Tamkeen Bahrain just hosted its annual Consultation Forum 2018 on December 3rd, bringing together more than 350 representatives of various industries in Bahrain, to voice out their feedback and concerns on Bahrain’s current economic ecosystem, Tamkeen services, what they need, and how can Tamkeen help them out with their startup or SMEs.

Due to the continuous feedback received from Tamkeen’s customers, this resulted in the enhancement of their offerings. Tamkeen’s new services and support programs include:

• A new form of support. The introduction of Tamkeen’s investment arm.
• Export Development & Expansion Support. In collaboration with Export Bahrain, support SMEs to develop their export potential.
• Accelerator Support. New collaborations to accelerate the growth of 160+ Bahraini startups. Tamkeen has helped in bringing in accelerators such as C5 Accelerate, Flat6Labs, Nest, Brinc IoT Batelco Hub.
• Enhancements to Tamkeen’s Finance scheme. Increased financing limit by 100% with flexible profit rate cap.
• Cloud Computing Solutions. 100% subsidy to access Cloud Computing Services, under Tamkeen’s Enterprise Support program.
• Career Mentorship Solutions. Launch of the first phase of Tamkeen’s Career Mentorship Scheme.

Tamkeen has a couple of surprises for us in 2019, these include:

New products such as: 

• Support for Minimum Viable Product
• Renewable Energy Support
• VAT Transition Support
• Incubator Framework
• Practical and Mixed Mode Training Platform

• Increased Partnerships & Support such as:

1. 1. • Supporting Export Bahrain
      • Knowledge Sharing
      • Investment Support

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