Saudi Arabia Saudi fund takes 5% stake in Uber for $3.5B A Saudi Arabia fund has bought a 5 percent stake in Uber for $3.5 billion. The buy-in, by the Public Investment Fund (PIF),... Rachel Williamson • 02 June, 2016 Public Investment Fund fundraising Uber
U.A.E Doctoruna: making healthcare accessible in MENA Since they launched in 2013, healthcare appointment website and mobile app Doctoruna has been on a mission to minimize the all too... Archana Menon • 02 June, 2016 DoctorUna MEMakersGE Bayt
Lebanon Applications now open for Speed@BDD's third acceleration program Speed@BDD is recruiting 10 aspiring startups for their upcoming acceleration program in September, where selected... Wamda • 01 June, 2016 application Speed@BDD beirut
U.A.E IT platform Geeks raises $600K seed round And 6500 happy customers. (Image via Geeks) Geeks.ae, an on-demand tech services platform that helps connect consumers and business... Maya Rahal • 01 June, 2016 Geeks investments Wamda Capital
Egypt Innoventures Startup Reactor Innoventures LLC, in partnership with VC4Africa, have launched the third cycle of Startup Reactor for Egyptian startups.... Wamda • 01 June, 2016 Innoventures Startup Reactor cairo
U.A.E Are you happy? Data may decide for you Welcoming to Arabnet Dubai 2016. (Image via Jacqueline Sofia) “Happiness is very personal. How far do you want us to go to make you h... Jacqueline Sofia • 01 June, 2016 Happiness Dubai RTA Dubai Open Data Law
U.A.E Startup and corporation collaboration gets a boost #Expo2020xWamda Corporation, big business, multinational, mega-corp - whatever noun you prefer to use, they need you, and by ‘you’ we mean... Lucy Knight • 01 June, 2016 CE Summit Collaborative Entrepreneurship expo 2020
Egypt Flat6Labs and Barclays launch a fintech accelerator in Egypt Ahmad Alfi speaking during the launch of Accelerator 1864. (Image via Flat6Labs) Yesterday Cairo-based Flat6labs announced the... Eman Mostafa • 31 May, 2016 Flat6LabsCairo fin-tech accelerator
Lebanon Hi-Tech Entrepreneurship and Investment at UC Berkeley and Silicon Valley University of California and Silicon Valley are offering a course on High-technology Entrepreneurship & Investment that will... Wamda • 31 May, 2016 business course UC Berkley
Palestine Palestine's $12M Ibtikar fund launches, announces 8 investments The Ibtikar Fund's management team, investors and startups. (Image via Christina Ghanim) Palestinian pride is providing the fuel for... Christina Ganim • 31 May, 2016 5QHQH Tasameem ArabiAuto
U.A.E Payfort launches 3rd edition of the State of Payments The Arab world could see $69 billion in online payment transactions per year by 2020. (Image via Wamda) Saudis and Emiratis have... Maya Rahal • 31 May, 2016 State of Payments 2016 Payfort Report
Regional Arab girls defy stereotypes at Microsoft Imagine Cup Two teams from Tunisia alongside one from Bahrain will represent MENA at the global final in Seattle. (Images via Eduard Cousin) Malak... Eduard Cousin • 31 May, 2016 microsoft imagine cup microsoft Egypt
U.A.E Crowdfunding Hackathon by Zoomaal at Dubai SME Crowdfunding has been gaining traction in the Arab world over the past few years, where an increasing number of platforms have... Wamda • 31 May, 2016 zoomaal uae hackathon
Lebanon Innovating Refuge: a hackathon to redefine the refugee experience If you could redesign today's response to a humanitarian crisis, what would it look like? Today, a growing ecosystem of... Wamda • 31 May, 2016 tech entrepreneurs Refugee Innovative Response
Lebanon Lebanese scientist finds a potential treatment for jetlag A techie bedtime. (Image via Lumos Tech) This article is a crosspost with MIT Technology Review Arab Edition. Jet lag is a temporary... MIT Technology Review • 30 May, 2016 Sleep Lumos Tech MIT Technology Review Arab Edition
Palestine Tracking Palestine's tech talent at AngelHack The AngelHack Gaza competition produced some interesting ideas. (Images via Gaza Sky Geeks) Coding is increasingly becoming a... Rafat Abushaban • 30 May, 2016 coding competition Angelhack Ramallah palestine