Now is an era of unicorns and exponential growth in business; an era of new strategies, tools and partners, argues Anthony Giordano
The entrepreneurial wave has fully immersed the Middle East. It has come at all levels of society. Some 64 per cent of people across the Middle East and North Africa prefer to have their own business. Investor funds have increased from $10 to $15 million a few years ago to $50 to $100 million today. Ecosystem supporters including platforms, accelerators and events are sprouting up to support entrepreneurs. Governments are fully supportive with investment levels per capita that match anywhere in the world. In the United Arab Emirates, the Khalifa Fund has $500,000 f