Deep Tech MEA is the go-to hub for cutting-edge technologies in the Middle East and Africa. It brings together visionary entrepreneurs, pioneering researchers, technology leaders, and forward-looking government entities.
Deep Tech MEA brings together visionary entrepreneurs, pioneering researchers, technology leaders, and forward-looking government entities driving innovation in fields like AI, quantum computing, advanced materials, robotics, and beyond. The initiative creates a thriving ecosystem where deep tech innovations can scale—through regional challenges, strategic partnerships, and access to resources that accelerate impact across academia, industry, and public sector stakeholders.
Deep Tech Geeks startups competition is an international competition powered by Deep Tech MEA Initiative & Global Innovation & Entrepreneurship Company (GIE), aimed at identifying and supporting the most promising deep tech startups from around the globe. The competition is designed to foster innovation and accelerate the growth of groundbreaking technologies. Startups based on a new technology, a scientific discovery, or a complex engineering.
Deep Tech MEA 2025 will take place at GITEX Expand North Star from 12–15 October 2025 – the region’s largest event for startups and future-shaping technologies. Hosted in Dubai, Expand North Star gathers global investors, entrepreneurs, and tech disruptors to accelerate innovation and explore cutting-edge solutions across industries.
Global Innovation & Entrepreneurship (GIE) is an Innovation Enablement Platform that ignites innovation mainly in new and emerging technologies; through global initiatives, Challenges, Capacity Building, Pre-incubation Programs and competitions with a vision of breaking barriers between technology and people.
GIE is one of the Technology and Innovation Management Leaders in the Middle East and Africa Region.
CEO & Chairman
CEO of Rapid Silicon & Chairman of National Semiconductor Hub of KSA
Professor Computer and Information Engineering. Director, System on Chip Center and Professor of EECS at Khalifa University.
Founder & General Partner
Principal at Georgia Institute of Technology
Managing Partner at Departure Capital
Programme leader & Lecturer in Prosperity, Innovation & Entrepreneurship at University College London
Managing Partner at Significa Ventures
Deep Tech MEA is your one-stop hub for all things deep tech in the Middle East and Africa. We connect visionary entrepreneurs, pioneering researchers, and students with the resources they need to thrive.