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A Big Weekend for Iraq's Startup Scene

A packed weekend for entrepreneurship in Baghdad — from Arab Bank's AB Xelerate accelerator to an Endeavor Jordan delegation and a panel on how regional investment funds see Iraqi startups.

Oct 22, 2025 · 2 min
Economics1 min

Iraq E-Gaming Expo: The Economics of Games

Baghdad's E-Gaming Expo treated games as an economy — development, market size, and the jobs and revenue the sector could open for Iraqi youth.

Oct 18, 2025
Economics2 min

Reintegrating Iraq's Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

The closing conference of the "Reintegrating the Iraqi Ecosystem" project — unifying the demand side, optimizing budgets via shared KPIs, and launching the Irada Network.

Sep 29, 2023
Economics1 min

Aligning Iraq's Ecosystem Stakeholders

The fourth open dialogue bringing Iraq's private sector and international community together to build a better startup-promotion pipeline and access-to-finance supply.

Sep 1, 2023
Economics1 min

Investing in Startups & SMEs

Moderating "Investing in Startups and SMEs" at The Station — startup funding, entrepreneurship, and government initiatives.

Apr 12, 2023
Economics1 min

Two New Digital Hubs in Baghdad

Two new Baghdad hubs in 30 days — Computiq's Hub200 and the expanded Makers of Baghdad with Iraq's finest FabLab — adding firepower to the capital's tech communities.

Jan 12, 2023
Economics2 min

Iraq's Homegrown Startup Landscape

At Global Entrepreneurship Week — a decade of ecosystem formation, the shift to pre-seed/seed, and why the next 12 months in Iraqi investment will be fascinating.

Nov 20, 2022
Economics1 min

Yanhad Demo Day: Eight New Iraqi Startups

Judging the Demo Day of Yanhad's 2nd edition (EU-funded, by Expertise France & The Station) — 8 business ideas after 4 months of training, from a program that incubated 200+ across Iraq.

Jul 9, 2021
Economics1 min

Backing Iraq's Creative Economy

On Iraq's creative economy — photography, art, film, and the jobs creative ventures can create.

Jun 16, 2021