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
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
Regional How to leverage failure [Wamda TV] There is no shortage of literature about failure. Bloomberg reported that the average startup that failed between 2010 and 2013 failed 20... Antoine Abou-Diwan • 29 July, 2015 Hanan Abdel Meguid Kamelizer Failure
Saudi Arabia Misreading Saudi entrepreneurship [Opinion] When looking at it from the outside, Saudi Arabia’s entrepreneurship potential appears very different to the reality. There are arrogant m... Nader Ajami • 29 July, 2015 entrepreneurship Saudi Arabia Women
Maghreb Who will be king of Morocco's real estate portals? Samsar ads plastered around the city could be a thing of the past. (Image via Aline Mayard) If you want to understand Morocco’s d... Aline Mayard • 29 July, 2015 lamudi selektimmo mubaweb
Palestine Palestinian startup RedCrow Intelligence analyzes security threats for business Palestinians Hussein Nasser-Eddin and Laila Akel started their big data-crunching risk analysis company in September last year, having... Melanie Butcher • 28 July, 2015 RedCrow Intelligence big data Security
Lebanon The Chile Connection: lessons for Lebanese entrepreneurs The Chileans in Beirut. (Image via BDD) For 17 years Chileans endured a right-wing military dictatorship that saw more than 3,000 people... Lucy Knight • 28 July, 2015 Chile communication world bank
Jordan Arabic e-book startup Yaqut wins SeedStars Amman competition, advances to world finals Yaqut's Ammar Mardawi (center) accepts the award for winner of Seedstars Amman. (Images via Samuel Wendel) Twelve Jordanian startups... Samuel Wendel • 27 July, 2015 Ammar Mardawi Yaqut SeedStars International
Regional Why we can’t give up on Arab diaspora engagement [Opinion] Note: In this article, Middle East / Arab refers to the Levant (Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Palestine). Arab diasporas are a true mosaic.... Irene Kapusta • 27 July, 2015 Palestinian Diaspora Jordanian Diaspora Syrian Diaspora
Maghreb How will technology change education in Algeria? Crowded classrooms, teacher strikes - Algeria's education is not doing well. (Image via McIlwraith Education) Want a recipe for a perfect... Aline Mayard • 27 July, 2015 online education algeria EdTech
Egypt Intel's INARA initiative to engage Egyptian youth A group of attendees with Egypt’s former minister of communications and information technology, Atef Helmy. (Image via Intel) Amidst the f... Ahmed Gabr • 26 July, 2015 INARA Intel Innovation Hub edraak
Jordan Jordanian 3D MENA initiative brings most advanced technology to the most deprived “We use disruptive technology to improve human rights fulfilment in conflict zones and host communities,” that is how Loay Malhameh, cof... Maya Rahal • 26 July, 2015 Refugee Camps 3d printing 3dmena
Regional Should my startup invest in content marketing? Still unsure about the value of content marketing? Read on. (Image via The Sales Lion) “We’re thinking about marketing for our startup but ... Wissam Dandan • 26 July, 2015 content marketing Wissam Dandan content
Egypt Egypt's ecommerce entrepreneurs break new ground Egypt has an alarmingly high population density which is a major cause of social and economic problems. But if you look at an ecommerce map... Eman Mostafa • 23 July, 2015 DealGamed Saboba edfa3ly
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