Wamda

Regional

Mena startups raised $173 million in September 2022

Startups in Mena raised $173 million across 51 deals as investment levels continue to decline this year. This marks a 54 per cent drop...

Investment

Regional

An essential guide to ESOPs

A. Overview Wamda and Clara have teamed up to bring you, startup founders, this essential guide to employee share option plans (commonly...

ESOP Clara

Morocco

The Moroccan startup helping grocers improve customer loyalty

Traditional grocery stores are a regular fixture of every neighborhood in Morocco. When compared to large supermarket chains and...

WafR

Regional

Behind the scenes of the POSRocket acquisition

In January 2022, Saudi Arabia-based fintech and foodtech startup Foodics announced it had acquired Jordan-based point of sale provider...

acquisition Exit posrocket

Regional

How has Majid Al Futtaim’s approach to startups changed?

As a large corporate, Majid Al Futtaim (MAF) was ahead of the curve when it came to engaging with startups. The Mall of the Emirates...

Majid Al Futtaim Holding Majid Al Futtaim Launchpad corporates

U.A.E

Verity: Driving financial access for the region's children

It was during one of his evening jogs that Kamal Al-Samarrai wondered why he found himself in a position of financial difficulty. At the...

Verity app financial literacy Open banking

Regional

Does Mena need to pay greater attention to developments in AI?

Artificial intelligence (AI) has permeated through almost every industry and sector, changing our daily interactions with technology...

Artificial intelligence

Egypt

What are the repercussions of Capiter’s downfall?

There was a surge in startup activity during the pandemic that saw record-breaking investment channeled to some of the region’s most...

Capiter

Regional

Mena startups raised $378 million in August 2022

Startups in the Middle East and North Africa region (Mena) raised $378 million across 33 deals, a 260 per cent increase in funding value...

Investment and acquisitions

Regional

Can the Mena region be a leader in inclusive capital?

Regie Mauricio is the research manager at the Legatum Centre for Development and Entrepreneurship at MIT. Dina H. Sherif is the...

unicorns Careem Mafia

Egypt

Why is Grubtech shifting its focus to Egypt?

The foodtech space remains one of the most dynamic in the Middle East, thanks to the region’s insatiable appetite for food delivery...

GrubTech

U.A.E

Talpods: Mentoring a new generation of software engineers

Ask any entrepreneur what the most important element is to their survival and success and the answer almost always will be...

Talpods software engineering

Lebanon

eFlow: The Lebanese startup teaching courses on messenger

Online learning became a necessity during the lockdowns, and while many tools became readily available, the vast majority catered to those...

EdTech eFlow

Regional

How are consumers shopping in the omnichannel world?

Professor Paul Hopkinson is head of Edinburgh Business School at Heriot-Watt University Dubai and academic director for Heriot-Watt...

E-commerce omnichannel

Egypt

Egyptian startups pull trigger on layoffs amid growing uncertainty and funding crunch

The year 2022 has been nothing but a mixed bag for Egypt’s technology and startup sector. On the one hand, the local ecosystem has...

Egypt

U.A.E

How to address the lack of engineering and tech talent in the UAE

Toni Allen is director of international, strategic marketing and engagement at the Institution of Engineering and Technology The...

talent Skills

Regional

Can restaurant payment startups survive the market slowdown and rise in food costs?

There is a popular chain of Italian restaurants in Europe that is owned and operated by a French company that kickstarted a revolution in...

foodtech ChatFood Eat App

Global

Community is king in Web3 – here’s what to know before building yours

Sean Pattwell is the founder and CEO of CW8 Communications Despite the cryptocurrency market downturn, the general excitement about the...

Web 3.0

Regional

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

Regional

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

Regional

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

Palestine

Can Palestine become a birthplace for impact-driven ventures?

Majd Zghyer is the strategy officer at uMake, an entrepreneurship support organisation (ESO) based in Ramallah, Palestine. In a recent...

palestine Impact

Regional

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

Global

Navigating the slippery slopes of uncertainty

Rani Salman is the managing partner at Caliber Consulting, a UAE-based boutique consulting firm As the evolutionary biologist Charles...

strategy

Thought Leadership

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