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Using tech to reverse wealth inequality
The increasing pace of technological evolution is causing serious concerns about its impact on wealth inequality and creating jobs. While income inequality is increasing, how is it affecting the Middle...
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10 tech ideas to prevent a lost Syrian generation
“Between two million and three million Syrian children are not attending school. The UN children’s agency says the war reversed 10 years of progress in education for Syrian children.” - World Vision...
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No labels, please: hybrid indie design spaces are trending in Amman
Across the vibrant colored stairs extending from the renowned King Hussein street that curls its way down to the center of Amman, stands a modern glass exterior that reads: 'Turbo' in Arabic. The scene...
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What I know about going to Silicon Valley: Muyesser Taqi Eddin
A Google search of this woman won’t yield much, and yet she has been intrinsic in building bridges between Silicon Valley and the Middle East for over a decade. Muyesser Taqi Eddin has been coming to...
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Eureeca crowdfunds $400K for itself
Crowdfunding platform Eureeca has announced today they have raised $400,000 on their platform for themselves. Eureeca closed the self-funding round in just 12 days and said they started the campaign...
View ArticleLebanon's droid-maker: Innovo breaks into hi-tech manufacturing [Wamda TV]
Innovo is one of the few independent precision manufacturing workshops in the region - this means robots, high tech circuit boards, and 3D printing. Jad Berro, its founder, says there is a good reason...
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Refining the search for higher education, Schoolapply
To better help those looking for university and college courses around the world Schoolapply, a Switzerland-born ed-tech startup, is looking to university alumni. Still in its infancy, they are quickly...
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Startup Weekend Taif carries on the Kingdom’s vision 2030
Startup Weekend in Sooq Okadh in Taif ended on August 13 after three days of hard work on entrepreneurial projects. The event falls under the Saudi Vision 2030 that aims to make the country’s economy...
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Entrepreneurs soak up the sun in Pakistan
Pakistan is a lucky country. It’s a contrarian view but in the right light it is indeed lucky: rich in technophiles, a 190 million-strong population that dwarfs anything in the Middle East or Africa...
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UAE tops MENA countries in Innovation Index 2016 [Infographic]
The Global Innovation Index is an annual report that measures the openness and readiness of countries’ economies for innovation. The report is compiled by the World Intellectual Property Organization...
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Can Yallaread make peer-to-peer work in Tunisia?
The peer-to-peer sharing economy never really took off in MENA but some entrepreneurs, like Tunisian Ahmed Hadhri, still believe it’s an idea that can work here. He cofounded Yallaread, a book swapping...
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Startup Watch: 5 years of Tim Cook’s Apple, and Gandalf won’t do...
The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, but not when you have to explain the difference between AR and VR, that’s easy. Yes it is. Here’s our wrap of what we’re reading on PR, Apple’s Tim...
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5 Lebanese food startups
Every Arab country likes to call itself the best food culture in the region. We’re not about to start splitting hairs on who makes the best hummus in the region, but we will share with you a list of...
View ArticlePaypal: stop ignoring Palestinians now [Opinion]
Paypal, despite its own corporate values of inclusion and equality, is discriminating against Palestinians. A few months ago Paypal CEO Dan Schulman made headlines in the US for rescinding their...
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Quanergy raises $90M in Series B funding
Equiped with Lidar technology. (Image via Quanergy). Quanergy Systems has raised $90 million in a series B round, led by Sensata Technologies. Other investors include Delphi Automotive, Samsung...
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$900M sale for a Dubai HQ’d company
Serial entrepreneur Divyank Turakhia's Media.net has been sold for approximately $900 million. Media.net, who have their global headquarters in Dubai, announced the all-cash transaction earlier this...
View ArticleReboot Beirut: shaping the future of communities #RebootBeirut
What's the one thing you'd want to change about Beirut? On September 16-18, Wamda and the American University of Beirut (AUB) are organizing “Reboot Beirut: shaping the future of communities” a...
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LAUNCH Summit 2016 - Lebanon's Early Stage Startup Conference
AltCity is hosting the first EuroMENA early-stage innovation conference on September 22 at ESA in Clemenceau, Beirut. LAUNCH Summit 2016 will act as a roadmap for startups and entrepreneurs to take...
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All work, all play: the future of tech-powered education in the UAE
For many, modern day classrooms look nothing short of an overreaching sci-fi movie scene: children as young as eight talking code, gamified e-learning platforms, and robots for school projects. So, the...
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From finance to food tech: UAE's Chefxchange
For most millennials, the art of wining and dining guests at home is increasingly dwindling in the face of a rising on-demand culture that celebrates both casual convenience and a curated experience....
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