AFKAR.me partners will play a key role in the selection and mentorship process. They include MBC Ventures, Wamda, Arabnet, Dubai SME, STC Ventures, Altran, The Online Project, Astrolabs, and Middle East Venture Partners. Ketchum Raad is the communications partner.
Read MoreSpecifically, startups that make the cut will be welcomed to Intigral’s offices in either Dubai or Riyadh for three months, to develop, with the help of the agency’s expertise, a minimum viable product that Afkar.me can funnel into an existing pipeline and easily take to market.
Read MoreThe modern mobile customer is influenced by a “connected culture” brought upon by growth of smart devices and availability of high-speed mobile broadband. Consumers’ need to remain connected, informed and entertained continually, changing consumer consumption patterns and increasing demand of digital content has proven to be insatiable, thus creating a whole new set of VAS consumption behaviours – leading to the rise of digital mobile services both regionally and globally
Read MoreIntigral was formed about four years ago in 2009 to fill the digital content gap in the Middle East market. About six to seven years ago, the region’s telecoms sector was undergoing massive changes
Read MoreThe Dubai-based digital media company Intigral is looking to expand its footprint with plans to work with up to 16 telecoms operators across the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) by the end of the year.
Read MoreThe service was launched in July of last year, in partnership with LG. It has been embedded in the LG Smart TVs sold in the MENA region. We are now expanding this to a number of other manufacturers – not just manufacturers of TVs, but also of set-top boxes, tablets, smartphones and so on. We are putting our OnWeb application in a lot of devices.
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