UK Lebanon Tech Hub’s 15 startups off to London

The first 15 startups to go to London with the UK Lebanon Tech Hub (UKTLH) were announced today.

“Prove to the world’s tech community that Lebanon is a giant in the making,” was an opening statement from Nicolas Sehnaoui when addressing the audience at the Lebanese Central Bank on October 8.

Shortly after the participants in the ‘Phase II’ of the International Accelerator program were made public.

As we’ve reported before on Wamda the new accelerator, which was launched in June 2015, is designed to develop entrepreneurs in Lebanon working within the Knowledge Economy and ICT sectors.

Phase II will take the 15 finalist companies to London for a period of six months. While in the UK the startups will be exposed to the British, European, and global markets.

Originally just meant to be these 15, the accelerator also announced that they would be expanding the program for another 11 startups as part of a ‘Beirut Phase II’. The accelerator will work with these startups on their regional expansions.

Original article by Lucy Knight

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