, Thomson Reuters, DSOA, competition Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai, UAE Innovation 4 Impact Competition 05 October, 2015 – 06 October, 2015 Thomson Reuters has thrown its considerable weight in a partnership with Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA) and launched the Innovation 4 Impact Competition. The competition is part of the shared commitment between the two organizations to support emerging economies […]
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, Gulf Customer Experience Award, digital, uae Dubai Gulf Customer Experience Awards 2015 21 October, 2015 – 21 October, 2015 The importance of digital customer experience is greater than ever before. Digital technology has become part of everyday life for the majority of consumers, and has challenged customer expectations around service, delivery and communications. With […]
Al Ahli Group acquires US based social media company theAudience
Al Ahli Group acquires US based social media company theAudience Maya Rahal • 17 September, 2015 Edit Arabic Oliver Luckett during an interview with TheWrap UAE based conglomerate Al Ahli Holding Group has acquired theAudience, a social-media and digital content marketing agency based in Los Angeles. The deal is an unusual one in that it […]
Dubai’s smart city goal creeps closer
Dubai wants to be a world-leader in building smart cities and it’s attracting corporate players from around the world clamouring to be involved in the futuristic project. Wamda met with Rabih Dabboussi, managing director of CISCO UAE to talk about how Dubai’s smart city strategy, launched last year, should work and the role the various […]
The Law: 3 legal concerns of UAE startups and how to solve them
The law and startups – an essential partnership. (Image via wrike.com) When it comes to setting up a business in the UAE, entrepreneurs tend to have a multitude of concerns regarding the legality of it all. Which zone to choose, proprietary rights, how to deal with partners… the list goes on. In order to mentor […]
Mini Exchange secures over $1M in seed funding
Screenshot of MiniExchange for Eid sale. Mini Exchange, an outlet for childrens retailers’ and an online marketplace for parents to buy everything related to mums and kids needs, announced today closing its seed fundraising round of over $1 million. Founder Sarah Appleton, a British expat in Dubai who quit her job at Deloitte and launched […]
It’s alive! Epygen organisms alter ME oil industry
The oil game is still played very traditionally in the Middle East, but companies such as Dubai’s biotech firm Epygen Labs are slowly encouraging the sector to rethink the old ways. Debayan Ghosh (below) and Ariyarathenam Manickam, a researcher and a businessman respectively, were the first to move into Dubai’s DuBiotech Park in 2005, launching […]
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, GIES, Islamic economy , Dubai Jumeirah, Dubai Global Islamic Economy Summit 2015 05 October, 2015 – 06 October, 2015 In 2013, the inaugural Global Islamic Economy Summit introduced to the world the idea of a cohesive global Islamic Economy. This year’s summit will be the platform for over 2,000 policymakers and business leaders to […]
Taskspotting app raises $1.2M Series A round
Market research app Taskspotting has announced the closing of their Series A round, to the tune of $1.2 million, led by Mena Venture Investments and an as yet unnamed Saudi corporate. Launched at Arabnet’s Digital Summit in June 2014, the Dubai-based app now apparently boasts 35,000 users and clients including Mars, Unilever, IKEA and Estée […]
Melltoo launches premium service – Wamda
Things are moving fast at Melltoo Marketplace. The Dubai-based mobile classifieds startup has just rolled out a new premium service just a few short months after securing a seed fund, and is getting ready to raise a Series A round. Melltoo users in the UAE can now post, browse, buy, and sell items without leaving […]