KACST's Badir Program launches 3 new startups
RIYADH, February 4, 2018
Badir Program for Technology Incubators and Accelerators, one of the initiatives of King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), has launched three new technical startups.
The startups all have received logistical and consultancy support from the programme, and obtained the necessary guidance for their growth and development in the local market as well its success in attracting agents and achieving the requirements of the future growth, said a statement.
The list of new applications which was launched at a recent special celebration held at the headquarters of “Badir” Program in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia included the application of “E3MAL”, which is an Arab smart phone application that works as a platform for remote work and connects employers with freelancers.
The “Jibley” application which provides a platform for the delivery of customers' requests from shops, restaurants, pharmacies and others.
The “Oxidane” application allows easy and quick access to the providers of drinking water delivery service in the kingdom.
Nawaf Al Sahhaf, CEO of Badir Program, said: “The new start-up companies have received logistic and advisory support from us and the necessary guidance for their growth and business development in the local market.”
“The launch of these companies comes within the framework of the huge efforts exerted by King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, represented by us to present various aspects of support for Saudi innovators and entrepreneurs and provide an environment that motivates them to develop their ideas and turn them into technical projects,” he said.
“We are very proud of the entrepreneurs' achievements in the three new companies and are extremely pleased that the founders of these companies can prove themselves as successful startups, thanks to the hard work that they have done in developing their business over the past period and reaching this important stage of developing their projects,” he added. – TradeArabia News Service