U.A.E Filmmaking, a new landscape for entrepreneurs in the region The event brought together children and teenage animation-lovers for the film costume competition. (Image via Dana Horska) Esmeralda,... Pamela Kesrouani • 23 June, 2015 Dubai Moving Image Museum Film industry Film Tech
U.A.E Urban mobility, energy and emissions - Decode Dubai tackles big city problems Teams listening to a speaker midway through the conference. (Images via Dubai Internet City) As Dubai passionately pursues its strategy to... Natasha D'Souza • 23 June, 2015 Barcelona Smart City App Hack hackathons
Regional A closer look at Wizards Productions' successful gamble in the MENA gaming industry [Report] While gaming sector has ample room for growth, it remains difficult to convince investors to put money in local game startups. Indeed, the... Raed Khalil • 23 June, 2015 Wizards Production american university of cairo gaming industry
Egypt When being a game developer just isn’t enough Kareem Abdullatif andHani El-Akel have a passion for gaming and in 2010 the Egyptian entrepreneurs decided to take a risk and found their... Safar Ayad • 22 June, 2015 Appsinnovate gaming industry Egypt
U.A.E 3D printed jewelry and cooling jackets point the way for MENA wearable tech market Wearable technology is still only a blip on MENA’s fashion calendar but the Abu Dhabi Wearable Tech Show aims to be the runway event for d... Pamela Kesrouani • 22 June, 2015 wearable Wearable Tech Show UAE Wearable devices
Regional ReserveOut announces aggressive expansion campaign ReserveOut, an online restaurant reservation platform announced plans for an aggressive geographical expansion in the Middle East and... Raed Khalil • 21 June, 2015 reservations Khalil Shadid ReserveOut
Regional 5 apps to help you stay focused this Ramadan Getting organized at the best of times is hard. All you need is some quiet....and an app. Your smartphone can be a powerful tool when it... Ahmed Soliman • 21 June, 2015 IFTTT Ramadan Legacy Habit List
Jordan MENA corporates show a large appetite for startups at Mix N' Mentor Amman Mentors and startups share challenges and potential solutions at Mix N' Mentor Amman. If the number of smiling faces and... Maya Rahal • 18 June, 2015 mix n mentor Amman Marketplace Edition ZINC
Lebanon Daily deals site ScoopCity outlives, outplays Lebanese rivals Brothers Abdallah and Ghaith Yafi (Image via Executive Magazine) ScoopCity was one of the first online daily deals platforms in... Dana Ballout • 18 June, 2015 Y Venture Partners competition lebanon
Regional Can this Dubai startup improve Arabic content design? ShortPoint, a Dubai-based web and content-design startup that launched earlier this year, hopes to save content creators hours of coding by... Pamela Kesrouani • 18 June, 2015 Content Design CMS ShortPoint
Jordan Inside Kharabeesh's path to scale [WRL Report] Kharabeesh's geographic reach (Images via Wamda Research Lab) The MENA region is facing an acute unemployment crisis that is... Raed Khalil • 17 June, 2015 Kharabeesh Digital Arabic Content growth
Regional Wamda Capital announces the launch of its $75M regional growth stage venture fund Wamda Capital announced today the launch of its regional growth stage $75 million investment fund, Wamda MENA Ventures I. The Fund,... Wamda • 17 June, 2015 Mena Venture Investments Wamda Capital aramex
U.A.E Dubai’s IoTx summit drives MENA tech forward The equation is simple: operational technology + information technology = the Internet of Things, the fusion of everyday ‘things’ with tec... Pamela Kesrouani • 17 June, 2015 mena commerce The Internet of Things IoT
Jordan Solar PiezoClean and the dust problem in MENA A rendering of nanocomposite piezoelectric material. (Image via Greenoptimistic.com) The word piezo (pee-ay-zo), derived from the... Willam Altman • 16 June, 2015 Solar PiezoClean deserts industrial internet
Lebanon PayPal cofounder pays young Lebanese student $100K to drop out and build a startup During TedxBeirut last year. (Images via YouTube) It’s a busy time for Jihad Kawas. The 18-year-old Lebanese is wrapping up his final year ... Maya Rahal • 15 June, 2015 Thiel Fellowship Saily JihadKawas
Regional MENA innovators blow up a tech storm [Infographic] In February a powerful sandstorm swept up from the Sahara, engulfing Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan in a haze of dust. Wind speeds of up 60... Rachel Williamson • 15 June, 2015 wind turbines renewable energy
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