Maghreb Putting Tunisian honey on the map Busy bees are honey bees. In July 2014 Khaled Bouchoucha quit his job as a fleet engineer manager at aeronautic company Sabena Technics to... Christine Petré • 06 August, 2015 UniVenture Qatar Friendship Fund Honey
Maghreb Moroccan automobile classifieds platform Moteur.ma announces Malaysian investment Moteur.ma lets Moroccans buy cars online. Car classifieds website Moteur.ma announced late last week that they raised an investment via... Aline Mayard • 05 August, 2015 Moteur.ma car classifieds
Maghreb Can Casablanca ban Uber? Should we expect a taxi drivers strike soon? (Image via Ahmed Bousserhane) In a press release sent this morning, Uber says they’d like to “... Aline Mayard • 05 August, 2015 careem Uber morocco
Regional Africa gets its first digital health accelerator Ampion's cofounders Fabian-Carlos Guhl and Ifeanyi Oteh launch their new health-tech accelerator. (Image via Ampion) If there’s one c... Aline Mayard • 05 August, 2015 ehealth digital health care Ampion
Egypt Shahbander weaves online network for Egyptian textile makers Less than a year after graduating from the AUC Venture Labs accelerator, Egyptian startup Shahbander is looking to take on the... Sara Aggour • 05 August, 2015 digitize textiles shahbander
Palestine 72-hour gamer comp tests Ramallah talent Palestine has joined Game Zanga’s 72-hour design competition as game developers converged on Ramallah over the weekend to try and beat the c... Rafat Abushaban • 04 August, 2015 game competition game jam game zanga
U.A.E To compare, or not to compare? When Welshman Jon Richards started his price comparison site in the UAE in 2011, he quickly found a gap in the market. Finding that just... Lucy Knight • 04 August, 2015 Mulverhill Associates Bayzat.com Moneycamel.com
Lebanon How a physical space like BDD is supporting entrepreneurship in Beirut [Wamda TV] Lebanon is infamous for the horrible state of its internet. Yet, the tiny country is home to more than 1,500 ICT startups. How did... Maya Rahal • 04 August, 2015 Mouhamad Rabah bdd Beirut Digital District
Regional Aramex to implement crowdsourced courier model The move will involve the community, and is designed to keep Aramex nimble. (Image via Aramex) The person who delivers your next Aramex... Antoine Abou-Diwan • 03 August, 2015 aramex crowdshipping Fadi Ghandour
Regional Know your competition... or else [Wamda Cartoon] Competitors are just ninjas who don't use swords. One minute you think you're about to disrupt a whole sector, then BAM, someone else comes... Omar Al Fil • 03 August, 2015 Humor competition Cartoon
Egypt Building Egypt’s biogas market Startups offering biogas or waste treatment solutions are slowly gearing up in the Middle East, but only Taqa Solutions had a reality... Rachel Williamson • 03 August, 2015 Taqa Solutions Biogas MEMakers
Regional 4 tips for telematics startups in the Middle East The first edition of the Telematics Conference Middle East & Africa in Dubai earlier this year gave UAE-based entrepreneurs the... Pamela Kesrouani • 02 August, 2015 The Internet of Things Teltonika telematics
Lebanon Beirut gets new tech accelerator, Speed@BDD CEO Sami Abou Saab during a meeting at the Speed@BDD offices. (Images via Maya Rahal) Yesterday, a collection of Beirut’s entrepreneurial e... Maya Rahal • 31 July, 2015 Tech Accelerator Speed@BDD Beirut Digital District
Regional Global tech conference DIGIT.EMEA in Istanbul [GIVEAWAY] Building on the success of the Global Webit Congress from the past 7 years, DIGIT.EMEA is a special series of global events paving the d... Wamda • 31 July, 2015
Egypt Printing money: Spear Ink’s e-waste ambitions E-waste is a mushrooming scourge of the technology revolution with up to 50 million tons of electronic rubbish generated annually -... Rachel Williamson • 30 July, 2015 printer cartridge spear ink MEMakers
Regional Telr helps small merchants make friends with big banks Sirish Kumar, during the Ecommerce Show 2015, at the Dubai International Exhibition and Conference Center The Middle East is at an... Maya Rahal • 30 July, 2015 epayment Sirish Kumar Q&A