U.A.E Using big data and AI to fill the digital Arabic content void When it comes to digital content there’s not much out there in Arabic. In fact, according to data released in the 2016 Media in... Elias Jabbe • 23 January, 2017 narrativa flat6labs abu dhabi AI
Saudi Arabia Melltoo expands to Saudi with new funding The Dubai-headquartered peer-to-peer marketplace Melltoo has said they are ready to expand to Saudi Arabia now they have acquired new... Lucy Knight • 23 January, 2017 Investment melltoo ecommerce
Tunisia New York startup vibe in Tunisian competition Houda Ghozzi, the woman behind Tunisia’s Open Startup competition, was tired of programs that taught students how to pitch but then... Lilia Blaise • 22 January, 2017 Open Startup Tunisia Columbia University BIAT
Egypt What startups should know about Egypt’s IMF reforms All Egypt is feeling the weight of economic reform, but not all entrepreneurs will feel the impact equally. Last week, the... Rachel Williamson • 22 January, 2017 IMF reforms bankruptcy
U.A.E Hidden gold mines for MENA’s air tech entrepreneurs If Paul Papadimitriou’s realistic air tech projections can be summed up in one piece of cautionary advice for startups, it is that in... Vanessa Khalil • 22 January, 2017 Travel aviation GE
Iran Turkish payments startup Iyzico closes $13M Series C On July 15, Barbaros Ozbugutu and Tahsin Isin were celebrating in Istanbul. After years of bureaucracy, their online payment company... Alexandra Locke • 20 January, 2017 turkey iran Commerce
Global Startup Watch: the real robot danger The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your... Rachel Williamson • 19 January, 2017 Startup Watch robotics Women
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... Wamda • 18 January, 2017 turkey Pitch investor
Regional How to build a company that will last forever [Opinion] Scale is important for startups to put them on the radar of strategic acquirers, which are a more likely route to an exit in MENA than... Abdulaziz Al Loughani • 18 January, 2017 talabat strategic acquirer Exit
Global Artificial Intelligence will make our kids better learners [WamdaTV] Looking at traditional education, the system is focused on ‘teaching’ rather than ‘learning’. This is what Philipp... Maya Rahal • 18 January, 2017 Artificial intelligence MIT Media Lab Philip Schmidt
Regional Innovation Arabia 10 In its tenth annual edition, Innovation Arabia, the region’s leading congress on education, business, environment, healthcare and... Wamda • 17 January, 2017 Innovation Technology entrepreneurship
Lebanon Proximie’s AR tool delivers healthcare to war zones The idea came about during a 2012 mission to El Salvador. As a volunteer with the Global Smile Foundation, Boston-based Lebanese... Brooke Anderson • 17 January, 2017 healthtech Augmented Reality Proximie
Bahrain Bahrain’s shift from oil to silicon [Opinion] Of the businesses registered in Bahrain, 80 percent are SMEs and they are basically what drive our economy. We have other large... Hamed Fakhro • 17 January, 2017 Hamed Fakhro Bahrain Advice
Global What I know about pitching: Bianca Praetorius You’re on stage. It’s not your favorite place; as an engineer you’re more used to hiding in a lab or behind a computer... Rachel Williamson • 16 January, 2017 What I Know Pitching how to pitch
U.A.E Holidaying with Holiday ME “Whenever you're booking a holiday…there’s a lot of discussion happening for the family or solo traveler,”... Archana Menon • 16 January, 2017 uae holidayme travel tech
Egypt On speaking terms: Egypt’s investors, entrepreneurs forging a bond [Know Your VC] The investor-entrepreneur relationship in Egypt has been something of a rollercoaster, but both say they’re finally starting to iron... Reem Fatthelbab • 16 January, 2017 investor relations A15 eventtus