Jordanian “Ebshir.com” has been selected as one of the semi-finalist teams for this year’s MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab Region Start-Up Competition for the Start-up Track, a press release said Monday.

Ebshir.com is the first online cars search engine listing more than 100,000 vehicles and targeting the Zarqa Free Zone area in Jordan. It provides a comprehensive car directory in addition to location based services to help customers find the car of their dreams with a click of a button.

The medical industry in the Middle East is not always easy to navigate for patients.

In the GCC, expats often have difficulty finding doctors they can trust. In the Levant, especially Lebanon, there's a large number of world class medical practitioners, however picking the best one for a specific need can be a challenge; and that's without mentioning how difficult it is to go to a clinic while dealing with busy work schedules and traffic congestion.

Jordanian “Smisim&Sumac” has been selected as one of the semi-finalist teams for this year’s MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab Region Start-Up Competition for the Ideas Track.

“Smisim&Sumac” is on a mission to discover, preserve and promote Arabic culinary traditions by turning local food producers into international suppliers. We recently interviewed Sara Dajani the mind behind the project to know more about her idea and how she aims at empowering Jordanian thyme and olive oil producers.

3 gold awards, 4 silver, 3 bronze and 12 shortlists

DUBAI, 11 February, 2013 – Horizon Draftfcb has cause to celebrate in the wake of an astonishing haul of awards from the 2013 MENA Cristal Festival held in Lebanon last week. NIVEA, NIVEA for Men, OREO, Just Falafel and charity Tamanna were amongst the clients who won or were shortlisted across 11 of the 15 categories available picking up a total of 22 honours.

Lebanese “Zoomaal” has been selected as one of the semi-finalist teams for this year’s MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab Region Start-Up Competition for the Start-up Track, a press release said Tuesday.

Abdallah Absi a web apps developer and a serial entrepreneur is on a mission to raise fund for projects in the Middle East through a new crowd-funding platform called “Zoomaal” which will be launched this month.

Egyptian “AStarApps” has been selected as one of the semi-finalist teams for this year’s MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab Region Start-Up Competition for the Start-up Track

AStarApps is a crowd sourcing platform for the beta testing of mobile applications, where early adopters, testers and app developers can meet and contribute to the amelioration of the latest apps.

Lebanese “SHARED” has been selected as one of the semi-finalist teams for this year’s MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab Region Start-Up Competition for the Start-up Track

Mohamed Watfa a computer science professor and his team are on a mission to revolutionize the classrooms of today through the use of a patented technology that shares a single laptop between as many students as possible. Mohamed Watfa the mind behind “SHARED” spoke to us about the inspiration behind his project and what encouraged him to apply to the competition.

Tunisian “Famissima” has been selected as one of the semi-finalist teams for this year’s MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab Region Startup Competition for the Ideas Track

Idea Inspiration

Moroccan “Markoub” has been selected as one of the semi-finalist teams for this year’s MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab Region Startup Competition for the Ideas Track

Five months ago Mounia Dimane and Zakaria AlKabbab  founded their company “Malayca”. Malayca is a Moroccan startup focused on developing innovative technological projects, training and consulting in new technologies such as web 2.0 and digital marketing. Today the company is developing a new idea called Markoub. Markoub is a multi-service community network combining innovative solutions for Passenger and Goods.

Jordanian “Madfoo3atCom” has been selected as one of the semi-finalists teams for this year’s MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab Region Startup Competition for the Start-up Track

After 16 years of working in the technology and business industry Nasser Saleh had had enough and was ready to venture into the entrepreneurial world and start his own business. The father of four was taking one of the biggest risks in his life but something inside of him said that “it was time to make the move” he says.