Regional From likes to buys: How the Middle East's retail sector has evolved As shoppers in the Middle East enjoyed black/white/yellow Friday sales online this weekend, many of the physical retailers responded with... Triska Hamid • 25 November, 2018 E-commerce Retail Online shopping
Regional GCC fintech startups to attract $2 billion in investments Private-funding investments in GCC-based financial technology (fintech) startups is expected to reach $2 billion in the next decade... Yasmeen Nabil • 20 November, 2018 Fintech Fintech Hive investement
Regional The Billion Dollar Fund for Women secures $70 million The Billion Dollar Fund for Women (TBDF), a global consortium that aims to fight the gender funding gap, has secured $70 million to be... Yasmeen Nabil • 19 November, 2018 Women empowerment Women Entrepreneur
Regional The ethics of investing Socially responsible investment is not a new concept. In fact, the roots of sustainable investment are said to date back as far as 1758 and... Rachel McArthur • 19 November, 2018 impact entrepreneurship investing
Regional Does Spotify’s entry into the market really matter? In 2017, global revenues from streaming surpassed both physical and digital music sales, putting rest to the debate on whether or not... Fares Ghandour • 18 November, 2018 streaming Music streaming Music
Regional Connecting Lusophone Africa: “Are the African Portuguese-speaking countries ready for investment?” By Claudia Makadristo - Regional Manager for Africa at Seedstars The countries that make up Lusophone, or Portuguese-speaking, Africa... Seedstars • 07 November, 2018 africa lusophone africa Seedstars Africa
Regional Uncertain global investment market creates opportunities in region The prospect of a full-blown trade war between the US and China is prompting some of the world’s investors to look for rebound... Wamda • 06 November, 2018
Regional What happens when startups fail? Nearly a century ago, Henry Ford said that failure was simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently. Many... Matt Smith • 04 November, 2018 startup Failure
Regional Is your education limiting your career options? Hisham Elaraby Regional Director at Udacity Mena There is an enormous gap between the size of the opportunity and the... Thought Leadership • 01 November, 2018 Education Learning upskill
Regional Deciphering the fintech boom in the Mid East Financial Technology (fintech) is a vast and all-encompassing term that evokes hope, cynicism and plenty of confusion. From Bitcoins to... Triska Hamid • 29 October, 2018 Fintech Blockchain cryptocurrency
Regional Nurturing the social entrepreneurs of the Mid East As many governments across the Middle East struggle with providing the basic services and necessities, entrepreneurs are stepping up to... Middle East Exchange • 25 October, 2018 Social Entrepreneurship Accelerators
Regional Today’s edtech for tomorrow’s innovators Educational technology (edtech) is filling a gap where traditional models have become obsolete. As innovation becomes a key pillar in... Annie Bricker • 21 October, 2018 Education EdTech
Regional The Middle East and its e-waste problem We’re all guilty of discarding old devices for new ones. But there is great opportunity for electronic waste in the region.... Middle East Exchange • 18 October, 2018 Environment e-waste
Regional Women are driving change in the Middle East tech industry With more females operating in tech per capita than anywhere else in the world, a new wave of talented individuals are revolutionising the... Middle East Exchange • 16 October, 2018 Women Entrepreneur Women empowerment women in tech
Regional Increasing competitiveness in the Arab World The Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region has the highest unemployment and youth unemployment rate in the world at 10 per... Triska Hamid • 24 September, 2018
Regional Preventing the wealth gap in innovation Silicon Valley has a problem according to Fiona Murray, associate dean of innovation at MIT Sloan School of Management. The world’s... Triska Hamid • 24 September, 2018 impact entrepreneurship
Regional Impatient game-changers: millennials are changing economies and shaping e-commerce Millennials are responsible for the rise of new digital trends according to MENA’s Millennials Decoded report conducted by research... Reine Farhat • 23 September, 2018 millennials Ipsos ecommerce
Regional Vezeeta secures $12m in series C Egypt-based healthcare company Vezeeta has raised $12million in a Series C round led by Saudi Technology Ventures (STV). Launched in... Wamda • 19 September, 2018 Healthcare Series C
Regional A15 sells stake in Tpay Mobile The region’s first “dragon exit” was completed today by A15, which sold its 76 per cent stake in UAE-based Tpay Mobile. A... Wamda • 17 September, 2018 mobile finance Exit
Regional MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab launches its third edition of the Innovate for Refugees Competition #CrackTheCrisis The MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab (MITEF Pan Arab), in partnership with Zain, Agility and GCC Services, has announced the launch of... Wamda • 03 September, 2018 MIT Enterprise Forum Pan-Arab
Regional Robo-advisor Sarwa raises over $ 1.3M from regional and global investors Sarwa, a regulated automated investment advisory platform in the region, recently closed a pre-Series A of over $1.3 million. Investors... Staff writer • 03 September, 2018 fundraising
Regional When investors regret saying ‘no’ to startups When faced with rejection, entrepreneurs often believe potential investors turned them down due to concerns their ideas were insufficiently... Reine Farhat • 21 August, 2018 investors Investment
Regional Three essential strategies to successfully launch and grow a startup A lot of startup advice is tactical by nature and thus varies from one context to another, whereas the most transformative advice is more... Amir Hegazi • 16 August, 2018 Startup Arabia
Regional Crowd Analyzer secures $1.1 million, looks to scale to Saudi Arabia and MENA Crowd Analyzer, the Dubai-based data intelligence provider and Arabic-focused social media monitoring platform, has received pre-Series A... Staff writer • 31 July, 2018 Crowd Analyzer Investment
