Food Technology

Abu Dhabi’s Pure Harvest raises $181m to fuel expansion into GCC & Asia

Abu Dhabi startup, Pure Harvest Smart Farms raised $181 million as it seeks to grow…

UAE FoodTech Challenge offers a prize pool of $2 million to start-ups delivering high-tech food security solutions

A competition introduced by the UAE to deliver high-tech solutions to pressing food security challenges…

VeggiTech to boost the agriculture sector with the adoption of hydroponics in Sharjah

Sarah Al Amiri, Minister of State for Advanced Technology, recently visited the VeggiTech farm in…

Abu Dhabi startup startAD and GCC’s VentureSouq to host the seventh annual Symposium on food technology

Reportedly, startAD, the Abu Dhabi-based startup accelerator powered by Tamkeen and anchored at NYU Abu…

MoCCAE signs MoU with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Israel to adopt technology in agricultural production

Reportedly, the UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MoCCAE) has signed a Memorandum of…

UAE builds world’s biggest vertical farm to boost food production

Reportedly, the UAE will build the world’s biggest vertical farm near the Expo 2020 site…

MoIAT joins UAE Food & Beverage Business Group for Nationals Development Pathway

Reportedly, the Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology (MoIAT) has joined hands with the UAE…

Dubai cloud kitchen Kitopi launches in Bahrain, Qatar, Singapore and Malaysia

Dubai-founded cloud kitchen Kitopi is forging ahead with its expansion, announcing its first kitchens in…

Mubadala Capital-backed REEF launches cloud kitchens in MENA

UAE’s Mubadala Capital-backed REEF, North America’s largest cloud kitchen operator, and Americana Group, the largest food &…

Dubai to launch MetaTerrace, a restaurant that merges the virtual and physical worlds

ColossalBit, a Dubai-based development company for cryptocurrency, blockchain and NFTs, has launched MetaTerrace, a lounge restaurant…