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Hub71 today announced that Aldar Properties, the Department of Health, DoH, and the Abu Dhabi Global Market, ADGM, have come together as partners for its MENA Growth Competition, powered by the MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab. Hub71 is an initiative of the Ghadan 21 programme and global tech ecosystem in …

Dubai Start-up Hub, an initiative of Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, has launched the third edition of its Market Access programme which aims to enhance cooperation and facilitate deals between innovative start-ups, SMEs, leading companies and government entities in Dubai. Start-ups and SMEs are invited to submit innovative ideas …

His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on Sunday announced the approval of a three-year Dh50 billion budget for the Abu Dhabi Government Accelerators Programme ‘Ghadan 21’. “Dh20 billion will be allocated to the 2019 development …

The Smart Dubai Office, SDO, has organised a workshop titled “Public-Private Engagement Towards a Data Economy”, as part of its efforts to implement a strategy and policy package to engage the private sector in the Dubai Data Initiative. The workshop sought to encourage the private sector in Dubai to participate …

Investors can set up new businesses and companies in the UAE in just 15 minutes now through the ‘Bashr’ online platform proposed by the TRA in partnerships with more than 50 federal and local governments. According to Hamad Obaid Al Mansouri, Director General of Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), the process …

Dubai-based Callix aims to capitalise on human interaction instead of impersonal digital personas to help small- and medium-sized enterprises in the UAE to drive business and unify customer experience. According to Forrester data, 72 per cent of businesses list customer experience improvement as a top priority. Arif Saiyad, founder and …

An Emirati company is seeking to marry the disparate worlds of stoic corporate giants, and nimble, unorthodox start-ups. Sharjah-based Crescent Enterprises, the business conglomerate that owns Gulftainer, Dana Gas, and Crescent Petroleum, also operates in venture capital (VC), in the form of CG Ventures, a $150-million fund that it deploys …

Restaurant reservation start-up Eat is on a mission to help restaurants increase their revenue by providing table and reservation management systems that drive incremental bookings. Founded by Nezar Kadhem, his aim is to become a global company. “The business keeps exciting us. We have signed three major deals this year …

A long-standing business partner of the UAE, Kuwait has over the past 18 months made renewed efforts to establish its companies in the emirates. The Kuwait Business Council (KuwaitBC), a private sector initiative that is run as a non-governmental organisation (NGO), was set up in May 2016 to assist Kuwaiti …