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Hello Tomorrow Global Summit #HTSummit
A perfect storm of good things. That’s what they call the Hello Tomorrow Global Summit, an intimate, invite-only forum that gathers 2,000 science visionaries and entrepreneurs from around the world at...
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A step in the eco tourism direction
This year Dubai and Abu Dhabi topped the list of most sustainable cities in MENA. On the global ranking list, however, they’re at 52 and 58 respectively. Both cities now have five years to steer the...
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Has Falafel Games raised the largest round for a gaming startup in MENA?
Falafel Games, one of the first gaming studios to emerge in the Middle East, just closed a round of $2.6 million. The funding round was led by Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP) and iSME Holdings, a...
View ArticleHow to Build a Winning Team for your Startup
Young Arab Leaders are hosting another session of their Entrepreneur Workshop Series on the theme of "How to Build a Winning Team for your Startup", with special guest speaker Jean-Michel Gautier, CEO...
View ArticleEFICA Gala Dinner 2016
The annual Ethical Finance Innovation Challenge and Awards (EFICA) return in 2016 for the 4th time to inspire and assist initiatives that promote ethical and Islamic finance. Thomson Reuters and Abu...
View ArticleApply for FasterCapital's 5th round of funding
FasterCapital (a virtual incubator based in Dubai) has launched its fifth round of funding for 2016 which begins on September 18, 2016 and ends on October 17, 2016. The last round of funding attracted...
View ArticleSocial Media Week Dubai 2016
Social Media Week is the biggest global conference that brings together thought leaders and practitioners to explore how social media and technology are changing business, society and culture around...
View ArticleThe Entrepreneur Day 2016
The Entrepreneur Day is the annual startup conference hosted by Dubai Technology Entrepreneur Centre (Dtec),a tech startup event featuring top speakers and panelists from the entrepreneurial ecosystem...
View Articlesmartcon Dubai 2016
This year’s smartcon Dubai 2016 will bring global thought leaders and practitioners to share best practices on Big Data, analytics, IoT, smart cities, industrial internet and other emerging...
View ArticleAUB Robotics Club presents Engineering Design Challenge 2.0: Drive Smarter
The AUB Robotics Club's Engineering Design Challenge (EDC) is a regional university-level engineering competition, launched for the first time in the American University of Beirut by the AUB Robotics...
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Syrian inventor on his journey of making a solar-powered washing machine...
Twenty-two-year old Syrian inventor Yaman Abou Jeib has the entrepreneurship community buzzing over him, and for good reason too. Aside from being the first Syrian inventor to win Qatar’s Stars of...
View ArticleGulf Customer Experience Awards 2017
1 Day. 100+ Presentations. 42 Winners. The region has become more open to businesses and multinational companies than ever, and thus becoming more open to a competitive market that is shaped and formed...
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Tripoli-based startup brings online retail to local merchants
Lebanon’s northern coastal city of Tripoli, once the center of trade in the region, is now too often associated with political instability. The city has plagued with explosions, protests, and civil...
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Holidayme.com secures $7M funding, a boost for regional travel industry
UAE online travel agency Holidayme.com has raised $7 million in Series A funding from Silicon Valley-based Accel Partners, Saudi Arabia-based F&C Overseas Investment, and from Al Sanie Group,...
View ArticleGJU Green Hackathon
The Green Hackathon is the third step of the “Innovation & Entrepreneurship Program” at the German Jordanian Ubiversity in Amman. GJU students of all disciplines are invited to develop innovative...
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Startup Watch: How to get more dates on Tinder, why Egyptian investors must...
Here’s a roundup of what we’ve been reading this week on how to get more dates on Tinder, VR spreading its Ocu-pus legs across every possible industry, Samsung’s self destruction, and yet another tall...
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Home-cooked food gets a taste of delivery services in Jordan
When Marwan Oklah Al Zou'bi and Adam Barghouti were studying indoors during Canada’s harsh winters, ordering homemade food through Whatsapp was both a luxury and a saving grace. But receiving only the...
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You need more than a website to save the world [Opinion]
Aspiring social entrepreneurs need to understand that the tech component of solving a social problem is only a very small part of it. They need to realise they might be addressing deeply entrenched...
View ArticleHack&Pitch Amman
Whether you are a bootstrap founder, engineer, software hacker, student, or mentor/ investor interested in mobile app development, be sure to attend Hack&Pitch Amman, which will be taking place on...
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R2-D2 and Ayah Bdeir share the spotlight at Disney Demo Day
Littlebits founder Ayah Bdeir announced a new partnership with Disney on Thursday for a children’s online video series encouraging invention and creativity. The announcement was made at Disney’s third...
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