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Renowned UAE-based restaurateur Panchali Mahendra has launched a wellness concept, Solace, that allows you to "order" in a massage that you can enjoy in the privacy of your home.

Sekka Managing Editor Sharifah Alhinai offers insights that can help students who would like to venture into the world of entrepreneurship while they are still in university.

AIM focuses on building a strong homegrown talent pool, as well as on producing content from the region targeted primarily towards the young adult audience

Within three years post launch, Izaak Azanei crossed the US$1 million revenue mark, becoming profitable after year one, while still being fully self-funded, without a single external investor.

As an online fashion marketplace that connects brands, customers, and fashion stylists with each other, Taffi also offers expert recommendations from stylists from the comfort of one's own home.

Ezze Car was launched as a virtual marketplace for car rental companies to list their cars and manage their fleets, with an aim to become a one-stop-shop for car renters to find cars that meet their requirements.

While the COVID-19 pandemic challenged us all over the past two years, it also illuminated the tremendous potential for technology to support the participation of women in the workforce who might otherwise have been excluded or actively opted out.

With a vision to disrupt domestic tourism and hospitality operations in Qatar, Egypt, and the MENA region through digital transformation, Turismo's goal is to offer a seamless and worthwhile experience in the region, for both residents and visitors alike.

With its age-old culture of welcoming people, and drawing upon its abundant resources, Saudi Arabia may be poised for incubating a new type of entrepreneurship.

The inaugural Women SME Leaders Awards 2022, staged by Mastercard and Entrepreneur Middle East, celebrated some of the region's most enterprising women-owned and run SMEs across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region.

Drawing on founder Winifred Mills-Amui's Ghanaian heritage, the Winifred Mills label creates clothes that not only fit, but also flatter and accentuate strong female silhouettes.

"As a dermatologist, I discovered my talent for aesthetic medicine very early on, since my results were outstanding from day one."

"Inclusivity in makeup matters. Every skin tone should be seen and considered when creating products."

As someone who started cooking at the age of five in her native city of Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam, Nguyen is clearly at home in her role today as the Executive Chef of Vietnamese Foodies, the award-winning homegrown restaurant franchise that she founded in 2018 in the UAE.

Encouraging female entrepreneurs to kick start their journey has benefits that go beyond just boosting the global gross domestic product.

A selection of the many pieces of great advice that have been shared with us by women thriving in the region's business domain.

Designed for fashionable conscious consumers, Veganologie's first collection consisted of crossbody bags, wallets, and card holders, made using vegan and sustainable materials.

Using the iCharge Point mobile application, users can rent portable power banks from vending machines located at over 400 locations across Dubai.

Shahnaz Bagherzadeh, founder of Vivel Patisserie, on how her Dubai-born enterprise has evolved from a way to earn a living to a family-owned business that's gone global.

According to The Economist, women's healthtech focuses on solutions which aid most of the world's 4 billion women at some point in their lives, creating a huge potential market.

If automotive companies are not proactive in creating and promoting an appealing workplace conducive to gender equality, they might miss vital competitive advantages.