{"id":1201,"date":"2025-06-16T15:36:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T14:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/?p=1201"},"modified":"2025-06-16T15:36:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T14:36:13","slug":"abu-dhabi-startup-ecosystem-ranks-3rd-in-mena-for-performance-amid-global-slowdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/?p=1201","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Abu Dhabi startup ecosystem ranks 3rd in MENA for performance amid global slowdown&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/hub71_gser2025-jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/hub71_gser2025-jpg.webp 640w, https:\/\/techstream.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/hub71_gser2025-jpg-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Abu Dhabi, UAE \u2014&nbsp;<\/strong>Abu Dhabi\u2019s startup ecosystem has made remarkable strides, emerging as one of the fastest-growing hubs in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), according to the 2025 Global Startup Ecosystem Report (GSER) launched today at VivaTech in Paris. Recognized as the world\u2019s most comprehensive research on startup ecosystems, the GSER leverages the largest quality-controlled dataset in the industry, analyzing data from over 5 million companies across 350+ entrepreneurial innovation ecosystems worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The GSER 2025 highlights Abu Dhabi&#8217;s impressive leap into the top emerging global ecosystems, ranking in the #51-60 tier, up from its previous #61-70 position. This advancement comes despite a global 14% decline in overall startup ecosystem value. Notably, Abu Dhabi generated $4.4 billion (approximately AED 16.2 billion) in Ecosystem Value between July 1, 2022, and December 31, 2024, marking a 6% annual growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/press-release\/research-and-studies\/abu-dhabi-startup-ecosystem-ranks-3rd-in-mena-for-performance-amid-global-slowdown-oo6cklt7\">To read more click here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abu Dhabi, UAE \u2014&nbsp;Abu Dhabi\u2019s startup ecosystem has made remarkable strides, emerging as one of the fastest-growing hubs in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), according to the 2025 Global Startup Ecosystem Report (GSER) launched today at VivaTech in Paris. Recognized as the world\u2019s most comprehensive research on startup ecosystems, the GSER leverages the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1201"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1203,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1201\/revisions\/1203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}