Wamda

Regional

The regional tussle for startups and entrepreneurs [part one]

To many, startups and those operating in the digital space have been the saviours of the Middle East economy during this pandemic. With...

Innovation Ecosystem

Regional

The future of agritech in Mena

Across the Middle East, agriculture plays a pivotal role in transforming economies, alleviating poverty and fostering economic growth, but...

agritech Pure Harvest Smart Farms

Pakistan

Mena-based angel investors invest in Pakistan's Conatural

Source: Profit Magazine Pakistan’s natural and organic skin and hair care brand, Conatural, has raised $825,000 in a Pre-Series A...

Beauty startups Angel Investment Conatural

Regional

Distichain and Markit peer-selected for investment

UAE-based e-commerce and e-procurement platform Distichain and Lebanon-based on-demand grocery delivery service Markit are set to receive...

Distichain Markit Finance Forward Mena 2020

Regional

Corporates in Mena: From competitors to investors

The rampant digitisation of almost every sector this year has pushed corporates, once slow-moving goliaths comfortable in their traditional...

corporates CVC

Egypt

Cairo Angels launches syndicate fund

Egypt-based angel network Cairo Angels, has launched its first $3 million micro-venture syndicate fund, aiming to back up and support the...

cairo angels Early-stage pre-Series A

Regional

Mena startups raised $47.6 million in October

Cloud kitchens have pushed up investments in October after Kaykroo launched with a $4 million funding round and Sweetheart Kitchen...

investments

Regional

Veolia launches accelerator for social startups and SMEs

France-based Veolia has launched an acceleration and mentoring programme, aimed at supporting social startups and SMEs across the Middle...

Veolia acceleration smes

Regional

The issue of open banking [part two]

In the first part of this feature, we introduced the concept of open banking. Here, we take a closer look at the regulatory...

Fintech Open banking

Regional

The issue of open banking [part one]

Following DAPI’s open letter to the UAE Bank Federation Advisory Council penned by co-founder Mohammed Aziz over a month ago, open...

Fintech Open banking DAPI

Regional

The unstoppable growth of e-grocery

E-grocery remains the fastest growing segment of e-commerce in the Middle East according to new research from RedSeer Consulting, growing...

e-grocery

Regional

Techne Summit Alexandria 2020

Techne Summit is coming to you this year on November 7-8-9 as a Hybrid Event! So, if you can't attend in person, you can...

Regional

#askwamda

#askWamda is our virtual service for startups in need of mentorship or advice from the Wamda team. Please fill in this form, and...

Regional

The future of Agritech in Mena

Wamda is hosting an online panel discussion on Wednesday, November 4th at 3:00 PM (GMT+4), ''The future of Agritech in...

Egypt

EBRD supports Badia Impact Squared first closing

Source: EBRD New technology companies in the southern and eastern Mediterranean (SEMED) region will benefit from additional sources of...

silicon badia EBRD Healthcare

Regional

Providing a purpose in remittances

There are about a billion migrant workers around the world who send money to their families in remittances. This source of income is vital...

Fintech remittance now money

Regional

The slow rise of neobanking in the Middle East

This week’s biggest financial news came from Abu Dhabi after investment firm ADQ, the holding company for some of the biggest assets...

Fintech Open banking neo banking

Regional

Yalla Fintech 2020 - Arab Hackathon for Financial Inclusion

Fintech Galaxy and Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH have launched the virtual hackathon for...

Regional

STEP Saudi 2020

Step Saudi 2020, Saudi's Most Happening Conference, taking place online this November 24-25, 2020. 2,000+ startup...

Regional

Just #askWamda: Our new online mentorship service

Today we are launching #askWamda our virtual service for startups in need of mentorship or advice from the team. Over the past decade,...

#askWamda

Regional

How do you seize a market opportunity?

Disaster for many evokes a sense of fear and danger and a desire to seek out safety and stability. But there are those who manage to seek...

podcast

Regional

Google launches accelerator for startups in Mena

Google is launching a new accelerator programme for startups in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena). The three month programme will...

Google accelerator

Regional

New VC fund to invest $60 million in 120 Mena startups

The former managing partners of 500 Startups Mena (500 Falcons) Sharif El-Badawi and Hasan Haider have launched a new venture capital...

Venture Capital Plus Venture Capital

Regional

14th edition of MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup Competition

MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup Competition (ASC) is a yearly competition initiated by the MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab since 2006....

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