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Abu Dhabi launches Future Entrepreneurs Summer Camp
As part of its ongoing commitment to empowering future generations, the Abu Dhabi Businesswomen Council (ADBWC), in collaboration with Emirates Foundation, organised the inaugural Future Entrepreneurs...
Winners announced for TiE Women MENA 2026
TiE Dubai, the regional chapter of TiE Global, has officially announced the five regional winners, who will compete at the seventh edition of the TiE Women MENA program 2026. Following a series of vir...
Islam Al Bayaa to lead KPMG in the Middle East
KPMG today announced that Islam Al Bayaa has formally assumed his role as CEO of KPMG Middle East, leading the firm across Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Oman, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq.
Shorooq and Presight invests in Maven Robotics
Shorooq and Presight have invested in Maven Robotics, an intelligent industrial robotics company building the first general-purpose robotics system. The investment was made through the Presight–Shoroo...
EEA introduces Arab Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Egypt’s Entrepreneur Awards (EEA) is expanding its platform to entrepreneurs across the Arab world by introducing the Arab Entrepreneur of the Year Award, a new category debuting in its sixth edition....
Palma.ai raises $1.8 million in pre-seed round led by D11Z
Palma.ai, the enterprise platform that governs AI agents at runtime, has raised $1.8 million in pre-seed funding. D11Z led the round, with participation from Plug and Play Ventures, Deel, Scale Now Ve...
Island raises $400 million Series F at $6.4 billion valuation
Island, the agentic control plane for enterprises, announced its $400 million Series F financing round which brings the company’s valuation to $6.4 billion, more than doubling since 2024. Evolution Eq...
Aeon raises $1 million led by Terra Industries
Aeon, a Nigerian company building the cybersecurity backbone for critical infrastructure across Africa and the Global South, has raised $1 million in seed funding led by Terra Industries. Resilience 1...
Snowflake unveils new launchpad for AI startups in UAE
Snowflake has unveiled Snowflake for Startups, a launchpad for founders to build and scale enterprise-grade AI applications on Snowflake’s AI Data Cloud, offering new product capabilities and strategi...