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Our Partner Programmes

Google for Startups: Growth Academy Women in AI

Google for Startups: Growth Academy Women in AI

DMCC Sustainability Hub

DMCC Sustainability Hub

EGA Ramp-Up

EGA Ramp-Up

ENGIE Youth Development Programme – delivered by C3

ENGIE Youth Development Programme – delivered by C3

Multichoice Africa Accelerator – powered by C3

Multichoice Africa Accelerator – powered by C3

DMCC Impact Scale-Up Programme – powered by C3

DMCC Impact Scale-Up Programme – powered by C3

C3 Impact Accelerator – powered by HSBC

C3 Impact Accelerator – powered by HSBC

C3 I.D.E.A Accelerator – powered by Accenture

C3 I.D.E.A Accelerator – powered by Accenture

C3 Investor Readiness Africa – powered by IIF

C3 Investor Readiness Africa – powered by IIF

C3 News
Labayh and ROSHN partner to provide holistic wellbeing support to ROSHN employees
Labayh and ROSHN partner to provide holistic wellbeing support to ROSHN employees

Mental Health Support: Provide confidential counseling and support services to employees, addressing stress, anxiety, depression, and other mental health concerns.

Key2Enable's assistive keyboard featured at the National Archives
Key2Enable's assistive keyboard featured at the National Archives

Key2Enable's Assistive Technology keyboard, designed to empower individuals with physical, motor, and cognitive disabilities, was showcased at the National Archives in London as part of the remarkable "Spirit of Invention."

Mastercard and CarbonSifr partner for climate action in MENA region
Mastercard and CarbonSifr partner for climate action in MENA region

Carbon Sifr partners with Mastercard to to equip small businesses in the region with tools to measure, reduce and compensate for their carbon footprint.

iSchool raises $4.5m led by VentureWave Capital
iSchool raises $4.5m led by VentureWave Capital

iSchool raises $4.5M in a funding round led by VentureWave Capital, an Irish VC, followed by OneStop Capital UK, Webit Investment Network, and Oraseya Capital the Venture Capital arm of Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority.

C3 News
ESG for VC: A Guide for Responsible Investors
ESG for VC: A Guide for Responsible Investors

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) has recently become a focal point for companies, investors, and even in political discourse.

C3 at COP28
C3 at COP28

COP28 concludes with vibrant energy and an optimistic perspective on how entrepreneurship and technology play key roles in tackling climate change.

GITEX Impact: Advancing decarbonisation through digitalisation
GITEX Impact: Advancing decarbonisation through digitalisation

Region’s largest event for sustainability tech innovation, ESG strategies and services, taking place on 16-20 October 2022.

Aligning impact and business models: The key ingredient for successful impact startups</a>
Aligning impact and business models: The key ingredient for successful impact startups

The power of impact-driven businesses unfolds when they can effectively leverage business methods to solve daunting global challenges facing humanity.

The quality of the startups was beyond my expectations! C3 has supported good organisations with great potential and equipped them to showcase their startup and vision in an engaging way.

Anne-Marie Thudson, Managing Director at The Umbrella Institute

One of the reasons we like the C3 Impact Accelerator is because it is preparing the region for the next generation of business.

Daniel Howlett, Regional Head of CMB at HSBC

C3 was the only accelerator focused on impact and the concept that a business can generate profit and solve a social or global problem simultaneously.

Rana A. Batterjee, Co-founder & Chief Purpose Officer at Eduployment