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NEC X announces Fifth AI start-up graduate
NEC Corporation and NEC X, the innovation accelerator for NEC’s emerging technologies, announced today that Beagle Technology is the fifth start-up to graduate from the NEC X Corporate Accelerat...
School fees app, zenda, raises $9.4m seed round
zenda, MENA’s first fintech app for families has announced it has secured a $9.4m oversubscribed seed round. zenda currently addresses pain points around the payment of school fees – in particul...
Dubai Chamber offers practical tips for drafting commercial contracts
Dubai Chamber of Commerce recently hosted a webinar for the business community, which offered professionals practical tips for drafting commercial contracts in the UAE.
Freshworks to enable million of Shopify businesses create better customer experiences
Freshworks today announced Freshworks CRM for e-commerce is now available in the Shopify App Store. The solution integrates directly with Shopify to provide its millions of merchants with a unified CR...
Sheraa and Alef Group announce winners of Access Sharjah Challenge
In an exciting finale to the fourth iteration of the Access Sharjah Challenge-Al Mamsha organised by Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center (Sheraa) and Alef Group, Ahmad Kassem’s ‘Frappy’ café and Yuliya Su...
MBRIF accepts 20 new innovators into its Accelerator Program
The Mohammed Bin Rashid Innovation Fund (MBRIF) has revealed that 20 new innovators have been accepted into its Accelerator Program. The MBRIFs Innovation Accelerator (IA) program provides high potent...
Abu Dhabi gives nod to Kraken operate crypto exchange
Kraken became the first global cryptocurrency exchange to receive a Financial Services Permission (FSP) license to operate a regulated virtual asset exchange platform in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (A...
Elon Musk acquires Twitter for almost $44 billion
Twitter today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an entity wholly owned by Elon Musk, for approximately $44 billion. Upon completion of the transaction, Twitte...
EX Sports to drop first Urbanball NFT Mystery box exclusively on Binance NFT
The first drop from the Urbanball Collection will be on the 3rd May 2022, with an IGO planned later this year. It’s an unmissable time for ‘underdog’ athletes and overlooked talent i...