Take our Survey

The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation invites business incubators in the Arab World to participate in the Arab Incubators Survey. The survey aims to gather and analyse the challenges and needs of both the entrepreneurship sector and the business incubators in the Arab world.

The Foundation will also use the specific data of each incubator to analyse its needs and identify future cooperation and partnership opportunities

To access the Survey, please click here. (Note: The Survey is designed for Arab business incubators only)

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Arab Incubators Network
The Arab Incubators Network seeks to further develop and support existing incubators in the Arab World, by supporting entrepreneurs’ skills development, knowledge sharing and education on relevant topics,  as well as raising awareness between regional entrepreneurs and funding entities, with the objective of generating employment in the region.

Objectives of the Arab Incubators Network

• Support and strengthen existing business incubation centres in the Arab World by strengthening a regional network of entrepreneurs
• Establish new incubation centres at Universities
• Encourage and stimulate entrepreneurial activities, by catalyzing innovation and supporting new enterprise development. Dual longer term impacts of:
         - regional SME sector growth 
         - reduced regional unemployment
• Share best practices among the Incubators Network; a gathering/forum will take place once a year where all Incubators can meet and share practices and ideas.

The Foundation and the Incubator will:

• Encourage business acumen amongst the Arab youth
• Establish an Arab Incubators Network
• Facilitate the exchange of information and best practices among the decision makers to foster regional job creation
• Promote the development of highly competent innovation facilities throughout the region, contributing to sustainable economic growth
• Establish research and excellence centres for entrepreneurship across the region.

Partner Incubators

The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation has signed MoUs with different regional prominent parties that share the Entrepreneurship and Employment Sector's objectives:

Al Akhawayn University, Morocco
BBIC – Bahrain Business Incubator Centre, Bahrain Development Bank
PICTI – Palestine Information and Communications Technology Incubator, Palestine
Berytech, Lebanon
Syrian Computer Society - ICT Incubator, Syria
Higher Colleges of Technology - United Arab Emirates
Elgazala Pole of Communication Technologies - Tunisia