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The Senior Vice-President and Head of Development Services at Bahrain Development Bank -who is also the Fund Manager at Al Waha Fund of Funds- on how her country's initiatives are enabling not just its own but the region's entrepreneurial ecosystem

ASA Ventures founder and CEO Arif Saiyad wants to empower entrepreneurs to solve real problems.

Dubai-based YaLLa Esports champions the region's gaming culture by presenting esports as a viable career choice and creating homegrown talent.

Ulugbek Yuldashev, founder and CEO of Awok, has led his startup from just three employees in 2013 to a 700-strong team.

The founding partners of Hub71 have committed AED535 million fund to invest in tech startups.

The report, titled Helping Startups Access Funding and published in collaboration with Roland Berger, was released during an event in the Entrepreneurship Advocacy series run by Dubai Startup Hub, the entrepreneurial support arm of Dubai Chamber, at its head office in March.

Before you think about scaling your business, you have to make sure your business is sitting on a solid foundation and is ready to be scaled up.

Expo 2020 Dubai could lead to significant investment in the region, through people moving or expanding their business here.

How insurance firms can prepare themselves for the changes hitting their industry

Five tips for entrepreneurs raising funds in the region (and beyond).

Founded in Dubai in 2015, Medicus AI is an AI-based platform used by diagnostic labs and health insurance companies to provide patient-friendly health reports and foster continuous and personalized well-being coaching.

In addition to potentially closing their Series A round in the first quarter of 2019, Melltoo is planning to launch the Impacter initiative in Saudi Arabia.

Trade insurance can protect your company against the risk of your buyers not paying and sometimes even your suppliers not honoring their obligation.

It goes without saying that bringing impact investing to the forefront would provide a new power and push to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

The Mohammed Bin Rashid Innovation Fund Accelerator's unique member-centric design and services will have a singular focus on achieving innovation excellence.

The partnership with Maharah is expected to accelerate Bloovo's growth across the GCC region.

The Falcon Network is a newly-established angel investors group with committed capital of over US$2 million.

Startups should tap into the opportunity presented by corporate venture capital in the MENA region.

"The MENA is slowly catching up, but we still see a lot of strange asks from some of the newer ecosystem investors."

CE-Ventures plans to invest up to US$150 million in startups over three years.

Property Finder, a MENA real estate classifieds portal, has closed a US $120 million funding round.

While total investment in fintech companies worldwide in H1 2018 hit US$57.9 billion across 875 deals, the $2 billion fintech market in the MENA region has only seen $150 million in investments in the last couple of years.

The focus has shifted beyond simple wealth creation to economies that work to alleviate the social and environmental costs that derive from inequality.

Dubbed the largest vertical focusing on mother, baby and child in the MENA e-commerce space, Mumzworld prepares for the implementation of its aggressive expansion strategy.

iCommunity, Egypt's first mobile community platform for the real estate industry, aims to transform the engagement between residents and real estate developers.

SVPER, an app that revolutionizes the way people meet online, has gained an increased investor confidence due to its potential to improve security, trustworthiness and transparency among its users.