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Lebanon: How to build a Unicorn
A high level assessment of the Lebanese startup ecosystem to understand the barriers inhibiting the creation of Unicorns, and recommendations to remediate the situation.
Plotos allows Dubai residents to eat healthy at all times
In a busy city like Dubai, health and time management don’t always match: unhealthy dietary habits and the lack of physical activity – outdoor exercise is impossible in the scorching heat - are common in this melting pot city. By the same token, a healthy bowl of fresh vegetables and fruit is pricier than an unhealthy but convenient fast meal for the busy professional.
Panel Highlights: What Silicon Valley investors want to see in MENA
Check out the highlights from the panel discussion on what Silicon Valley investors look for in MENA startups with Sharif El Badawi of 500 Startups and Tarek Fahim of Endure Capital moderated by Sharifa AlBarami, Managing Director at Oman Technology Fund.
OpenEmbassy: a “middleman” between the host country and the refugees
While millions of refugees around the world lack hope of returning home, local integration in host countries has become a necessity and a gradual process with legal, economic, social and cultural implications. This is the underlying reason for the creation of OpenEmbassy, a winner of MIT’s Enterprise Forum Pan Arab Innovate for Refugees competition (IFR) in 2016.
Spike: a self-management diabetes support
Spike, an alumnus of the MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup, is a mobile application that serves as a diabetes assistant and insulin self-management device. Addressing a public health issue that affects hundreds of millions of people worldwide, the Spike App helps diabetics improve their disease management process.
Two female led MIT EF Pan Arab alumni startups make it to the Womentum Accelerator
Out of 174 applications from female founders of 34 nationalities from across the region, Zelij of Morocco and Sadeed of Jordan both MIT EF Pan Arab alumni were selected to go through the four-month accelerator program for early stage startups.
The Story of FabricAid: Making Good Use of Your Unwanted Clothes
Among the MIT EF Pan Arab long list of startups alumni is Fabric Aid, a second-hand clothes collector and distributor based in Lebanon. In less than ten months, the startup recruited 20 full-time employees, and improved the life of more than 3,000 people living in Lebanon with high quality clothes at affordable prices.
Persistence and change are key to startups success: Advice from MITEF mentors
During the speed mentoring activity at the 11th Arab Startup Competition Final Event in Oman last April, we asked three of our mentors about the most common questions entrepreneurs ask them and their top piece of advice.
Building Emerging Ecosystems: Lessons Learned from Startup Chile
An Interview with David Fernandez, Business Intelligence Executive at Startup Chile
How our Silicon Valley program led to a global acquisition!
How our Silicon Valley program led to a global acquisition!
Announcing the Eleventh Edition Winners
MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab announces ten winning teams from seven Arab countries for the 11th edition of its Arab Startup Competition
Second Edition Highlights
The closing ceremony of the second edition of Innovate for Refugees took place in Amman earlier in January.