Wamda

Saudi Arabia

Triage Project redefines medical aid in KSA

Team leaders of the triage project at the first workshop at King Abdulaziz Public Library in January (Images via Triage) Oil-rich Saudi...

The Triage Project healthtech Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

Saudi National Creative Initiative (SNCI): Social Innovation Week

The Saudi National Creative Initiative (SNCI), which has been in the making for four years now, launched its first Saudi Creative Season o...

Chris Blauvelt March Innovation week

Saudi Arabia

Saudi National Creative Initiative (SNCI) closing ceremony

The Saudi National Creative Initiative (SNCI), which has been operating for the past four years, launched its first Saudi Creative S...

Saudi National Creative Initiative ceremony saudi

Saudi Arabia

Ed-tech to the rescue of Saudi Arabia's schools

Saudi Arabia’s education system has many problems. Despite the government allocating 25 percent of its $229 billion budget to education in ...

Alhodhud iRehab Masmoo3

Saudi Arabia

Winners emerge from KSA verbal throwdown

MC Keith Wallace kept the punches flowing. (Image via Get in the Ring) The gloves were off last night in Riyadh at the regional final of...

Food For People Date Pits Filers Fadfid.com

Saudi Arabia

Mobile is winning in Saudi's internet race [Infographic]

Mobile internet use might be high in Saudi Arabia but ecommerce companies still haven’t convinced those people to shop on their...

Mobile internet penetration mobile internet internet penetration

Saudi Arabia

Uturn's edgy Youtube hits get $10M investment

The Uturn team. (Images via Uturn) In November 2015, Uturn Entertainment landed a $10 million investment from Beirut-based VC...

Uturn Saudi Arabia YouTube

Saudi Arabia

Six winners announced at Saudi's first MITEF competition

B8ak, an application for home maintenance has won first place in the ‘Startups Track’ at Saudi Arabia’s first MIT Enterprise Forum...

MIT Technology Review Arab Edition careem competition

Saudi Arabia

Saudi launches $133M fund for ICT startups

Saudi Arabia has seen the launch of a new ICT venture worth 500 million riyals (US$133 million). Saudi riyals are plenty for...

Riyadh Taqnia Capital Riyad Capital Taqnia

Saudi Arabia

Get in the Ring Regional Final Middle East (Saudi Arabia)

The most promising startups from the Middle East region will battle each other in the Get in the Ring Regional Final Middle East. Finals...

final GITR get in the ring

Saudi Arabia

Saudi's MyCN makes shopping in China simple

"From China to your doorstep... In just a couple clicks". The MyCN homepage. If you found something you wanted on Amazon for $5, but its...

WorldShip MyCN china

Saudi Arabia

Panel discussion: building a startup, find a mentor!

If you are building a startup, you need to find a mentor. This panel discussion will talk about the importance of mentorship in the jouney ...

Panel discussion Saudi Arabia KAUST

Saudi Arabia

Apply for Flat6Labs Jeddah's Spring 2016 round

Flat6Labs Jeddah fosters and invests in bright and passionate Saudi entrepreneurs with cutting-edge ideas. Launched in 2013, Flat6Labs...

applications jeddah entrepreneurs

Saudi Arabia

Google Design Sprint workshop in Jeddah

Google Launchpad, Qotuf Alriyadah Development - قطوف الريادة are inviting you to their tenth Design Sprint workshop delivered by Google E...

Qotuf Alriyadah Development Google Design Sprint Tour jeddah

Saudi Arabia

Building Saudi Arabia’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, KAUST

A university with plans for the Saudi Arabian knowledge economy. (Image via Globalhighered.wordpress.com) Saudi Arabia has been an...

Beacon I Saudi Arabia KAUST

Saudi Arabia

Youth on show at ArabNet Riyadh

Ben Maher, executive director at EMEA Mashable, speaking about creating Arabic digital content. (Images via Twitter) Saudi Arabia’s young p...

Buildify B8ak Non

Saudi Arabia

Saudi ecommerce set to soar [Infographic]

The Saudi ecommerce market is growing fast. (Image via Wamda) There are very good reasons why Saudi Arabia is a country of...

Go Gulf JadoPado ksa

Saudi Arabia

Two KSA startups headed to Get in the Ring regional competition

Get in the Ring combines the excitement of a boxing match with the mentorship and networking opportunities of a startup pitch contest....

Vanoman Myndplay get in the ring

Saudi Arabia

What to expect from Arabnet Riyadh 2015

A snapshot of last year's Arabnet Riyadh summit. (Images via Arabnet) Gearing up for their "largest digital gathering in...

Islamic Digital Economy Arab women summit

Saudi Arabia

ArabNet Riyadh 2015 [20% discount]

The 4th edition of the ArabNet Riyadh forum, expecting over 1,000 participants from across the region, will take place on December 14-16, 2...

Design+code day summit riyadh

Saudi Arabia

The rise of makerspaces in Saudi Arabia

Hackerspaces aren’t new to the region, but they are new to Saudi Arabia. Two years ago we highlighted a number of hackerspaces in...

Fab Lab Beirut Fab Lab Cairo Geeks Valley

Saudi Arabia

EwIV's The Impact Bootcamp in Riyadh

After graduating over 60 entrepreneurs in Cairo and Dubai, ATC’s Entrepreneurship with Impact Ventures (EwIV) is conducting The Im...

ATC The Impact riyadh

Saudi Arabia

MaterialSolved helps scientists visualize complex data [Video]

MaterialSolved is a startup that provides visualization software and graphical representations of big data allowing scientists to...

MaterialSolved big data KAUST

Saudi Arabia

6 challenges facing Saudi entrepreneurs [Opinion]

The future is wide open. (Image via Realty Today) We have all read articles about what’s wrong with the entrepreneurship support culture a...

Saudi entrepreneurs nader ajami ksa

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