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Qatar

Qatar blocks Uber’s acquisition of Careem in the country

Source: MenaBytes Qatar’s competition authority has blocked Uber’s proposed $3.1 billion acquisition of Careem in...

ride-hailing careem Uber

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...

GCC Gulf seedstars

Qatar

QSTP and 500 Startups host Investor Day at the Qatar National Convention Center

Fifteen new startups were given the opportunity today to pitch their business ideas to potential regional and local investors during the...

Qatar Science and Technology Park QSTP 500 startups

Qatar

Qatar startup gives activewear a modesty makeover

Nike has won plaudits for its high-performance sports hijab, but for women wanting ‘modest’ sportswear, that’s as good as...

sportswear Oola modest fashion

Regional

New startups on the block: March

Startups are launching faster than we can write about them, so here’s our list of raw newbies to...

new startups blinkapp instacar

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...

Digital Media Index Newspapers digital transformation

Qatar

How we can create a virtuous innovation cycle [Opinion]

Innovation is a key element of all national transformation agendas in GCC countries, with no less than Vice President and Ruler of Dubai...

3i Innovation Framework microsoft

Qatar

Qatar doctor directory Meddy adds Arabic site

Qatari healthcare directory Meddy has launched its first Arabic version with the expectation that using the region’s native language...

Meddy qatar Healthcare

Qatar

What I know about digital Arabic content: Nawaf Felemban

In 2015 Wamda produced a report that showed 60 percent of Arabs wanted to read online content in Arabic. That would be great...

Kooora Kasra WIK

Qatar

Looking to build an ecosystem, Qatar Foundation

“I met with a Jordanian minister a few years ago and he told me that he wanted the country to have 10,000 PhDs in the next few years,...

ARC'16 Qatar Foundation techwadi

Qatar

The Qatar Foundation Annual Research Conference 2016 (ARC'16)

The Qatar Foundation Annual Research Conference 2016 (ARC'16) will be held on 22nd and 23rd March at the Qatar National Convention C...

Annual research Qatar Foundation qatar

Qatar

Opportunity (and big bucks) knocks at Qatar's newest incubator

The trend towards entrepreneurship is so popular that it is now at a point of influencing economic policy. Not only is it stimulating the...

qatar Incubator

Qatar

Qatar Business Incubation Center - Demo Day

QBIC, Qatar Business Incubation Center, is organizing its 2nd Demo Day of its “LeanStartup” program, which will be held on December 9th 201...

Demo Day qatar Incubator

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