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From Corporate to Entrepreneurship: Entrepreneur Journey Session by Young Arab Leaders

As part of their Entrepreneur Journey Sessions, Young Arab Leaders (YAL) are organizing a "Corporate to Entreprenuerhsip" session by the...

Entrepreneur Journey session YAL Young Arab Leaders

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Global incubator 1776 announces Dubai location

The number of startups coming out of the UAE is on the rise closely followed by coworking spaces, incubators and accelerators. The...

Government support 1776 incubators

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TechForum: The Future of Money

The Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA) is organizing its next TechForum under the theme of "The Future of Money", this month on May...

Techforum fin-tech dtec

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Reserveout raises $4M Series A

Dubai-based Reserveout announced on Sunday that it has raised a Series A round of over $4 million led by regional VC firm Silicon...

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IoT devices winning big

The Mosaikx team with their giant cheque. (Image via Future Technology Week) A Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry...

The hive future technology week MEMakersGE

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The World Government Summit: How the UAE’s past informs its future

Attendees at this year’s World Government Summit. (Image via The National / Pawan Singh) This article is a crosspost with K...

World Government Summit Healthcare Government

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Startup Hackajob 2016 in Dubai: Get hired by a startup

Startup Hackajob 2016 is an event that invites tech talent of all ages to prove they have the skills to take a startup to the next level. ...

online challenges Hackajob 2016 startups

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A telematics opportunity is knocking, but is the region answering?

GoSparc's device that tracks and connects. (Image via GoSparc) GoSparc, an Amsterdam-based startup, created the aptly named 'Sparc' device....

Telematics Conference for the Middle East and Africa MEMakers telematics

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Angel Rising 2016: Investor Education Symposium

In order for a startup ecosystem to flourish, the investor base needs to mature and evolve in lock step with the entrepreneur base. Angel...

Angel rising lecture 2016

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ArabNet Digital Summit Dubai 2016

ArabNet Digital Summit 2016 aims to bring its audience the “behind-the-scene” initiators of change from across the world, sharing their len...

Meet the speakers Dubai 2016 arabnet digital summit

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Festival of Media MENA 2016 in Dubai

Building on the success of the 2015 event, the Festival of Media MENA will return to Dubai on April 20, 2016, to celebrate the best media...

speakers award Festival of media MENA festivals

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Losing the pen and paper with Wrappup

“If you were to record everything, it would be useless,” claimed Rami Salman, founder and CEO of Wrappup. “But, if you...

AngelHack Dubai IBM Wrappup

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Crowd Analyzer wins pitching competition at Dubai Lynx [Video]

Crowd Analyzer is going to Cannes in June, after it won Wamda’s 'Startup Alley' pitching competition at this year's Dubai L...

Startup Alley Dubai Lynx Crowd Analyzer

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The challenges and possibilities of IoT, big data

The first day of Future Tech Week, busy. (Images via Future Tech Week) The latest buzzwords in technology - big data, Internet of Things...

future technology week GISEC IoT

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Dubai’s smart city status is evolving

In January 2016, the Dubai Design District (d3) revealed 21 smart initiatives, including Smart Parking Meters, Smart Energy Meters, and...

MEMakersGE d3 Dubai Design District

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Term sheets at dawn, Step Conference 2016

Joy Ajlouny and fellow startup cofounders Loulou Khazen Baz and Mudassir Sheikha get stuck into the debate. (Image via...

AnchorFree Frontier Partners Eventbox

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Beehive: The UAE’s first P2P SME finance platform

Rooted within the Honeycomb of the Collaborative Economy is the world of P2P (peer-to-peer) finance. Within that world is Beehive, a...

beehive financial services fin-tech

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Understanding microfinance in MENA

A wall for commitments to financial inclusion. (Image via Microcredit Summit Campaign) “The Arab world has the lowest level of f...

Arab Monitary Fund 18th Microedit summit abu dhabi

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Crowdsourcing code: why startups are turning to open-source software

A playground for startups and corporations alike. (Image via Linuxuser.co.uk) A startup wants a mobile menu for their new app....

Go Jordan Open Source Association Open source software

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Startup Istanbul Fast Track at STEP Conference 2016

Startupbootcamp Istanbul is coming to STEP Conference 2016 as part of their FastTrack tour on April 4 and 5. They will hold office hours...

fast track 2016 Step Conference

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Al Jaith designs a 'FitBit' for camels

Camel racing is (slowly) going high tech. (Image via Prodijee) It’s “FitBit for camels”, a device that will optimize...

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What you've missed at Droidcon 2016 in Dubai

Droidcon attendees at the Impact Hub offices. (Images via Droidcon) Amazon’s cloud-based voice service, Alexa, made a special appearance a...

android developers Droidcon Dubai google developers group

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WOMENA Angel Series Workshop in Dubai

Angel investment group WOMENA are gearing up for their second workshop about the basics of angel investment and financial projections. Th...

Workshop Womena investors

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Prepping to ‘trep

During the early stages of Careem, cofounder Magnus Olsson saved every single dirham he could and devoted his whole self to the growth of...

Rula Galayini creative entrepreneurship Abraaj Week

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