Wamda

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia launches $200 million fund to back local, foreign high-tech startups

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has launched a $200 million (SAR750 million) fund for early-stage investment in...

KAUST Innovation

Saudi Arabia

How to pioneer innovation and economic transformation in Saudi Arabia

Dr. Samer Abdallah is the head of ICT Sector at KPMG in Saudi Arabia Governments worldwide are actively embracing innovation to stay...

Innovation

Regional

How can the GCC countries become digital leaders?

Tarek El Zein is a partner with Strategy& Middle East, part of the PwC network The digital economies of GCC countries have...

GCC Innovation

Regional

Where will the next wave of innovation come from?

Dr Vikas Nand Kumar Batheja is the co-founder and director of Capital College in Dubai The global pandemic has created panic,...

Innovation

Regional

The regional tussle for startups and entrepreneurs [part one]

To many, startups and those operating in the digital space have been the saviours of the Middle East economy during this pandemic. With...

Innovation Ecosystem

U.A.E

Enabling innovation in the UAE

For the UAE government, innovation is indispensable to keep pace with technological advancements and to address the most pressing societal...

Innovation Dubai Dubai Future Accelerators

U.A.E

Abu Dhabi Investment Office invests $16.3 million in several startups

Source: Zawya The Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) today announced AED 60 million of investment in the latest batch of startups and...

startups investments Innovation

Regional

Just 7% of Middle East companies are tapping into $575 billion market

By Xavier Anglada, managing director and Accenture Digital lead in the Middle East In today’s business landscape, innovation is...

Data Innovation

Saudi Arabia

In conversation with Abdullah Bahabri of Nota Nota

Nota Nota creates bespoke perfumes through a custom-made 3D printer, which enables users to mix their own perfumes according to their own...

3d printing Saudi Arabia Fourth Industrial Revolution

Regional

What we learned at WEF Mena 2019

The World Economic Forum (WEF) on the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) concludes today, drawing more than 1000 government, business and...

wef Jordan Innovation

Global

East Africa’s thriving tech ecosystem

By Maryam Mgonja, associate for East Africa at Seedstars Africa, home to more than 1.2 billion people, of whom over 60 per cent make up...

africa Kenya startup

Regional

The Middle East’s technological forte is in the food sector [Opinion]

As Gulfood draws to a close in Dubai this week, one of the biggest exhibitions in the region, the appetite for food is palatable [all puns...

food Food accelerator Innovation

Egypt

Egypt is building the region's first GEN hub

Egypt will host the region’s first Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN) hub, a physical space designed for the exchange of knowledge...

Innovation Coworking Spaces

Bahrain

Tech and innovation are at the core of the ‘New GCC’ investment opportunities as revealed ‘Gateway Gulf’

Over 500 international investors and select business leaders flocked to Bahrain to explore how to unlock opportunities across the...

Gateway Gulf Investor Forum Bahrain startups

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

Syria

Startup Weekend Homs

Techstars Startup Weekend Homs is a global grassroots movement of active and empowered entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of...

syria Startup Weekend Homs

U.A.E

When innovation complements an Emirate’s rich tourism offering

This article is a crosspost from Fikra Labs. The direct contribution of the travel and tourism sector to the UAE’s GDP was AED...

uae Fikra Labs Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi

Regional

Follow The Leaders Bahrain

In today’s complex and fast-changing business and social environments, startup entrepreneurs have become a force to be reckoned with,...

Bahrain Innovation Thinkers and Doers

Egypt

Region’s first science park to open in Egypt this May

The British University in Egypt, in cooperation with TusPark Holdings, China’s largest science park, will be launching the Science...

SIP British University in Egypt TusPark Holdings

Lebanon

cewas Startup Program - Lebanon [Call for Applications]

Here is your chance to build your water, sanitation or waste idea into a business, with expert trainings, access to cash financing and...

lebanon WATER Sustainability

Lebanon

ArabNet Beirut 2018

The 9th edition of ArabNet Beirut 2018 will take place on February 20-22. The event will feature more than 80 speakers from the MENA region...

Arabnet Innovation startups

U.A.E

How is Abu Dhabi getting ready to become a world-class tourist destination

This article is a crosspost from Fikra Labs. In 2016, the number of hotel guests in Abu Dhabi reached 4.4 million, signaling...

Miral Yas Island Tourism

Bahrain

unbound Bahrain 2018

On March 7-8, unbound brings its innovation festival to Bahrain, celebrating The Kingdom’s commitment to fuelling a digital future...

Bahrain EDB Innovation

U.A.E

Fikra Labs is open for application and here’s why you should apply

As part of their mission to turn Abu Dhabi into a world class tourist destination and global innovation hub, four leading...

Innovation Fikra Labs abu dhabi

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