8 promising hardware startups from the MENA region

Hardware based startups, the building of physical products that change the way we live, continue to play a crucial role in shaping our world. Over the last few years a number of promising hardware startups have emerged from the MENA region led by a movement of enthusiastic builders and makers.

To take a closer look at these startups, we combed our database and identified the most promising startups in MENA that are involved in building and manufacturing high-tech hardware products.

Here is a summary of eight that we found.

Integreight

Integreight designs smart electronic solutions, starting with 1Sheeld, a Smart BreadBoard device that shortens the time and effort it takes to work with different Arduino shields in electronic circuits. 1Sheeld simplifies working with a wide array of Arduino shields by moving the complexity of buying, connecting and configuring shields to an arduino board to a simple and intuitive mobile app.

Location: Egypt

Founder: Amr Saleh

Industries: manufacturing, consumer electronics, hardware

Website, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn

Instabeat

Instabeat designed, and is now manufacturing, the first waterproof heads-up monitor that tracks, stores, and displays instant feedback of the heart rate during a swimming workout, giving swimmers vital information to optimize their performance.

Location: Lebanon

Founder: Hind Hobeika

Industries: Health Technology, sports wearables, consumer electronics

Website, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn

Original article by Ayman Farhat

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8 promising hardware startups from the MENA region