Syria Syrian social enterprise takes center stage at Jusoor competition Any questions about what drives Syria’s entrepreneurs were answered at the recently concluded Jusoor Entrepreneurship Competition in Los A... Antoine Abou-Diwan • 17 March, 2015
Egypt Fadi Ghandour: entrepreneurship is a tool for social inclusion Middle East governments and private sectors must both take action to increase social inclusion in the region if they want to build... Rachel Williamson • 17 March, 2015 aramex Fadi Ghandour
Jordan Jordanian founders activate their ideas at lean startup workshop Many entrepreneurs spend months or even years immersed in their businesses, before they suddenly realize their company has been solving... Tala El Issa • 17 March, 2015 lean lean startup Lean Methodology
Maghreb Sawari Ventures tries to fill Egypt funding gap with $50 million VC fund Sawari Ventures partners: Hany Sonbaty, Ahmed Alfi, Wael Amin. Egyptian venture capital company Sawari Ventures is turning... Rachel Williamson • 16 March, 2015 Sawari Ventures morocco tunisia
Egypt Egypt’s entrepreneurial youth and the battle for credibility Entrepreneurial activities are not just the prerogative of those over 21 in hoodies. We’ve spoken before on Wamda about the ‘age’ question w... Lucy Knight • 16 March, 2015 Rocking Solutions Arabiaweb Awraq
Maghreb Can social entrepreneurship save Algeria? For a few years now, a group of optimistic and resilient Algerian students have worked against all odds to introduce the concept of social... Aline Mayard • 15 March, 2015 Algerian Center for Social Entrepreneurship Entrepreneuriat social
Palestine PIVOT turns to Kickstarter to fund its journey through Palestinian - and world - history You might remember the story of Palestinian Asma Jaber and her fiancé Sami Jitan who launched PIVOT, an interactive app that stores ... Pamela Kesrouani • 15 March, 2015 Pivot kickstarter palestine
U.A.E Can Yebab use photo messaging to take on Instagram? Instagram is one of the most popular social networking sites to upload and share images, but the founders of Yebab believe that their... Elsy Melkonian • 15 March, 2015 Yebab instagram
U.A.E Flat6Labs launches their first cycle in Abu Dhabi Flat6Labs Abu Dhabi welcomed its first ever cycle of entrepreneurs at its boot camp last week to help entrepreneurs from the UAE and abroad... Sushmitha Pidatala • 15 March, 2015 flat6labs abu dhabi
Jordan Hivos and Project Pen aim to disrupt electronic publishing in Jordan In response to the Arab publishing industry’s recent increased attention to the internet, Hivos has dedicated the Disrupt!... Tala El Issa • 12 March, 2015 zinc incubator ZINC ebooks
Jordan Zain and Wamda kick off Traxn with 5 Jordanian startups Five Jordanian startups have been selected to join a new accelerator program designed to bring together young innovators with one of the... Teeb Assaf • 12 March, 2015 Zain Telecom Traxn Zain Jordan
Maghreb With great popularity comes great responsibility: Maroc Web Awards The Maroc Web Awards (MWA) have come a long way since their launch in 2007. This year however, the competition, which... Aline Mayard • 12 March, 2015 Marocco maroc web awards
Regional When will the Middle East adopt Bitcoin? We ask 3 experts. (Image via bitcoin.org) Over the last few years, the MENA region has seen a growing interest in Bitcoin, the digital currency. While... Pamela Kesrouani • 12 March, 2015 Bitcoin
U.A.E Dubai startups vie for the prize at GCC Pitch Challenge More than 60 Dubai-based entrepreneurs applied but only 10 had the chance to take part in the third edition of the GCC Pitch Challenge.... Pamela Kesrouani • 11 March, 2015 GCC Pitch Challenge pioneers festival venturescout
Lebanon How ecommerce is breathing new life into an established offline toy business If you happen to be living in or visiting Lebanon, you will have noticed the large number of malls that cropped up in recent years, from... Reine Farhat • 11 March, 2015 traditional business online payment lebanon
Kuwait Physical gets digital for self storage with Kuwait's BoxIt For decades now, self-storage in America has been big business. Fuelled by that all-American accumulative consumerist instinct, by 2009... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 11 March, 2015 sirdab lab self-storage storage
