Giving life to powerful ideas

American Express Middle East in partnership with Nest concluded its first Accelerator programme the ACCELERATE ME by hosting its first annual Demo Day. At the event, the six participating start-ups presented their business solutions to Bahrain’s business and Fintech community.

The Demo Day follows the eight weeks ACCELERATE ME programme, which aims at connecting the next generation of startups and newly established SMEs from around the world with Bahrain and the Middle East region in general. ACCELERATE ME start-ups focused on a range of innovative technologies in areas such as delivering differentiated service experiences, automated payment solutions, and alternative physical and digital platforms to drive the move to a cashless society using secured and progressive technologies.

Speaking on this occasion, Mazin Khoury, CEO of American Express Middle East said: “Through this initiative, we are backing new partnerships to be formed, bridging the gap between corporate organisations and the fintech community in Bahrain and the region to enable the move to a cashless society and make a difference in community we live in. CEO of Nest, Lawrence Morgan also commented: “This is the start-up frontier and we are excited to partner with American Express Middle East on innovation and digital transformation”.