Wamda

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Mena startups raised $105 million in July, lowest amount so far in 2022

Startups in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) raised $105 million across 44 deals in July 2022, marking a significant slowdown in...

Investment

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What is the state of open banking regulations in Mena today?

Abdulla Almoayed is the founder and CEO of Tarabut Gateway, an open banking startup headquartered in the UAE The tide of open banking...

Open banking Tarabut Gateway

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The startups 3D printing new smiles

When 3D printing technology started to become more ubiquitous around the world, many claimed that there would come a day when every...

healthtech eon dental Basma

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Has the buy now pay later slump reached Mena?

The hype around buy now pay later (BNPL) around the world has waned. Sweden’s Klarna, which last year was Europe’s most...

Buy now pay later

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Startups in Mena raised $324 million in June 2022, propelling H1 to $1.7 billion

Startups in the Middle East and North Africa region (Mena) raised $323.7 million across 66 deals in June 2022, an 84 per cent increase in...

Investment Funding

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A guide to good governance for startups

Dr. Mussaad M. Al-Razouki is the chief investment and business development officer of Kuwait Life Sciences Company. He has over 15...

governance

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Why I launched the 2022 Female Angels Movement

It was late 2021, and I had just come off a panel at GITEX where we had discussed, at length, the struggles women face when fundraising....

Angel Investment 2022 Female Angels

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The importance of last mile in e-commerce

Lee Shepherd is the director at Amazon Logistics, Middle East and North Africa Operations “Start with the customer and work...

Amazon E-commerce Logistics

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TiE Women 2022 Global Pitch Competition

The mission of TiE Women is to embrace, engage and empower women entrepreneurs across the globe – irrespective of the size of the...

Women Entrepreneur TiE

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Mena startups raised $176 million in May, lowest amount so far in 2022

Startups in the Middle East and North Africa region (Mena) raised $176 million in May 2022 across 42 deals, a decline of 40 per cent...

investments

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How to create a fintech startup that will thrive

Kartik Taneja is the executive vice president, head of payments at Mashreq Bank Fintech startups are becoming increasingly...

Mashreq Fintech

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How to build national tech champions

By Wissam Abdel Samad, Tarek El Zein, Ramzi Khoury, and Chady Smayra, partners with Strategy& Middle East, part of the PwC...

strategy

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Kitopi raises $300 million Series C round extension

UAE-based cloud kitchen operator Kitopi, raised an additional $300 million in its Series C round late last year, extending the...

Kitopi

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Mena startups raised $297 million in April 2022

Startups in the Middle East and North Africa region (Mena) raised $297 million across 29 deals in April 2022 a drop of just $2 million...

Investment

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SWVL acquires Turkish B2B mobility startup Volt Lines

Dubai-based mobility startup SWVL, has acquired Turkey-based B2B mobility startup Volt Lines. Founded in 2017 by Aly Halabi, Volt...

Swvl

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Retailo acquires UAE's DXBUY

Saudi Arabia-based B2B marketplace Retailo has acquired UAE-based DXBUY for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition is part of...

Retailo DXBUY

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How can Mena build a deeptech ecosystem?

Amr Awadallah is an Egyptian born computer scientist and entrepreneur based in Silicon Valley. What’s particularly interesting about...

podcast Amr Awadallah

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FOODICS raises $170 million Series C round for expansion

FOODICS, a Saudi Arabia-based fintech and foodtech platform, has raised $170 million in a Series C round, co-led by Prosus and Sanabil...

Foodics

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Startups in Mena raised $299 million in March 2022, pushing Q1 funding to $934 million

Startups in the Middle East and North Africa region (Mena) raised $299 million across 79 deals in March 2022, a 22 per cent decrease...

Investment

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Footballco acquires Kooora for $25 million

Footballco, a UK-based digital media company focused on football, has acquired UAE-based online sports content startup Kooora, in a deal...

Kooora

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ESCWA launches e-commerce acceleration programme for Arab SMEs

The United Nations’ ESCWA has launched an e-commerce Acceleration Programme (eCAP) to empower Arab SMEs. The eCAP programme will...

ESCWA E-commerce acceleration

Egypt

Three Egyptian banks launch $85 million MEA-focused fintech fund

Three major Egyptian banks have launched a fintech fund in partnership with Global Ventures. Banque Misr, National Bank of Egypt, and...

Khazna Nclude Mozare3

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This is the year cryptocurrency will come of age in the Middle East

Areije Al Shakar is the senior vice president at Bahrain Development Bank & director at Al Waha Venture Capital Fund of Funds Banks...

crypto cryptocurrency Al Waha Fund of Funds

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Mena startups raised $375 million in February 2022

Startups in the Middle East and North Africa region (Mena) raised $375 million across 81 deals in February 2022, a 51.6 per cent increase...

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