Syria Code your way up: Syrian startups teach code in Arabic As millions of Syrians fleeing a brutal war struggle to integrate into new countries, one barrier stands out above the rest:... Maysaa Ajjan • 01 August, 2016 Remmaz bitcode Education
A tale of two cities: how a Lebanese startup moved to San Francisco Elie Khoury knew he wanted to be in California ever since he was a child tinkering with computers in Byblos. “I didn’t have... Brooke Anderson • 31 July, 2016 Woopra data analytics lebanon
Global How to build smart cities After growing accustomed to smart phones, cars, TVs and even smart homes, there's a new wave of fascination with smart cities. Indeed,... Pamela Kesrouani • 31 July, 2016 MIT Media Lab community jameel Smartcities
Saudi Arabia Saudi getting smart on flooding? For the last four years PhD student Mustafa Mousa has been placing nodes (sensors) in various locations in Mecca and Thuwal. He wanted to... Lucy Knight - Jacqueline Sofia • 31 July, 2016 KAUST Saudi Arabia Sadeem
Egypt 1864 Accelerator Cairo FinTech 2016 Hackathon Coders, designers, and entrepreneurs are invited to take part in the first hackathon organized by the 1864 Accelerator, aimed at... Wamda • 29 July, 2016 fin-tech Egypt hackathon
Egypt 1864 Accelerator, open for applications The 1864 Accelerator constitutes the first local financial technology focused (FinTech) startup accelerator program of its kind in... Wamda • 28 July, 2016 accelerator Egypt startups
Regional Blueprint of a VC fund This is an edited version of an article that originally appeared on Medium. Newly formed VC firms are startups that are vying for... Mohamad Charafeddine • 28 July, 2016 venture capital fund term sheets Airbnb
Egypt 12 apps, six winners, and one big Egyptian competition Competitions can sometimes stint on the cash, but not the one held on Wednesday in the lush environs of the downtown American... Rachel Williamson • 28 July, 2016 Udacity Mobile App Launchpad Egypt
Global Startup Watch: Beware the Trump, driverless cars, celebrity engagements and the constant inventor 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... Lucy Knight • 28 July, 2016 Startup Watch Payfort driverless cars
Regional A Google for Arabic e-books To look for books in Arabic, on free websites, means to enter a cycle of endless electronic links, which might sometimes be unsafe.... Veroniqua Khachan • 27 July, 2016 Open araby Cubic connect Arabic digital content
Regional Startup Battle 2016 Startup Battle, in association with The Rockstar Hubs International is an exciting pitch-fest, featuring a panel of entrepreneur investors.... Wamda • 27 July, 2016 entrepreneurship Pitch Competition Investment
U.A.E MENA’s Airbnb of the workspace? Thanks to a growing line up of coworking spaces, incubators, hot desks, and shared office space, the workspace revolution has... Archana Menon • 27 July, 2016 fluidmeet workspace
Regional Wisdom and warnings: Twitter chat with Christopher Schroeder and Marwan Kheireddine “[We] need to stop thinking of MENA as one country - some areas [are] hard, even tragic; some [are] rising,” tweeted... Dana Ballout • 27 July, 2016 Christopher Schroeder Marwan Kheireddine YPO
Maghreb The #KarimJazouani prize's 2016 winner announced For the fourth time, Wamda is rewarding advocates of Moroccan entrepreneurship with the Karim Jazouani Prize. Last month, we asked... Aline Mayard • 26 July, 2016 Kilimanjero youssef Chaqor Endeavor
Regional Wissam Sabbagh: A visionary turning idea to product “Sex and $550.” That was the subject line of an email then 18-year-old Wissam Sabbagh sent to thousands of potential... Dana Ballout • 26 July, 2016 Wissam Sabbagh Dotcom Mangomolo
Jordan Jordanian university breathes life into eco-friendly graduation projects The two most common options for people after they graduate from university are to either join the general workforce or pursue an academic... Tala El Issa • 26 July, 2016 eco friendly green tech Jordan
