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Google launches “AI First” startup accelerator in MENA

Tech giant Google has launched its Google for Startups Accelerator: AI First programme during an event at the Dubai Future Foundation...

Google Google for Startups Accelerator AI First

Palestine

Google launches new initiative to support Palestinian tech entrepreneurs

US tech giant Google has launched the Palestine Launchpad programme, a Palestine-focused capacity-building programme to help Palestinian...

Google Palestine Launchpad program

Regional

Google launches cleantech accelerator programme for startups in MEA

Google has announced the launch of a cleantech accelerator programme aimed at startups from across the Middle East and Africa. The...

Google

U.A.E

UAE launches national programme for coders

The UAE has unveiled a national programme to train 100,000 coders and set up 1,000 digital companies over the next five years. It also...

Google Coding

Regional

Why Google launched an accelerator for Mena

In October 2020, Google launched its regional accelerator, a three-month virtual programme targeting startups across the Middle East and...

Google accelerator

Regional

Google launches accelerator for startups in Mena

Google is launching a new accelerator programme for startups in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena). The three month programme will...

Google accelerator

U.A.E

meekd.com raises seed investment

Source: Entrepreneur Dubai-based global online search company meekd.com has raised its first round of seed funding for an...

meekd Google Online search engines

U.A.E

The UAE's startup ecosystem: challenges and opportunities

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has found success in diversifying its economy away from oil and becoming the leading business hub for...

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Regional

Google launches online skill-building program for the MENA region

Google announced today the launch of ‘Maharat min Google’, a free digital skills-building program in Arabic, in an effort...

Google Skills

Global

Startup Watch: Google’s new phone, VC money for women startups, and the MENA’s startup economy

The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your...

Google Hong Kong VCs

Global

Artificial Intelligence is making mobile apps even smarter

Artificial Intelligence (AI) enables computers to do much of what humans have traditionally done, and even to correct our mistakes. AI...

AI Mobile Apps Google

Global

Startup Watch: Paint is back, punished Google, and tech titans AI clash

The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your...

Startup Watch Google Paint

Global

Startup Watch: Naughty Google, ATM anniversary and the joy of saying 'no'

The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your...

Startup Watch Google Facebook

U.A.E

Emirati fund wants to create next Google or Tesla

Sandooq Al Watan, a national initiative launched in April 2016 by prominent Emirati businessmen to support research projects, has announced...

uae tesla Google

Regional

How mobile and digital transform the shared Ramadan experience

Technology and digital communication are impacting people’s interactions and activities during Ramadan. Freemium mobile apps like...

Ramadan YouTube snapchat

Bahrain

Startup Watch: breaking stuff, pain = gain, and working for the man

The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your...

Google Startup Watch Uber

Morocco

Moroccan 'search engine for sales' Vendo raises seed round

Two-year-old Moroccan ecommerce search engine Vendo.ma has raised 2.7 million dirhams (US$267,000) from a business angel based in...

Vendo Jumia ecommerce

Global

Startup Watch: Who's reading your emails, the UAE mission to Mars and has power corrupted you yet?

Here’s a roundup of what we’ve been reading this week on those new Pixel phones that do stuff with the flick of a wrist,...

twitter Space Cleantech

U.A.E

Astrolabs: diversifying innovation in Dubai [Q&A]

This is an edited crosspost from Knowledge@Wharton. Muhammed Mekki is well equipped for his mission to promote a robust startup culture...

Astrolabs Google Dubai

Egypt

12 apps, six winners, and one big Egyptian competition

Competitions can sometimes stint on the cash, but not the one held on Wednesday in the lush environs of the downtown American...

Udacity Mobile App Launchpad Egypt

U.A.E

Festival of Media MENA 2016 in Dubai

Building on the success of the 2015 event, the Festival of Media MENA will return to Dubai on April 20, 2016, to celebrate the best media...

speakers award Festival of media MENA festivals

U.A.E

Crowdsourcing code: why startups are turning to open-source software

A playground for startups and corporations alike. (Image via Linuxuser.co.uk) A startup wants a mobile menu for their new app....

Go Jordan Open Source Association Open source software

Maghreb

Moroccan smart car app competition to boost local industry

The future of cars? (Image via McMaster.ca) Forgetting where you parked your car is an embarrassing problem that’s about to become a t...

MagNav self-driving car applications

U.A.E

AstroLabs and Google officially open their coworking space

AstroLabs audience during the launch. (Images via AstroLabs) Just over a year since AstroLabs first announced they would be...

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