Wamda

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

syria Harbuk Gwand

Egypt

The startup braving the odds in Upper Egypt

Opportunities for young graduates are limited in Upper Egypt, that is in the southern governorates of the country, which account for some...

Upper Egypt Sal7lyy

Regional

The urgent need to support agritech startups

Aamer Sheikh is the chief executive officer of the Middle East Business at PepsiCo, one of the world’s largest food and beverage...

agritech

U.A.E

UAE corporate tax: what startups need to know

Rayhan Aleem is the founder of Alpha Pro Partners, a UAE-based accounting firm focused on the tech sector. The UAE has long been a...

corporation tax

Regional

Mena startups raised $7 million in April 2023

Ramadan is usually a slow month for news and announcements, so it was no surprise that investment announcements would drop in April. What...

Wamda Research Lab

Sudan

Sudanese startups either pivot or migrate as fighting rages on

On the third day of the civil war in Sudan, the team at research and data platform DataQ, launched Neda’a, which translates...

Sudan

U.A.E

How two founders turned their frustrations into a startup

For Ibrahim Abudyak and Hiba Balfaqih, it was utter frustration with the state of their lives and mental health that led to the...

Smash Room Failure

Palestine

How the right type of education can drive down unemployment in Palestine

Khadija Abass is the communications manager at Dutch-Palestinian social impact edtech, the Talent Acceleration Platform Education is the...

EdTech TAP

Regional

An entrepreneurial perspective on untapped opportunities and lingering barriers for women

Madiha Bee is the founder and CEO of Awakened Woman, a coaching and education platform for Arab women to step into greater service and...

Women empowerment

Global

An essential guide to cap tables

Wamda and Clara have teamed up to bring you, startup founders, this essential guide to capitalisation (cap) tables. If you are...

cap tables

Morocco

Babelmdina: Bringing life back to Morocco’s handicrafts sector

It was common for Moroccan duo Anass Lamouri and Imane Radid to pay the Old Medina of Casablanca (the Old City) a weekly visit, navigating...

Babelmdina

Regional

How to generate value with generative AI

Abed Kasaji is the co-founder of US-based Anecdote, an AI-driven customer insights tool. Kasaji was previously the senior product manager...

Anecdote Artificial intelligence

Regional

Mena startups raised $247 million in March 2023, pushing Q1 funding to $1.1 billion

Startups in the Middle East and North Africa region (Mena) raised $247 million across 67 deals in March 2023, a decline of 67 per cent...

investments

U.A.E

Secondaries and liquidity: The investor’s access and the founder’s dream

Zuhair Shamma is the co-founder of UAE-based Zest, an equity management platform Have you ever wondered why we were able to...

Zest secondary market

Global

How Muzz lost a battle but won market share

In the quest to innovate, disrupt and offer something new, startups can often agitate and annoy incumbent players. For Muslim-focused...

Muzz

Egypt

Tactful AI: Tracing the pivots before the exit

In 2016, Egyptian entrepreneur Mohamed Elmasry moved to the UK, in hopes of building a local tech product with global know-how and impact....

deeptech Tactful AI

U.A.E

Making a case for Abu Dhabi

Ryaan Sharif is the general manager at Flat6Labs UAE “The backbone of the world economy.” Read any article about startups...

Flat6Labs abu dhabi

Egypt

Egypt's economic crisis in focus at RiseUp's 10th summit

For the past decade, RiseUp has been one of the most influential startup events in Egypt and the wider Middle East and North Africa region....

RiseUp

Regional

How will the failure of SVB impact Mena's startup ecosystem?

The collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), one of the world's biggest startup lenders has been nothing short of a disaster for the...

SVB

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