Qatar Qatar's tech sector takes centre stage at Web Summit 2024 The recent Qatar Web Summit witnessed the unveiling of initiatives set to revolutionise Qatar's startup ecosystem, heralding potential... Wamda • 29 February, 2024 Web Summit qatar
Palestine Palestine LINK Insourcing Program A special event hosted by (Fares and Fahmi) and Intersect Advisory LLC, to introduce you to the groundbreaking LINK Insourcing Program... Wamda • 13 February, 2024 LINK insourcing program
Global Why are South Korea and the GCC so interested in one another? For many years the Middle East’s startup ecosystem has looked to the West, for inspiration, for investment and to scale. But as... Triska Hamid • 13 November, 2023 South Korea
U.A.E Wamda's roundup of Expand North Star For the first time, the startup section of Gitex, Expand North Star (ENS), was split from the main event causing confusion among some and a... Triska Hamid • 19 October, 2023 Expand North Star GITEX
Egypt Egypt announces new startup regulations during Techne Summit in Alexandria Over the past four days, Bibliotheca Alexandrina has embraced the 9th edition of Techne Summit, one of the main entrepreneurial annual... Nesma Abdel Azim • 11 October, 2023 Techne Summit ict ITIDA
U.A.E UAE Startup Competition: ScaleUp 2023 Are you ready to take your startup to the next level and gain the support you need to thrive in the competitive UAE business landscape?... Wamda • 28 September, 2023 aramex
U.A.E GPT-5 and beyond: trends, predictions and the impact on the future jobs market Tarjama, as a leader in the Arabic language space in MENA, is hosting a leading expert in AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) from DeepMind... Wamda • 16 August, 2023 generative AI Tarjama
U.A.E Dubai Generative AI Programmes The Dubai Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DCAI) is inviting global AI startups and companies to participate in one of its two new... Wamda • 15 August, 2023
Egypt Egypt's economic crisis in focus at RiseUp's 10th summit For the past decade, RiseUp has been one of the most influential startup events in Egypt and the wider Middle East and North Africa region.... Dunya Hassanein • 20 March, 2023 RiseUp
U.A.E Innovative Palestine in the UAE: People and Potential The International Conference on Entrepreneurship in Palestine (ICEP) 4.0 showcasing the Palestinian startup community in a pitch event and... Wamda • 28 October, 2022
Palestine Palestinian innovation is going global and its first stop is Dubai Rateb H.Rabi is the managing director of Intersect Innovation Hub, a business incubator serving startups in Jerusalem, Ramallah, Nablus,... Thought Leadership • 27 October, 2022 palestine
Regional Gitex: embracing a "phygital" future Ask anyone who attended Gitex this year about their experience, you will be met with one of two responses - either an excited... Triska Hamid • 14 October, 2022 GITEX North Star
U.A.E EMERGE Gulf Health Innovation An unrivalled opportunity is taking place in the city of the future, Dubai, for health tech disruptors at the startup and scaleup stage to... Wamda • 12 May, 2022 healthtech
Saudi Arabia AstroLabs Showcase series launches in Riyadh UAE-based technology ecosystem builder AstroLabs has launched its first edition of the ‘AstroLabs Showcase’ series in Riyadh... News • 31 March, 2022 Astrolabs
Saudi Arabia What we learned at the Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Riyadh For the past few years, Saudi Arabia has done an exceptional job of reforming its business processes and boosting entrepreneurship in the... Triska Hamid • 31 March, 2022 GEC GEN
Regional What we learned at Step's tenth show in Dubai It has been 10 years since Step held its first startup conference and festival in Dubai, a time when the entrepreneurship sector in the... Triska Hamid • 25 February, 2022 STEP
Egypt RiseUp Summit concludes ninth edition by the Pyramids It was an event intended to connect Egypt's innovative past with its thriving startup ecosystem, a bustling return to in-person events,... Dunya Hassanein - Nesma Abdel Azim • 28 November, 2021 RiseUp Egypt
Regional Gitex Future Stars: North Stars in the making Gitex, the Middle East’s largest technology exhibition is one of the most important events for those in the technology sector. It is... Triska Hamid • 21 October, 2021 GITEX GITEX Future Stars
U.A.E Arab Financial Inclusion Innovation Prize The Arab Financial Inclusion Innovation Prize (AFIIP) 2021 is well underway and scouting for solutions that can improve access to and... Wamda • 01 July, 2021
Regional Localization Strategy Made Simple One-size-fits-all English content and experiences are no longer sufficient. According to a study by Common Sense... Wamda • 01 July, 2021
Regional Localization: The Future of E-commerce Did you know that you lose 40% of your potential global customers if you don’t communicate in their native language? If... Annelies Docx • 31 March, 2021
Global TechWadi ‘21: the virtual tech conference bridging Silicon Valley & the MENA region TechWadi, the leading non-profit organization building bridges between Silicon Valley and the MENA region to support the growth and... Wamda • 14 March, 2021
Regional How Covid-19 unlocked the adoption of e-commerce in the Mena region Wamda, in partnership with MIT Legatum Entrepreneurship Center, will be hosting an online panel to launch a report on ‘How... Wamda • 11 March, 2021
U.A.E Facing new realities at Gitex 2020 Gitex is usually one of the biggest events that takes place in the Middle East region, typically attracting more than 100,000 delegates... Triska Hamid • 09 December, 2020 GITEX