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20 teams make it to KAUST Hajj and Umrah contest
Twenty teams have been chosen to progress to the next phase of an innovation and entrepreneurship initiative at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), which aims to support and de...
Emaar Malls completely buys out Namshi
Emaar Malls has fully acquired Namshi, the leading regional fashion e-commerce retailer. This follows acquiring the remaining stake of Global Fashion Group (GFG) in Namshi, in an all-cash transaction ...
Microsoft launches three new Surface devices
Microsoft has launched three new devices to its Surface family. The new devices include the Surface Studio 2, the Surface Pro 6 and the Surface Laptop 2. “The UAE is home to many industries and profes...
Faith Capital funds $8 m to JustClean
Faith Capital announced today the recent close of a $8 m Series A round of financing in JustClean, a Kuwaiti laundry technology startup, in order to expand ongoing GCC marketplace operations, in addit...
Liv. offers mobile phone insurance in UAE
Liv., the lifestyle digital bank by Emirates NBD announced the launch of UAE first mobile insurance service in partnership with leading insurer, RSA Insurance, offers an entirely paper-free process fr...
Visa brings Apple Pay to Saudi Arabia
Visa brings Apple Pay to its Saudi-based cardholders. Apple Pay allows prepaid, debit and credit cardholders to make easy, quick and secure purchases using their iPhone and Apple Watch in stores that ...
Airbus launches quantum computing challenge
Airbus has launched a global competition in quantum computing, inviting experts to propose and develop solutions, for complex optimisation and modelisation across the full aircraft life-cycle, using n...
Egypt’s TIEC incubator picks up 6 tech startups
Egypt’s Technology Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center (TIEC); an affiliate body to the Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA), announced a new list of six innovative tech-fue...
Techstars Dubai Accelerator welcomes its second class at AREA 2071
Techstars Dubai Accelerator in partnership with GINCO to welcome their second class off the back of a very successful inaugural program. Demo Day 2018 from year one was widely attended by over 400 att...