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Gartner Says Mobile App Adoption Is Maturing as Usage Mellows
The mobile apps marketplace is maturing as users declare themselves satisfied with current engagement rates, according to a survey by Gartner, Inc. As users integrate apps more deeply into their lives...
Middle East Organizations Set to Benefit from Hybrid Cloud Potential
Hybrid cloud deployments are set to have big impact on Middle East-based organizations, according to a leading networking expert. Speaking ahead of today’s fifth annual Cloud World Forum in Dubai, Gar...
Startup Idea: Restaurant Crowdfunding Platform Turns Customers Into Investors
Once restaurants and bars open it’s ultimately down to local customers to determine whether or not they succeed — voting with their patronage.
Gulf Capital Receives “Firm of the Year” Award for Best Private Equity Company in MENA
Gulf Capital, one of the largest and most active alternative investment firms in the Middle East based in Abu Dhabi, was voted the “Firm of the Year” at the Private Equity International annual global ...
RoundMenu: One-Stop Shop for Dining Solutions
My Startup World speaks to Zaid Jawad and Ali Sinaei, the Co-Founders of RoundMenu about their entrepreneurial journey thus far.
Technology Venture Capital Firms Gear Up to Create and Exit Regional Unicorns
BECO Capital, a venture capital firm focused on technology investments in the MENA region and the GCC in particular, said today that over 10 local technology start-ups are expected to exit in the next...
Emirates Foundation Holds Business Breakfast Forum for 2015
Emirates Foundation, an independent philanthropic organisation set up by the Abu Dhabi Government to facilitate public-private partnerships for empowering youth across the UAE, has held the first roun...
ROTA Hosts EMPOWER 2015 in Doha
EMPOWER 2015, a youth conference in Doha hosted by Qatar-based NGO Reach Out To Asia (ROTA), a member of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF), concluded its 7th summi...
Luggage-Management Startup FastTrack Secures $2.9M in Funding
British-Dutch suitcase-tracking startup FastTrack has announced that it has raised a total of $2.9 million, as well as a partnership with airlines KLM, Air France, Saudi Airlines, and KPN. FastTrack i...