Regional EBTICAR-Media 2015 EBTICAR-Media, which stands for "E-Booster for Technical and Innovative Contents in the Arab Region, is calling Arab innovative projects... Wamda • 27 February, 2015 Digital Media
Regional Mohammed Bin Rashid Award for Young Business Leaders Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President, Prime Minister, Ruler of Dubai, Dubai SME... Wamda • 27 February, 2015 Dubai Awards
Regional How ArabiaWeather battles the forces of nature Residents of the Middle East don't need me to tell them that this year so far has been a doozy in terms of weather. First, we had... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 26 February, 2015 yohan windy huda
Regional Ecommerce and MENA's travel sector boom [Infographic] It’s no secret that ecommerce in the Middle East and North Africa has grown substantially in the past few years. According to Visa,... Wamda • 26 February, 2015 Infographic E-commerce
Lebanon Beirut born Campus Society on the hunt for Series A funding When you have a Facebook account you’d think there would be little else forcing you to join another social network. Well, apparently F... Lucy Knight • 26 February, 2015 Campus Society aub lebanon
Lebanon Lebanese government inks $6.4 million loan to create tech hub Lebanon’s government is moving forward with an initiative aimed at strengthening innovation and entrepreneurship in its mobile internet e... Maya Rahal • 25 February, 2015 Ministry of Telecommunications MIHub tech hub
Regional MENA Games Conference & Exhibition in Beirut The region’s gaming industry has been steadily growing in the past few years. Although some countries show more activity than o... Wamda • 25 February, 2015 gaming industry MENA Gaming
Regional enpact Initiative for young entrepreneurs Engage - Participate - Act" International mentoring led by enpact, a non-profit organization - aims to connect and train young promising ... Wamda • 25 February, 2015 tunisia Egypt Mentorship
U.A.E Can a UAE government app solve the address quandary of ecommerce delivery? Last March, Sheikh Mohammed promised to transform Dubai into a ‘Smart City’, and at Payfort we were eager to see how that pledge would mak... Omar Soudodi • 25 February, 2015 delivery solutions Makani payment solutions
Regional What do VCs look for? Skills, passion, and motivation There’s still not much entrepreneurship activity in the MENA region, which makes it the focus of many investors and one of the best places ... Pamela Kesrouani • 25 February, 2015 fenox venture capital Fenox Dubai
Regional New app encourages users to go offline As studies pop up suggesting social media makes us miserable and some countries go as far as legally restricting children from using... Rachel Williamson • 24 February, 2015 uae
Global If I was setting out to be an entrepreneur This article is a crosspost with Financial Times. If I were setting out as an entrepreneur today, I would buy an existing company to... Daniel Isenberg • 24 February, 2015 startup
Palestine Palestinian FOA Academy joins the fleet of ed-tech startups According to the Broadband Commission for Digital Development more than half of the world’s population will have access to the internet b... Eman Mostafa • 24 February, 2015 FOA Academy palestine EdTech
Egypt Experts and entrepreneurs tackle ecosystem's needs at Mix N' Mentor Cairo Cairo’s Mohamed Mahmoud Street seemed like many other streets in Egypt’s bustling capital Saturday morning. It was cold and... Reine Farhat • 23 February, 2015 Mix N'Mentor Cairo fundraising Pitch
Global Hello Tomorrow Challenge 2015 Hello Tomorrow is a non-profit association that facilitates the connection between the scientific and business communities to accelerate... Wamda • 23 February, 2015 hello tomorrow challenge
Lebanon Beirut Service Jam 2015 The Beirut Service Jam is the Lebanese edition of the Global Service Jam. The global event is coming this year to Beirut on February 27th,... Wamda • 23 February, 2015 Beirut Digital District beirut