Global Will wearables be the future of mobile payments? Bank Audi displays its 'Tap2Pay' at ArabNet Beirut earlier this year. (Image via Payfort) In his second piece on mobile payments,... Faisal Al Khalidi • 18 August, 2015 Payfort mobile payments
Lebanon Sweet as honey: how this Lebanese startup founded a thriving business In the middle of Beirut's Achrafieh area is a small boutique with rows and rows of honey jars stacked on top each other. The boutique... Maysaa Ajjan • 17 August, 2015 nature entrepreneurship lebanon
Regional How do you build a smart city? Dubai's smart city, Silicon Park, focuses on six pillars: life, society, mobility, economy, governance and environment.(Image... Pamela Kesrouani • 17 August, 2015 Smart Devices Smart Cities IoTx
Maghreb Apps open political dialogue in North Africa Tunisians are making their voice heard. (Image via The Nation) The Arab spring proved the power of social media. Firstly that it goes far... Aline Mayard • 16 August, 2015 Arab spring democracy politics
Lebanon The connected cooking machine will make sure you eat healthily [Video] There will soon be no reason for students, working moms or busy professionals to become loyal customers of food delivery anymore: there's... Maya Rahal • 16 August, 2015 Tahi MEMakers cooking
Palestine Investors and entrepreneurs preach startups to Palestinian university students It may be hard to believe, but now is the perfect time to start a business in Palestine. “There wasn’t enough [funding] in the pipeline bef... Christina Ganim • 16 August, 2015 entrepreneurship palestine arabreneur
Regional Industrial Internet and energy efficiency in the Middle East When a car’s fuel is running low, a little dial will let you know, and on the average car you can bet you’ve got about 40km at... Lucy Knight • 13 August, 2015 Energy saving Satchnet Chifco
Egypt Dopay does banking for unbanked Egyptians Dopay, one of the early startups to get involved in Egypt's financial technology sector, is hoping to build a web of clients among the... Sara Aggour • 13 August, 2015 unbanked Dopay financial services
Iraq Iraq's startups one year after the rise of ISIS [Opinion] “A startup is a human institution designed to deliver a new product or service under conditions of extreme uncertainty,” is how Eric Ries d... Marwan A. Jabbar • 12 August, 2015 Ein MAHAW sha6bu5
Global Google, Apple and Samsung, pitching the mobile wallet Bye to coins and receipts, hello to the phone? (Image via issaasad.me) What will the wallet of the future look like? This question... Faisal Al Khalidi • 12 August, 2015 samsung android Payfort
Regional Get your code on in the MENA region The Coding Cirlce in action. (Image via The Coding Circle) We have covered in the past various coding camps and courses, for both adults... Lucy Knight • 12 August, 2015 Developing Algocode Le Wagon
U.A.E How UAE’s Mrusta raised an unexpected $351K When Ibrahim Colak, founder of UAE service providers platform Mrusta, attended a networking event at Dubai’s In5 innovation center,... Reine Farhat • 11 August, 2015 mrusta seed investment Dubai
U.A.E UAE creates future female robotics entrepreneurs The UAE could produce MENA’s next wave of female robotics and hardware entrepreneurs, as technology programs throughout the Emirates... Maysaa Ajjan • 11 August, 2015 robotics uae abu dhabi
Jordan Amman dance studio is building a space for collaboration and social change "Everyone is a dancer by nature," claims Anas Nahleh, 23. Anas and his brother, Abdul Hadi Nahleh, 25, shared a passion for dancing for... Kristin Chase • 11 August, 2015 Jabal Al-Weibdeh Studio 8 amman
Maghreb Moroccan impact entrepreneurship evangelist Adnane Addioui wins Karim Jazouani prize Adnane Addioui kicking off Dare Space (Image via Hind Touissate, Dare Space) This year again, the Moroccan entrepreneurs have spoken.... Wamda • 10 August, 2015 Adnane Addioui CARE MCISE
Lebanon How Lebanon’s food scandal spurred startup solutions The Lebanese are all over the world, and more often than not their cuisine acts as the ultimate ambassador for the tiny Middle Eastern... Reine Farhat • 10 August, 2015 Beirutista ChefXchange Bibayti
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