U.A.E Applications deadline for Startupbootcamp IoT | Connected Devices accelerator Startupbootcamp IoT, part of the international Startup Bootcamp program is coming to the ArabNet Digital Summit in Dubai on May 30-31 to m... Wamda • 30 May, 2016
Regional MENA’s startup health movement: a MEMakers report In a new report from Wamda Research Lab (WRL) in partnership with GE, we interviewed over 120 entrepreneurs, investors,... Willam Altman • 29 May, 2016 startup health digital health MEMakersGE
Egypt Zombies in Egypt: Epic VR brings the undead to malls This was the reaction when students first tested Epic VR in an event at the American University in Cairo. (Images via Epic VR) Virtual... Eman Mostafa • 29 May, 2016 Zombies EpicVr MEMakersGE
U.A.E Seedstars World Competition Dubai 2016 Seedstars World, the global seed-stage startup competition for emerging markets and fast-growing startup scenes, is returning to Dubai for... Wamda • 27 May, 2016 Startups competition Seedstars World uae
Egypt US-based Affectiva raises $14M Series D Affectiva's software can differentiate between a smirk, a happy smile, and a polite smile. (Images via Affectiva) Emotion... Rachel Williamson • 27 May, 2016 emotion recognition Rana el Kaliouby Affectiva
Egypt Will this social network maintain your privacy? More social networks outside of Facebook? (Images via Begether) According to the US-based tech news site The Information Facebook users... Eman Mostafa • 26 May, 2016 Begether Chaino privacy
Kuwait Kuwait’s Boxit gets seed funding, looks to tackle UAE and KSA This article is a crosspost with Nuwait. The core team. From left to right: Lijo Antony, head of product development,... Reine Farhat • 25 May, 2016 Boxit Wamda Capital Arzan VC
Lebanon Zoomaal Meetup in Lebanon: Crowdfunding for Social Good Zoomaal, Lebanon's leading crowdfunding platform, is organizing an informative session about crowdfunding this Saturday at the UK Lebanon ... Wamda • 25 May, 2016 session UK Lebanon Tech Hub bdd
Lebanon FOO's timing curse: when being ahead of the game is a problem Foo founders Elie Nasr and Ghady Rayess. (Image via Brooke Anderson) Being early to the market can be both a blessing and... Brooke Anderson • 25 May, 2016 app development Foo lebanon
Maghreb Tunis-based Expensya raises seed round in France Expensya's team in their office in Cogite coworking space, Tunis. (Image via Expensyia) On Monday, almost a year after their launch,... Aline Mayard • 25 May, 2016 seed round expense reports expensya
Regional Exploring the frontiers of Arabic natural language processing Humans and machines, such a beautiful pairing. (Image via Sdtimes.com) A monetized mobile app that crowdsources the digitization of Arabic... Samuel Wendel • 25 May, 2016 Sakhr Arabic Snippets NYU Abu Dhabi
U.A.E Bitoasis secures seed funding led by Wamda Capital Fintech startup Bitoasis has announced its first round of funding, an undisclosed sum led by Wamda Capital. The round included Barry... Maya Rahal • 24 May, 2016 Coindesk Wamda Capital Bitcoin
Egypt Cantalop signs on for $100,000 angel investment Egypt is brimming with job search sites on the cusp of expansion. (Image via Cantalop) Two years after its launch, Egyptian job search... Eman Mostafa • 24 May, 2016 youth unemployment Egypt unemployment rate job search
Regional Changing MENA with the 'sharing economy' HBR Creative Platform puts collaboration at the center. (Imave via HBR Creative Platform) This article is an edited crosspost from... Asmaa Guedira • 24 May, 2016
Europe Jusoor's Fourth Annual Global Conference: Syrians as Global Citizens As the Syrian conflict enters its 5th year, thousands of Syrians have left their homes as refugees, with many settling in Europe.... Wamda • 23 May, 2016 youth dialogue Berlin global conference
Lebanon IM Capital's Masterclass for Business Angels (MBA) In partnership with GoBeyond, IM Capital is launching a Masterclass for Business Angels (MBA), a one-year program that will take novice... Wamda • 23 May, 2016 Masterclass for Business Angels Berytech lebanon
