Wamda

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Trends to expect in 2024

This year will be the year of reckoning for startups across the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) as global inflation continues to rise...

Predictions

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Debt financing pushes December 2023 investment to $1.15 billion

Sixty startups across the Middle East and North Africa region (Mena) raised a mammoth $1.15 billion, the highest amount recorded for the...

Investment

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Our top stories from 2023

This past year has been one of highs and lows for startups and investors across the Middle East and North Africa, from the ongoing economic...

Roundup

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COP28 beyond the negotiations: unleashing innovation and collaboration for climate action

Eva Morales and Samsurin Welch are the co-founders of HyveGeo In Dubai this year, the largest-ever attended COP in history saw a...

HyveGeo Cleantech COP28

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Will COP28 catalyse the region’s cleantech sector?

COP 28 has dominated almost every headline since its arrival in the UAE this year. Funds worth billions have been announced, new...

Cleantech Sustainability

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Startups in Mena raised $764 million in November 2023, highest amount recorded this year

Startups in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) have raised $764 million across 42 rounds in November 2023, a jump of 390 per cent...

Investment

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How generative AI can give companies a competitive edge

Hasit Trivedi is the CTO of digital technologies and global head of AI at Tech Mahindra Generative artificial intelligence...

generative AI

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Anghami, OSN+ merge to create regional entertainment conglomerate

UAE-based online streaming platform OSN+ has merged with the Lebanon-founded music streaming app Anghami Inc. in a deal worth $50...

anghami OSN+

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A look at GOMYCODE’s expansion strategy

Following its $8 million Series A round last year, Tunisian edtech startup GOMYCODE has been ramping up its expansion across Africa and now...

GoMyCode EdTech Expansion

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Mena startups raised $156 million in October 2023

Funding in October 2023 saw a turnaround after exhibiting a downward trend for the past four months. Startups in the Middle East and North...

Investment

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Will the Middle East's accession to BRICS impact the startup sector?

Earlier this year, the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, alongside Iran, were welcomed into the BRICS alliance, which comprises Brazil, Russia,...

BRICS Arab startup

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Growth-stage companies in Mena face $20 billion funding gap

Growth-stage funding in the Middle East and North Africa region (Mena) faces a $20 billion gap, with only $4.2 billion VC dry powder...

STV Growth-stage funding in Mena

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Lending in the era of open banking

Abdulla Almoayed is the founder and CEO of Tarabut Optimism about improving the ease and speed of approving retail lending abounds...

Open banking lending

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Navigating scale: challenges and strategies for tech startups in Mena

Rashit Makhat, is the director and co-founder, Scalo Technologies, the tech venture company based in Dubai In the world of startups, the...

Scalo Technologies Scaling

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Starting a venture with an exit in mind

Hassan Jaffar and Marwan Chaar are the co-founders of Carzaty, which was acquired in 2022 by Mexico’s Kavak, a used car platform last...

Carzaty Kavak Exit

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Do you need to work on your personal leadership?

David Godfrey is a mentor at Peak Performance and co-founder of Chase Life Consulting Effective leadership is something many...

Leadership mental health

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Mena startups raised $36 million in September 2023

Startups in the Middle East and North Africa raised $36 million in September across 36 deals, a 64 per cent drop in value month-on-month...

investments

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P1 Ventures completes first close of second fund at $25 million

US-based and pan-African VC fund P1 Ventures has completed the first $25 million close of its second fund. Founded in 2020 by Mikael...

P1 Ventures VC fund

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The startup bundling SaaS solutions through buy now pay later

UAE-based entrepreneur Amal Abdullahev wanted to build a startup to match businesses with social media influencers, but the biggest...

SAAS BNPL

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The case for universities as a pathway to entrepreneurship

Professor Fiona Robson is the head of School of Social Sciences and Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University...

Education

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Flat6Labs launches StartMashreq Growth Track programme to nurture 24 startups

Egypt-based accelerator and VC Flat6Labs, has selected 24 startups from Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq for its StartMashreq Growth Track...

Flat6Labs StartMashreq Growth Track

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Mena startups raised $101 million in August 2023

Startups in the Middle East and North Africa region (Mena) raised $101 million across 26 deals, a six per cent increase month-on-month in...

investments

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Middle East’s digital economy to hit $780 billion by 2030: TechGPT report

The Middle East’s digital economy is projected to grow from $180 billion in 2022 to $780 billion in 2030 or roughly 20 per cent...

TechGPT UBS middle east

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How our world is changing: the digital revolution in healthcare

Jalil Allabadi is the co-founder and CEO of Jordan-founded and Saudi Arabia-based healthtech Altibbi As the digital revolution...

AlTibbi healthtech

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