Entrepreneurs

Dubai SME’s Business Incubation Centre Achieves Major Milestones

The Business Incubation Centre (BIC) at Dubai SME, the agency of the Department of Economic Development (DED) mandated to develop the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector

12 Startup Teams Join Local Accelerators

A dozen early stage startups from the Middle East, Western Europe and the Ukraine have traveled to Dubai to join two local seed accelerators.

Infographic: The View From Above – Billion Dollar Startups

How many tech startups do you know is worth billions of dollars? This infographic by Staff.com lists 12 startups (since 2004) that have reached the billion-dollar worth – Instagram, Evernote, Box, Air...

Careem receives $1.7m investment in round led by STC Ventures

Careem announced that STC Ventures, backed by Saudi Telecom Company, recently led a $1.7m investment round

iMENA Holdings and Rocket Internet launch Hellofood.com

iMENA Holdings, a leading regional group of consumer online businesses in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and Rocket Internet

Former Nokia CEO founds Newkia to make Android devices

On the day Microsoft acquired Nokia’s device business, Singapore-based Newkia was founded by Thomas Zilliacus

The Pizza Guys opens in Dubai’s Business Bay area

Newly launched pizza and eats concept, The Pizza Guys, have one philosophy – to never compromise on quality.

Intigral launches MENA’s first comprehensive digital idea incubator AFKAR.me

Intigral, MENA’s leading digital hub, has today launched AFKAR.me, the region’s first full-spectrum digital sector start-up and entrepreneur incubator.

Access Group Debuts in Middle East

Access Group – a sales, management, marketing, PR, protocol management & business development facilitator- has been set up in Dubai to service the dynamic Middle East market.