Arab Startup Competition

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.

Ideas Track

Caters to entrepreneurs with innovative ideas. Applicants are not required to have a prototype, sales or have their service registered as a company.

Social Entrepreneurship Track

Caters to companies whose core product or service addresses a social problem.

Why Apply

Top Tier Trainings
Mentorship
Media Exposure
Networking Opportunities
Equity Free Prize Money

Entrepreneurs Received Top Tier Trainings

Startups Established

Jobs Created By The Competition's Alumni

Applicants Since 2006

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Timeline

5 December 2017

Application Submission Deadline

12 January 2018

Announcement Of Semifinalists

18,19 April 2018

Final Event

Last Year's Winners

MoneyFellows

Trukker Technologies DMCC

Riego

Kiliim

Mind Rockets

Carpolo

Blink

SpicaTech Academy

Nano Green Hub

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