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U.A.E

The UAE raises tax threshold for startups

The UAE’s Ministry of Finance has raised the minimum threshold for corporate tax from $100,000 (AED375,000) to $816,000 (AED3...

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Saudi Arabia

Investment initiatives worth $4.2 billion announced at GEC Riyadh

Investment initiatives valued at $4.2 billion were announced at the Global Entrepreneurship Congress (GEC), held in Riyadh under the...

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Saudi Arabia

Wa’ed pledges $5.9 million to support Saudi entrepreneurs in Yanbu roadshow

Wa’ed, the entrepreneurship arm of Saudi Arabia’s Aramco, has doubled down its financial support to Saudi-based startups,...

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Egypt

Wamda invests in fintech startup Liwwa

Wamda has participated in Amman-based Liwwa's $6 million investment round. The investment was led by FMO, the Dutch Entrepreneurial...

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Kuwait

How did Kuwait produce some of the Middle East’s largest exits?

Out of all the markets that comprise the GCC, Kuwait rarely attracts the same level of interest or attention as its more dominant...

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U.A.E

The UAE's startup ecosystem: challenges and opportunities

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has found success in diversifying its economy away from oil and becoming the leading business hub for...

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Regional

Trends to expect in 2019

Entrepreneurship across the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region has now become a viable and more sustainable career path for those...

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Global

How to face the fear of missing out in the workplace [Podcast]

Whether we like it or not, we are constantly being affected by the ‘fear of missing out’ or ‘FoMO’, a term coined...

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Global

Startup Watch: Techies for kids, entrepreneurship in outer space, and more on Islamic fintech

The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your...

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Palestine

Palestine gets their first equity crowdfunding platform

Crowdpal, the first online equity crowdfunding platform purpose-built to support Palestinian entrepreneurship, launched its website today....

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Lebanon

The Impact Beirut

Ahead of the Curve (ATC) is a social business dedicated to the promotion of sustainable management practice, inclusive market growth and...

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Morocco

SIGEF 2016 [Exclusive discount!]

Do you have a project to make the world a better place? If yes, then you should definitely plan on attending this year’s Social...

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Syria

The Jusoor Entrepreneurship Competition

On December 1st 2014, Jusoor launched The Entrepreneurship Competition with 3 phases, which will result in the selection of three winners...

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Dubai SME debuts the first World Entrepreneurship Forum in the Middle East

Dubai SME is set to host the UAE chapter of the World Entrepreneurship Forum to promote entrepreneurial idea exchange and networking ...

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Global

The invisible heroes: who are your mentors?

This post has been upgraded from Wamda's community page During a recent interview I was confronted with two comments; “you must be proud o...

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