News Inc.Arabia Staff Startups Called To Compete In FHS World 2025’s PitchPoint Contest I... PitchPoint is a new competition being staged at this year's edition of the Future Hospitality Summit, aka FHS World 2025, which runs from October 27-29 at Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai, UAE.
News Inc.Arabia Staff FedEx expands in Saudi Arabia, aligning with Vision 2030 FedEx launches direct West-to-Kingdom flight and new freight forwarding services, boosting Saudi Vision 2030 goals for logistics, connectivity, and economic growth.
News Inc.Arabia Staff BlueFive Capital, CICC Capital Set Up Private Equity Fund To Help C... CICC Capital is the private equity arm of China International Capital Corporation Limited.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Saudi Arabia To Host Inaugural Esports Nations Cup In 2026 The Esports Nations Cup extends the mission of the Esports World Cup—the world’s largest multi-title esports event—into a new layer of global competition.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff UAE-Based Maalexi Lands US$20 Million Credit Facility From Amwal Ca... Founded by Rohit Majhi and Azam Pasha in the UAE in 2021, Maalexi enables SMEs to participate directly in cross-border food and agri-trade by reducing risk, optimizing capital, and improving transaction security.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Regional Telcos Come Together To Launch The GCC’s First Sustainabil... The event is designed to surface practical green technology solutions and reimagine how telecom networks are powered, maintained, and scaled.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff UAE-Based Holo Bags US$22 Million Series A To Fuel GCC Expansion Inc. Arabia spoke with Holo co-founder and CEO Michael Hunter to understand how the investment—billed as one of the largest Series A rounds in the GCC—came about.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff Egypt-Based Zaher AI Raises US$150,000 To Advance Generative Engine... Zaher AI founder and CEO Anwar Aly tells Inc. Arabia how his startup is tackling a key issue in the MENA market: the near-invisibility of Arabic websites and brands in AI-generated responses.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Inc. Arabia’s Women Of Influence 2025: Meet The Female Leaders Shap... Women of Influence, Inc. Arabia’s annual celebration of women in the MENA business landscape, takes pride of place in the publication’s August 2025 issue.
Technology Inc.Arabia Staff Savvy Games Group Partners With AWS To Develop Saudi Gaming Ecosystem Amazon Web Services (AWS) is bringing two of its programs to Saudi Arabia’s gaming scene—Skill Builder to train developers in cloud and AI, and Activate to equip startups with resources, perks, and growth support.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff UAE’s CE-Ventures Backs US$100 Million Round in American Nuclear St... Inc. Arabia spoke to Sudarshan Pareek, Senior Vice President of CE-Ventures, to understand the motivation for the firm's inroads into the nuclear energy domain.
Technology Inc.Arabia Staff Kuwait’s Academy X, Backed by Talabat and CODED, Graduates New Cohort Academy X is a Kuwait-based initiative to empower women in tech and entrepreneurship.
News Inc.Arabia Staff KSA-Based Gaming Accelerator Exel by Merak Stages First Demo Day Inc. Arabia spoke with Faisal Sedrani, Head of Exel by Merak, to understand the accelerator’s mission to combine funding with holistic support that strengthens both founders and their companies.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Flat6Labs, Google For Startups Launch Nawah Pre-Accelerator In Pale... Launching October 19 this year, the four-month-long Nawah program aims to take Palestinian founders from idea to minimum viable product, offering mentorship, workshops, and investor access.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Applications Open For The 2025 Edition Of The UAE's Future 100 Init... The initiative, which is run by the UAE Ministry of Economy and Tourism and the Government Development and Future Office, aims to recognize 100 of the country's most innovative and fastest-growing companies in new economy sectors.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Riyadh To Host Global Fintech Leaders At Money20/20 Middle East Thi... This year’s edition of Money20/20 Middle East is being hosted by the Saudi Financial Sector Development Program, Saudi Central Bank, Capital Market Authority, and Saudi Insurance Authority, and co-organized by Fintech Saudi and Tahaluf.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Dubai-Based Ascend Esports Launches UAE Tournament For Female Gamers The Valorant Female Tournament is open to all casual and semi-competitive female players looking to test their skills, connect with like-minded gamers, and level up their game.
News Inc.Arabia Staff 500 Global Launches Sustainable Innovation Program With An Accelera... With this new initiative, 500 Global is seeking to mobilize mission-aligned capital and support venture development across emerging ecosystems in the Global South.
News Inc.Arabia Staff F6 Group Debuts In Egypt As Flat6Labs Restructures, Launches F6 Ven... Under the new setup, F6 Ventures, a new launched seed-stage investment firm, and Flat6Labs—which has been operating for nearly 15 years—will become subsidiaries of the newly formed F6 Group.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Abu Dhabi-Based Synervest Group Raises US$4 Million Series A Synervest Group founder Alexander Oelfke spoke to Inc. Arabia about the company’s vision for building the infrastructure layer of global finance.
News Inc.Arabia Staff 7awi Media Group Joins SYNC25 in Damascus, Reinforces Commitment to... 7awi Media Group Marks Strategic Engagement at SYNC25, Fostering Syria's Re-emerging Digital and Creative Economy
News Inc.Arabia Staff KSA-Based Salasa Closes US$30 Million Series B Round Founded by Hasan Alhazmi and Abdulmajeed Alyemni in Saudi Arabia in 2017, Salasa provides end-to-end solutions for e-commerce, including fulfillment, shipping, inventory management, bonded zones, last-mile delivery, and cross-border logistics.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Egypt-Based Suplyd Raised US$2 Million Pre-Seed With the newly-acquired funding, the startup aims to move beyond distribution and develop a full-stack infrastructure to serve Egypt’s $10 billion hotel, restaurant, and catering (HORECA) supply chain.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Libya-Based Mataa Closes Seed Round From Angel Investors Founded by Ibrahim Shuwehdi in 2022, Mataa is a shopping app adopting a marketplace model, where it empowers Libyan merchants to access the country’s over six million internet users.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff Egypt-Based Wuilt Raises US$2 Million To Democratize E-Commerce Wuilt co-founder and CEO Ahmed Rostom spoke to Inc. Arabia about his company's mission to make e-commerce accessible to all.
Events Sponsored Content Inside WHX Tech: The Exclusive New Healthtech Event Everyone’s Talk... This September, WHX Tech arrives in Dubai with a clear mission: to bring together the leaders, innovators, and decision makers who are shaping what’s next in digital health.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff Dubai-Based Innovation Collective Obsession Unveils The Moonshot Ch... Obsession founder and CEO Mohamad Badr explains to Inc. Arabia how The Moonshot Challenge will empower founders to build bold, gamechanging businesses in the MENA.
News Inc.Arabia Staff REACH Middle East Launches To Back MENA Real Estate Tech Dubai Land Department (DLD), the real estate regulator for the emirate of Dubai, has partnered with US-based proptech investment fund Second Century Ventures to launch REACH Middle East
News Inc.Arabia Staff Wamda And Inc. Arabia Collaborate To Strengthen Startup Storytellin... The partnership reflects a shared commitment to inclusive storytelling and media access for founders, entrepreneurs, and ecosystem enablers across the Arab world.
News Inc.Arabia Staff UAE-Based Femtech Startup Ovasave Raises US$1.2 Million Pre-Seed Ovasave co-founders Torkia Mahloul and Majd Abu Zant talk to Inc. Arabia about how they are building a flexible, tech-enabled ecosystem to redefine how women across the MENA access fertility and hormonal care.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Sanabil Investments, LAUNCH Announce Founder University The program is designed to empower year-zero and year-one MENA-based early-stage founders to build scalable startups
News Inc.Arabia Staff Calo Raises US$39 Million Series B Extension To Boost Growth Calo co-founder and CEO Ahmed Al Rawi spoke to Inc. Arabia about the foodtech startup’s US$39 million Series B extension and its vision to personalize healthy eating.
News Inc.Arabia Staff The World Wide Web Turns 30 World Wide Web Day commemorates the revolutionary invention that has globally interconnected people, celebrating its groundbreaking impact.
Technology Inc.Arabia Staff KSA Launches Taqatech Accelerator To Support Energy Startups The accelerator focuses on supporting ventures that contribute to economic diversification, local content development, and the localization of technology.
News Inc.Arabia Staff IFZA, Plug And Play Launch Scale360 Accelerator The initiative supports international startups entering the UAE and helps them build partnerships to expand across the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Europe.