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Qatar's tech sector takes centre stage at Web Summit 2024

The recent Qatar Web Summit witnessed the unveiling of initiatives set to revolutionise Qatar's startup ecosystem, heralding potential...

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Qatar's Snoonu raises $12 million Series B

Qatar-based super app Snoonu, has raised $12 million in a Series B round which was led by the Qatar Development Bank with...

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Qatar’s Fish.qa closes its Seed round

Qatar-based seafood marketplace Fish.qa raised an undisclosed Seed funding round led by venture builder 360nautica, which will also...

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Joi Gifts looks to Series A round after raising $750,000 this year

UAE-based e-commerce gifting platform, Joi Gifts has expanded to Qatar, its eighth country after raising $750,000 in a pre-Series A funding...

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What impact will the restoration of relations with Qatar have on its startups?

The almost four-year blockade of Qatar was lifted last week at the GCC Summit. Now that Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE have...

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Challenge 22 Roadshow - Morocco

Challenge 22 is an innovation competition administered by the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy in Qatar. This competition aims...

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Qatar doctor directory Meddy adds Arabic site

Qatari healthcare directory Meddy has launched its first Arabic version with the expectation that using the region’s native language...

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Challenge 22 for Entrepreneurs & Innovators

The Challenge 22 innovation competition is aimed towards engaging Arab youth, who can come up with creative solutions and innovations...

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Looking to build an ecosystem, Qatar Foundation

“I met with a Jordanian minister a few years ago and he told me that he wanted the country to have 10,000 PhDs in the next few years,...

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The Qatar Foundation Annual Research Conference 2016 (ARC'16)

The Qatar Foundation Annual Research Conference 2016 (ARC'16) will be held on 22nd and 23rd March at the Qatar National Convention C...

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The ‘ease’ of doing business in MENA [Infographic]

Starting a business and running it isn’t easy. It becomes less so when the economy in which you want to start the business...

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Entrepreneurship in Economic Development Forum

Under the Patronage of H.E. Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani, Minister of Economy and Commerce, Qatar University in cooperation with...

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Qatar Business Incubation Center - Demo Day

QBIC, Qatar Business Incubation Center, is organizing its 2nd Demo Day of its “LeanStartup” program, which will be held on December 9th 201...

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Opportunity (and big bucks) knocks at Qatar's newest incubator

The trend towards entrepreneurship is so popular that it is now at a point of influencing economic policy. Not only is it stimulating the...

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Rocket Internet car classifieds takes Saudi, Qatar, and the UAE in one big gulp

Over the years, the Samwer brothers’ Rocket Internet has made a name for itself; if not for its business model, for its aggressive (and b...

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Will Qatari startups adopt a more flexible work environment?

Flexibility has been a hot topic in 21st century office culture. In February, Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer controversially curtailed her...

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