UAE
UAE Businesses to Reduce Their Use of Plastics and Packaging
The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD)’s Team Zayed are engaging businesses around the UAE to commit to reducing single use plastics and packaging, in honour of the journey they are embarking on to ...
AIM Startup Pitch Competition to Run in Oman and Egypt
Start-up movement is gaining pace slowly but steadily in the Arab World, including countries like Oman and Egypt as hundreds of new technology start-ups are gradually being nurtured every year
Here’s How Sheraa Sharjah is Helping Young Entrepreneurs
The Sharjah Entrepreneurship Centre (Sheraa) which has been in the forefront of supporting start-ups and entrepreneurs build businesses that serve as engines for socio-economic development,
Abu Dhabi Fund for Development Hosts Youngest Emirati Inventor
In line with its efforts to enhance the UAE’s status as an innovation hub, Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), the leading national entity for development aid, hosted a lecture by Fatima Al Kaabi, ...
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 ...
UAE Student Wins UAE Qualifiers of the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards
The UAE chapter of Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO), the world’s leading peer-to-peer network of successful business leaders today announced Shammi Kapoor, a student of the School of Business Administ...
Innovator Gathering sees over 60 Startups from 12 Countries in Ras Al Khaimah
Innovators will be heading to Ras Al Khaimah in the coming week as the Emirate hosts the UAE’s first Seaside Startup Summit. Running from the 8-12 of February, the event is being held under the patron...
Mondo Ride Secure $2 Million in Seed Funding
Mondo Ride, Africa’s leading ride hailing mobile app platform, has closed a second financing round of $2 million, bringing the total seed investment to $5m.
Dubai Chamber Now Has 217,000 Members
A total of 16,300 companies joined the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry as members in 2017, bringing total membership to 217,000 and cementing the non-profit public organisation’s position as on...