Maghreb From Tunisia to Barcelona FC, the Vakay sunglasses are getting traction Adam Jabeur, cofounder of Vakay. (Images via Christine Petré) “It started as a joke,” explains Adam Jabeur when we meet in Le Lac, a Tunis ... Christine Petré • 01 June, 2015 hipster Glass tunisia
Maghreb Tunisian expense report startup taking aim at French market Expensya founder Karim Jouini (Images via Expensya) For most, submitting, calculating and processing expenses is a dull and time-consuming... Aline Mayard • 27 May, 2015 karim jouini expense reports expensya
Maghreb Morocco's online health service DabaDoc expands its reach When Zineb Yacoubi returned to Morocco after eight years abroad, she was struck by how difficult it was to book a medical appointment.... Aline Mayard • 20 May, 2015 dabadoc Maghreb morocco
Maghreb Sawari Ventures tries to fill Egypt funding gap with $50 million VC fund Sawari Ventures partners: Hany Sonbaty, Ahmed Alfi, Wael Amin. Egyptian venture capital company Sawari Ventures is turning... Rachel Williamson • 16 March, 2015 Sawari Ventures morocco tunisia
Maghreb Startup MENA expands its network to Tunisia After favorable outcome in Egypt, where the Startup MENA team engaged over 400 entrepreneurs in 2014, designing tailored workshops... Christine Petré • 09 March, 2015 Cogite startup mena tunisia
Regional enpact Initiative for young entrepreneurs Engage - Participate - Act" International mentoring led by enpact, a non-profit organization - aims to connect and train young promising ... Wamda • 25 February, 2015 tunisia Egypt Mentorship
Maghreb Cogite Coworking Camp in Kairouan Cogite is organizing its second stop in Cogite Coworking Camp series in Kairouan, Tunisia this February 28th and March 1st, 2015. Cogite... Wamda • 23 February, 2015 Cogite tunisia Coworking Spaces
Maghreb 5 Maghrebi entrepreneurs share their secrets to making money last [Wamda TV] When you’re a Maghrebi startup, seed funding is never easy; you have to be ready for a pretty intense period of bootstrapping. We’ve asked a... Aline Mayard • 10 February, 2015 azur systems mescadeaux.ma messtagiaires.ma
Maghreb Monetizing street art: the entrepreneurial journey of a Tunisian gallerist Last September, the Tunisian island of Djerba was at the heart of discussions of art lovers across Europe and elsewhere. The island, known... Aline Sara • 12 February, 2015 tunisia Art
Maghreb Industry focus key to a successful incubator, says Tunisian expert Leila Charfi If there’s one person that knows the incubators/accelerators sector in Maghreb, it’s Leila Charfi. The Tunisian, who describes herself as “... Aline Mayard • 13 January, 2015 Yunus Social Business incubators tunisia
Libya Two Maghrebi women named new Ashoka Fellows The Voice of Libyan Women's Alaa Murabit addresses a crowd. Ashoka Arab World, an organization dedicated to enabling social... Wamda • 22 December, 2014 libya ashoka tunisia
Maghreb What does the future hold for the Tunisian coworking scene? Cogite's Rym Baouendi weighs in Two months ago, Cogite blew out its first candle, celebrating its one-year anniversary. It’s hard to believe it has already been a year s... Aline Mayard • 10 December, 2014 Cogite tunisia Coworking Spaces
Maghreb Tunisian startups get a crash course in storytelling at Hivos event In October, 12 teams of one to three Tunisians, under 35, were invited to Tunis’ coworking space Cogite to compete during D... Wiem Melki • 05 November, 2014 Mideast Creatives tunisia Cogite
Maghreb The Maghreb Digital Learning and Education Innovation Conference The British Council, Tunisia is organizing The Maghreb Digital Learning and Education Innovation Conference that will explore the broader... Wamda • 07 November, 2014 tunisia E-Learning
Maghreb Students swarm Tunisia's first major tech event Over two days last week, Tunisian IT and engineering students, investors, developers and software designers, and representatives of... Courtney Joline • 24 September, 2014 event tunisia
International Innovation Summit 2014 in Tunisia The first edition of the International Innovation Summit, organized by I.T.GRAPES in partnership with Société La Paix, will take place on S... Wamda • 17 September, 2014 tunisia
Maghreb The Diamond Challenge in Tunisia The Diamond Challenge is a real world business concept competition that will provide high school students with an outstanding opportunity... Wamda • 01 September, 2014 tunisia
Where there's waste, there's money to be made This article has been cross posted with Knowledge@Wharton. Food scraps. Refrigerators. Stoves. Dead animals. Fishermen’s nets. The in... Knowledge @Wharton • 19 August, 2014 waste tunisia
World Bank wants to help Lebanese and Tunisian diasporas give back As part of a new project, Integrating the Middle East and North Africa (i-MENA) aiming to foster MENA global integration, the World Bank... Anwar Aridi • 14 July, 2014 survey world bank lebanon
Maghreb Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus kicks off global accelerator program in Tunisia As Tunisia begins to overturn years of economic inefficiencies, stagnant creativity, and systemic corruption, entrepreneurship has begun... Courtney Joline • 25 June, 2014 accelerator tunisia Social Entrepreneurship
How this Tunisian gaming company rebounded after a failure Just over a year ago, then-Features Editor Glen Dalakian got pretty excited about a new game, DefenDoor, and a new gaming studio,... Aline Mayard • 15 July, 2014 digital mania tunisia Failure
Where to get mentorship in Tunisia Tunisian entrepreneurs are unanimous: people in their country don’t lack motivation and creativity but they need advice on how to apply i... Aline Mayard • 17 July, 2014 incubators tunisia Mentorship
In Tunisia, entrepreneurs are taking control In the absence of local blogs, press coverage, groups or associations of web entrepreneurs, and, until recently, a coworking space, the... Aline Mayard • 14 May, 2014 tunisia
'Arab Inspire' hopes to make entrepreneurship a way of life for youth and artists Artists and youngsters have one thing in common: they could use some help from professionals to take the leap, start a company, and make... Aline Mayard • 22 December, 2013 tunisia Artist Entrepreneurs Mentorship