Bahrain Bahrain’s e-government is ready for full migration to the cloud Not only is technology causing an impact on economic sectors' performance and activities, but also affecting the manner through which... Rana Freifer • 20 June, 2018 E-government Bahrain
Bahrain Restaurant booking app Eat receives funding from MEVP Eat, MENA-based restaurant reservation platform, has recently closed a funding round from Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP) for an... Wamda • 06 June, 2018 eat MEVP Investment
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... Rana Freifer • 15 May, 2018 Gateway Gulf Investor Forum Bahrain startups
Bahrain Gateway Gulf Investor Forum 2018 Gateway Gulf Investor Forum 2018 will bring together 500+ global investors and CEOs from a variety of sectors, including oil and gas, real... Wamda • 19 April, 2018 Bahrain Bahrain EDB Gateway Gulf Investor Forum
Bahrain How Bahrain is growing into a startup haven In 2017, Bahrain ranked second in the MENA in terms of Ease of Doing Business, and very good reasons have endorsed this ranking. The number... Rana Freifer • 19 April, 2018 Bahrain Ecosystem startups
Bahrain 400 international participants attended Follow the Leaders’ event in Bahrain ‘Follow the Leaders’ conference which took place in Bahrain, brought together 400 international entrepreneurs, angel investors,... Staff writer • 08 March, 2018 follow the leaders Bahrain Thinkers and Doers
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... Wamda • 05 February, 2018 Bahrain EDB Innovation
Bahrain Seedstars reveals why Bahrain might be the next startup hub in the region “Ecosystem, it’s a bit of a cliche, an important one though.” This is how Simon Galpin, managing director at... Rami Deeb • 18 December, 2017 seedstars summit Seedstars Summit
Bahrain Bahrain’s FinTech Bay, a new accelerator for startups In February 2018, a new accelerator is set to officially kick off in Bahrain. The new facility will be focused on fintech startups in the... Staff writer • 16 November, 2017 Fintech accelerator Bahrain
Bahrain Bahrain’s football app Malaeb closes a seed round investment Bahraini app Malaeb, which helps users match players and book a football field, has recently closed a seed round for an undisclosed amount,... Staff writer • 18 October, 2017 Malaeb Inspire Ventures Vision ventures
Bahrain Seedstars GCC Seedstars World is on a mission to identify the best seed-stage entrepreneurs and provide them with an opportunity to win up to USD 1... Wamda • 09 August, 2017 GCC Gulf seedstars
Bahrain Tackling the region’s growing problem, diabetes For years, Hussain Albar watched his mother suffer from diabetes. Each day, she would prick herself several times in order to log in a... Lucy Knight • 06 July, 2017 Healthcare Diabetes uae
Bahrain Flat6labs and Al Baraka Banking Group to support entrepreneurs Al Baraka Banking Group and Flat6labs signed an MOU to collaborate in a series of activities including creating the startup and... Staff writer • 17 May, 2017 Flat6Labs Al Baraka Banking Group entrepreneurship
U.A.E Mobile payments startups on the rise in MENA A bevy of geolocation startups already exist in Dubai, yet the Dubai and Riyadh-based Proxera is using its technology to help companies... Elias Jabbe • 07 May, 2017 seamless ecommerce Retail
Bahrain Egyptians win big in MITEF Arab Startup Competition The MIT Enterprise Forum (MITEF) of the Pan Arab Region announced the winners of the 10th MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup... Wamda • 03 May, 2017 MIT Enterprise Forum Pan-Arab
Bahrain Fetchr buys Bahrain courier company in expansion push Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo Group (YBA Kanoo), one of the largest family-owned multinational businesses in the Middle East, has announced that... Wamda • 20 March, 2017 Fetchr acquisition uae
Bahrain Startup Watch: breaking stuff, pain = gain, and working for the man The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your... Rachel Williamson • 23 February, 2017 Google Startup Watch Uber
Bahrain China in Bahrain: building shared interests For centuries, Bahrain and China have trading with each other along the ancient Silk Road. In the past, Bahrain traded pearls,... Ola Aboukhsaiwan • 22 February, 2017 Bahrain china Brinc
Bahrain Middle East newspapers need to get with the digital plan We’re on our smart devices, all of the time. We know that. What we also know is that the majority of us are getting our news from... Abdulghani Kataya • 08 February, 2017 Digital Media Index Newspapers digital transformation
Bahrain From adversity to opportunity: Bahrain’s entrepreneurship as economic resilience For some countries, political and economic disruptions have stalled development. But over the past few decades, Bahrain has boasted a proud... Ola Aboukhsaiwan • 30 January, 2017 Bahrain C5 Accelerate Amazon Web Services
Bahrain Bahrain’s shift from oil to silicon [Opinion] Of the businesses registered in Bahrain, 80 percent are SMEs and they are basically what drive our economy. We have other large... Hamed Fakhro • 17 January, 2017 Hamed Fakhro Bahrain Advice
Bahrain Rowad Majlis "The Speed" Rowad Majlis “The Speed” is a quarterly networking event bringing the local entrepreneurial community together for a... Wamda • 29 November, 2016 Bahrain Networking Rowad
Bahrain Bahrain’s Eat raises $2M Editor’s note: this article was updated on October 12 to include a comment from Reserve Out. In what they are labelling... Lucy Knight • 10 October, 2016 Eatapp eat Bahrain
Bahrain Turn8 Pre-Accelerator Program The Turn8 Hub Pre-accelerator Program is a free 2-week intensive program from October 9 to 18 for technology startups in... Wamda • 03 October, 2016 Bahrain accelerator Funding