Wamda

Global

What happened to the future?

Steen Jakobsen is the chief investment officer at Saxo Bank The once bright future now appears more bleak than ever. Geopolitical...

oped

Saudi Arabia

Tawaref Series: an entrepreneur's journey in Saudi Arabia, from bootstrapping to big bucks

As an entrepreneur considering a landing in Saudi Arabia and the establishment of a company, a crucial decision awaits: whether to navigate...

Tawaref expanding to Saudi Arabia

Regional

Does Mena’s proptech sector still have room for growth?

Proptech, short for property technology, is steadily gaining momentum within the real estate sector across the Middle East and North Africa...

Proptech

Regional

Mena startups raised $86.5 million in January 2024

This year has kicked off with a relatively modest funding raise of $86.5 million across 33 deals, a 34 per cent decrease year on year....

Investment

Saudi Arabia

Tawaref Series: navigating Saudi expansion

In today's interconnected global economy, tech entrepreneurs are continually exploring new frontiers to expand their businesses and...

Tawaref expanding to Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

An introduction to the Tawaref series

Wamda has partnered up with Tawaref, a Saudi Arabia-based tech investment community that also provides startup advisory, legal consultancy...

Tawaref expanding to Saudi Arabia

Regional

Why you shouldn't make AI your exclusive startup driver

Rashit Makhat, is the director and co-founder, Scalo Technologies, the tech venture company based in Dubai In the rush to cash in on...

generative AI Scalo Technologies

Regional

What are the startup investment trends in Mena?

Dr Jelena Janjusevic is associate professor at the School of Social Sciences at Heriot-Watt University Dubai The Middle East and North...

Investment

Regional

Dynamic leadership lies at the heart of innovation

Paul Almeida is the Dean and William R. Berkley Chair at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business The business...

Leadership

Regional

Startup funding in 2023 slows down in majority of Mena markets

Startup funding in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) saw a decline in all but three countries. While the overall amount raised grew...

Investment

Regional

Trends to expect in 2024

This year will be the year of reckoning for startups across the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) as global inflation continues to rise...

Predictions

Regional

Debt financing pushes December 2023 investment to $1.15 billion

Sixty startups across the Middle East and North Africa region (Mena) raised a mammoth $1.15 billion, the highest amount recorded for the...

Investment

Regional

Our top stories from 2023

This past year has been one of highs and lows for startups and investors across the Middle East and North Africa, from the ongoing economic...

Roundup

Palestine

The martyrs of Gaza

Wamda is compiling a list of all the people working in the technology and startup sector who have been killed in Gaza by Israeli strikes....

Gaza

Regional

COP28 beyond the negotiations: unleashing innovation and collaboration for climate action

Eva Morales and Samsurin Welch are the co-founders of HyveGeo In Dubai this year, the largest-ever attended COP in history saw a...

HyveGeo Cleantech COP28

U.A.E

Sukooni: a local approach to mental healthcare

Mental health has long been considered taboo in the culture of the Middle East, and so has seeking help. With the rise in telehealth...

mental health Sukooni

Global

What does data analytics tell us about the eco-conscious consumer?

Jadd Elliot Dib is the CEO and founder of data analytics freelance hiring platform, Pangaea X According to Roundup.org, 75 per cent of...

Pangea X data analytics

U.A.E

The evolution of Wally, from expenses tracking to personal finance AI

Resilience is often highlighted as an important skill for entrepreneurs to have and few have shown as much resilience as Saeid Hejazi and...

wally Fintech ChatGPT

U.A.E

Spearheading a sustainable future in the UAE

Petra Jeffery is assistant professor at Heriot-Watt University Dubai Nestled in the heart of the Middle East, the United Arab Emirates...

green tech Cleantech

Regional

Will COP28 catalyse the region’s cleantech sector?

COP 28 has dominated almost every headline since its arrival in the UAE this year. Funds worth billions have been announced, new...

Cleantech Sustainability

Regional

Startups in Mena raised $764 million in November 2023, highest amount recorded this year

Startups in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) have raised $764 million across 42 rounds in November 2023, a jump of 390 per cent...

Investment

Palestine

Palestinian entrepreneurs are facing the disastrous repercussions of war

Monthly VC investment deals were transformed into data on the numbers killed and wounded. The number of startups being founded were...

conflict palestine Gaza

Regional

How generative AI can give companies a competitive edge

Hasit Trivedi is the CTO of digital technologies and global head of AI at Tech Mahindra Generative artificial intelligence...

generative AI

Kuwait

Why has Kuwait’s startup ecosystem fallen behind?

At one point, Kuwait was at the forefront of the startup ecosystem in the GCC, producing some of the region’s most robust companies...

kuwait

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