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YAL Entrepreneur Workshop: Digital Globalization & Global Data Flows

Entrepreneur Workshop Series presents unique topics and thought-provoking ideas to the startup community. Mentors and speakers from the...

Workshop uae Dubai

U.A.E

How technology is transforming MENA youth’s education

As back-to-school season is approaching, now is the ideal time to reflect on the latest innovations in technology and how they might...

EdTech E-Learning uae

U.A.E

Truck service startups are on the rise in the UAE

While truck companies have been around for decades to transport large shipments of goods, the UAE is now seeing a rise in truck service...

uae startups Delivery

U.A.E

What the UAE’s new insolvency framework means for entrepreneurs

In 2009, it took a MENA company 3.5 years on average to go through the insolvency process, with a value erosion rate of 14 percent. In...

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U.A.E

Fintech Hive at DIFC launched inaugural accelerator program

Fintech Hive at DIFC announced today the commencement its inaugural accelerator program. The program features 11...

uae Fintech Hive at DIFC Fintech

Regional

When Facebook means business for MENA women

If you are a woman, have founded, cofounded, or own a business, and are interested in using Facebook and Instagram to grow it, then you...

SheMeansBusiness Facebook instagram

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How these twins made conservative fashion trendier

When twin sisters Rawan and Suzan Alsadi began wearing the hijab, they realized that the market does not cater to their fashion needs....

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Pitch@Palace UAE

Pitch@Palace creates a global platform for entrepreneurs to seek new markets and find new partners and investors, building prosperity and...

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U.A.E

Sharjah calls on entrepreneurs to participate in the Sheraa Accelerator program

The second edition of Sheraa's accelerator program is now accepting UAE and international entrepreneurs applications for its second...

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Global

Startup Watch: Message from the Pharaohs, zombie startups, and indoor farming

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...

Startup Watch Coworking Spaces VC

Global

Careem partners with Chinese Didi Chuxing to accelerate innovation in the region

Careem, the ride-hailing and internet platform in the Middle East and North Africa, announced yesterday a strategic partnership with Didi...

uae china careem

U.A.E

startAD Venture Launchpad: Fintech Edition

From September 5 - 14, 2017, startAD will be running Venture Launchpad : Fintech Edition, a 10-day program aimed at...

startAD Fintech program

U.A.E

The app that ‘Maidme’ clean my house

On-demand has made its way through almost all industries, and home cleaning is no exception, with everyone from entrepreneurs to major...

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U.A.E

This is why Dubai’s homegrown app industry is booming [Opinion]

The global increase in the number of smartphone users is a phenomenon very much in evidence in the Middle East, especially in the United...

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Bahrain

Tackling the region’s growing problem, diabetes

For years, Hussain Albar watched his mother suffer from diabetes. Each day, she would prick herself several times in order to log in a...

Healthcare Diabetes uae

U.A.E

Short term thinking: fertile grounds for MENA’s Airbnb-inspired startups

If not a turnkey development, the Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing’s MoU with Airbnb in May 2016 was proof of the...

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U.A.E

Emirati fund wants to create next Google or Tesla

Sandooq Al Watan, a national initiative launched in April 2016 by prominent Emirati businessmen to support research projects, has announced...

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U.A.E

Ethical Finance Innovation Challenge and Awards 2017 [Call for registration]

The annual Ethical Finance Innovation Challenge and Awards (EFICA) returns in 2017 for the 5th time to inspire and assist initiatives that...

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U.A.E

What I know about AI: Damu Winston

Ever since he first saw Star Trek as a child Damu Winston has had a lifelong fascination with futuristic technology. The founder and...

What I Know AI WIK

U.A.E

Waiting for change: the UAE’s art world

The UAE’s art world has experienced a remarkable evolution in the past few years, with events like Art Dubai, Sikka Art Fair and...

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U.A.E

GITEX Technology Week 2017

This year’s GITEX Technology Week will be happening on October 8-12 at the Dubai World Trade Centre, where hundreds of startups,...

GITEX Technology GITEX2017

U.A.E

UAE sees first sharia compliant cryptocurrency

Ibrahim Mohammed moved from London to Dubai 10 years ago. In those years he launched and developed a series of successful financial...

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U.A.E

GITEX announces its 2017 Startup event, $180K in prize money

GITEX Startup 2017 has announced that it will be taking place this year in Dubai October 8-12 as part of the GITEX Technology...

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U.A.E

When governments embrace entrepreneurship [Podcast]

From South Korea to Finland, to the UK, to Chile, governments are engaging with startups. In Finland, the government gives loans to...

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