Regional Competition rising: Video streaming in Mena If there is one pastime that people in the Middle East are unlikely to give up, it is watching television. In 2018, the daily time spent... Shaimaa El Nazer • 05 March, 2020 netflix streaming Media
Regional Take employee wellbeing seriously or watch your business suffer Michael Trüschler is the co-founder and chief executive officer at FlexxPay a UAE-based financial technology company providing... Thought Leadership • 02 March, 2020 Fintech
Regional Arab Startup Competition 2020 MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup Competition (ASC) is a yearly competition initiated by the MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab since 2006.... Wamda • 27 February, 2020
Egypt Fintech Retreat 2020 Fintech Galaxy is launching the region’s first Fintech Retreat 2020, bringing the ecosystem together for a more... Wamda • 25 February, 2020
Regional The state of technical talent in Mena Leen Ashqar leads value creation at Propeller, a venture capital firm based in Amman, Jordan Too often, we come across a startup founder... Thought Leadership • 24 February, 2020 Jordan talent Skills
Regional STEP 2020: Floating pitches, 400 startups and a new VC More than 8000 people attended, 400 startups showcased their ideas and investors with some $1 billion in their pockets were in Dubai for... Shaimaa El Nazer • 13 February, 2020 Step Conference STEP entrepreneurship
Regional A look at the state of pre-seed startups in Mena The UAE continues to be the leading hub for entrepreneurs according to a new report from Wamda Research Lab. More than 35 per cent of... Shaimaa El Nazer • 12 February, 2020 Wamda Research Lab wamda x
Regional How do we create AI in Arabic? For millions of people across the Middle East and North Africa, interacting with a digital voice assistant like Apple’s Siri or... Wamda • 27 January, 2020 Mawdoo3 Artificial intelligence Siri
Regional KBW Ventures invests in Singapore-based TurtleTree Labs KBW Ventures, the venture capital (VC) firm founded by Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed, son of Saudi Arabia billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin... News • 20 January, 2020 Milk animal cells Investment
Regional STEP Conference 2020 STEP Conference, the leading technology festival for emerging markets, has launched its 9th edition under the theme of “the World... Wamda • 12 January, 2020
Regional Mena startups raise $704 million in 2019 Source: Gulf News Investments in startups in the Middle East and North Africa rose 13 per cent to $704 million last year as more... News • 07 January, 2020 Investment MAGNiTT
Regional Trends to expect in 2020 With each passing year, the Middle East and North Africa’s (Mena) entrepreneurship ecosystem develops and cements itself as a core... Wamda • 05 January, 2020 Trends entrepreneurship MENA
Regional Top 5 VC deals in the fourth quarter of 2019 The fourth quarter 2019 top five venture capital (VC) deals that were disclosed amounted to $78.7 million, with UAE-based Trukker... Wamda • 01 January, 2020
Regional Our top stories from 2019 The biggest story to emerge this year was Uber’s acquisition of Careem in March. The deal, worth $3.1 billion, was the largest... Wamda • 31 December, 2019 entrepreneurship
Regional Corporate Entrepreneurship: Four ways to balance performance and disruption Joe Abi Akl is the acting chief corporate development officer at UAE-based Majid Al Futtaim, developers of shopping malls and... Thought Leadership • 19 December, 2019 Majid Al Futtaim Corporate entrepreneurship
Regional The untapped opportunity of esports in Mena Think of a current successful athlete from the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region. Chances are you’ll come up with a... Rachel McArthur • 16 December, 2019 Gaming esports
Regional Global Ventures and BECO Capital invest in Tribal Credit Source: Digital Boom US-based Tribal Credit closed a $5.5 million Seed round led by BECO Capital and Global Ventures to bank startups in... News • 05 December, 2019 Fintech BECO Capital
Regional Gaining more value from data through incentive, investment and regulation Jad Hajj, partner with Strategy& Middle East; Alice Klat, director of the Ideation Center, and Jana Batal, senior fellow at the... Thought Leadership • 27 November, 2019 big data
Egypt RiseUp Summit 2019 RiseUp Summit 2019 is an annual entrepreneurship and innovation event and will take place at The American University in Cairo on... Wamda • 26 November, 2019
Regional Arabnet Riyadh ArabNet is an events, insights and innovation program, focused on tech business and innovation in the MENA region. The event... Wamda • 25 November, 2019
Regional TruKKer raises $23 million in Series A UAE-based on-demand truck aggregator TruKKer has raised $23 million in one of the largest Series A funding rounds in the Middle East... Yasmeen Nabil • 12 November, 2019 trucks freight Series A
Regional Wamda marks a decade of entrepreneurship at Area 2071 in Dubai Wamda and Area 2071 hosted a panel discussion on Wednesday, November 6, to discuss the growth of the startup ecosystem over the past... Wamda • 10 November, 2019 wamda Wamda Community entrepreneurship
Regional Arab Startup Competition MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup Competition (ASC) is a yearly competition initiated by the MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab since 2006.... Wamda • 07 November, 2019
Regional Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival The Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival, happening on November 25-26, 2019, at The Expo Center Sharjah, and is... Wamda • 06 November, 2019
