The MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab (MITEF) announced in a Beirut press conference on September 27 the launch of the 12th edition of Arab Startup Competition and called contestants to register on its official website until December 10, 2018. The MITEF is an annual competition supporting Arab startups and entrepreneurs through the provision of an avenue to exhibit and apply their ideas. Since its onset in 2006, the competition has trained more than 2300 entrepreneurs, received over 40,000 applications and given a total of USD 80,000 in free investments. On the other hand, Total Group will reportedly hold its first ever Lebanon press conference on October 9 to launch the Total Startupper of the Year at Villa Sursock. The Total Challenge, to recall, kicked off in 2015 with the aim to discover innovative entrepreneurs and business owners and prop up the best projects in the field of establishment or development of enterprises during the various stages. (An Nahar, Al Akhbar, October 2, 2018)