Saudi Arabia Winners emerge from KSA verbal throwdown MC Keith Wallace kept the punches flowing. (Image via Get in the Ring) The gloves were off last night in Riyadh at the regional final of... Bérénice Magistretti • 16 February, 2016 Food For People Date Pits Filers Fadfid.com
U.A.E Challenge Cup: a two minute pitch for $1M Challenge Cup winners together. (Image via Shaffi Mather) Two minutes. That’s all the time 25 teams at the 1776 Challenge Cup had to c... Archana Menon • 16 February, 2016 Cowlar Smart Detection Bra MUrgency
Egypt Mix N' Mentor Cairo 2016: Marketplace Edition During one of the group mentorship sessions at Mix N' Mentor Dubai in 2015. (Image via Wamda) Cairo’s 20 million-strong population... Wamda • 16 February, 2016 2016 Mix N'Mentor Cairo cairo
U.A.E Enabling ecommerce with delivery Cofounders, left to right, Sari Issa and Fares Nimri. (Images via CamelShip) Ecommerce is constantly evolving and becoming more... Tala El Issa • 16 February, 2016 Sky Net Parzel CamelShip
Regional Wadi.com raises $67M Series A Ecommerce platform Wadi.com announced yesterday the closing of a $67 million Series A funding round led by Al Tayyar Group. The... Maya Rahal • 15 February, 2016 Wadi.com Al Tayyar Group Series A
Regional What I know about startups in MENA: Chris Schroeder Chris Schroeder is one of the MENA entrepreneur's biggest foreign supporters. (Image via E&T Magazine) Investor and MENA-phile... Rachel Williamson • 15 February, 2016 investor WIK What I Know
Qatar The Qatar Foundation Annual Research Conference 2016 (ARC'16) The Qatar Foundation Annual Research Conference 2016 (ARC'16) will be held on 22nd and 23rd March at the Qatar National Convention C... Wamda • 15 February, 2016 Annual research Qatar Foundation qatar
U.A.E The Coding Circle: game development courses for kids The Coding Circle, the professional coding academy launched in Dubai with the aim to teach kids and adults the new universal language, c... Wamda • 15 February, 2016 courses Coding for Kids Coding Circle
Maghreb droidcon Tunisia 2016 droidcon Tunisia 2016, which has become a yearly gathering to explore the newest trends in mobile technologies and connect international ... Wamda • 15 February, 2016 mobile trends 2016 Droidcon
U.A.E Introducing Flat6Labs' 6 latest UAE startups Much like Hollywood is a celebrity hunting ground, Flat6Labs’ recent Demo Day suggests that Abu Dhabi might be the place to reel in... Alaa' Odeh • 15 February, 2016 StudentCart Metaphorio Jumpsuite
Regional Ground control to the Middle East An artists rendering of satellites and debris orbiting the earth. (Image via European Space Agency) Space technology is now on the... Maysaa Ajjan • 15 February, 2016 Blink Mars Robotics AP-Swiss
Regional Is ecommerce MENA's biggest digital market? [Infographic] This is an edited crosspost from LinkedIn. Consumers have become smarter and faster in making buying decisions online,... Maher Dosoqi • 14 February, 2016 payment gateway CashU fin-tech
Egypt Elves and Uber, together for Valentines Valentine’s Day can be stressful. Those behind new startup Elves have decided to team up with Uber to help clients who forgot... Sara Aggour • 14 February, 2016 Genie of Arabia Elves Elvesapp
Palestine Exoskeleton gives the gift of movement AZR’s exoskeleton prototype is being tested in the lab. (Images via AZR Team) Three Birzeit University students in the West Bank have b... Rafat Abushaban • 14 February, 2016 Handicapped Exoskeleton Birzeit University
Regional 78 teams to second round, MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup Competition During one of the mentorship sessions of last year's 8th edition of the Competition. (Image via MITEF Arab Startup Competition) The MITEF... Maya Rahal • 12 February, 2016 Semifinalists Fallound MIT Enterprise Forum Pan-Arab
Lebanon Scriptr announces $4M Series A Rabih Nassar during an interview with Wamda. (Image via Wamda) scriptr.io, the cloud platform for internet of things (IoT) solutions,... Maya Rahal • 11 February, 2016 Berytech Fund Scriptr.io announcement