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ENOC Launches Accelerator Programme ‘NEXT’ To Empower Digital Growth in the Energy Sector

07 Aug 2019
NEXT will focus on providing sustainable solutions, empowering growth and [...]
Abu Dhabi’s Hub71 Pairs Up with Hospitality Chain OYO Hotels to Offer Rooms to Entrepreneurs

Abu Dhabi’s Hub71 Pairs Up with Hospitality Chain OYO Hotels to Offer Rooms to Entrepreneurs

06 Aug 2019
OYO Hotels and Homes will be leasing, renting out and managing both furnished and [...]
WeWork Joins Hub71 To Launch Its First Branch in the MENA Region

WeWork Joins Hub71 To Launch Its First Branch in the MENA Region

29 Jul 2019
Launching in 2020 in the UAE. [...]
It’s About Time Freelancers Got Recognised: a Despatch from Egypt’s Freelancing Community

It’s About Time Freelancers Got Recognised: a Despatch from Egypt’s Freelancing Community

18 Jul 2019
Startup Scene's staff writer, Ahmed Budalama, walks us through the freelance job [...]
MENA Startups Raise $471 Million in 1H2019, with UAE and Egypt As Leading Recipients

MENA Startups Raise $471 Million in 1H2019, with UAE and Egypt As Leading Recipients

16 Jul 2019
A total of 238 funding agreements were made in the first half of 2019, with Egypt [...]
AI To Boost Middle East’s GDP by 11% by 2030

AI To Boost Middle East’s GDP by 11% by 2030

16 Jul 2019
It would help to cut project management cost, improve efficiency, and provide [...]
Hacking Through Beirut's Commercial Real Estate: An Interview With Antwork and BDD

Hacking Through Beirut's Commercial Real Estate: An Interview With Antwork and BDD

11 Jul 2019
We speak to Zina Dajani from Antwork and Christelle Abou Jaoude from Beirut Digital [...]
Bahrain to Extend Quota to 10% of All Public Contracts to SMEs

Bahrain to Extend Quota to 10% of All Public Contracts to SMEs

10 Jul 2019
In their efforts to boost the country’s SME sector, expanding the quota will make [...]
Dubai-based Food-Tech Startup LUNCH:ON Ranks on Crunchbase’s 50 Top Global Hot Tech List

Dubai-based Food-Tech Startup LUNCH:ON Ranks on Crunchbase’s 50 Top Global Hot Tech List

09 Jul 2019
Ranking at the 50th spot, LUNCH:ON is the only startup from the region to be [...]
World Economic Forum Selects Bahrain and UK to Pilot AI Procurement

World Economic Forum Selects Bahrain and UK to Pilot AI Procurement

07 Jul 2019
The WEF will bring states, businesses, and startups together. [...]
Flat6Labs Bahrain Begins the Third Cycle of Acceleration Cohort

Flat6Labs Bahrain Begins the Third Cycle of Acceleration Cohort

03 Jul 2019
Six startups have been selected to receive extensive 4-month training and an [...]
Meet The Third Batch Graduating From MINT Incubator By EGBANK

Meet The Third Batch Graduating From MINT Incubator By EGBANK

02 Jul 2019
Applications for Fall 2019 are now open! [...]
Magnitt Partners With The Jordanian Government, To Promote Jordan's Startups

Magnitt Partners With The Jordanian Government, To Promote Jordan's Startups

02 Jul 2019
The partnership would provide startups with access to Magnitt's directory. [...]
Amazon’s PAYFORT Launches Partnership with Government of Ajman on AjmanPay

Amazon’s PAYFORT Launches Partnership with Government of Ajman on AjmanPay

02 Jul 2019
The partnership will expand AjmanPay’s facilities to provide various payment [...]
Abu Dhabi's FSRA Gives Green Light To DEX, The First Regulated Crypto Asset Exchange In The UAE

Abu Dhabi's FSRA Gives Green Light To DEX, The First Regulated Crypto Asset Exchange In The UAE

01 Jul 2019
UAE got a new secured platform to exchange crypto currencies. [...]
These Are The 16 Countries Taking Part In the Dubai Future Accelerators Programme

These Are The 16 Countries Taking Part In the Dubai Future Accelerators Programme

24 Jun 2019
In their sixth cohort, the programme sees the participation of 30 local and global [...]
Egyptian Competition Authority Calls Out Glovo and Delivery Hero For Monopoly

Egyptian Competition Authority Calls Out Glovo and Delivery Hero For Monopoly

29 May 2019
“The conduct in question may lead to a significant loss in jobs and investment, as [...]
Ramadan Activations: Finding Opportunities In A Slow Season

Ramadan Activations: Finding Opportunities In A Slow Season

25 May 2019
We speak to four startups launching offers, campaigns, and features during the holy [...]
Shaking Up Grocery Shopping, InstaShop Marks Its First Year In Egypt

Shaking Up Grocery Shopping, InstaShop Marks Its First Year In Egypt

22 May 2019
It started with a neighborhood in Maadi. [...]
12 MENA Startup Accelerators Cluster To Improve The Investment Ecosystem

12 MENA Startup Accelerators Cluster To Improve The Investment Ecosystem

16 May 2019
This is the first network of its kind in the region. [...]
Fashion Entrepreneurs In Egypt Now Have An Incubator Tailored To Their Needs

Fashion Entrepreneurs In Egypt Now Have An Incubator Tailored To Their Needs

18 Apr 2019
Can entrepreneurs put Egypt back on top of the fashion game? [...]
The Lebanese Are Biking To Work On April 17th

The Lebanese Are Biking To Work On April 17th

11 Apr 2019
16 percent of productive time is killed on roads and 70 percent of travel time is [...]
Saudi’s Badir Programme Joins Jordan’s Propeller To Boost Startup Collaboration

Saudi’s Badir Programme Joins Jordan’s Propeller To Boost Startup Collaboration

10 Apr 2019
The partnership will foster collective knowledge-sharing between both kingdoms. [...]
Meet The 13 MENA Startups Competing At Seedstars World For $1 Million In April

Meet The 13 MENA Startups Competing At Seedstars World For $1 Million In April

28 Feb 2019
The sixth edition of Seedstars World will focus primarily on finance, healthcare, [...]
Through The Eyes Of The Egyptian-American Enterprise Fund, Amal Enan Sees Potential

Through The Eyes Of The Egyptian-American Enterprise Fund, Amal Enan Sees Potential

29 Jan 2019
We speak to the executive director of the United States' investment arm in Egypt, [...]
The MENA's Startup Funding Is Up 31 Percent From 2017, Reports MAGNITT

The MENA's Startup Funding Is Up 31 Percent From 2017, Reports MAGNITT

10 Jan 2019
Last year saw 366 investment deals in startups based the Middle East and North [...]
Must An Investor Be An Entrepreneur First? We Ask 3 Entrepreneurs-Turned-Investors

Must An Investor Be An Entrepreneur First? We Ask 3 Entrepreneurs-Turned-Investors

03 Jan 2019
There’s a lot of entrepreneurs and investors in the sea of the ecosystem… But only [...]
A Peek Inside The Lebanese Ecosystem Through The Eyes Of The Lebanese League For Women In Business

A Peek Inside The Lebanese Ecosystem Through The Eyes Of The Lebanese League For Women In Business

27 Dec 2018
We sit down with Asmahan Zein, the president of the Lebanese League For Women In [...]
What Does Christmas Mean To Your Business? We Ask 3 Startups At Seedspace Cairo’s Jingle & Mingle

What Does Christmas Mean To Your Business? We Ask 3 Startups At Seedspace Cairo’s Jingle & Mingle

23 Dec 2018
Accelerating your business, by celebrating Christmas. [...]
25 Under 25: The Young Entrepreneurial Minds Redefining Egypt's Future

25 Under 25: The Young Entrepreneurial Minds Redefining Egypt's Future

18 Dec 2018
Reshuffling business models as old as time, bringing the patient back to the top of [...]
Meet 20 Speakers Taking The Creative Track By Storm At RiseUp Summit 2018

Meet 20 Speakers Taking The Creative Track By Storm At RiseUp Summit 2018

26 Nov 2018
Creativity is a complicated business. That's why this year, RiseUp Summit has [...]
15 Things We Learned About The Startup Manifesto, Powered By RiseUp

15 Things We Learned About The Startup Manifesto, Powered By RiseUp

22 Nov 2018
We spoke with some of the entrepreneurs and experts in the ecosystem who have been [...]
Seedstars Is Coming To Ramallah To Find The Best Startup In Palestine

Seedstars Is Coming To Ramallah To Find The Best Startup In Palestine

12 Nov 2018
On November 13th, around ten of Palestine’s best seed-stage startups will compete [...]
From North To South, Angel Investors and VCs Voice Concerns At MAIN In El-Gouna

From North To South, Angel Investors and VCs Voice Concerns At MAIN In El-Gouna

08 Nov 2018
We speak to Cairo Angel’s chairman, Orascom Developments’ CEO and other [...]
Gulfood Manufacturing Foodtech Summit Kicks Off In Dubai On November 7th

Gulfood Manufacturing Foodtech Summit Kicks Off In Dubai On November 7th

04 Nov 2018
The conference will look at the introduction of next-gen technologies into the [...]
Inside Egypt's First Zero-Waste Festival: Human, Technology, and the City

Inside Egypt's First Zero-Waste Festival: Human, Technology, and the City

25 Oct 2018
We speak with Ouishare Egypt's Founder Ehab Elia about his motivation behind [...]
A15’s Fadi Antaki Tells Us What It’s Like Creating MENA’s First Dragon

A15’s Fadi Antaki Tells Us What It’s Like Creating MENA’s First Dragon

23 Oct 2018
How does the first dragon change dynamics in the Middle East’s entrepreneurial [...]
71% of Egyptian Facebook Users Have At Least One Local SME: Facebook in "Boost Your Business"

71% of Egyptian Facebook Users Have At Least One Local SME: Facebook in "Boost Your Business"

22 Oct 2018
"We believe that small and medium businesses have transformational potential and we [...]
Egyptian Fintech Startup Accept Payments Expands To Jordan

Egyptian Fintech Startup Accept Payments Expands To Jordan

22 Oct 2018
The company has decided to further expand in the MENA region and GCC aiming to tap [...]
Meet 21 of the Investors Speaking At MAIN's First Conference in El-Gouna

Meet 21 of the Investors Speaking At MAIN's First Conference in El-Gouna

16 Oct 2018
From VCs to Angels, these are 21 of the investors speaking at the first annual [...]
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RiseUp Acquires Business News Website MENAbytes, Introduces trackMENA

We speak with both parties about the acquisition and what it means to the future of business journalism. [...]

Egyptian Trucking Marketplace Trella Joins Y Combinator’s S19 Batch

On a mission to improve the shipping industry in the region. [...]

Meet 11 of the Investors Speaking at MAIN’s Second Conference in El-Gouna

From Angels to VCs, these are 11 of the investors speaking at the second edition of MAIN Angel Oasis conference. [...]

Egypt's Health-Tech Startup Chefaa Closes Seed Round, Plans to Expand in the MENA

The investment will focus on geographic expansion and the delivery of more products. [...]

The Startup Roadshow Launches Again with $15,000 in Prizes for Syrian-led Startups

The competition is taking off on September 7th in a series of bootcamps In Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Turkey. [...]

Meet The Solo Entrepreneur Behind Drumstick, A Green Startup Fighting Plastic in Egypt

15,000 Freska-packs were exchanged between beach-goers and Freska sellers last week, thanks to Drumstick. [...]

This Egyptian Eco-Friendly Startup Is Creating Plastic-Free Natural Toiletries

We speak with Nour AbdelGawad, the entrepreneur behind OOZE. [...]

Egyptian Fin-Tech Startup MoneyFellows Raises Over $1 Million Investment in Pre Series A Round

The investment aims to scale the userbase of the platform, streamlining of operations and exploring expansion opportunities. [...]

Egyptian PetCare Startup Vetwork Expands to Saudi Arabia

Vetwork now serves pet owners in Jeddah, with plans to further expand to other parts of the Kingdom. [...]

Egypt's Central Bank Fund for Fin-tech Startups Aspires to Reach $500 Million Over The Next 5 Years

To be launched in early 2020. [...]

Egypt's Blockchain Startup Elkrem Closes $75,000 From San Franciscan Accelerator Tachyon

With this investment the startup is going to globally launch their first product, the blockchain development board, through Kickstarter in [...]

These Are The 5 Mentors You Will Find At Egypt's Ahead Of The Curve's 6-Day Leadership Programme

Leap will focus on accelerating the leadership journeys of women entrepreneurs who have been in business for at least 1 year. Applications [...]

Meet 21 of the Investors Speaking At MAIN's First Conference in El-Gouna

From VCs to Angels, these are 21 of the investors speaking at the first annual Middle East Angel Investment Network (MAIN) conference. [...]

A15 Sells 76% Stake In Emirati Fintech Startup TPAY To Helios

This is considered the region's first Dragon exit and the second major exit for A15 in three years after the sale of Otlob, one of the [...]

25 Under 25: The Young Entrepreneurial Minds Redefining Egypt's Future

Reshuffling business models as old as time, bringing the patient back to the top of the healthcare pyramid, and using blockchain to avoid [...]

RiseUp Acquires Business News Website MENAbytes, Introduces trackMENA

We speak with both parties about the acquisition and what it means to the future of business journalism. [...]

Egyptian Trucking Marketplace Trella Joins Y Combinator’s S19 Batch

On a mission to improve the shipping industry in the region. [...]

Meet 11 of the Investors Speaking at MAIN’s Second Conference in El-Gouna

From Angels to VCs, these are 11 of the investors speaking at the second edition of MAIN Angel Oasis conference. [...]

Egypt's Health-Tech Startup Chefaa Closes Seed Round, Plans to Expand in the MENA

The investment will focus on geographic expansion and the delivery of more products. [...]

The Startup Roadshow Launches Again with $15,000 in Prizes for Syrian-led Startups

The competition is taking off on September 7th in a series of bootcamps In Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Turkey. [...]

Applications Now Open For Technology Innovation Pioneers Summit 2019

Deadline to apply is September 15th. [...]

Saudi Arabia’s Online Grocery Startup Nana Secures Over $6 Million In Series A Round

The investment aims towards expansion efforts including the on-boarding of new stores and supermarkets to increase visibility and [...]

RiseUp Acquires Business News Website MENAbytes, Introduces trackMENA

We speak with both parties about the acquisition and what it means to the future of business journalism. [...]

Meet 11 of the Investors Speaking at MAIN’s Second Conference in El-Gouna

From Angels to VCs, these are 11 of the investors speaking at the second edition of MAIN Angel Oasis conference. [...]

The Startup Roadshow Launches Again with $15,000 in Prizes for Syrian-led Startups

The competition is taking off on September 7th in a series of bootcamps In Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Turkey. [...]

EDITOR'S PICKS
After Spike In Gas Prices In Egypt, “Tink” Launches To Make Commuters Share The Tank

After Spike In Gas Prices In Egypt, “Tink” Launches To Make Commuters Share The Tank

08 Jul 2019
This startup offers a solution for the rising fuel prices. [...]
Hacking Through Beirut's Commercial Real Estate: An Interview With Antwork and BDD

Hacking Through Beirut's Commercial Real Estate: An Interview With Antwork and BDD

11 Jul 2019
We speak to Zina Dajani from Antwork and Christelle Abou Jaoude from Beirut Digital District about their journeys in commercial real estate in Beirut. [...]
Between Chaos and Boredom, How Do Company Retreats Find The Thin Line? We Ask El-Re7la

Between Chaos and Boredom, How Do Company Retreats Find The Thin Line? We Ask El-Re7la

03 Jun 2019
How do retreats really affect teams? [...]
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