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Improving financial inclusion for SMEs could boost annual economic growth by 1% per year, and also lead to a potential 16 million jobs by 2025 in the Middle East and Central Asia regions.

Grants from Sheraa's US$1 million fund will be awarded to entrepreneurs committed to creating real impact.

Our challenges here relate largely to the barriers created by existing banking systems, which will take time to overcome, and regulatory challenges that regulators across the region are already working hard to rectify.

By giving people access to their earned income (both salary and commissions), and potentially giving them access to pensions or end of service funds whenever needed, we could create a knock-on effect that could transform the local and global economy.

If you are worried about the outcome of this slowdown, there are some financial moves you can make to protect your position.

Dubai-based startup Okadoc makes history by closing the largest ever Series A round for a healthtech startup in the MENA region

Why we need Western venture capital firms in the Middle East entrepreneurial landscape (and how to get them to invest in your startup).

Lead investors play a crucial social, and obviously, economic role for a startup's launch into a market.

The idea for Fodel was born when Benturquia herself searched for a better alternative to home delivery for her online purchases.

ADIO's Ventures Fund is an initiative of the Abu Dhabi Government's Ghadan 21 accelerator program.

TurtleTree is the world's first company using technology to create real milk from animal cells, with no animal required

Invest wisely, ensuring that we are not lulling people –investors and employees– into a false sense of security on where they are investing their money and time.

Backstage Capital founder Arlan Hamilton on starting a VC firm that looks out for underestimated (aka underrepresented) entrepreneurs.

The banks' own management know fintech companies are what they need, but they are doing nothing about it!

A first-hand account of having to deal with banks as an entrepreneur in the UAE

Running a fintech startup offers a unique chance to change the world.

It has never been a better time to be a man or a woman with a plan, the ambition, and the drive to succeed in the UAE.

Allied Investment Partners, a partnership between Al Hail Holding and Future Capital, is raising an AED5 billion fund to invest in products that straddle across the risk spectrum.

Enabling global entrepreneurial success stories from the MENA region

Founded by Elie Haber, Johnny Khazzoum, and Tony Abou Mrad in January 2019, Food To Go offers technology-driven restaurant operations to franchisers and food outlets, helping them sustain quality amid today's increasing restaurant operational costs.

The Dubai-based venture capital firm BECO Capital has closed its second fund at US$100 million

The future of payments and digital innovation depends on the ability to collaborate with traditional and new players in the banking and payments sector to solve real consumer and merchant needs.

As customer expectations rise –fuelled by the ever-improving user experience of digital services– their patience falls, meaning banks are constantly having to race to keep up.

It is imperative to follow fundamental rules and keep certain key considerations in mind to avoid facing financial issues that may lead to bankruptcy.

Today's tech-savvy millennials, who have information at their fingertips, have underlined the need for a new business model that the property sector cannot ignore.

Entrepreneurs in the UAE highlight banking services, and in particular the obstacles to opening a bank account, as their number 1 challenge according to entrepreneurship advocacy white paper released by Dubai Chamber and Roland Berger in 2018.