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Carerha has signed with O West to host the Carerha Summit 2026 on 21 November. The event marks its fifth edition since 2022. No past attendance figures or ticket price were disclosed.
TiE Women named five founders for a December final at GITEX Global 2026, after virtual heats from 8 to 17 September. More than 250 businesses applied. A prize for this year’s title was not published. The five also get a booth at Expand North Star.
Women account for 36 percent of Saudi Arabia's technology workforce, a figure set out as LEAP 2026 opened in Riyadh and described by organisers as the highest share among G20 countries.
Standard Chartered Foundation, Entlaq and Village Capital have opened applications for the second Women in Tech Accelerator Egypt cohort. Twelve women-led startups will get investment readiness training and mentorship, with three winners sharing $35,000 in equity-free grants.
Saudi Arabia added more than 71,000 new commercial registrations in the second quarter of 2026, a figure that keeps business formation running at a pace that would have looked implausible a decade ago, pushing total active records past 1.91 million.
Saudi Arabia has poured money into the headline grabbing corners of its cultural ambitions, but fashion has quietly become the next sector to get dedicated capital. The Fashion Fund has unveiled a new identity as ZYA Fund, the kingdom's first private equity vehicle for fashion, with SAR 300 million to deploy.
Women still raise a tiny fraction of the startup funding flowing through the Middle East, and programs built to close that gap have become a practical response. TiE Dubai has opened applications for the seventh edition of its TiE Women MENA Program for 2026, one of the region's largest platforms for women led startups.
Khalifa Fund and Hub71 have welcomed 17 Emirati founders into the first MZN Hub71 cohort selected from more than 370 applications. The three-month programme based in Al Ain supports early-stage startups across healthtech fintech climatetech and agritech.
Snoonu has backed HASIF a Qatari AI-powered accounting startup through its Startup Factory initiative. It is the program's second investment following Sufra AI and signals Snoonu's shift from platform operator to active ecosystem builder.