Turkey The importance of workshops for UX design On the fourth floor of an Istanbul hotel young men and women are huddled over work tables, overlooking large poster boards, markers,... Lorena Rios • 08 June, 2016 Userspots design workshops User Experience
Maghreb 3 reasons why Morocco is lagging in e-payments This is the first of three articles about the state of digital payments in Morocco. At a time when ‘fintech’ is on... Amine Azariz • 08 June, 2016 Cards and payment e-payments fin-tech
Saudi Arabia Curing KSA's concrete water problem Concure founders Mohammed Khalil, Dr. Feras Kafiah & Husam Walwil. (Image via Concure) Curing concrete is a tedious process that... Bérénice Magistretti • 08 June, 2016 curing blanket wet curing blanket concrete
Kuwait 10 startup podcasts you should be listening to today This article is a crosspost with Nuwait. Despite the short attention span of online readers, good content still ranks... Reine Farhat • 07 June, 2016 Lean startups The Week In Startups Menassah
Egypt Instabug raises $1.7M from US investors Instabug's cofounder Omar Gabr (Image via Instabug) Instabug has raised a $1.7 million seed round after completing Y... Rachel Williamson • 07 June, 2016 Accel Venture Partners seed round instabug
Jordan #MixNMentor Amman provokes heated debates During the morning opening talk. (Images via Wamda) Jordan entrepreneurs never disappoint, even when they could take the day off for a... Maya Rahal • 07 June, 2016 Mix N' Mentor 2016 mix n mentor Amman Jordan
Lebanon Kwik emergency response sensor wins refugee hackathon Fire and freezing cold are potentially fatal for refugees, but they are dangers which could be over due to 'emergency sensor'... Maysaa Ajjan • 07 June, 2016 Open Source Action Network UNOCHA UNHCR
Maghreb Big changes for Tunisia as Flat6labs, Le15 launch Last week Flat6labs announced their launch in Tunisia, alongside the brand new startup hub Le15, marking a huge leap forward for the... Aline Mayard • 06 June, 2016 Flat6Labs Tunis Le15 seed investment
Saudi Arabia What I know about doing good: Shahd Al Shehail Saudi native Shahd Al Shehail cofounded Project Just during her time in India as an Acumen Global Fellow. Project Just, an online... Archana Menon • 06 June, 2016 Project Just sustainable fashion WIK
Regional 18 Iftar feasts from your phone Typically during Ramadan there is a spike in the region’s food industry. Early mornings and late nights boost take-away food sales... Maysaa Ajjan • 06 June, 2016 Bilbayt Lebanese Food Kitchen 24h.ae
Regional Uber’s getting cuddly with KSA - but it’s not what you think [Opinion] My initial reaction to Uber’s $3.5 billion round was: great! It is easy to frown upon the deal and question why the... Laith Zraikat • 06 June, 2016 Public Investment Fund Opinion Arzan VC
U.A.E Family offices a new addition to investment landscape Family offices are the new breed of investor in the MENA tech sector, according to Beco Capital. The UAE-based investment firm, has... Lucy Knight • 05 June, 2016 Periodic table investors BECO Capital
Egypt Integreight launches IOT home automation kit Integreight at the Bay Area Maker Faire in San Mateo, California: CTO Islam Mustafa, embedded software engineer Eslam... Eduard Cousin • 05 June, 2016 home automation Togglit MEMakersGE
Saudi Arabia Solar panel cleaning startup closes $1M Series A Saudi-based startup NOMADD has closed a Series A round of $1 million. NOMADD, which stands for ‘no water mechanical automated... Lucy Knight • 03 June, 2016 Investment and acquisitions MEMakersGE NOMADD
Regional Activate and accelerate: 14 CE tools for corporations In May of this year, British banking and financial services company Barclays partnered with Flat6Labs to open Egypt's first... Jonas Feller • 02 June, 2016 Expo 2020 Dubai Collaborative Entrepreneurship corporations
Egypt Egypt VC launches new $50M fund Algebra Capital Cairo's startup ecosystem has been crying out for money for years. This year they've been inundated. (Image via Wikipedia) Egyptian... Eduard Cousin • 02 June, 2016 Ziad Mokhtar Algebra Fund EAEF