Wamda

Saudi Arabia

Musharakah Program

Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF) and Takamol Holding for Business Services (Takamol) encourage Saudi Investors and VCs to apply...

Saudi Arabia Innovation Investment

Saudi Arabia

Fast Forward Investor Day 2017

Endeavor's Fast Forward Investor Day aims to extend the global reach of leading investment firms by providing access to regional...

Saudi Arabia Endeavor Networking

Saudi Arabia

What I know about building a content channel: Mohammed Asfour

The story of Jordan-based Kharabeesh began in 2008 when its cofounder and VP of content Wael Attili wanted to create a content channel to...

Kharabeesh What I Know Scaling

Saudi Arabia

Effat University Boot Camp 2017

In its continuous efforts to support Saudi Arabia’s youth and students to become more innovative and creative, Effat University will...

Saudi Arabia entrepreneurship Ecosystem

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia's massive Public Investment Fund has become active in tech startup investing

This article is a crosspost with CB Insights. Over the last year, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced a number of economic...

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Saudi Arabia

Saudi VCs: where we are, where we’re going [Opinion]

“We do not have enough venture capital investors in Saudi”, is a common theme heard from entrepreneurs across the kingdom....

Venture Capital VC Tadawul

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...

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Saudi Arabia

The Saudi women taking on the kingdom’s education sector

As Saudi Arabia wants to diversify its economy away from oil, education is essential for the upbringing of a generation endowed with the...

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Saudi Arabia

Nana Direct makes grocery shopping easier in Saudi Arabia

Sami Al-Helwah took his time to enter the Saudi retail market with his Nana Direct grocery shopping application. The young Saudi...

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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...

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Saudi Arabia

5 things you need to know about Saudi ecommerce [Opinion]

Ecommerce revenues in Saudi Arabia are staggeringly poor compared to countries where the sector is more established. In 2016, ecommerce...

ecommerce Trends Opinion

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...

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Saudi Arabia

Why education in Saudi Arabia needs a boost [WamdaTV]

Mashail Balkouka, an electrical and computer engineering student at Effat University in Saudi Arabia, talks about the importance of making...

Saudi Arabia Women women in tech

Saudi Arabia

How will Saudi’s diversification affect startups?

Just a few days into 2016, Saudi Arabia deputy crown prince Muhammad bin Salman made waves when he said the kingdom was exploring a public...

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Saudi Arabia

Sihatech jumps on the Saudi Arabia health tech opportunity

Saudi Arabia has a shortage of healthcare startups, throwing the sector wide open for companies like online medical platform...

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Saudi Arabia

Arabnet Riyadh shows regions' rising interest in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia is rising fast as an entrepreneurship ecosystem and events like Arabnet Riyadh are providing a platform for those in the...

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Saudi Arabia

Careem now a unicorn, raising $350M

Careem has become the Middle East’s second ‘unicorn’, after investment from Japan's ecommerce giant Rakuten Inc and...

careem STC Venture Capital

Saudi Arabia

Saudi’s 9/10ths graduates first batch

Saudi’s 9/10ths Start Up Accelerator has just graduated its first batch of six startups. The startups include Polyinspect, Kaspercab,...

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Saudi Arabia

Saudi loves logistics [Infographic]

With increasing populations, new and expanding cities, and greater infrastructure, there is an increasing need for more goods to be...

Logistics Transport Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

What to expect at Arabnet Riyadh 2016

Arabnet Riyadh has proven to be one of the biggest forums in Saudi Arabia: in 2015 it gathered more than a 1,000 participants from all over...

Saudi Arabia ksa riyadh

Saudi Arabia

What I know about social entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia: Muhammad Al-Bakri

Entrepreneurship is now a top destination for youth and governments. It can provide jobs, diversify the economy and encourage its...

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Saudi Arabia

8 things we learned about Saudi at the Misk Global Forum

Outside the world of oil, Saudi Arabia is putting itself on the map. Currently 70 percent of the Saudi population is under the age of...

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Saudi Arabia

Arabian Venture Forum 2016

Arabian Venture Forum (AVF) is an initiative aimed at supporting the venture capital landscape in Saudi Arabia and the region, by...

KAUST Saudi Arabia Networking

Saudi Arabia

MiSK Global Forum

According to a recent study prepared by the United Nations, by the year 2020, 90% of the world’s population will be below 30, so it...

Saudi Arabia MiSK vision 2030

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