Wamda

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The science of mentorship

By Ziad Matar, president of TiE Dubai and founding partner of Meditari & Ivan Fernandes, director of mentorship at TiE Dubai The...

Mentorship Mentor

Global

VentureSouq exits Frontier Car Group

UAE-based investment platform VentureSouq has sold its stake in German-based Frontier Car Group, an online and offline used-car...

VentureSouq Germany Exit

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Uber completes acquisition of Careem

Uber has confirmed the official close of its acquisition of UAE-based Careem for $3.1 billion, but is still awaiting regulatory approval in...

Careeem Uber acquisition

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Can footsteps power our world?

Sustainability has dominated economic and political agendas across the world this past year. Governments have recognised the need for clean...

Sustainability Climate change Green Energy

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Just how different are the European and Mena ecosystems?

“Shove your startup idea where the sun doesn’t shine” read the sign that greeted visitors to Slush, Europe’s...

slush Finland startup

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The challenge of regulating technology without stifling innovation

This week, some 700 delegates descended on Dubai as part of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Futures Council to discuss and generate...

World Economic Forum wef Regulations

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Mental health and entrepreneurship - how much do entrepreneurs struggle?

Reem Shaheen is the founder of BE Psychology Centre in Dubai and is a US-trained counseling psychologist Recent research...

mental health entrepreneurs entrepreneurship

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Will travelling at speeds of 1000km/h change society?

The hyperloop is a new form of transport that, in theory, can travel at speeds of about 1000 kilometres per hour. Spearheading the design...

Hyperloop One Hyperloop Transport

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VentureSouq invests in US gaming company Rune

Source: TechCrunch Rune, a company out of Y Combinator’s Winter 2019 class, wants to use artificial intelligence (AI) to help you...

VentureSouq

Global

In conversation with Mark Roden of Ding

Too often in the GCC, the needs of low-income labourers from emerging economies are overlooked by startups, who instead tend to target the...

Ireland expat Mobile

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Saudi Arabia and UAE reconsider Softbank investment

Source: Business Insider SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son may have trouble raising a second Vision Fund after all. With Japanese...

Softbank Softbank Vision Fund PIF

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The opportunity for startups in energy sector

The need for stable energy in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) is clear, and the growing demand is perceived as both a necessity and...

energy ADNEC green tech

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Can artificial intelligence eradicate death?

Ben Goertzel is one of the most prominent artificial intelligence (AI) architects in the world. He is the founder of SingularityNET and the...

Artificial intelligence AI robot

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Russia's comeback to the Middle East

Much has been said about China’s rising trade and investment in the Middle East, particularly in the tech space, but another...

Russia Dubai Internet City

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How blockchain can enable economic inclusion of refugees

Jessica Camus is Head of Partnerships and Impact at Diginex. Chris Hambarsoomian is Senior Associate, Government Solutions at...

Refugee Refugee Camps syria

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Sustainable style and the rise of circular fashion

When luxury fashion brand Burberry admitted to destroying more than $35 million worth of fashion and cosmetics products last year, there...

Sharing Economy Fashion

Global

We are stuck in the middle of a technological cold war

As the US government banned China’s Huawei from purchasing US goods and services last week, many were left wondering whether their...

Huawei US china

Global

Artificial Intelligence: a blessing or a curse waiting to unfold?

The notion that computers could one day “think” or supersede human intelligence is not a new one. It was Ada Lovelace, an...

Artificial intelligence AI machine learning

Global

Jumia shares “pop” 75 per cent on NYSE debut

Jumia, Africa’s largest e-commerce player, went public today on the New York Stock Exchange with a closing price of $25.46 per...

africa

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Jabbar Internet Group invests in US-based Blueground

Dubai-based Jabbar Internet Group participated in a $20 million investment round for Blueground, a New York-based online apartment rental...

Rental Jabbar Internet Group

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East Africa’s thriving tech ecosystem

By Maryam Mgonja, associate for East Africa at Seedstars Africa, home to more than 1.2 billion people, of whom over 60 per cent make up...

africa Kenya startup

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Middle East Venture Partners invests in US software company

Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP) led a series B round in US-based software company FADEL and was joined by Kafalat iSME and B&Y...

series B MEVP software engineering

Global

The Digital Future of the Arab Region

Design the Digital future of the Arab region: Come up with one or more ideas/concepts which represent your vision of the Digital future...

Global

China's growing interest in the Mid East

China recently marked a quiet but momentous milestone: it is now the biggest investor in the Middle East. According to the Arab Investment...

china Silk Road Investment

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