Regional Abraaj closes $375m North Africa fund The Abraaj Group has closed its second north Africa-focused fund, but the financial gap between early-stage investments and the $10... Rachel Williamson • 25 August, 2015 series B Leap Ventures Sawari Ventures
Oman Oman SME Summit In today’s fast-paced, dynamic market environment, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) undoubtedly play a vital role. As an economy... Wamda • 25 August, 2015 sme summit Muscat Oman
Regional 5 tips for wearables-focused startups Pauline Van Dongen's wearable solar shirt. (Image via Pauline Van Dongen) When it comes to wearable technologies the MENA region could do... Pamela Kesrouani • 25 August, 2015 MEMakers Wearable devices
Regional 10 ways open source tech is changing the rules of the game In the last few years, open source software platforms such as Android have established themselves as essential catalysts for technology... Pamela Kesrouani • 25 August, 2015 Droidcon Dubai open source Dubai
Lebanon Mix N' Mentor to unite startups with 5 large corporates in Beirut Mix N’ Mentor Beirut, the largest gathering of established Lebanese startups, has nearly reached full capacity but there is still... Wamda • 24 August, 2015 mix n' mentor beirut Venture Capital Mix n Mentor
Regional Young Arab Leaders hosts its 7th Entrepreneur Journey Series (EJS) Young Arab Leaders (YAL) is hosting its 7th Entrepreneur Journey Series (EJS) in strategic partnership with In5 & Series Sponsors are... Wamda • 24 August, 2015 EJS Young Arab Leaders event
Kuwait Money doesn't always matter for Kuwaiti entrepreneurs [Opinion] Kuwait city, 5:30 am. (Images via Reine Farhat) When my plane landed in Kuwait on Monday last week, I knew it was going to be a great... Reine Farhat • 24 August, 2015 kuwait
Iran Iran’s Avatech ready for third cycle As of September 20 one of Tehran’s three established accelerators will be open for applications to their third cycle. Out of those a... Lucy Knight • 23 August, 2015 Seed funding AvaTech iran
Lebanon What I know about Circular 331: Marianne Hoayek Marianne Hoayek at BDL Accelerate in November 2014. (Image via BDL) Lebanon’s Central Bank first announced that it would be taking special ... Lucy Knight • 23 August, 2015 Le Wagon UK Lebanon Tech Hub Leap Ventures
U.A.E Green Truck: a UAE private recycling service The Green Truck warehouse. (Image via Green Truck) The UAE has one of the highest per capita waste generation rates in the world. Putting... Rachel McArthur • 23 August, 2015 Green Truck MEMakers waste
Regional Technology is taking over the world (and the Middle East) This is a crosspost with Boostmena. Google was founded in 1998 and Facebook was founded in 2004. Fifteen years ago, businesses had no way... Amir Farha • 23 August, 2015 Smart Devices smartphones Technology
Syria Against all odds, Syrian incubator AfkarPlus launches Cofounder Samer Al-Aswad addresses the audience at the launch of the Afkar+ incubator on August 8. (Images via Afkar+) Syria's... Maysaa Ajjan • 20 August, 2015 syria Challenges Incubator
Syria Damascus plans its first Entrepreneurial Summer School program Organized by the Syrian Youth Empowerment Program (SYEP) team, the 7-day long program aims to help youth aged between 15-18 year olds... Wamda • 20 August, 2015 Syrian Youth Empowerment Program Damascus syria
Regional Augmented reality and medicine, is the Middle East ready? After-surgery care in developing countries or remote locations can often be an unknown quantity, but the use of augmented reality during... Lucy Knight • 20 August, 2015 InGlove VITAAX MEMakers
Jordan Jordan’s Mawdoo3 gets $1.5M in Series A funding The Mawdoo3 team in Amman, soon to grow. (Image via Mawdoo3) Mawdoo3, the Jordanian startup modelling itself on Wikipedia for Arabic... Lucy Knight • 19 August, 2015 EquiTrust Mawdoo3 lifestyle
Jordan Akhtaboot 6th Job Fair 2015 Akhtaboot is holding its 6th job fair on the 9th and 10th of September, 2015 at Amman Grand Hall, Al Hussein Sports City. Participating ... Wamda • 19 August, 2015 Job fair akhtaboot amman
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