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Influence For Impact: Steve Harvey And Oweis Zahran, Co-Founders, MELT Middle East

Here's how Harvey and Zahran aim to use the power of celebrity to bring people together.

News and Trends

16 Startups Selected For Abu Dhabi-Based Incubator Hub71's Second Cohort Of 2022

This group of 16 pre-seed, seed, and Series-A startups has already raised over US$67 million, collectively.

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Policies For Progress: Enabling The Dynamic Growth Of Social Entrepreneurs In The UAE

As a facilitator of innovation at the nexus of the public, private, and "third" sector-levels, Ma'an remains committed to investing in and enabling the next generation of innovators that will serve a socially aware, community-founded, and sustainable future for all.

领导

Intersectional Impact: Dana Co-Founder And CEO Zada Haj Is Tackling The MENA's Needs For Sustainability And Gender Inclusion With Her Enterprise

Haj believes that creating a more robust agrifood sector with purpose-led infrastructure and appropriate financial backing will decidedly strengthen gender inclusion, as one in four entrepreneurs in the agrifood sector is female.

Starting a Business

Startup Spotlight: Here's How Abu Dhabi-Based Heidron Energy Solutions Is Producing Lighter (And Cheaper) Batteries For Electric Vehicles

By offering Li-ion batteries made out of Silicon anodes, Abu Dhabi-based Heidron Energy Solutions is looking to create a less complex and much cheaper way to produce energy sources for electric vehicles.

Finance

The UAE's ADQ and Jordan's Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship Launch US$100 Million Tech Fund

Building on the UAE's strategic industrial partnership with Jordan, ADQ commits to investing in advancing Jordan's core sectors.

News and Trends

UAE-based META4 Group To Invest INR 250 Crore For EV Two-wheeler Plant In Telangana

The group has set up Volty Energy, which will be setting up a manufacturing plant at Zaheerabad, Telangana, by the end of this year

Women Entrepreneur™

Supermodel, Television Personality, And Entrepreneur Tyra Banks On Launching SMiZE Cream, Personal Branding, And More

"I walked into the room expecting to see all men, but there were all women ... This is not how this place [the UAE] is portrayed back home, and to see these women who are real executives, decision makers, and women in power, giving me strategy for my ice cream business, like, 'Do it like this or that,' or 'I can get you this person for distribution,' and so on, was amazing!"

News and Trends

Abu Dhabi's Supreme Council For Financial And Economic Affairs Launches AED5 Billion IPO Fund To Boost Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange

The launch comes in the midst of the Abu Dhabi government's initiatives to attract more investors into its business ecosystem in the near future.

Entrepreneurs

We Got Funded: Abu Dhabi-Based Insurtech Startup Hala Raises US$5 Million In Series A Round To Expand Across The Middle East

With the new capital infusion, the team plans to launch its new products such as home insurance, as well as scale the enterprise across the Middle East, starting with Saudi Arabia.

领导

Follow The Leader: H.E. Dr. Tariq Bin Hendi, Director General, Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO)

Dr. Bin Hendi is clearly bullish about the potential that Abu Dhabi represents for businesses today, and he's making sure he and his team at ADIO are able to showcase this to the world at large.

News and Trends

Applications Now Open For Microsoft And ADIO's GrowthX Accelerator Program

The GrowthX Accelerator Program aims to link the solutions offered by B2B startups to the challenges faced by corporations.

News and Trends

EFG Hermes继续练马长绳st Streak Of Deals In A Year With Successful Completion Of Its Advisory On The Sale Of Bank Audi S.A.E. To First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC

此次收购将会看到工厂巩固银行奥迪S.A.E's total assets of EGP85.6 billion (as of December 2020) and its well-established retail and corporate banking operations across a network of 53 branches.

Finance

Abu Dhabi-Based Access Bridge Ventures Launches With US$25 Million Fund To Support Early-Stage Startups In The MENA Region

Former International Finance Corporation (IFC) head for MENA and Pakistan Issa Aghabi on co-founding Access Bridge Ventures (ABV), a MENA-focused early-stage venture capital fund.