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Global creators to join UAE programme
Gulf Today
|October 20, 2025
The I Billion Followers Summit, the world’s largest event dedicated to the content creation economy and organised by the UAE Government Media Office, has announced that the Creators Ventures Accelerator, part of the second edition of the Creators Ventures Accelerator programme organised by Creators HQ-the first content creator hub in the UAE and the Middle East and part of Visioneers in partnership with 500 Global, one of the world’s most active venture capital firms, has attracted 1,131 applications from content creators and digital startups operating in the content industry, representing over 70 countries.
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The programme aims to identify and incubate promising creator-led startups. Participants will be showcased during the fourth edition of the 1 Billion Followers Summit, which will take place from Jan.9 to 11, 2026, across Emirates Towers, the Dubai International Financial Centre, and the Museum of the Future, under the theme “Content for Good.”
This story is from the October 20, 2025 edition of Gulf Today.
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