U.A.E A new addition to MENA's hardware facelift When Prashant Gulati (also known as PK) was 10 he asked his father for a carpenter’s kit. In those days child-friendly kits wouldn’t hav... Pamela Kesrouani • 06 September, 2015 The Assembly MEMakers Maker space
U.A.E Global Innovation Summit: embracing change is key to growth The busy crowds at registration were indicative of what was ahead. (Image via Global Innovation Summit) The Global Innovation Summit 2015,... Pamela Kesrouani • 04 September, 2015
U.A.E UAE-based online property sites get Series A from iMENA Apartment hunting online - a growing sector for the Middle East. (Image via JustProperty.com) JRD Group, parent company to UAE-based sites... Lucy Knight • 31 August, 2015 online classifieds iMENA Group JustRentals.com
U.A.E Skateboarding gets a wearable Wearables, especially those for fitness and healthcare, are getting a lot of attention, from athletes looking to improve their performance... Pamela Kesrouani • 27 August, 2015 Flip Technologies RideBlock wearable
U.A.E Green Truck: a UAE private recycling service The Green Truck warehouse. (Image via Green Truck) The UAE has one of the highest per capita waste generation rates in the world. Putting... Rachel McArthur • 23 August, 2015 Green Truck MEMakers waste
U.A.E Gulf Customer Experience Awards 2015 The importance of digital customer experience is greater than ever before. Digital technology has become part of everyday life for the... Wamda • 17 August, 2015 Gulf Customer Experience Award digital uae
U.A.E How UAE’s Mrusta raised an unexpected $351K When Ibrahim Colak, founder of UAE service providers platform Mrusta, attended a networking event at Dubai’s In5 innovation center,... Reine Farhat • 11 August, 2015 mrusta seed investment Dubai
U.A.E UAE creates future female robotics entrepreneurs The UAE could produce MENA’s next wave of female robotics and hardware entrepreneurs, as technology programs throughout the Emirates... Maysaa Ajjan • 11 August, 2015 robotics uae abu dhabi
U.A.E To compare, or not to compare? When Welshman Jon Richards started his price comparison site in the UAE in 2011, he quickly found a gap in the market. Finding that just... Lucy Knight • 04 August, 2015 Mulverhill Associates Bayzat.com Moneycamel.com
U.A.E Innovation 4 Impact Competition Thomson Reuters has thrown its considerable weight in a partnership with Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA) and launched the Innovation 4... Wamda • 27 July, 2015 Thomson Reuters DSOA competition
U.A.E The Dubai startups at your service For the money-rich and time-poor white collar workers of Dubai, chores are largely a thing of the past. For several years at least,... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 20 July, 2015 maids.ae helpling service economy
U.A.E Arab Future Cities Summit Dubai 2015 The second installment of the annual Arab Future Cities Summit Dubai will be held under the patronage of the Government of Dubai after... Wamda • 14 July, 2015 smart city Arab Future Cities Summit Dubai Dubai
U.A.E Art for everyman, a startup’s democratization of the art world Any kind of art you like. (Image via Pavilion 33) No longer the playground of the elite, art galleries and auction houses are becoming... Pamela Kesrouani • 12 July, 2015 Pavilion33 Flat6Labs
U.A.E Green is the new black, bringing bamboo sportswear to the UAE A Baembu t-shirt. The camels approve. (Image via Plhong Flores) Most startup conferences will tell you that perfectionism is an enemy of... Rachel McArthur • 05 July, 2015 Market OTB PechaKucha Clothing
U.A.E Payfort acquires White to build dead simple payment solutions to startups White Payment's Yazin Alrihayem (left) and Payfort's Omar Soudodi. (Image via PAYFORT) PAYFORT, announced today the... Maya Rahal • 29 June, 2015 White Payments Payfort online payment
U.A.E Banking and insurance comparison startup Bayzat raises $1M led by BECO Capital Bayzat, a UAE-based comparison site for health insurance services, banking products and car insurance has received a $1 million round... Maya Rahal • 29 June, 2015 Bayzat investement Funding
U.A.E TURN8 hackathon on Arabic digital content ideas TURN8 seed accelerator is organizing a hackathon to find innovative digital media and business models that enhance Arabic content online.... Wamda • 29 June, 2015 Digital Arabic Content turn8 united arab emirates
U.A.E MEED’s Smart Cities 2015 in Dubai MEED’s Smart Cities 2015 is a conference that brings together critical partners to promote and invigorate the creation and... Wamda • 25 June, 2015 MEED Dubai conference
U.A.E Filmmaking, a new landscape for entrepreneurs in the region The event brought together children and teenage animation-lovers for the film costume competition. (Image via Dana Horska) Esmeralda,... Pamela Kesrouani • 23 June, 2015 Dubai Moving Image Museum Film industry Film Tech
U.A.E Urban mobility, energy and emissions - Decode Dubai tackles big city problems Teams listening to a speaker midway through the conference. (Images via Dubai Internet City) As Dubai passionately pursues its strategy to... Natasha D'Souza • 23 June, 2015 Barcelona Smart City App Hack hackathons
U.A.E AngelHack hackathon in Abu Dhabi The AngelHack hackathon is a platform where participants compete to build, test, and launch their ideas to the world during the two-day e... Wamda • 22 June, 2015 AngelHack abu dhabi hackathon
U.A.E 3D printed jewelry and cooling jackets point the way for MENA wearable tech market Wearable technology is still only a blip on MENA’s fashion calendar but the Abu Dhabi Wearable Tech Show aims to be the runway event for d... Pamela Kesrouani • 22 June, 2015 wearable Wearable Tech Show UAE Wearable devices
U.A.E Dubai’s IoTx summit drives MENA tech forward The equation is simple: operational technology + information technology = the Internet of Things, the fusion of everyday ‘things’ with tec... Pamela Kesrouani • 17 June, 2015 mena commerce The Internet of Things IoT
U.A.E Can live online tutoring shake up the Arab region's education sector? Update: Teach Me Now announced moving to Azure, Microsoft's Cloud Computing Platform, and becoming part of Microsoft BizSpark. This... Pamela Kesrouani • 16 June, 2015 tutoring MOOCs Education