Actress, Model, Activist

Lebanese actress, model, and activist, Marie-Lou Nahhas, is coming to STEP 2020. She hit international headlines from her most recent role in Netflix’s final season of the popular show, Orange is the New Black.  Marie-Lou moved to the US to […]

Vinodh Bhat, co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at JioSaavn; and Amit Chaudury co-Founder at Lenskart.com are coming to STEP 2020.  Vinodh and Amit have something else in common: India. While Vinodh is based in the US and Amit is headquartered in Delhi; both […]

Jeff Hoffman, part of the founding team of Priceline.com (what’s now Booking Holdings) is coming to STEP 2020. Acquisition after acquisition, Priceline transformed the online travel industry with key businesses under the Booking umbrella.  Jeff Hoffman is not only part […]

STEP Next, an exclusive Tech Talent summit, is coming up on December 8th at in5 Tech – Dubai Knowledge Village and we think you really shouldn’t miss out. 30+ participating companies, talks, workshops, and activities, and 300+ job seekers and working […]

For one thing, we got viral content along with a pretty good idea of how the tech moguls perceive AI and its role in the future of humanity. In the opening statement, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, well-known for […]

In honor of Emirati Women’s Day, here’s a list of inspirational Emirati females setting an example in the UAE. Noura Al Kaabi A global influencer and thinker, ranked amongst the top 30 most influential women in government by Forbes Middle […]

We saw over 8K attendees at STEP 2019 in Dubai and STEP Saudi and it was awesome! Here’s what went down: STEP 2019 in Dubai hosted over 200 global speakers, 250 startups and 7000 tech entrepreneurs and enthusiasts at Dubai […]

MENA Startup discovery platform, Magnitt, has released its H1 2019 MENA Venture Investment Report. The positive findings of the report indicate that the MENA region saw 238 investment deals worth a total of $471M in the first half of 2019. […]

PointCheckout, an online payment method for reward points and miles, has closed a seed round of $600,000 to allow users to pay with their reward points and miles online at over 1,000 leading online merchants across the MENA region. The […]

Top speaker line up and unique participation from Asia  13-14 February, Dubai, UAE STEP Conference 2019, the biggest experiential technology festival in the Middle East, is back for its seventh year in a row. On February 13th and 14th, conference […]