Wamda

Lebanon

2017 Darwazah Student Innovation Contest

The 2017 Darwazah Student Innovation Contest innovation gathering and awards ceremony ceremony will be taking place on May 22 at...

aub OSB Networking

Regional

SOCAP 17

SOCAP17 is a conference on impact investment and social enterprise. Held in San Francisco, SOCAP17 will bring together innovators in...

entrepreneurship conference San Francisco

Jordan

Startup with Purpose

Startup With Purpose has recently announced that it will be hosting its first week-long entrepreneurship bootcamp at King’s Academy...

Jordan entrepreneurship startup

Regional

ArabNet Digital Summit 2017

The fifth edition of the ArabNet Digital Summit will be back on May 16-17, at the Madinat Jumeirah Conference and Events Center in...

Dubai Arabnet summit

U.A.E

startAD Angel Rising 2017

The development of a broad, sophisticated class of investors is a necessity in a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem, and can be a critical...

uae Seed funding startup

U.A.E

Business for Better

UAE-based university students and graduates between the ages of 18 and 35 will have the chance to pitch their innovative ideas for...

sharjah uae entrepreneurship

Regional

Startup4IR by WEF and IFC

Startups4IR is a unique partnership between the World Economic Forum and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) aiming to bring...

wef World Economic Forum ifc

Lebanon

Jusoor Entrepreneurship Competition

Registration for Jusoor’s third annual Entrepreneurship Competition has opened to all Syrian entrepreneurs looking to develop...

syria entrepreneurship competition

Tunisia

Bloom Masters Competition

This year the MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab and the BIAT Foundation in Tunisia are organizing one of the largest competitions for...

tunisia competition startup

Lebanon

Big deals announced at Arabnet Beirut

At Arabnet Beirut this week Flat6labs, a regional incubator, announced that it was accepting applications for a $20 million local...

Arabnet ArabNet Beirut ArabNet Beirut 2017

Saudi Arabia

Effat University Boot Camp 2017

In its continuous efforts to support Saudi Arabia’s youth and students to become more innovative and creative, Effat University will...

Saudi Arabia entrepreneurship Ecosystem

Turkey

Startup Turkey 2017

Startup Turkey gives startups from Turkey, Eurasia and MENA a chance to pitch their ideas and projects to investors and VCs from...

turkey Ecosystem entrepreneurship

U.A.E

UAE launches new entry scheme to attract entrepreneurs

In a bid to remain a top destination for entrepreneurs in the region the UAE launched last week a new entry visa scheme. They hope to...

visa scheme uae government entrepreneurship

Regional

Startup Weekend Sharjah

Startup Weekend is a 54 hour event that brings together designers, developers, entrepreneurs, and experts from all domains to do amazing...

startup entrepreneurship Startup Weekend

Egypt

AWTAD UP Communities rounds of 2017 [Call for applications]

The Association for Women’s Total Advancement and Development (AWTAD) is an NGO dedicated to the professional and personal...

Egypt entrepreneurship Mentorship

Turkey

The Pitcher 2017

The Pitcher is an annual pitching event giving entrepreneurs the opportunity to showcase their businesses in front of a large audience of...

turkey Pitch investor

Regional

Innovation Arabia 10

In its tenth annual edition, Innovation Arabia, the region’s leading congress on education, business, environment, healthcare and...

Innovation Technology entrepreneurship

Global

TechWadi Annual Forum 2017 [Exclusive Discount Code Inside!]

The TechWadi Annual Forum 2017, happening on January 27-28, is a celebration honoring the work TechWadi has done to...

silicon valley MENA startups

Bahrain

Rowad Majlis "The Speed"

Rowad Majlis “The Speed” is a quarterly networking event bringing the local entrepreneurial community together for a...

Bahrain Networking Rowad

Regional

Seedstars MENA 2016

Seedstars World, the global seed-stage startup competition for emerging markets and fast-growing startup scenes, is returning to Bahrain on...

MENA Seedstars Global Bahrain

Regional

State and entrepreneurship: will a Trump presidency change all that? [Opinion]

Right after the election of Donald Trump, the soon to become the 45th President of the United States of America, many opinions were voiced...

Government entrepreneurship Opinion

Egypt

Alex Geeks Meetup - Story of a Startup #3

Alex Geeks Meetups returns with its third edition of ‘Story of a Startup’. The purpose of these meetups is to...

alexandria Networking alex geeks

Egypt

RiseUp Summit 2016

Mark your calendars! From December 9 to 11, RiseUp Summit 2016 will be happening in Downtown Cairo, Egypt. In recent years, RiseUp...

Egypt RiseUp startup

Iraq

Startup Weekend Erbil 2016

Startup Weekends are 54-hour events designed to provide entrepreneurs with a crash course on the basics and know-hows of starting your own...

Erbil Startup Weekend techstars

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