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KSA entrepreneur Tariq Nasraldeen, founder and Chief Executive Aviator of Firnas Aero, to elevate the drone industry by exploring an untapped avenue- the use of drones on airport runways.

Want to emulate the accomplishments of Formula One legend, Billionaire founder Flavio Briartore? Get ready to put in the work, he says.

For those who apply by April 18. 2021, the TAQADAM bootcamp will start in August 2021, followed by the actual accelerator program running through March 2022.

Selected participants will be able to get access to mentorship from the Techstars and MCIT networks, receive funding for their startups, and attend customized workshops.

Lomonaco speaks to LIRA Strategy Partners founder and Managing Director Raffaella Campagnoli on what it means to be doing business in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

This latest round of funding has entailed a total of $28 million raised by Foodics in recent months- a move that is expected to help the firm inch closer towards its goal of becoming the next Saudi unicorn.

In this edition of "Strategy Bites", Bander A. Mogren, COO of Public Investment Fund, gives his take on what it means to be doing business in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

This neuroscience researcher turned entrepreneur is on a mission to enable female founders in Saudi Arabia (and beyond).

The KAUST Challenge is aimed at improving the Hajj and Umrah experience of pilgrims across the world, as well as paving the path to making Makkah a smart city.

Al-Husseini's sense of accomplishment came after she witnessed firsthand how people were reacting to the initiatives that the Federation was spearheading.

Fadan says he and his team at Telfaz11 are grateful for the silver linings that have come out for the enterprise in 2020, all of which have only served to reinforce their goals for the company in the long term.

CEO Majed Al Sorour on how he and his entity are going about facilitating the uptake of golf in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

"We are all living our business days driven by a tremendous positive energy directing the Kingdom towards its new future."

Launched in 2013, the Saudi Arabia-headquartered digital learning platform has adopted a gamification approach to its educational services to ensure the users find it interactive and engaging, and here's why.

According to Alwaalan, many companies from the Endeavor Saudi Arabia network, with them attracting capital and closing funding rounds even at the peak of the disruptions caused by COVID-19, prove that a crisis does not necessarily lead to capital scarcity and failures in business.

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) is bolstering the country's digital economy.

Touted as the first of its kind in the region, the Set Up In Saudi platform provides a simple and easy process for registering a company in Saudi Arabia.

With the intention to give an unbiased, holistic view of how innovative yet socially responsible practices across different industries work, Altwejri's book tells the stories of people from across the social entrepreneurship spectrum.

Investment in Middle Eastern fintech companies is expected to grow to around US$2 billion in venture capital by 2022, which will fund 465 fintech companies, an increase from $80 million that was raised by 30 fintech companies in 2017.

The Maharat app has been designed to detect early-childhood needs and problems of more than 10 million children across the Arab world.

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.