Regional Is the slowdown in investment a good thing for Mena? Issa Aghabi is the co-founder and managing partner of UAE-based VC, Access Bridge Ventures Things over the past six to nine months have... Thought Leadership • 17 July, 2023 Access Bridge Ventures Investment
Regional Advice for investors: what to bear in mind when looking at AI startups Ayman Alashkar, is the founder of UAE-based proptech startup OVERWRITE.ai There are those who are calling AI a bubble.... Thought Leadership • 13 July, 2023 overwrite.ai generative AI AI
Jordan How can technology make law more accessible? Legaltech, an intersection of law and technology, has been transforming the legal industry over the past few years, enabling lawyers to... Triska Hamid • 10 July, 2023 Legaltech Qistas CyberLaw
Regional Mena startups raised $35.6 million in June, pushing half year total to $1.6 billion Startups in Mena raised $35.6 million in June 2023 across 45 deals, pushing the half year funding total to $1.6 billion. While May... Wamda • 02 July, 2023 Investment
Egypt The B2B marketplaces looking to support Egypt’s restaurants Egypt’s economic woes seem to have bypassed one particular sector - restaurants. The past few years have seen the establishment of... Dunya Hassanein • 26 June, 2023 B2B marketplace
Regional Unlocking the potential of ESOP Rawan Baddour and Zuhair Shamma are the co-founders of UAE-based Zest, an equity management platform Despite the region making... Thought Leadership • 22 June, 2023 Zest ESOP
Global The financial rollercoaster has investors reeling: is the “great rebalancing” here? Abhishek Datta is the associate vice president at the Continental Group, an insurance intermediary and financial services solution provider... Thought Leadership • 19 June, 2023 oped
Egypt Saudi Arabia's magnetic pull: should Egypt be concerned about startup migration? Last month, Egyptian business tycoon Samih Sawiris announced that he would halt all new investments in Egypt and will instead shift his... Nesma Abdel Azim • 15 June, 2023 Saudi Arabia
Iraq 1001: The Iraqi startup looking to displace Shahid and Netflix Iraq is a market that still elicits a sense of pity and fear for many, but for those operating in Iraq, the opportunities are endless. The... Triska Hamid • 12 June, 2023 Media streaming
Regional Mena startups raised $445 million in May 2023 May was a bounce-back month for VC activity in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena), as venture funding into the region’s startups... Wamda • 08 June, 2023 Investment
Kuwait COFE: Digitising the coffee experience from bean to cup There has been an increased shift towards customisation and convenience over the past few years which has resulted in a rise in vertical... Dunya Hassanein • 05 June, 2023 COFE foodtech
Saudi Arabia How to pioneer innovation and economic transformation in Saudi Arabia Dr. Samer Abdallah is the head of ICT Sector at KPMG in Saudi Arabia Governments worldwide are actively embracing innovation to stay... Thought Leadership • 01 June, 2023 Innovation
Global Running in parallel, the Russian startup ecosystem in Dubai Four years ago, several Russian diplomats landed in Dubai to open the Russian Centre of Digital Innovation and ICT, a space intended to... Triska Hamid • 29 May, 2023 Russia Dubai
Regional The baker who learned to code As the startup sector has boomed in the Middle East and North Africa, so too has the need for software engineers and developers. But... Amro Selim • 25 May, 2023 Talpods
Palestine Regional collaboration is the lifeline for Palestine’s entrepreneurs Rateb H.Rabi is the CEO of Intersect Innovation Hub, a business incubator serving startups in Ramallah, Nablus, Hebron and soon... Thought Leadership • 22 May, 2023 palestine
Syria Is there any hope for Syria’s startups? It has been 12 years since the civil war in Syria devastated the country and its economy. What was once a promising middle income country... Nesma Abdel Azim • 18 May, 2023 syria Harbuk Gwand
