Wamda

U.A.E

Majid Al Futtaim acquires mobile wallet app Beam

Source: Gulf Business Dubai-based mall operator Majid Al Futtaim has acquired Beam Portal, the owner of UAE mobile wallet app, Beam, it...

Fintech mobile payment Dubai

Lebanon

Could this 3D-printing startup remove one of the biggest construction costs in Dubai?

I met two startups in less than two weeks working in innovating the construction industry. And this is only in Lebanon. One cannot...

Buildink 3d printing Construction

U.A.E

ArabNet Digital Summit 2018

The region’s key stakeholders will gather for the sixth edition of the ArabNet Digital Summit - the exclusive digital conference on...

Dubai Arabnet ArabNet Digital Summit 2018

U.A.E

AWS Summit Dubai 2018

Whether you are new to AWS, or an experienced user, AWS Summit Dubai will give you the inspiration and technical knowledge you need to get...

AWS Amazon Web Services AWS Summit

U.A.E

FUTURE PROOFED - Ellevate Dubai 2018 Forum

If you're worried about how technology is going to disrupt your workplace or industry and want to find out what skills you need to...

uae Dubai Ellevate

Regional

World AI Show Dubai

Dubai is set to host the first edition of World AI Show in the wake of the ‘Smart Dubai Government' initiative. The...

uae AI Artificial intelligence

Regional

STEP Conference 2018

Less than a week to go until STEP Conference 2018! Join one of MENA’s biggest tech festivals, which will be bringing the best...

STEP Step Conference 2018

U.A.E

What free licensing could mean for Dubai startups?

A ‘free business license’ and other subsidized costs would be great to have for a startup, and it’s not as far-fetched as...

Hardware Startups Licensing Opinion

Regional

UAE startups attracted $400 million of VC funding in 2017

2017 witnessed 134 funding deals of 129 startups in 12 countries across the MENA, which brought in around $475 million worth of...

MENABytes Dubai MENA

U.A.E

Mix N’ Mentor Dubai: our last stop for the year

Wamda is organising its 8th Mix N’ Mentor event of the year in Dubai on December 14th, at the Youth Hub X, Emirates...

Mix N' Mentor Mix N' Mentor 2017 Dubai

U.A.E

DAFZA launches first regional ecommerce free zone Dubai CommerCity

H.H. Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, chairman of the Dubai Airport Freezone Authority (DAFZA), launched 'Dubai CommerCity,' an...

DAFZA Dubai CommerCity uae

Regional

Investor Day - FinTech Hive

FinTech Hive at DIFC, the first-of-its-kind accelerator in the region, features 11 finalists and brings together an emerging generation of...

Fintech Fintech Hive DIFC

Regional

Global Ventures Summit - Dubai

Global Ventures Summit seeks to level the playing field and support the best business ideas, startups and entrepreneurs coming out of...

Dubai Ventures GVS

Regional

Intelak Aviation & Travel Incubator [Apply before January 6, 2018]

Intelak is a hub that aims to inspire and develop teams to become part of the conversation that is happening globally on the future of...

Travel Intelak Incubator

Regional

Great potential, more work in store for the MENA’s travel tech sector

At GITEX 2017, Dubai Airport Authority revealed a virtual aquarium tunnel. As you walked through the tunnel, consumed by glimpses of...

uae Travel Tourism

Regional

Global Financial Forum

The global financial crisis happened nearly a decade ago, yet economic growth in developed markets has been lacklustre ever since. Many...

Dubai DIFC finance

Regional

EFICA Gala Dinner 2017

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) and Thomson Reuters have announced the three finalists for their Ethical Finance and Innovation Challenge and...

Dubai Ethical Financing Islamic Banking

Regional

SME Beyond Borders Dubai 2017

SME Beyond Borders Dubai 2017 is a full-day event where speakers and attendees get to benefit from the plenty of networking opportunities...

Dubai sme future

Regional

Evolve: Digital Transformation Forum

Evolve Digital Transformation Forum, which aims to attract more than 300 C-level digital leaders from public and private sectors, will shed...

Evolve digital MENA

Regional

19TH Global WIL Economic Forum

The 19th Global WIL Economic Forum is bringing together up to 500 global business leaders, policy-makers, entrepreneurs, NGOs, artists and...

uae Women in Leadership WIL

Regional

GSMA Mobile 360 MENA

GSMA Mobile 360 MENA is a two-day conference which identifies and addresses key challenges/opportunities for the mobile ecosystem...

GSMA Mobile conference

U.A.E

YAL Entrepreneur Workshop: Digital Globalization & Global Data Flows

Entrepreneur Workshop Series presents unique topics and thought-provoking ideas to the startup community. Mentors and speakers from the...

Workshop uae Dubai

U.A.E

Gulf Customer and Digital Experience Awards

The Gulf Customer Experience Awards aim to recognise great customer, digital, and employee experience across the region. The award...

Awards CX UX

U.A.E

GITEX Future Stars

GITEX Future Stars has selected Wamda, the leading platform for entrepreneurs in the Middle East and North Africa, as its knowledge partner...

GITEX GitexFutureStars Technology

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