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Pawame Selected as Finalist for SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event
Pawame, the UAE- and Kenya-based off-grid solar company focusing on Africa, has been selected as a finalist in the Payment and Fintech Technologies category for the 10th annual SXSW Accelerator Pitch ...
BecDot: An Educational Toy That Intros Braille at an Early Age
The market is already crowded with a number of products that aim to help blind people learn braille and enhance their experience.
First Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival Opens a World of Exciting Opportunities
The inaugural edition of the two-day Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival (SEF) organised by the Sharjah Entrepreneurship Centre (Sheraa) has kicked off to a great start. The festival was conducted in or...
China Literature Raises Around $1B in its IPO
A Tencent-backed Chinese ebook publisher just had a smashing first day as a public company. Called China Literature, the company raised around $1 billion in its IPO. The company was founded in March 2...
Huawei Launches VR OpenLab Industry Cooperation Plan
Huawei has officially released its Virtual Reality (VR) OpenLab industry cooperation plan, at Ultra-Broadband Forum (UBBF 2017). This was done to promote the prosperity of Cloud VR, facilitate technol...
GINCO Launches Techstars Dubai Accelerator in Area 2071
In the continued effort to achieve the vision of “UAE Centennial Plan 2071,” Dubai based GINCO Investments is proud to announce the hosting of the MENA region’s first Techstars Dubai Accelerator progr...
ShadeCraft Brings AI-Powered Robotic Shading System to GITEX
LA-based robotics startup ShadeCraft, a provider of intelligent and autonomous outdoor living solutions is showcasing the SUNFLOWER at GITEX 2017. SUNFLOWER is the “world’s first” autonomo...
Uber Announces Uber for Business
Uber has announced the new “Uber for Business” service which lets companies avail features such as monthly billing and reporting. Highlights of the service include: Set-and-forget travel p...
NYU-Yale Pitchoff to be Held on July 13th
On Thursday, July 13, eighteen entrepreneurs from six promising startups, representing New York University and Yale University, will come together for a friendly pitch battle before a panel of judges ...