By John Lee. The two-day Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Iraq 2025 concluded on Sunday, marking the country's first national forum held under the umbrella of the United Nations. The opening session, titled "Internet Governance in Iraq," was moderated by Laith Al-Jazaeri and featured Dr. Hayam Al-Yasiri, Minister of Communications, as guest speaker. Day two included […]
Meta and Google Join Local Stakeholders at Iraq's First Internet Governance Forum Baghdad will host the country's first Internet Governance Forum (IGF) on 30-31 August, bringing together global and local voices to shape Iraq's digital future. Organized under the official United Nations IGF framework, the event marks a milestone in Iraq's engagement with international internet […]
From Mosul Space. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Innovative Ideas for Sustainable Housing Showcased at BEIT Green Home Hackathon The BEIT Green Home Hackathon, held on November 6th, 9th, and 10th, brought together 35 architects, engineers, students, and entrepreneurs at Mosul […]
By John Lee. A new paper from Kapita and Euphrates Ventures says that Iraq suffers from a lack of many services due to financial payment issues. "A few options are available in the market, yet those services are not up to international standards and are mostly only functional within Iraq," it says. Among the difficulties […]
SPARK and Startups Without Borders are hosting the Startups On The Move networking events, a series of ecosystem events happening in June, to connect entrepreneurs from diverse backgrounds with key ecosystem players in the Middle East. The events are part of the Startups on the Move incubation programme, launched with support from Google.org, which involves […]
Miswag, Iraq's leading e-commerce platform, today announced the successful closing of its second round of seed funding. Coordinated by Iraq Tech Ventures and led by Euphrates Iraq Fund and Shwan Ibrahim Taha, Chairman of Rabee Securities, this round was funded by the same consortium of institutional and individual investors from the Middle East and United […]
The Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC) is delighted to be holding a Tech forum within the main Conference at Address Hotel in Dubai on December 8th. Principal among the speakers are Mr Yassin Bhija of GE Healthcare and Mr Uwe Bork of Siemens Healthcare who are driving the healthtech panel – exploring the hot topic […]
The Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC) will also be holding a Tech Forum on 8 December, which will run in parallel with its Autumn Conference at the Address Hotel, Dubai. IBBC tech conference is bringing together some of the key innovators of Tech in Iraq and will be speaking on how Digital Technology can deliver […]
From Peace to prosperity: The Conference to find out what’s happening for Iraq business. The Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC) Autumn Conference in Dubai on December 8th is set against a backdrop of relative peace and security in Iraq, and the prospect of oil revenues surging through the economy is driving a wider range of […]
Madeleine White is a capacity building specialist and Editor-in-Chief of nina-iraq.com In the last few weeks Nina has run three major interviews. We have spoken to Iraqi civil society leader and global Vital Voices winner Suaad Allami, women’s rights activist and MP Mayson Damaluji as well as Kurdish politician and business leader Parwen Babaker. All […]
