Iraq Ifrosh tests cardless ecommerce platform in Iraqi Kurdistan In recent years, the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan has generated headlines for its relative stability and booming... Eric Reidy • 28 April, 2014 iFrosh Kurdistan credit cards
8 international accelerators that welcome startups from the Arab region Aline Mayard • 27 April, 2014 incubators Accelerators
4 tips to put user generated content to work for your business As an entrepreneur, you’ve probably had some kind of internal monologue that went a bit like this: “I know we need great content – but it t... Wissam Dandan • 27 April, 2014 UGC user generated content content
Startup Maroc hits the road again with an ambitious roadshow April is a busy month for Startup Maroc. The group of friends, who have been working for three years to help foster an entrepreneurial... Aline Mayard • 24 April, 2014 competition Report Startup Weekend
Lebanon Lebanese developer overcomes technical challenges to launch Arabic mobile word game After attending a seminar about the lack of digital Arabic content at ArabNet 2012, Samer Hamandi came up with the idea of Charbaka, a... Reine Farhat • 24 April, 2014 Mobile Gaming Arabic Content Mobile
Lebanon AltCity organises a 12-Hour hackathon to build ultralight application Altcity.me is organizing DevAppLB Ultralight 12-Hour Hackathon, on Saturday May 3rd from 9am to 9pm at the Beirut Digital District... Wamda • 24 April, 2014 Beirut Digital District Altcity competition
Young change agents from the Arab world convene at Stanford For three years now, Stanford University students, gathered in a student initiative called AMENDS, have invited promising actors of change... Aline Mayard • 24 April, 2014 techwadi silicon valley Mentorship
PayPal partners with Cairo Amman Bank to boost regional e-commerce PayPal, as part its continued expansion throughout the Middle East, announced a new partnership with Cairo Amman Bank yesterday at the... Hayden Pirkle • 23 April, 2014 cairo amman bank banking PayPal
TEDxCarthage in Tunisia TEDxCarthage is back for its latest edition entitled “The Differences We Make,” on April 27 at the Palais des Congrès. With 18 speakers from... Wamda • 23 April, 2014 TEDx
Egyptian InstaPush adopted by international app integration platform Zapier, a popular online platform that simplifies the process of connecting web apps and APIs, based on triggers and actions, has just a... Ahmed Gabr • 23 April, 2014 instapush pushbots Technology
How this Bahraini woman uprooted her successful London creative agency and moved home I first met Wafa Obaidat at a TEDxYouth event in Bahrain. I was floored by how — at 23 years old — Obaidat was running operations for her S... Leena AlOlaimy • 23 April, 2014 Fashion
Egypt 2 lessons from last year's Dare'n'Deal shutdown Ever since Dare’n’Deal shut down last May, many have wondered why Egypt’s most popular daily deals site... Hanan Solayman • 22 April, 2014 Daily Deals E-commerce
Maghreb Moroccan social entrepreneurship struggling, MCISE study says Social entrepreneurship in Morocco is as trendy in certain circles as it is unknown to the vast majority of people. Despite this... Wamda • 22 April, 2014
TAG-Org expands its support services to startups with new program Joining a growing group of organizations providing support to entrepreneurs in the region, the Jordan-based international business ... Maya Rahal • 22 April, 2014 Talal Abou Ghazaleh Innovation
Halal P2P lending site Liwwa partners with e-commerce site Feesheh Liwwa, the halal crowdinvestment site launched last November in Jordan, is adding a new facet to its business model: a partnership with... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 21 April, 2014 halal arts crowdinvestment
UniVenture, Tunisian incubator launched by business angels, seeks applicants UniVenture's first graduating class In May 2010, ten Tunisians entrepreneurs created the Carthage Business Angel association to... Aline Mayard • 21 April, 2014 Business Angels Incubator
