Jordan The 4 challenges facing Jordan’s IT students Students attending the Zinc workshop. (Images via Tala El Issa) Breaking into the world of IT can be tough for anyone, but in a region... Tala El Issa • 10 September, 2015 Superiors robotics MEMakers
Lebanon What we learned: Mix N’ Mentor Beirut Even the most amazing of ideas need a little help. (Images via Wamda with Sam Fakhoury) During our Mix N’ Mentor Beirut we gained s... Lucy Knight • 10 September, 2015 Choueiri Group Diwanee Y Venture Partners
Regional Strategy, not technology, drives digital transformation [Infographic] It shouldn’t surprise anybody, but companies with coherent digital strategies do better than those focusing on individual technologies, a... Antoine Abou-Diwan • 09 September, 2015 digital adoption MIT Sloan Management Review deloitte
U.A.E Overhauling MENA's biodiesel industry [Q&A] Karl Feilder believes he’s designed the first biodiesel system in the world that really works, and is willing to explain down to the... Rachel Williamson • 09 September, 2015 Neutral Fuels Karl Feilder biofuel
Saudi Arabia What you should know about Saudi’s social media behavior A screenshot from the video created along with the TOP report Saudi Arabia is still growing into a market that regional and global tech... Maya Rahal • 09 September, 2015 TOP Academy the online project TOP
Regional Zomato raises $60M round Restaurant review app Zomato has raised a $60 million round, led by Singapore investment company Temasek, and will use some of those... Rachel Williamson • 08 September, 2015 zomato ifood.jo uae
Jordan Jordan's windy solution [Infographic] When it comes to natural resources, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is poor. According to the World Bank they import over 90 percent... Lucy Knight • 08 September, 2015 Taqetna Green Watts Wind Farms
U.A.E HR software Beneple acquired 8 months after launch Putting the fun back into HR admin. When HR management startup, Beneple announced this week that they were acquired by a regulated... Sushmitha Pidatala - Lucy Knight • 08 September, 2015 Acqui-hire Health Insurance Beneple
Lebanon Marketplace Edition pulls in the entrepreneurs for Mix N’ Mentor Beirut Getting to know you. Mix N' Mentor Beirut kicks off. (Images Wamda with Sam Fakhoury) Not too far from the location of recent... Lucy Knight • 07 September, 2015 ElementN Diwanee term sheets
U.A.E Ro’Ya: Developing the UAE’s female entrepreneurs 2015 applicants attend a Ro'Ya workshop. (Images via Ro'Ya) Women are driving entrepreneurship in the UAE, and the people behind the... Rachel McArthur • 07 September, 2015 Dubai Business Women Council Baby Arabia VentureFin
Regional How to attract and retain talent [Opinion] People are arguably the single most important component of any venture. With the proliferation of technology startups in the region,... Johnny Matta • 07 September, 2015 johnny matta human resources talent
U.A.E A new addition to MENA's hardware facelift When Prashant Gulati (also known as PK) was 10 he asked his father for a carpenter’s kit. In those days child-friendly kits wouldn’t hav... Pamela Kesrouani • 06 September, 2015 The Assembly MEMakers Maker space
Turkey Webrazzi Summit 2015 in Istanbul [Discount] Webrazzi Summit is Turkey's most influential internet conference where industry leaders join together to discuss internet economy and c... Wamda • 04 September, 2015 Webrazzi Summit turkey istanbul
U.A.E Global Innovation Summit: embracing change is key to growth The busy crowds at registration were indicative of what was ahead. (Image via Global Innovation Summit) The Global Innovation Summit 2015,... Pamela Kesrouani • 04 September, 2015
Maghreb From France to the Maghreb: why some Maghrebi entrepreneurs return to the homeland This view does make a good argument for Tunisia. (Image via West East South North) Sure, many Tunisians and Moroccans have... Aline Mayard • 03 September, 2015 quality of life healthy morocco
Iraq Iraq's main maker: Nawres Arif Nawres Arif taught himself digital 3D modelling from a photocopied manual, years before he had a computer. He set up Basra’s first... Rachel Williamson • 03 September, 2015 profile Nawres Arif Basra
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