Wamda

Regional

How our world is changing: the digital revolution in healthcare

Jalil Allabadi is the co-founder and CEO of Jordan-founded and Saudi Arabia-based healthtech Altibbi As the digital revolution...

AlTibbi healthtech

Regional

How are changing market conditions in Mena impacting BNPL?

The momentum realised in the buy now, pay later (BNPL) e-commerce space has also carried over to brick-and-mortar sales. The shifting...

BNPL

Regional

How do Mena merchants view buy now pay later?

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) has quickly established itself as a popular go-to financing option for online shoppers as well as retailers, with...

BNPL Tabby Tamara

Kuwait

Lessons learned from building a tech startup in Kuwait

Tarek Sakr is the founder and CEO of Kuwait-based e-commerce startup, 4Sale Building a tech startup in Kuwait is no easy task for an...

4Sale kuwait

Regional

The one mistake that costs Mena startups funding and 10 ways to fix it

Olena Petrosyuk and Igor Shaversky are co-founders of Waveup, an advisory firm for startups The second quarter of 2023 was probably the...

pitch deck

Jordan

Numa: bridging the fintech gap for freelancers

Any company familiar with freelancers in the Arab world will know how difficult it can be to pay them. Many remain unbanked and still opt...

NUMA banking neobank

Global

What should you look for in a mentor?

Nader Sabry is strategist, innovator and entrepreneur in NASA space tech, government, and health/wellness. He is also the author...

Mentorship Mentor

U.A.E

Will the world's smartest contact lenses emerge in Dubai?

In a lab in Dubai, a Russian entrepreneur and a Ukrainian material scientist are working together on a project that may very well...

deeptech XPANCEO Russia

Global

The key ingredient for successful impact startups

Medea Nocentini is a senior partner at Global Ventures, Maria Najjar is the content manager at Global Ventures and Lana Azhari is the...

ESG impact entrepreneurship

Regional

Mena startups raised $95 million in July 2023

Startups in the Middle East and North Africa region (Mena) have raised $95 million across 31 deals in July 2023, a slight dip from the $105...

Investment

Palestine

Remote working: empowering Arabs to solve the global skills shortage

Jafar Shunnar is the co-founder and chief technology officer at Dutch-Palestinian social impact edtech, the Talent Acceleration...

Talent Acceleration Platform EdTech talent

Regional

Where does the next level of innovation lie in Mena’s insurtech sector? [part two]

This is the second in a two-part series on the insurtech space in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena). The first part can be found...

Insurtech Insurance

Regional

Insurtech: the interplay between insurance companies and startups [part one]

This is the first in a two-part series looking at the growth of insurtech in Mena. The second part can be found here. Insurance is one...

Insurtech Insurance

U.A.E

Cafu: on the road to world domination

Few startups born in the Middle East have managed to expand outside of the region and scale across the world, but this is a mission that...

CAFU mobility

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Investment

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