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The impact of Ramadan on social media users
This article is a crosspost with Nuwait. The holy month of Ramadan is an opportunity for its adherents to both do good and practice self discipline, as well as spend time with their family and loved...
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Invention is not about smarts, but logic
If you have ever wondered how in the world our forefathers thought to invent the technologies we so much rely on today such as fridges, cars, or even toilets - you’re asking the wrong question. In his...
View Article12 coworking spaces for startups in Egypt [Wamda TV]
By 2012 the coworking space scene in Cairo and Alexandria was vibrant. Four years on, some have disappeared, some have expanded, but the country has one of the more diverse coworking options on offer...
View Article10 coworking spaces for startups in the Gulf
A few years back, you had to head to Dubai to find a few coworking space in the Gulf. It's no longer the case. In the last year, Kuwait has turned into the hotbed for coworking spaces in MENA, even...
View Article4 coworking spaces for startups in the Levant
Lebanon was one of the first country to develop a coworking spaces scene. Only one is still open (although it's in the process of being relocated) but we've heard new ones are to open. Palestine, Iraq,...
View ArticleArabic speech recognition for children
The different Arabic dialects often make it harder for voice recognition services to understand and analyse the transmitted language. This was a problem Syrian entrepreneur Lojain Jibawi wished to...
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Fantasy football kicking off in Tunisia
Coaching Foot has proved that the American ‘fantasy football’ model has a thriving future in Tunisia. The country’s first fantasy football website is attracting over 60,000 players who simulate sports...
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Who said travel tycoons don't need startups?
Although establishing an airline is most probably not what you are aiming for as a travel entrepreneur, the aviation industry has plenty of room for innovative solutions that can change the rules of...
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It’s all about the team, AUB Entrepreneurship Week
Startups are all about the team, this was the simple advice put forward to attendees of AUB’s Entrepreneurship Week, June 27 to July 1. Ahmed Fares, cofounder and CFO of Acsys Technologies, was one...
View ArticleCareem to invest $100M in R&D
Careem has announced a new strategy, plus their plans for global expansion. According to a statement released today they plan, over the next five years, to invest $100 million into R&D. Part of...
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Oasis500's FinTech Workshop
Oasis500 is hosting a Business and Entrepreneurship workshop for aspiring entrepreneurs with ideas in Financial Technology from August 21 to 24 in partnership with MadfooatCom and Wamda Capital....
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A first year anniversary and a trip to Silicon Valley
“We’re witnessing a change of mindset, in the banks, the investors, the supporters. You can see the effect, and this has all led to a better quality of startups,” said Speed@BDD chairman Maroun Chammas...
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Ramadan trends: what was the Middle East Googling this year?
Ramadan television series were the top Google searches in the Middle East during the holy month, but the trends show that Arabs are also starting to heed the avalanche of holiday ‘watch your weight’...
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Cairo Sitters signs Kamelizer as angel investor
Cairo Sitters has announced an investment from Egyptian angel fund Kamelizer at the Berlin Tech Open Air Conference today. CEO Hossam Taher did not disclose the size of the investment but said...
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Startup Watch: Pokémon Go, VCs are ponzi schemes, and Cairo's...
The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your business/VC fund/incubator. Here’s our wrap of what we’re reading...
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Tech adoption can enable a revolution [Infographic]
Governments and regulators must innovate, as the global adoption of technology grows and new economies take shape. This is one of the key findings of the World Economic Forum’s Global Information...
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What I know about making people pay: Hadi Raad
Fintech is the hot sector of 2016: banks are jumping into it, the Nasdaq is testing ideas, Abu Dhabi is setting up a fintech ‘regulatory sandbox’ and startups are forcing MENA banks to start catering...
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SE Factory prepares the next generation of coders in Lebanon
Any tech executive seeking to hire software engineers in Lebanon agrees there is a shortage in talent. To fill that gap, coding boot camps have sprung up nationally and globally in recent years. They...
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The incubators and accelerators powering Turkey’s startups
Despite seeing big political upheavals in recent years, and again over the weekend, Turkey is a startup hub. Behind the thriving startup scene there is a team of business incubators and accelerators...
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Home or away? The best market may not be under your nose
Starting in your home market is not necessarily the best way to success, a lesson Iraqi-founded Apps Lab learned the hard way. Apps Lab is a mobile gaming studio that started in June last year. CEO Ali...
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