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Enabling the region's high-tech industry could pivot the region for years to come- empowering Arab businesses, equipping youth with critical ICT skills, and maybe fundamentally alter the region's economic trajectory.

On December 1-3, 2017 in Cairo, Egypt, RiseUp Summit 2017 will gather MENA startups to provide an avenue to worldwide resources, with the conference focusing on three main themes: creativity, capital, and technology.

Now in its fourth edition, Entrepreneur Day, a two-day event bringing in prominent tech entrepreneurs regionally and globally, is back on November 15-16, 2017 at Dubai Technology Entrepreneur Centre (DTEC).

Got an idea to make life better in the UAE? Here's your chance to make it a reality.

With more than 100 entrepreneurs from UAE and across the region, the Startup Weekend Ras Al Khaimah 2017 was held at the RAK Incubator And Accelerator.

With a focus to bolster youth entrepreneurship in the region, the Arab Youth Center (AYC), has launched the platform to gather Arab entrepreneurs and investors.

Mohamed Alabbar and Rashid Alabbar on lessons they've learnt from supporting MENA's tech ecosystem, and what it needs.

In this episode of #EntMETalks, at this year's Cityscape, Wesam Lootah, CEO of Dubai Smart Government, discusses the growth trajectory of the implementation of blockchain in Dubai.

For entrepreneurs looking for support, if you know where to look, opportunities are rife- here to inject support to the culture of entrepreneurship in the region, the MIT Enterprise Forum (MITEF) of the Pan Arab Region will be having its Innovation Forum.

The CEO of wasl Asset Management Group on how his company is helping make Dubai the "best city to visit, work and live in."

If you're looking for a way to scale your tech startup, here's your chance to get a boost from a tech giant.

Now seems to be the right time for the aspiring entrepreneurs of the Arab region to take a leap of faith with a business idea that they have always wanted to execute.

The platform was launched in September 2016 with an aim to become the digital gateway for the SME ecosystem in the MENA region.

Given Dubai Chamber's commitment to supporting SMEs and businesses in the UAE, this episode of #EntMETalks sees Essa Al Zaabi, Senior Vice-President, Institutional Support Sector of Dubai Chamber, elaborate on the Chamber's programs to enabling the growth of startups in the UAE.

Kitchen Nation was launched as a platform to cultivate ideas and talent through its services and support system, with the aim being to stand out among the world's culinary incubators in its mission to enable homegrown concepts.

In the four years up to 2016, the UAE digital and technology sector saw 234 private investment deals amounting to over US$1.1 billion, while in 2016, the UAE topped the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) league table in both value and number of tech deals.

For the sixth year in a row, the UAE has topped the chart as the country in which most Arab youth would like to live.

As an entrepreneur well-versed in the MENA startup ecosystem, Jabbar Internet Group Chairman Samih Toukan had a lot to say in our latest edition of #EntMETalks.

Saud Al Nowais, Commercial Counselor for the UAE to the USA, discusses the rise of entrepreneurship in the region, and why investors should take note.

Managing Director Simon Galpin discusses Bahrain Economic Development Board's initiatives to supporting entrepreneurs in the Kingdom.

Bringing women in business together at The W Hotel on May 8, 2017, the third edition of the Achieving Women Forum, featured MENA's leading female leaders in the business arena to share their expertise to the 450 attendees of the half-day conference.