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4YFN highlights
A MENA debut for 4YFN
In 2025, MWC introduced its longstanding 4YFN startup zone to the Middle East and North Africa in a hugely successful region-first edition.
More than 100 global and regional startups shone a light on their innovations in Doha across a wide diversity of sectors embracing finance, deeptech, health, sport, agriculture, energy and climate tech. The Qatari entrepreneurial zeitgeist was represented by 40 startups hand-picked by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.
Need-to-know from the show
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Strong international and MENA speaker presence from pioneers, startups and VCs, including Sana AI, KARTY, Wayra, KAUST, VentureSouq, Seedstars, Speedinvest and many more.
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Deep engagement from Invest Qatar, Qatar Development Bank, Qatar Research Development and Innovation Council, Qatar University and Qatar Science and Technology Park.
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Announcement of The Studio from UTOPIA and Qatar Development Bank: Qatar’s first AI-focused Venture Studio, taking startups from ideation to Series A in under 2 years.
Introductions become lasting partnerships
4YFN is many things to many people: conference, exhibition, stage, peer group, marketplace. For MWC25 Doha, we teamed up with 19 community partners, including leading accelerators, innovation hubs, women’s groups and ecosystem builders, to drive startup growth and offer support from Qatar and around the world. The two-day event offered a variety of frequent, tailored networking opportunities and included direct access to nearly 30 active investors and mentors.
As the official startup platform of MWC Series events, 4YFN enjoys unmatched media coverage and the support of the globally respected GSMA – the association for telecoms operators and the mobile ecosystem – along with its 15,000-strong community of industry experts.
2025 delegations in focus
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FC Barcelona’s Barça Innovation Hub: product scouting alongside a dedicated space for sports innovation, featuring startups from the BIHUB portfolio: Omniscope, Made of Genes, Onalabs, Celebreak, Adspective, Riterz and Metrica.
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The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Green Growth & Jobs Accelerator for the Arab region: SmartEye-NeuroTech (Jordan), Agro Lora (Morocco) and ProVerdy (Tunisia).
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GSMA Mobile for Development (M4D): ATEC Global (Bangladesh), BaKhabar Kissan (Pakistan), Aloi (Nepal), ConnectHear (Pakistan), Smart WTI (Jordan), NAXA (Nepal), Taleemabad / The Orenda Project (Pakistan), and DASTAA (Nepal).
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Mobile World Capital Barcelona’s The Collider programme: Allread, YPlasma, Nanochronia, UniSCool, Cooling Photonics, Dipneo, Nema-Health.
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Finalists and winners from previous MWC 4YFN Awards at the 4YFN Selection Corner, including Payflow (Spain), Qilimanjaro (Spain), EnergyX (USA) and Cure Bionics (Tunisia).