Tag: Startup

Sheraa Hub Launch Source : Wamda.com

Dubai officially launched its Future Accelerators program on Sunday, following a $275 million pledge in August to address seven global challenges. The program, whose first 12-week round began on September 18, is not an incubator specifically but pairs both international giants and startups with Dubai government authorities to solve problems at a hyper local level […]

Global Islamic Economy Summit 2016 Source : Wamda.com

Careem’s flexibility in dealing with governments may give it the edge it needs over Uber and upstarts such as Egypt’s Ousta. Careem announced Tuesday that it had cut a deal with Dubai’s Road Transport Authority (RTA) to be the sole app provider for its 9,841 taxis and 4,700 limousines. A similar arrangement has already been […]

conference, Icities, Smart wearables, 400 startups, GITEX 2016, robotics, hackathons, Dubai World Trade Centre, Drones, 3d printing, Dubai, Competitions, Digital Marketing Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai, UAE GITEX Technology Week 2016 16 October, 2016 – 21 October, 2016 Register This year’s GITEX Technology Week aims to be bigger than ever, bringing designers, developers, entrepreneurs, manufacturers, and […]

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 UAE towards the goal of becoming the world’s most sustainable country by 2021. To help the course, Dubai-based Eco Resort […]

Has Falafel Games raised the largest round for a gaming startup in MENA? Lucy Knight • 11 October, 2016 Edit Arabic 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 […]

EFICA Gala Dinner 2016 Source : Wamda.com

Divine Connect, a US-based company building translation devices, won $20,000 at the Global Islamic Economy Summit’s Innovation 4 Impact competition on October 12. The Divine Connect device. (Images via Divine Connect) Launched last year, Divine Connect is a translation receiver for pilgrims visiting Masjid al Haram in Mecca and Masjid al Nabawi in Madina during […]

Launched in October 2015, Medativ is a Dubai-based 3D anatomical model printing company. The company name is a play on its products of “medical additive manufacturing”, says founder Mohamed Elawad. “[When a] surgeon has a complex procedure, he would rely on medical imaging to understand the patient’s disease, think about a surgical approach,” explains Elawad. “But every […]