Lebanon Lebanon's Blessing Foundation to scale its network of women in business to the region Last month, 85 business owners – many strangers to each other – gathered in an upscale Beirut café. Each was in a specific stage of their bu... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 02 March, 2015 networks blessing foundation blessing
Global Thinking of joining a startup? 6 things you should know A recent conversation with a young woman in her 20s, about how her job at a startup had left her unpaid for the last two months, left me... Lucy Knight • 02 March, 2015 Vinelab game cooks zoomal
Lebanon Rollin'pen finds its opportunity in optimizing Arabic content for the web While Beirut has countless translators, one in particular is targeting businesses with an eye on corporate communication. “The idea i... Abdulghani Kataya • 01 March, 2015 RollinPen lebanon Translation
Regional How ArabiaWeather battles the forces of nature Residents of the Middle East don't need me to tell them that this year so far has been a doozy in terms of weather. First, we had... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 26 February, 2015 yohan windy huda
Regional Ecommerce and MENA's travel sector boom [Infographic] It’s no secret that ecommerce in the Middle East and North Africa has grown substantially in the past few years. According to Visa,... Wamda • 26 February, 2015 Infographic E-commerce
Lebanon Beirut born Campus Society on the hunt for Series A funding When you have a Facebook account you’d think there would be little else forcing you to join another social network. Well, apparently F... Lucy Knight • 26 February, 2015 Campus Society aub lebanon
Lebanon Lebanese government inks $6.4 million loan to create tech hub Lebanon’s government is moving forward with an initiative aimed at strengthening innovation and entrepreneurship in its mobile internet e... Maya Rahal • 25 February, 2015 Ministry of Telecommunications MIHub tech hub
U.A.E Can a UAE government app solve the address quandary of ecommerce delivery? Last March, Sheikh Mohammed promised to transform Dubai into a ‘Smart City’, and at Payfort we were eager to see how that pledge would mak... Omar Soudodi • 25 February, 2015 delivery solutions Makani payment solutions
Regional What do VCs look for? Skills, passion, and motivation There’s still not much entrepreneurship activity in the MENA region, which makes it the focus of many investors and one of the best places ... Pamela Kesrouani • 25 February, 2015 fenox venture capital Fenox Dubai
Regional New app encourages users to go offline As studies pop up suggesting social media makes us miserable and some countries go as far as legally restricting children from using... Rachel Williamson • 24 February, 2015 uae
Global If I was setting out to be an entrepreneur This article is a crosspost with Financial Times. If I were setting out as an entrepreneur today, I would buy an existing company to... Daniel Isenberg • 24 February, 2015 startup
Palestine Palestinian FOA Academy joins the fleet of ed-tech startups According to the Broadband Commission for Digital Development more than half of the world’s population will have access to the internet b... Eman Mostafa • 24 February, 2015 FOA Academy palestine EdTech
Egypt Experts and entrepreneurs tackle ecosystem's needs at Mix N' Mentor Cairo Cairo’s Mohamed Mahmoud Street seemed like many other streets in Egypt’s bustling capital Saturday morning. It was cold and... Reine Farhat • 23 February, 2015 Mix N'Mentor Cairo fundraising Pitch
Turkey Abraaj Group acquires 25% stake in Turkey's largest retailer The Abraaj Group has acquired a 25% stake in Hepsiburada.com, one of Turkey’s largest online retailers. The investment will allow H... Wamda • 23 February, 2015 Hepsiburada Abraaj Group turkey
Regional What turns an investor off? Mobily Ventures’ director answers No different from any other relationship, the one between an investor and an entrepreneur should also be built on mutual trust and... Reine Farhat • 23 February, 2015 mobily ventures anghami Venture Capital
Egypt Solar energy to light up Egypt's poorest villages No longer just the remit of entrepreneurs, social issues affecting a nation have also been taken up by corporations, and PepsiCo Egypt has... Eman Mostafa • 22 February, 2015 liter of light Pepsico Egypt
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