U.A.E Cybersecurity in UAE: more education, less speculation According to a promotional video for the inaugural OPCDE (Operational Code) conference, 75 percent of all legitimate websites have... Elias Jabbe • 30 April, 2017 uae cyber security Comae Technologies
U.A.E A ‘Qall Out’ to debaters fed up with social media “Going live is a big shift in how we communicate, and it's going to create new opportunities for people to come together,”... Tala El Issa • 30 April, 2017 Qall Out Munathara debates
U.A.E Six healthtech startups pitch during Dubai 100 finale Investors and healthcare industry leaders from UAE and around the world came together for the finale of Dubai 100’s second... Wamda • 26 April, 2017 Dubai 100 pitch event healthtech
U.A.E Sheraa and Air Arabia to launch ‘Travel and Tourism’ track Coming on the heels of its successful inaugural accelerator showcase day, Sheraa - a launch pad for aspiring entrepreneurs in the United... Wamda • 25 April, 2017 Sheraa sharjah uae
U.A.E ATECH World ATECH World is a combination of events, exhibitions and conferences that will bring the latest cutting-edge technology into the MENA... Wamda • 25 April, 2017 abu dhabi uae Technology
U.A.E Telemedicine, coming together for the UAE? Editor’s note: Telehealth, and telemedicine, are often used interchangeably and cover a broad category of solutions in the healthcare... Lucy Knight • 18 April, 2017 telemedicine digital healthcare health at hand
U.A.E Ola Doudin on the potential of Bitcoin in the region [WamdaTV] Bitoasis is a service that allows users in the Middle East to easily buy and sell Bitcoin. Launched in Dubai in 2014, Bitoasis is now... Maya Rahal • 18 April, 2017 BitOasis Bitcoin
U.A.E Young Emiratis use technology to improve quality of life in Dubai The UAE entrepreneurial ecosystem is full of expats. Not hard to believe when taking in account the country’s population is... Elias Jabbe • 16 April, 2017 innovation arabia uae emiratis
U.A.E startAD Angel Rising 2017 The development of a broad, sophisticated class of investors is a necessity in a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem, and can be a critical... Wamda • 10 April, 2017 uae Seed funding startup
U.A.E What we learned about the media industry at #STEP2017 The reader is king. After an era of praising content as the supreme power in media, the focus today is shifting towards the... Maya Rahal • 07 April, 2017 Step 2017 Step Conference Media
Global Tracking skateboard tricks from UAE to LA Rideblock talks building a product in the UAE with a market in the US It was an argument over who had pulled off a better Ollie - a... Archana Menon • 05 April, 2017 RideBlock uae Flat6Labs
U.A.E The Souq sale is a game changer for MENA ecommerce [Opinion] We all heard the news: Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer by sales and market capitalization, founded 23 years ago in... Yorgos Kleivokiotis • 03 April, 2017 Amazon Souq.com acquisition
U.A.E Business for Better UAE-based university students and graduates between the ages of 18 and 35 will have the chance to pitch their innovative ideas for... Wamda • 29 March, 2017 sharjah uae entrepreneurship
U.A.E Why is the Souq.com acquisition so significant? [Opinion] For those who have been in the dark, Amazon has acquired Souq.com for over $650 million. The news of an acquisition of this size has... Abed Agha • 29 March, 2017 Souq.com Amazon acquisition
U.A.E Amazon buys Payfort Not only is Amazon buying Souq.com, but it has also today bought Payfort. “Today as part of Souq Group Inc. we are pleased to... Wamda • 28 March, 2017 Amazon Payfort souq
U.A.E New platform for healthy food launched from Dubai Plotos, a digital nutrition and wellness platform and app, launched today with funding of $100,000 to address the UAE’s growing... Wamda • 27 March, 2017 uae Plotos Eniverse Technologies
U.A.E Is a marketplace enough to penetrate UAE’s laundry services? A woman gazes at her new purchase. ‘Lucky me’, a 1959 advert for washing machines says. And indeed lucky her. Rather than... Tala El Issa • 27 March, 2017 marketplaces get laundry Washmen
U.A.E Sending money home with ease, Now Money [Wamda TV] Expatriates in the UAE send a lot of money home. A lot. According to the World Bank’s migration and remittances factbook for 2016,... Lucy Knight • 22 March, 2017 Fintech now money uae
U.A.E Load-Me keeps on trucking Load-Me, the Dubai startup that connects regional truckers with delivery loads through a marketplace app, has come a long way since its... Elias Jabbe • 21 March, 2017 telematics uae load-me
Bahrain Fetchr buys Bahrain courier company in expansion push Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo Group (YBA Kanoo), one of the largest family-owned multinational businesses in the Middle East, has announced that... Wamda • 20 March, 2017 Fetchr acquisition uae
Global Pixelbug looks to take Silicon Valley Pixelbug, the augmented and virtual reality pioneer founded in Dubai, has gone from dominating the MENA market to turning heads in Silicon... Wamda • 20 March, 2017 PixelBug silicon valley accelerator
U.A.E Jamalon signs agreement with Lulu.com in a Middle East publishing expansion Jamalon.com, MENA's online bookstore, signed a Print-On-Demand (POD) agreement with Lulu.com, a global self-publishing platform,... Wamda • 20 March, 2017 Jamalon partnerships news watch
U.A.E What I know about starting up too soon: Loulou Khazen Baz When Loulou Khazen Baz launched Nabbesh in 2012, she found herself introducing a strange concept to the Middle East and North Africa. In... Archana Menon • 20 March, 2017 What I Know WIK nabbesh
U.A.E Lawyering up getting easier with Dubai startup When Armenian-Ukrainian Suzanna Kalendzhian started practicing as a lawyer in the Middle East in 2011, she saw a gap in the market.... Elias Jabbe • 19 March, 2017 uae law lawyers