Deeply rooted in family and Egypt, Heba and Yasmine Aguib in their pursuit of excellence are leaving their mark on two continents by breaking through cultural and gender barriers. A strong and supportive family, excellent German education and technology, and an insatiable thirst for knowledge and innovation were the ideal combination for the innumerable achievements […]

The Digital Arabia Network has the pleasure of announcing its partnership with Out Of The Circle Organization. Out Of The Circle is a visual digital arts organization that promotes visual digital arts through its different projects in Egypt. Digi MENA is the latest project of Out of The Circle. Digi MENA is a Mapping Research […]

By: Alexandra Kinias The MENA region is experiencing an explosion in the Digital Arts thanks to the growing number of talented and innovative young artists who are making their mark in their respective areas of expertise. “I see real growth for digital art in our region in the coming years. You can feel it already. […]

Zineb Mahrez: Digitalisation is like a diamond mine. We just need to extract raw data from it, shape them up to make the Arab World shine bright. Zeineb is a Researcher and Expert on Machine Learning and E-Participation. She works at ICT4Dev Research Center of Mundiapolis University and supports the ICNL (International Center for Not-for-Profit […]

As we are preparing for our 60th hackathon, I wanted to reflect on some of the things we’ve learned and to offer some key advice to participating startups on how to get the most out of these events. Our next hackathon will be in Boston, USA and will be run in cooperation with Citizens Bank (one of […]

Ismail CHAIB : We have a very low percentage of people having access to financial services in the MENA region. Fintech is a offering us a great tool to achieve financial and social inclusion for our societies. COO at TESOBE || Open Bank Project Ismail is Chief Operating Officer at TESOBE / the Open Bank Project, […]

A few years ago, at the height of the Arab Spring, I was asked by a German newspaper to comment on this ongoing transformation, which at the time was baffling the Western world. These revolutions – one has to remember – ran contrary to the perception held by many that Arabs are somehow inclined to prefer despotism […]

Access to Technology is still a huge struggle for youth and children in rural areas.  We need to work on increasing access to useful tech and spread awareness about the challenges these communities are facing. We have to encourage critical thinking and try to solve the challenges through delivering education for all through tech”  Saddam […]

Our Digital Hero of today comes from Algeria 🇩🇿️. While still under 30, Abdellah Mallek has managed to become a dynamo powering both digital transformation and entrepreneurship in his home country. In 2015 he created Sylabs سيلابس, an Algerian Entrepreneurship and Technology Hub. The aim of Sylabs is to capitalize on the creative potential of young Algerians […]