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Are you happy? Data may decide for you

Welcoming to Arabnet Dubai 2016. (Image via Jacqueline Sofia) “Happiness is very personal. How far do you want us to go to make you h...

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Startup and corporation collaboration gets a boost #Expo2020xWamda

Corporation, big business, multinational, mega-corp - whatever noun you prefer to use, they need you, and by ‘you’ we mean...

CE Summit Collaborative Entrepreneurship expo 2020

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Payfort launches 3rd edition of the State of Payments

The Arab world could see $69 billion in online payment transactions per year by 2020. (Image via Wamda) Saudis and Emiratis have...

State of Payments 2016 Payfort Report

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Crowdfunding Hackathon by Zoomaal at Dubai SME

Crowdfunding has been gaining traction in the Arab world over the past few years, where an increasing number of platforms have...

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Applications deadline for Startupbootcamp IoT | Connected Devices accelerator

Startupbootcamp IoT, part of the international Startup Bootcamp program is coming to the ArabNet Digital Summit in Dubai on May 30-31 to m...

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Seedstars World Competition Dubai 2016

Seedstars World, the global seed-stage startup competition for emerging markets and fast-growing startup scenes, is returning to Dubai for...

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Bitoasis secures seed funding led by Wamda Capital

Fintech startup Bitoasis has announced its first round of funding, an undisclosed sum led by Wamda Capital. The round included Barry...

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From Corporate to Entrepreneurship: Entrepreneur Journey Session by Young Arab Leaders

As part of their Entrepreneur Journey Sessions, Young Arab Leaders (YAL) are organizing a "Corporate to Entreprenuerhsip" session by the...

Entrepreneur Journey session YAL Young Arab Leaders

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Global incubator 1776 announces Dubai location

The number of startups coming out of the UAE is on the rise closely followed by coworking spaces, incubators and accelerators. The...

Government support 1776 incubators

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TechForum: The Future of Money

The Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA) is organizing its next TechForum under the theme of "The Future of Money", this month on May...

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Reserveout raises $4M Series A

Dubai-based Reserveout announced on Sunday that it has raised a Series A round of over $4 million led by regional VC firm Silicon...

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IoT devices winning big

The Mosaikx team with their giant cheque. (Image via Future Technology Week) A Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry...

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The World Government Summit: How the UAE’s past informs its future

Attendees at this year’s World Government Summit. (Image via The National / Pawan Singh) This article is a crosspost with K...

World Government Summit Healthcare Government

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Startup Hackajob 2016 in Dubai: Get hired by a startup

Startup Hackajob 2016 is an event that invites tech talent of all ages to prove they have the skills to take a startup to the next level. ...

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A telematics opportunity is knocking, but is the region answering?

GoSparc's device that tracks and connects. (Image via GoSparc) GoSparc, an Amsterdam-based startup, created the aptly named 'Sparc' device....

Telematics Conference for the Middle East and Africa MEMakers telematics

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Angel Rising 2016: Investor Education Symposium

In order for a startup ecosystem to flourish, the investor base needs to mature and evolve in lock step with the entrepreneur base. Angel...

Angel rising lecture 2016

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ArabNet Digital Summit Dubai 2016

ArabNet Digital Summit 2016 aims to bring its audience the “behind-the-scene” initiators of change from across the world, sharing their len...

Meet the speakers Dubai 2016 arabnet digital summit

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Festival of Media MENA 2016 in Dubai

Building on the success of the 2015 event, the Festival of Media MENA will return to Dubai on April 20, 2016, to celebrate the best media...

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Losing the pen and paper with Wrappup

“If you were to record everything, it would be useless,” claimed Rami Salman, founder and CEO of Wrappup. “But, if you...

AngelHack Dubai IBM Wrappup

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Crowd Analyzer wins pitching competition at Dubai Lynx [Video]

Crowd Analyzer is going to Cannes in June, after it won Wamda’s 'Startup Alley' pitching competition at this year's Dubai L...

Startup Alley Dubai Lynx Crowd Analyzer

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The challenges and possibilities of IoT, big data

The first day of Future Tech Week, busy. (Images via Future Tech Week) The latest buzzwords in technology - big data, Internet of Things...

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Dubai’s smart city status is evolving

In January 2016, the Dubai Design District (d3) revealed 21 smart initiatives, including Smart Parking Meters, Smart Energy Meters, and...

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Term sheets at dawn, Step Conference 2016

Joy Ajlouny and fellow startup cofounders Loulou Khazen Baz and Mudassir Sheikha get stuck into the debate. (Image via...

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Beehive: The UAE’s first P2P SME finance platform

Rooted within the Honeycomb of the Collaborative Economy is the world of P2P (peer-to-peer) finance. Within that world is Beehive, a...

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