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Kuwait-based online coffee marketplace Cofe raises $3.2m Pre-Series A

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February 13, 2019
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February 12, 2019
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February 11, 2019
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February 07, 2019
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February 06, 2019
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February 04, 2019

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The cost of starting a business is 13.4 per cent of income per capita in the UAE, almost double that of Saudi Arabia

More than 80 per cent of Emirati youth are employed in the public sector

SMEs contribute 30 per cent to the UAE's gross domestic product, the same level as the oil and gas sector

There were two exits valued at over $100m in the UAE from 2012-2016

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What we learned at Step Dubai 2019

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Kuwait-based online coffee marketplace Cofe raises $3.2m Pre-Series A

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