Kareem Chehayeb

One of the tech startups to come out of Lebanon that looks set to soar is White Lab, a company that specializes in healthcare analytics, headed by Lebanese entrepreneur, architect, and professor at the Lebanese American University (LAU), Cyrille Najjar.

A web directory for startups by a startup? Sounds interesting.

Meet Amer and Mohamed Yaghi: not only are the Jeddah-based teens tech lovers, they're also among the region's youngest entrepreneurs.

After announcing that the channel will shut down in April 2016, AJAM CEO Al Antsey said their business model wasn't "sustainable in light of the economic challenges in the U.S. media marketplaces."

Most of the survey's participants showed confidence at the growth rate of the region's entrepreneurial ecosystem, with 37.7% describing its growth rate to be "fast."

When Fouz and Noufa Al-Sabah started blogging as students at the American University of Kuwait, they probably didn't expect that they would establish a publication that has a wide readership outside of the country.

The two-day event will take place from next spring from March 22-23, 2016 at the St. Regis Dubai Hotel.

TECOM Group is continuing to bolster its native Dubai's entrepreneurial ecosystem's media sector.

According to the organizers, the conference hosted 7000 attendees, 100 speakers, 100 startup businesses, and 200 exhibitors from Lebanon, the MENA region, and around the world.

Q-Cab's three founders, Tariq A. Awadallah, Nasser A. Hatbeen Al-Yafei, and Ali S. Muthanna Al Yafei, have all felt the heat in Doha... no pun intended.

For courier businesses trying to maximize their customer base in the UAE, this is where CamelShip comes in.

Shopping for groceries is a chore that most of us would like to avoid as much as we can. But if you happen to be in Doha, there is an alternative approach to getting this task done: by logging on to egrab.qa.

The story behind the compareit4me.com comparison platform, which recently closed a $3 million round of investment from STC Ventures, Wamda Capital, and Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority.

November 16 marks the start of a conference that could truly capitalize on the potential between the UAE and India.

When looking back at the period of time that we refer to as the Arab Spring, we often focus on its problematic aspects, notably power vacuums and potential war.

Success starts at sunrise.

With much talk about developing and strengthening SMEs in the MENA region, we often forget that countries across the planet have put that on the top of their priority list as well.

SMEs in Qatar will be happy to hear about this: Qatari telecom giant Ooredoo has signed an agreement with the Qatar Business Incubation Center (QBIC) to launch an incubator catering to startups in the booming GCC state, especially in the tech sector.

After Apple acquired Beats Electronics during the summer of 2014, it took just a few months for people to speculate about what Apple's going to do with it.

Everyone seems to focus on the 'treps who strike gold at a young age. But don't let the hype get you down though.

The Qatar Ministry of Information and Communications Technology has announced the Qatar E-commerce Forum taking place on October 19 at the Ritz Carlton Doha.

The organizers hope to showcase the UAE's growing aviation and aerospace sector at the event.

18-year-old Lebanese 'trep Jihad Kawas puts business over degrees.

Lebanon is a country that faces a plethora of problems, from the lack of 24-hour electricity and decent infrastructure, to the ongoing refugee crisis to a parliament that's extended its term twice and no president in office.

Even though the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), simply known as the Islamic State (IS) today, may not be a United Nations member state, it's certainly is trying to function as one.

Staged by INSEAD, the conference will take place at the Etihad Towers Hotel on October 20, 2015, and is themed Leading Innovation.

After 127 years of its establishment as a nonprofit (since 1888), the National Geographic Society has sold a majority stake to 21st Century Fox at a deal worth US$725 million.

After a successful event at Istanbul in May, smartcon is making its way to Dubai this November.

The two-day forum will comprise of discussion panels, workshops, and open "fishbowl" discussions, spearheaded by female industry leaders.

Saudi Arabia's capital is gearing up for the two-day MENA Private Equity and Venture Capital Summit, which will take place from October 25-26, 2015.