Regional Will the Middle East's accession to BRICS impact the startup sector? Earlier this year, the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, alongside Iran, were welcomed into the BRICS alliance, which comprises Brazil, Russia,... Amro Selim • 02 November, 2023 BRICS Arab startup
Palestine Remote working: empowering Arabs to solve the global skills shortage Jafar Shunnar is the co-founder and chief technology officer at Dutch-Palestinian social impact edtech, the Talent Acceleration... Thought Leadership • 31 July, 2023 Talent Acceleration Platform EdTech talent
U.A.E The FoodTech Challenge The FoodTech Challenge is a global competition that seeks to find the next wave of technology innovations that are on the cusp of... Wamda • 18 April, 2022 The Foodtech Challenge
Global Jack Ma Foundation’s 2022 Africa’s Business Heroes Competition RiseUP is supporting the Jack Ma Foundation to identify promising and impactful entrepreneurs to participate in the Africa’s Business... Wamda • 12 April, 2022 RiseUp Jack Ma Foundation African Business Heroes
Egypt ITIDA, Plug and Play sign agreement to boost Egyptian tech ecosystem Egypt’s Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) and US-based venture capital (VC) Plug and Play have entered... News • 26 September, 2021 Plug and Play ITIDA
Saudi Arabia Expanding to Saudi: A path paved with gold? Saudi Arabia cemented its desire to become the regional destination for the digital sector after announcing its $1.2 billion Launch... Nagham Al Eithan • 05 September, 2021 Expansion
Saudi Arabia Defining Saudi Arabia's gig economy When UK-based food delivery platform Deliveroo announced it would pull out of Spain over changes to the legal status of gig economy... Nagham Al Eithan • 01 August, 2021 gig economy
U.A.E Abu Dhabi reduces company setup fees by 90 per cent Abu Dhabi is slashing business setup and licence renewal fees for the private sector by almost 90 per cent. The reduced fees will... News • 26 July, 2021 abu dhabi ADDED
Egypt UofCanada, DMZ team up to launch incubator in Cairo Universities of Canada in Egypt (UofCanada) and Ryerson University’s business incubator DMZ, have partnered up to launch... News • 14 July, 2021 Ryerson DMZ
U.A.E Hub71 and Modus Capital launch venture builder in Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi’s tech ecosystem Hub71 joins US-based VC and venture builder Modus Capital to launch Ventures Lab in the UAE,... News • 15 June, 2021 Hub71 abu dhabi
U.A.E Dubai launches Food Tech Valley Source: The National Dubai has launched a major new food technology hub set to act as a "global destination" for... News • 02 May, 2021 foodtech
Palestine The case for hiring Palestinian talent Anam Raheem is talent matching manager at Gaza Sky Geeks. Imagine a business opportunity that accelerates innovation and profit for a... Thought Leadership • 05 April, 2021 gaza sky geeks brain drain
Regional Why is the UAE issuing new visas and licences? Governments across the Middle East have been attempting to attract talent and startups to their cities in their quest to establish... Thought Leadership • 24 March, 2021 talent
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia’s SAMA issues open banking policy SAMA, Saudi Arabia’s Central Bank has today announced its intent to launch an open banking regulatory framework in the kingdom. In... News • 10 January, 2021 Open banking
Regional The regional tussle for startups: Is Dubai at risk of being overtaken? [part two] As outlined in the first part of this feature, startups have become a fundamental pillar of the economy, a means not only for innovation,... Triska Hamid • 30 November, 2020 Ecosystem Dubai abu dhabi
Regional Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival 2020 The 4th Sharjah Entrepreneaurship Festival will be held on December 6-10 2020. The event will be virtually and... Annelies Docx • 18 November, 2020
Bahrain Small business will be the engine of the Gulf’s post-lockdown recovery Pakiza Abdulrahman is the manager of Startup Business Development, Bahrain Economic Development Board Across the Gulf Cooperation... Thought Leadership • 11 October, 2020 Bahrain Economic Development Board
U.A.E Navigating Dubai’s next chapter of growth Majed Al Suwaidi is the managing director of Dubai Media City and lead of in5 Startups have always played a crucial role in the social... Thought Leadership • 08 September, 2020 in5 Dubai
U.A.E 01Gov raises seed investment Dubai-based startup 01Gov has raised a six-figure seed investment round from angel investor Saeed Khalfan Aldhaheri. The government... News • 20 August, 2020 govtech
Regional The Middle East's post-pandemic future A new reality is beginning to emerge as lockdown measures begin to ease amid the Covid-19 outbreak, imposing a dramatic restructure to... Shaimaa El Nazer • 23 June, 2020 coronavirus sme economy
Egypt Fintech Retreat 2020 Fintech Galaxy is launching the region’s first Fintech Retreat 2020, bringing the ecosystem together for a more... Wamda • 25 February, 2020
Bahrain Bahrain: The challenge of staying competitive As any startup will attest, agility and quick response to market demand is key to survival. The same can be applied to other stakeholders... Triska Hamid • 23 January, 2020 Ecosystem Startup Bahrain Bahrain Economic Development Board
U.A.E Could EDGE boost R&D in the UAE? Abu Dhabi is restructuring the UAE’s blossoming defence industry, placing many state-run companies within a single organisation and... Matt Smith • 13 January, 2020 Research R&D
Oman Oman's startup opportunity The sultanate of Oman is gearing up to turbocharge its small-to-medium-sized (SME) ecosystem. While the Gulf state has not been... Alicia Buller • 14 January, 2020 Oman Oman Technology Fund entrepreneurship