Speakers

Sharifa AlBarami
Wadi Accelerator
Managing Director

David Fernandez
Startup Chile
Business Intelligence Executive

Hala Fadel
MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab
Chair and Founder

Tarek Fahim
Endure Capital
Managing Partner

Sharif El-Badawi
500 Startups
Partner

Ahmed El Alfi
Sawari Ventures
Founder and Chairman
Final Award Ceremony Agenda
Date: April 19, 2018
Time: 5:00 pm [GMT +4]
Location: Oman Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hall 2, Muscat, The Sultanate of Oman
5:00 pm
Semi Finalists's Exhibition
5:30 pm
Registrations
6:00 pm
Opening Notes
6:15 pm
Panel discussion on "Building Emerging Ecosystems"
6:33 pm
Fireside Chat on “The DNA of successful tech companies”
6:43 pm
Panel discussion on "What Silicon Valley investors want to see in MENA"
7:10 pm
Announcement of this year's winners [Ideas, Social Entrepreneurship, and Startups Track]
8:10 pm
Networking Dinner
About The Competition
The Arab Startup Competition is a yearly competition run by the MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab that pits entrepreneurs in 3 different tracks: Ideas Track, Startups Track and Social Entrepreneurship Track. The winning entrepreneurs are awarded prizes worth more than USD 160K and benefit from a range of other activities, including top tier training, mentorship, coaching, media exposure, and great networking opportunities.
Startups Track
Caters to legally registered companies. Applicants should have a working prototype and ideally some user traction and some sales.
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Caters to entrepreneurs with innovative ideas. Applicants are not required to have a prototype, sales or have their service registered as a company.
read moreSocial Entrepreneurship Track
Caters to companies whose core product or service addresses a social problem.
read moreWhy Apply
- Top Tier Trainings
- Mentorship
- Media Exposure
- Networking Opportunities
- Equity Free Prize Money