Wamda

U.A.E

How to build trust with customers [Wamda TV]

People are leading busier lives and there is little time left for DIY (do-it-yourself) household chores. With no time for the home...

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U.A.E

Endeavor Scale-Up UAE 2017

Endeavor UAE's "Scale-Up UAE" event returns for its second edition, bringing together its network of entrepreneurs, mentors,...

uae Endeavor Dubai

U.A.E

NYUAD Startup Career Night 2017

startAD, the recently launched startup incubator and education platform at New York University Abu Dhabi, in partnership with the Career...

uae career job search

U.A.E

Watch as the UAE fintech community grows

The UAE is steadily growing as a home to fintech startups creating a transformation in various areas of the region’s finance...

Fintech Startup Weekend uae

U.A.E

UX NXT

If you've ever wondered how a device or mobile application feel so intuitive and user-friendly, it's probably the result of...

Dubai UX User Experience Design

U.A.E

What I know about failure: Jean-Pierre Mondalek

A failed startup is not the end. Jean-Pierre Mondalek, general manager of the motors division at Dubizzle, is not ashamed of his...

Jean-Pierre Mondalek Dubizzle Failure

U.A.E

Dubai is growing the sounds of local talent

At 13 years old, Zain Khan, founder and CEO of The Sound Gaarden, started playing bass guitar for a few high school bands in...

the sound gaarden freshly ground sounds Music

U.A.E

UAE launches new entry scheme to attract entrepreneurs

In a bid to remain a top destination for entrepreneurs in the region the UAE launched last week a new entry visa scheme. They hope to...

visa scheme uae government entrepreneurship

U.A.E

Is the cyber hack coming to a computer near you?

In the summer of 2016, Mohamed Amine Belarbi’s cyber security startup Vul9 began approaching potential clients. He was shocked by the...

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Bahrain

Middle East newspapers need to get with the digital plan

We’re on our smart devices, all of the time. We know that. What we also know is that the majority of us are getting our news from...

Digital Media Index Newspapers digital transformation

U.A.E

What I know about approaching corporations: Jean-Michel Gauthier

When Jean-Michel Gauthier talks about unemployment, he does not point to job matching technology as the only solution his company is trying...

What I Know internsME corporations

U.A.E

Adventure2Venture kickstarts investor-entrepreneur retreats [Know your VC]

“I am not very happy about how some investors treat startups and are somehow unfair to entrepreneurs.” This is how Rami AlKarmi...

Angel Investment Adventure2Venture Dubai

U.A.E

Hyphen founder’s gutsy life choice leads to a global adventure

“Luck doesn’t exist, it’s created by people taking risks and finding opportunity.” This is what Nigerian serial...

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U.A.E

Dubai Lynx 2017

The Dubai Lynx International Festival of Creativity is the region’s annual event for the creative communications industry to learn,...

Innovation Technology communication

Egypt

New startups on the block: February

Startups are launching faster than we can write about them, so here’s our list of raw newbies to...

new startups Jarra Carriage

U.A.E

More startups on the scene at Gulf CX Awards

“As an SME we can offer an opportunity for personalisation,” said Ayman Al Awadhi, managing director of Dubai’s The...

gulf cx awards Customer Service User Experience

U.A.E

Talking about fintech in MENA [Wamda TV]

Everything starts with a payment. Payfort’s Omar Soudodi, talking to Wamda, said that the wealth transfer is the foundation of...

Fintech mix n mentor dubai Payfort

U.A.E

STEP gets $2M Series A, plans a digital media empire

STEP Group has closed a Series A funding round with a $2 million investment from regional investors, including Wamda Capital,...

Step Conference Step music Wamda Capital

U.A.E

Using big data and AI to fill the digital Arabic content void

When it comes to digital content there’s not much out there in Arabic. In fact, according to data released in the 2016 Media in...

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Saudi Arabia

Melltoo expands to Saudi with new funding

The Dubai-headquartered peer-to-peer marketplace Melltoo has said they are ready to expand to Saudi Arabia now they have acquired new...

Investment melltoo ecommerce

U.A.E

Hidden gold mines for MENA’s air tech entrepreneurs

If Paul Papadimitriou’s realistic air tech projections can be summed up in one piece of cautionary advice for startups, it is that in...

Travel aviation GE

U.A.E

Holidaying with Holiday ME

“Whenever you're booking a holiday…there’s a lot of discussion happening for the family or solo traveler,”...

uae holidayme travel tech

U.A.E

Startup Emirates: the most well-funded tech startups in the UAE in one infographic

This article is a crosspost from CB Insights. All of the companies in our infographic are based in the Emirate of Dubai....

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U.A.E

Etisalat Digital Challenge call for applications

It’s 2017 and new challenges are ahead of the region’s innovators, entrepreneurs & startups. Etisalat Digital and Dubai...

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