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Over 180 applications from across the MENA region were sent in for the 2023 edition of this program, of which six startups were selected to participate in it.

By offering a sector-agnostic competition, London Business School aims to leverage the success of its London-based Incubator program to support business innovators and startup founders across the MENA region.

The announcement highlights the Chamber's aim to boost the Emirate's digital economy, and enhance its appeal to investors.

18 startups have been enrolled in this installment of SANDBOX, which saw a total of more than 1,600 applications to be a part of this 12-month program.

With over 4,000 startups on its platform already, Clara's legaltech services primarily focus on digitizing and automating legal tasks for business founders.

For its third edition, the Leaders in Fintech Awards will be staged in the UAE at Sofitel Dubai The Palm on June 12, 2023.

The launch of the Huawei Cloud Startup Program follows a 2021 report by Gartner that shows that over 95% of new digital workloads will be deployed on cloud-native platforms by 2025

Many of the world's most successful brands have used this popular launch strategy, including design-tool Figma, file hosting service Dropbox, and ride-hailing app Uber.

The ten-week accelerator program will then provide selected participants with access to funding opportunities, networking, regional experts and resources, as well as an ecosystem that fosters innovation.

Saudi Arabia is a large emerging market consisting of a young, tech-hungry consumer base with great infrastructure in place to satiate that appetite.

Out of all applicants, 10 finalists will be chosen to compete at The Startup Den on May 9, 2023, at Al Faisaliah Hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The acquisition comes as part of Labayh's strategy to enhance the state of psychological well being in the Arab world, by creating unique mental health-focused experiences for its users.

"We are backing the Asanas, Stripes, and PayPals of the Saudi market."

Hazen.ai is a company that uses computer vision and deep learning to design intelligent traffic analytic software to help reduce road accidents.

Since its establishment in 2016 in Dammam, Vision Ventures has invested in 47 companies, 20 of which are Saudi-based.

PepsiCo's US$18.2 million partnership with CARE International's She Feeds the World (SFtW) program, powered by the PepsiCo Foundation, aims for an integrative approach to sustainable food systems by putting women empowerment at the heart of its program.

The deal is said to be part of Kitopi's ongoing strategy to invest in and grow much-loved regional brands, and then take them global.

The UAE's new corporate tax law is designed to fast-track the country's economic and strategic development and enhance the competitiveness and attractiveness of the UAE as a business and financial center.

FortyGuard actually started out as a materials science company in 2020, before becoming a data company.

AirCarbon Exchange brings a traditional commodities-based architecture to the voluntary carbon market underpinned by a custom built and proprietary digital architecture.

Bringing an advisory firm on board is analogous to hiring several top-level C-suite executives, even as a startup with minimal overheads.