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Alabbar is also the founder and chairman of Emaar Properties, the group behind various malls and retail businesses in Dubai, including The Dubai Mall.

Today's work environment bears hardly any resemblance to that of a few decades ago.

Sensing an imminent growth explosion in Southeast Asia's e-commerce industry, The Abraaj Group has been busy ramping up its portfolio in the last two months.

Themed "Dive Into Your Destiny," the event is structured in the form of a series of workshops. along with a physical outdoor activity that will aim to teach entrepreneurs to push their boundaries and meet challenges.

Emirates NBD's UAE Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) data for March has shown encouraging growth signs for the UAE's non-oil private enterprises.

At a time when businesses across sectors are feeling the need to reinvent traditional models, the summit will see participants from technology companies, publishers and media agencies discuss challenges and opportunities of the digital era for the MENA region.

In a step that has the potential to bring about a pivotal change in the region's economic prospects, Saudi Arabia is reportedly planning to establish "the largest fund on earth," of over US$2 trillion in value to help reduce its dependency on oil.

Palestinian siblings Ameer and Joey El-issa, popularly known as "The Bearded Bakers" in Australian food circles, decided to launch Knafeh Bakery in October 2014 in Sydney.

Few of these leaders grew to an extent that it is now impossible for us to separate the company from its chief.

In a year of sluggish growth for the region's economy, Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA) -a 100% government-owned free zone- has reported strong results for 2015, an indication of the UAE's turn toward technology to diversify its economy.

The day is not too far away when amputees will be able to perceive shapes and textures on touch, thanks to a team of Swiss scientists who have developed a bionic finger.

Bannister's team beat out 150 other teams to clinch the title, including local favorites Dubai Dronetek, who came in second.

Pigeons are back as messengers in the streets of London, and this time, they are in-charge of carrying messages about a crucial concern for us all– air pollution.

Charicycles is a startup that designs and 'upcycles' old bicycles remodeling them into vintage yet modern rides, and further customizing them to suit the customer's personality.

Wadi.com received US$67 million in Series A funding from Al Tayyar Travel Group Holdings and existing investors Middle East Internet Group (the Middle Eastern leg of Rocket Internet), just 10 months after its launch.

Moving towards an economy dominated by cashless transactions can bring tangible benefits to both emerging and developed economies.

The team designed a mobile application Efhamni (Arabic for "Understand Me"), which teaches Emirati sign language.

Despite being part of a crowded messaging app market, dominated by giants like WhatsApp and Slack, the San Francisco-based Blend has caught the attention of MENA's investing community in its recent round of funding.

The name Almasika was derived from two words: 'Almasi' meaning diamonds in Swahili, and 'Sika' meaning gold in several West African languages.

Students from Palestine's Birzeit University emerged as the winners of the eighth cycle of the Ripples of Happiness program organized by The Coca-Cola Foundation and INJAZ Al-Arab.

The 2016 edition follows the Cairo Mini Maker Faire 2015, which holds the distinction of being the first Maker Faire (a concept with its origins in California, USA) event in the MENA region.

STEP Conference is returning for its fourth edition on April 4-5, 2016 at the Dubai International Marine Club.

Dubai Minds aims to do away the "awkwardness" surrounding young work experiences, and instead, make them acceptable and celebrated in the workplace.

The third edition of Entrepreneurship in Economic Development (EED) forum, a platform that assesses the role of entrepreneurship in Qatar's economic development will be held in Doha on March 7-8, 2016.

Involver - Social Volunteering is a platform that connects volunteers to social causes and help corporations and non-profits run data-oriented structured CSR programs economically.

Seedstars Summit 2016, an entrepreneurship conference focused on emerging markets, will be held on March 3, 2016 at the Swiss Tech Convention Centre in Lausanne, Switzerland.

According to the survey, in 2015, small businesses felt considerable heat in aspects like growth outlook, revenue prospects and fund-raising.

Beauty e-commerce startup GlamBox surveyed 1,000+ women shoppers in UAE to understand their beauty shopping habits.

Styck App, a fitness mobile application for smartphones, is using rewards as bait to capture the fitness-conscious side of its users.

Nine aspiring entrepreneurs have completed their three-month long training and mentorship experience