovates

The Cairo Innovates tech fair was held at the historic Baron Palace. (Image via Cairo Innovates) Youth technology fair Cairo Innovates is...

Eqotaqa Beetw Green Battery

Maghreb

Two Tunisian makerspaces boost creativity

The FabLab solidaire is bringing out the heavy artillery. (Image via FabLab Solidaire) “Tunisia has no other choices but i...

Association Jeunes Science de Tunisie FabLab Solidaire elFabLab

U.A.E

Solar solution for saltwater stress

MENA is the most water-stressed region in the world. The top sixteen countries in the world facing shortages of renewable water supplies...

Desolenator solar desalination desalination

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