Dedicated sports and entertainment innovation hub Ethara 1TW to support UAE startups
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UAE announces TradeTech incubator as it supports logistics, AI and finance startups
UAE Ministry of State for Foreign Trade launches incubator to support innovative trade startups
Authority of Social Contribution – Ma’an
Abu Dhabi’s Ma’an announces latest social incubator cohort
Applications for this cohort are open till September 10, 2024
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UAE SME incubator cooking up next-gen food businesses
How The Co-Kitchens is supporting food businesses with shared work spaces and mentoring opportunities
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Riyadh to host third edition of the Gulf Entrepreneurs Forum on Tuesday
The forum targets GCC entrepreneurs and business incubators and accelerators and financing institutions in the GCC to enable entrepreneurs and owners of SMEs to expand at the regional level
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Students and graduates offered opportunity to turn ideas into businesses with Sheraa incubator
The Startup Dojo – Summer 2022 incubator will focus on specific topics such as team building, market sizing, product development, marketing, business modelling, storytelling, and pitching
Abu Dhabi Competitiveness Office
Public and private entities incentivised to support startups through new Abu Dhabi Innovates framework
The framework aims to create and increase demand in innovations, to encourage innovators and entrepreneurs, and to turn ideas into projects
circular economy
Why PepsiCo is looking towards regional startups to address sustainability challenges
Ten MENA-based startups have been selected to be part of PepsiCo Greenhouse Accelerator Programme, launched to support regional startups in launching and scaling concepts for reducing, recycling, or reinventing food and beverage packaging
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In pictures: Shortlist revealed for Sheraa’s Access Sharjah programme
Since its launch, Sheraa has received over 250+ applications from around the globe. Participating entrepreneurs are given access to Sheraa’s team of experts and network of global mentors, business set up support, rent-free coworking spaces and free licensing, a pool of skilled human capital and media coverage.
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20 Saudi start-ups graduate from the Inventions Transfer Accelerator programme
Brand View: The accelerator aims to activate patents across a variety of services aimed at speed up the implementation, development and marketing of inventions to within a maximum of six months
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Badir Program to launch the first agriculture-tech hackathon in Saudi
Brand View: The Hackathon will be held from September 26-28 in the Al-Qassim region
Arab youth
Middle East youth aren’t hungry enough for success: Dubai Chamber chairman
Majid Saif Al Ghurair stressed the need for the private sector to collaborate with students in the bid to promote more youth to have more opportunities in the job market
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BIAC, VentureSouq to launch startup funding initiative in Saudi Arabia
Five investments have already been made, with an additional four to be announced soon
apps
Saudi women tech entrepreneurs flourish at US incubator
Since its inception in 2014, Halcyon Incubator’s full-time fellowship has supported 61 ventures it says have raised more than $56 million and created some 500 jobs, impacting 675,000 people
Arabian Business StartUp
Dubai SME licenses first business incubator
Milestone follows the introduction of the Incubators and Business Accelerators regulations in the emirate
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Dubai firm to develop major media, entrepreneurial hub
Al Ahli Holding Group plans-faceted and all-inclusive incubator and accelerator model
Entrepreneur
Free start-up incubator launches in Dubai
StartUpSchool.me will launch its first pitching round on June 21 and 22