“I believe that every day is an opportunity to enjoy and experience new things.”
Despite being only 23 years-old, Chaimae El Mahdaoui has a list full of incredible achievements. Part of the winning team of the Arab Innovation Academy 2019, Chaimae is also a…
From Participant to Designer: Meet Shaikha Alsubaey
The Arab Innovation Academy is the biggest entrepreneurship program in the Arab Region. Every year, more than 200 participants of 30 nationalities get together at Qatar Science and Technology Park…
AIA Recap: Everything that happened at the 2019 Edition
Can you hear the clock ticking? Oh yes, we’ve just started our countdown to the Arab Innovation Academy of 2020! Before we move forward to next year, we want to…
5 Startups from Qatar You Need to Know
At the beginning of 2019, the Harvard Business Review published an article presenting how Qatar is building its own Silicon Valley. As we know, Silicon Valley is a world-renowned synonym…
Hello Qatar: Arab Innovation Academy is back
The Arab Innovation Academy (AIA) will return to Qatar in 2020. The entrepreneurship program will take place from January 7th to the 20th, gathering more than 200 participants from 30…
Top Teams from Arab Innovation Academy 2019
The Arab Innovation Academy is proud to present the top teams of the 2019 program. Seeing students developing the skills and confidence needed to develop startups ideas from scratch and…
Harvard Business Review: Qatar Is Building Its Own Version of Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley has become a global byword for high technology and the archetype of a tech innovation ecosystem that supplies everything a startup can’t succeed without. So, the fact is…
Meet Sharifa Al-Barami – Angel Investor at AIA | #mentorsofAIA
Sharifa Al-Barami is an Angel Investor at Arab Innovation Academy. During the program, we have the chance to interview her and talk about her role during the program. So, if…
Meet Rodrigo Alvarenga – Chief Mentor at AIA | #mentorsofaia
Rodrigo de Alvarenga is a startup grinder, angel investor, mentor, board member, entrepreneur, professor and passionate about leadership, startups and social & tech-based entrepreneurship. He has founded and invested on…
Hayfa Al-Abdulla: The Chief Mentor at AIA | #mentorsofAIA
Hayfa Al-Abdulla is the Chief Mentor at the Arab Innovation Academy. In this interview, the tech-entrepreneur shares his background, experience and explain more about the innovation ecosystem in Qatar. Hayfa…