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This is a summary of the challenges presented by Sponsors @HackAMena #Hack4impact event. Pi-Slice Pi Slice is a Crowd Lending Platform, it connects different Micro finance Institutions. These institutions list entrepreneurs approved for funding. This kind of a platform is the first of its kind in the middle-east. Lending starts at 20$, the platform aggregate the money in order to approved entrepreneurs. Tenure is one year. The Challenge: MEA market is mostly Cash on Delivery

The application period is opened. Under patronage of Russian Business Council, the biggest Russian startup expedition Startup Sabantuy is coming to Dubai. Startup Sabantuy is initiated by the most effective High Technology Park in the Russian Federation called IT-park. It was based 5 years ago in the city of Kazan and few years later in Naberezhnye Chelny, Republic of Tatarstan. Startup Sabantuy is the international expedition held by IT-park which is aimed to find ambitious

Dubai-based technology startup accelerator TURN8 has added ten new companies, bringing its portfolio size to 32 companies. Companies in the new round represent a number of technology innovations including peer-to-peer marketplaces, on-demand delivery, facilitation of online and offline connections, paperless e-ticketing for events, and healthcare. TURN8 is an early stage seed accelerator founded by DP World to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship globally, starting with

Reactions only happen once. That’s the motto of Vidium (http://vidiumapp.com/), a new video chat service that hopes to reinvent the way we stay in touch with distant relatives and friends. Co-founder and CEO Khalid Al-Jaaidi says the idea came to him at random, but the epiphany moment didn’t happen until he experienced a personal frustration with the way digital chatting currently works. “A friend of mine from Malaysia sent me a 25-second voice clip on Whatsapp,” he recalls.

Being one of the 9 selected startups, KarmaSnap graduates from the very first cohort of Citrix Startup Accelerator- Bangalore. Bangalore, India, March 9, 2015 – KarmaSnap, a Bangalore based startup working is the social impact sector graduated from the Citrix Startup Accelerator last week. Citrix, an American multinational software company started its Startup Accelerator in India last year and KarmaSnap was one among the 4 non-Citrix external teams selected to be part of the

DP World backed TURN8 is seeking innovative technology ideas for the next round of its seed accelerator programme. Individuals and teams can pitch their innovative ideas or early stage businesses at a number of events scheduled in MENA and EMEA. Ideas can also be submitted online. This will be the fifth round of investment made by the TURN8 programme, which educates, mentors and provides seed funding for new technology startups from around the world. Previous rounds have incl

RocketInternet is a German Based Incubator that builds e-commerce companies by replicating tried-and-tested business models in emerging markets outside US & China. One of the well know Rocket's internet Dubai Startups is Namshi.com co-founded by Rocket's internet Director and supported by their platform. On February 11th, Rocket internet announced the largest Tech Startup acquisition in the middle-east of Talabat.com - famous food ordering platform. This is the second large a