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Starting a Business

Creativity Crystallizes: TAQADAM, Powered By KAUST And SABB, Invites Applications For Its Fall 2021 Cohort

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.

Growth Strategies

MENA Startups Invited To Apply For The All New Riyadh Techstars Accelerator Program

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.

Growth Strategies

Strategy Bites: Paolo Lomonaco, Chief Financial Officer, Chalhoub Group

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.

Starting a Business

Riyadh-Based Foodics Raises US$20 Million In Series B Funding Round In Bid To Help F&B Outlets Function Better Using Cloud Technology

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.

Growth Strategies

Strategy Bites: Bander A. Mogren, COO, Public Investment Fund

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.

Women Entrepreneur®

The Power Of Possibility: Blossom Accelerator Founder And CEO Emon Shakoor

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

News and Trends

KAUST Teams Up With Makkah Cultural Forum, Ministry Of Hajj And Umrah, And Doyof Al Rahman Program For Inaugural KAUST Challenge

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.

Leadership

2020, The Year That Was: Shaima Saleh Al-Husseini, Managing Director, Saudi Sports For All Federation

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

Growth Strategies

Strategy Bites: Majed Al Sorour, CEO, Golf Saudi

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

Growth Strategies

Strategy Bites: Jerry Inzerillo, CEO, Diriyah Gate Development Authority

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

Growth Strategies

Pacing Growth: Mohammed Aldhalaan On The Lessons Learnt While Building Edtech Platform Noon Academy

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.

Women Entrepreneur®

Weathering The Storm: Endeavor Saudi Arabia Managing Director Lateefa Alwaalan

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.

Starting a Business

How Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology Is Creating A New Generation Of Tech Champions

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

News and Trends

AstroLabs' New Online Platform Eases Procedures For Setting Up Foreign Companies In Saudi Arabia

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.

Entrepreneurs

For The Greater Good: Basma Altwejri's New Book, "From Society, For Society," Looks Into Social Entrepreneurship Across The MENA Region

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.