U.A.E Glassqube aims to be new piece in UAE startup puzzle While there are far greater hardships in the world compared to starting your own business in the UAE it’s fair to say that the... Jacqueline Sofia • 03 August, 2016 abu dhabi uae glassqube
U.A.E Dubai dedicates a $275M fund for seven global challenges The Dubai government and Dubai Holding have announced a one billion dirham fund (US$275 million) to address seven global challenges. The... Maya Rahal • 02 August, 2016 Dubai Government Dubai Holding MEMakers
U.A.E From shop to your shelf, El Grocer grows Delivery services are a part of Dubai’s residential lifestyle, and some residents are even spoilt for choice with stores at the... Archana Menon • 02 August, 2016 el grocer Delivery Logistics
U.A.E MENA’s Airbnb of the workspace? Thanks to a growing line up of coworking spaces, incubators, hot desks, and shared office space, the workspace revolution has... Archana Menon • 27 July, 2016 fluidmeet workspace
U.A.E Saving Dubai’s energy one sky rise at a time “It’s like the wild west, codes are lax, and no public records.” These are the comments of engineer Charles Blaschke when... Lucy Knight • 20 July, 2016 Taka Solutions MIT Media Lab community jameel
U.A.E Careem to use driverless ‘pods’ Careem has announced that they’ve partnered with a company that builds driverless, battery-powered ‘pods’. Furthering... Lucy Knight • 19 July, 2016 careem public transport MEMakersGE
U.A.E Careem to invest $100M in R&D Careem has announced a new strategy, plus their plans for global expansion. According to a statement released today they plan, over... Lucy Knight • 11 July, 2016 careem ride hailing Investment
U.A.E Dubai’s medical tourism prospects More often than not, planning a visit to a foreign country is an ambitious undertaking. Adding a stopover for a medical treatment during... Archana Menon • 11 July, 2016 MEMakersGE Medical Tourism Medigo
U.A.E In5 Media Hub, latest incubator with industry approach Dubai-based incubator In5 is finally putting the finishing touches to its media-focused hub. First announced in November 2015 they... Daria Solovieva • 06 July, 2016 in5 In5 media hub Payfort
U.A.E 500 Startups invests in UAE gifting marketplace UAE-based gift-giving platform Joi has recieved investment from 500 Startups. With this first round founders Ritesh Tilani and... Natasha D'Souza • 05 July, 2016 500 startups joi gifts Investment
U.A.E Dubai: a city built on data [Wamda TV] Cities are not built on a whim, but today a new kind of data is used to sculpt modern metropoli from the bare bones of steel and... Rachel Williamson • 28 June, 2016 cellular data Dubai du
U.A.E Startups, compete at your own risk Be it money, equity, consultation, incubation or simply a platform to fine-tune the elevator pitch, startup competitions have manufactured... Archana Menon • 26 June, 2016 Arab Start Up competition Startup MENA GCC Pitch Challenge Dubai+Acumen Business Plan Competition
U.A.E From buyouts to partnerships This article was first posted on the Coentrepreneurship platform. More than half of all corporate-startup initiatives in MENA were... Teeb Assaf • 26 June, 2016 Collaborative Entrepreneurship Dubai Expo 2020 GE
U.A.E Fare share: Uber and Careem set pace and purpose for MENA’s sharing economy Innovation and regulation can often have a paradoxical relationship. Modern tech history has consistently highlighted the tug of war... Vanessa Khalil • 20 June, 2016 RTA Regulations careem
U.A.E Community Jameel and Wamda host MIT Media Lab Dubai workshop #MLDubai Cities are rising at a fast pace. The MENA region has seen this with Dubai, and shortly after, Masdar City. In the meantime,... Wamda • 16 June, 2016 Redefining Cities MIT Media Lab MIT
U.A.E Balancing act: the UAE treads the line between regulation and innovation In a 2013 article, internet industry analyst Larry Downes made a strong statement: innovation and regulation simply don’t... Vanessa Khalil • 15 June, 2016 Block Chain Council regulation MEMakersGE
U.A.E PK on the core mission of The Assembly [Wamda TV] Prashant Gulati, more known as ‘PK’, calls himself a “technology innovator, angel investor, mentor, idea accelerator and... Maya Rahal • 14 June, 2016 Prashant Gulati PK MEMakersGE
U.A.E Family offices a new addition to investment landscape Family offices are the new breed of investor in the MENA tech sector, according to Beco Capital. The UAE-based investment firm, has... Lucy Knight • 05 June, 2016 Periodic table investors BECO Capital
U.A.E Doctoruna: making healthcare accessible in MENA Since they launched in 2013, healthcare appointment website and mobile app Doctoruna has been on a mission to minimize the all too... Archana Menon • 02 June, 2016 DoctorUna MEMakersGE Bayt
U.A.E IT platform Geeks raises $600K seed round And 6500 happy customers. (Image via Geeks) Geeks.ae, an on-demand tech services platform that helps connect consumers and business... Maya Rahal • 01 June, 2016 Geeks investments Wamda Capital
U.A.E Are you happy? Data may decide for you Welcoming to Arabnet Dubai 2016. (Image via Jacqueline Sofia) “Happiness is very personal. How far do you want us to go to make you h... Jacqueline Sofia • 01 June, 2016 Happiness Dubai RTA Dubai Open Data Law
U.A.E Startup and corporation collaboration gets a boost #Expo2020xWamda Corporation, big business, multinational, mega-corp - whatever noun you prefer to use, they need you, and by ‘you’ we mean... Lucy Knight • 01 June, 2016 CE Summit Collaborative Entrepreneurship expo 2020
U.A.E Payfort launches 3rd edition of the State of Payments The Arab world could see $69 billion in online payment transactions per year by 2020. (Image via Wamda) Saudis and Emiratis have... Maya Rahal • 31 May, 2016 State of Payments 2016 Payfort Report
U.A.E Crowdfunding Hackathon by Zoomaal at Dubai SME Crowdfunding has been gaining traction in the Arab world over the past few years, where an increasing number of platforms have... Wamda • 31 May, 2016 zoomaal uae hackathon