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Behind Gradberry’s rebirth: it's all about timing

“I don’t look like any other founder in the [Silicon] Valley. I wasn’t born and raised here,” Gradberry founder Iba...

U.A.E

Mums are big business as Mini Exchange raises $3M

UAE startup Mini Exchange has closed a $3 million round with its original and new investors, according to Arabian Business. The startup...

Mini Exchange Mumzworld ecommerce

U.A.E

Education + tech = a whole new world

Education and technology are often a contested pairing because of the latter’s potential to either serve as an aid or, undesirably, a...

GITEX EdTech minecraft

U.A.E

Dubai’s El Grocer strengthens foothold with acquisition

El Grocer, a Dubai-based online grocery delivery app, has acquired one of its competitors, Quickshop.ae for an undisclosed...

Delivery el grocer

U.A.E

Did the world’s thinnest phone just launch at GITEX Dubai?

Carbon Works, a UAE-based startup, launched what they say is the world’s thinnest smartphone at Dubai’s GITEX Summit 2016 on...

carbon works Carbon fiber Telecommunication

U.A.E

Building Youth Owned Businesses (BYOB)

Building Youth Owned Businesses (BYOB) bootcamp is attempting to inspire children to think like entrepreneurs. The bootcamp enables...

children entrepreneurship Innovation

U.A.E

3D medical printing finds its footing in Dubai’s future

Launched in October 2015, Medativ is a Dubai-based 3D anatomical model printing company. The company name is a play on its products...

MEMakersGE Healthcare 3d printing

U.A.E

Innovation 4 Impact gets a divine win

Divine Connect, a US-based company building translation devices, won $20,000 at the Global Islamic Economy Summit’s Innovation 4...

GIES Islamic economy divine connect

U.A.E

EFICA Gala Dinner 2016

The annual Ethical Finance Innovation Challenge and Awards (EFICA) return in 2016 for the 4th time to inspire and assist initiatives that...

Dubai entrepreneurship social enterprise

U.A.E

Has Falafel Games raised the largest round for a gaming startup in MENA?

Falafel Games, one of the first gaming studios to emerge in the Middle East, just closed a round of $2.6 million. The funding round was...

falafel games MEVP Investment

U.A.E

A step in the ecotourism direction

This year Dubai and Abu Dhabi topped the list of most sustainable cities in MENA. On the global ranking list, however,...

MEMakersGE uae eco resort group

U.A.E

GITEX Technology Week 2016

This year's GITEX Technology Week aims to be bigger than ever, bringing designers, developers, entrepreneurs, manufacturers, and...

Icities Smart wearables 400 startups

U.A.E

Careem v Uber: the local kid is winning

Careem’s flexibility in dealing with governments may give it the edge it needs over Uber and upstarts such as Egypt’s...

careem Uber Ousta

U.A.E

Global Islamic Economy Summit 2016

The Global Islamic Economy Summit (GIES) is the region’s premier forum on the Islamic economy. It brings together world-class...

Islamic economy entrepreneurship

U.A.E

Dubai attracts global tech elite to Future Accelerators program

Dubai officially launched its Future Accelerators program on Sunday, following a $275 million pledge in August to address seven global...

Dubai Future Accelerators Comae Technologies Hyperloop One

U.A.E

Sheraa Hub Launch

On October 5, 2016, Sheraa will be launching its new collaborative co-working space, Sheraa Hub, at the Library building in the...

uae Coworking Spaces sharjah

U.A.E

WiSTEM 2016

Women are increasingly becoming the global driving force for economic growth and innovation, and WiSTEM is celebrating the women...

uae Women STEM

U.A.E

Compareit4me closes $2.4M funding round

The financial comparison site Compareit4me.com has closed a funding round of $2.4 million. According to a statement released by the...

Investment Compareit4me.com Wamda Capital

U.A.E

Dubai-based The Luxury Closet closes Series B round of $7.8M

The Luxury Closet has closed a Series B round of $7.8 million. Led by Wamda Capital, the investment is one of the highest in MENA this...

The Luxury Closet Wamda Capital Kunal Kapoor

U.A.E

Could this Dubai startup have produced the world’s thinnest smartphone?

A Dubai-based startup claims to have manufactured the thinnest smartphone available worldwide, with a width of 4.6 mm (a little more than...

carbon works Dubai smartphone

U.A.E

NYUAD Idea Lab rebrands to Start AD

Initially created to help students, New York University Abu Dhabi’s Idea Lab will be known as Start AD starting this month....

NYU Abu Dhabi MEMakersGE Start AD

U.A.E

From mortgages to Nancy Ajram, one man makes his digital mark on pop culture

Celebrity beta website Najem is three-months old and dedicated to the lifestyles of MENA's rich and famous. Think Buzzfeed with glamor....

Vinelab lebanon uae

U.A.E

Nice and slow: Ekar launches with the watchful blessing of UAE authorities

Earlier this year, UAE news outlets were abuzz with the launch of Udrive, a car rental app running on a pay-per-minute scheme. Clickbait...

uae ekar Transport

U.A.E

Wrappup closes $800K investment round

Wrappup, an app that solves time wasting meetings by recording and flagging the important moments, has closed a seed round of...

Wrappup BECO Capital Investment

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