Wamda

Saudi Arabia

Penny Software raises $1.35 million Seed with participation from Wamda

Saudi Arabia-based Penny Software has raised $1.35 million in a Seed investment round from Wamda, Class 5 Global, Outliers VC, Plug and...

b2b marketplace Penny

Egypt

Contributing to Egypt's growth journey

Dina H. Sherif, Mohamed Okasha and Malek Sultan are managing partners at Egypt-based VC firm Disruptech. This article was originally...

Disruptech fawry Fintech

Regional

I failed and this is my truth

Failure in the startup world can seem like an inevitable milestone, with nine out of 10 startups ending in failure. For many...

Failure

U.A.E

Open banking: DAPI's open letter to the UAE Bank Federation Advisory Council

An open letter on open banking, a framework for responsible innovation for banks and the fintech community in the UAE Members of the...

Fintech Open banking DAPI

Saudi Arabia

Social learning crucial to edtech says Noon Academy founder

The coronavirus lockdown shifted attitudes towards education technology (edtech), accelerating its adoption across the Middle East and...

EdTech Noon Academy

U.A.E

Navigating Dubai’s next chapter of growth

Majed Al Suwaidi is the managing director of Dubai Media City and lead of in5 Startups have always played a crucial role in the social...

in5 Dubai

U.A.E

Awok’s failure: Pandemic victim or cash mismanagement?

Wamda cannot verify the claims that Hussein Khafagy, head of customer experience at Awok makes below Last week, Dubai-based...

awok.com failures

Regional

Future of mobility: Can carpooling survive?

This is the third part in a series of features examining the impact of Covid-19 on the region's transport and mobility...

mobility carpooling

Pakistan

Trukkin: Why we expanded to Pakistan during lockdown

Trukkin is a Dubai-based trucks aggregator, connecting shippers, transporters, brokers and drivers. The startup has raised $3.5...

Trukkin Logistics

U.A.E

InstaShop’s acquisition and the growing significance of e-grocery

There is always a sense of pride, excitement and relief when a startup in the Middle East exits for a high valuation; pride for the...

instashop Delivery Hero Exit

Regional

Future of mobility: The uncertainty of e-scooters

This is the second part in a series of features examining the impact of Covid-19 on the region's transport and mobility...

mobility Transportation circ

Regional

Roundup of Step Anywhere 2020

Step this week concluded its first ever online edition, Step Anywhere, only six months after the ninth edition of Step Conference, the...

STEP event

Egypt

Sigma Fit's journey from sweatproof gym gear to medical PPE in Egypt

Sigma Fit, which earned international acclaim in January at the world’s largest consumer products show in Las Vegas, specialises in...

wearables covid-19

U.A.E

Bayut's weigh-in on the importance of adapting and learning quickly

Bayut is one of the region's largest real-estate portals. In this thought leadership piece, the team at the company outline the lessons...

Bayut.com

Global

Migrant labour and the true price of remittances

Mark Roden is the founder and chief executive of Ding The GCC is a part of the world that commands sheer amazement at the pace with...

Fintech remittances

Regional

Accelerators 2.0: The post-pandemic version

Yousra Diab is the head of programmes at Dubai-based social impact accelerator C3 As the world came to a standstill with the outbreak of...

C3 Accelerators

Egypt

RiseUp concludes its first virtual edition

RiseUp is one of the region's biggest startup events, attracting thousands of participants, giving visitors a glimpse into the Egyptian...

RiseUp Summit Rise Up from Home

Lebanon

Can Lebanon's entrepreneurship ecosystem survive?

Beirut made headlines worldwide as a devastating explosion shook the Lebanese capital’s port area last week, resulting in an...

beirut

U.A.E

eyewa raises $2.5 million pre-series B bridge round

Wamda, the Middle East region's leading startup ecosystem enabler, has invested in UAE-based eyewear e-commerce player eyewa, which has...

eyewa wamda Wamda Capital

Regional

The future of mobility: Buses on demand

This is the first part in a series of features examining the impact of Covid-19 on the region's transport and mobility startups Over...

mobility Swvl Buseet

U.A.E

Putting communities first in a new decade of innovation

By Rashid Al Ghurair, founder and CEO of UAE-based CAFU, a fuel on demand service Entering this new decade just several months ago,...

CAFU

Regional

Majid Al Futtaim: The corporate engaging with startups

Corporates are a necessity in the startup journey. They provide entrepreneurs with the work experience required to understand business and...

Majid Al Futtaim MAF

Regional

Creating a comprehensive model for e-commerce success

Darren Hodgkin, CEO of Digital&Code E-commerce has made massive gains during the Covid-19 pandemic. Consumers were forced to...

E-commerce

Regional

The audiobook opportunity in education

UAE-based audiobook platform Kitab Sawti was recently acquired by Storytel. In this exclusive piece for Wamda, Kitab Sawti's founder...

Kitab Sawti Audiobooks Education

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