Regional The future of agritech in Mena Across the Middle East, agriculture plays a pivotal role in transforming economies, alleviating poverty and fostering economic growth, but... Dunya Hassanein • 12 November, 2020 agritech Pure Harvest Smart Farms
Pakistan Mena-based angel investors invest in Pakistan's Conatural Source: Profit Magazine Pakistan’s natural and organic skin and hair care brand, Conatural, has raised $825,000 in a Pre-Series A... News • 11 November, 2020 Beauty startups Angel Investment Conatural
Regional Distichain and Markit peer-selected for investment UAE-based e-commerce and e-procurement platform Distichain and Lebanon-based on-demand grocery delivery service Markit are set to receive... Wamda • 09 November, 2020 Distichain Markit Finance Forward Mena 2020
Regional Corporates in Mena: From competitors to investors The rampant digitisation of almost every sector this year has pushed corporates, once slow-moving goliaths comfortable in their traditional... Triska Hamid • 08 November, 2020 corporates CVC
Egypt Cairo Angels launches syndicate fund Egypt-based angel network Cairo Angels, has launched its first $3 million micro-venture syndicate fund, aiming to back up and support the... Wamda • 08 November, 2020 cairo angels Early-stage pre-Series A
Regional Mena startups raised $47.6 million in October Cloud kitchens have pushed up investments in October after Kaykroo launched with a $4 million funding round and Sweetheart Kitchen... Wamda • 05 November, 2020 investments
Regional Veolia launches accelerator for social startups and SMEs France-based Veolia has launched an acceleration and mentoring programme, aimed at supporting social startups and SMEs across the Middle... Wamda • 03 November, 2020 Veolia acceleration smes
Regional The issue of open banking [part two] In the first part of this feature, we introduced the concept of open banking. Here, we take a closer look at the regulatory... Shaimaa El Nazer • 02 November, 2020 Fintech Open banking
Regional The issue of open banking [part one] Following DAPI’s open letter to the UAE Bank Federation Advisory Council penned by co-founder Mohammed Aziz over a month ago, open... Shaimaa El Nazer • 29 October, 2020 Fintech Open banking DAPI
Regional The unstoppable growth of e-grocery E-grocery remains the fastest growing segment of e-commerce in the Middle East according to new research from RedSeer Consulting, growing... Triska Hamid • 28 October, 2020 e-grocery
Regional Techne Summit Alexandria 2020 Techne Summit is coming to you this year on November 7-8-9 as a Hybrid Event! So, if you can't attend in person, you can... Annelies Docx • 26 October, 2020
Regional #askwamda #askWamda is our virtual service for startups in need of mentorship or advice from the Wamda team. Please fill in this form, and... Wamda • 26 October, 2020
Regional The future of Agritech in Mena Wamda is hosting an online panel discussion on Wednesday, November 4th at 3:00 PM (GMT+4), ''The future of Agritech in... Annelies Docx • 26 October, 2020
Egypt EBRD supports Badia Impact Squared first closing Source: EBRD New technology companies in the southern and eastern Mediterranean (SEMED) region will benefit from additional sources of... News • 26 October, 2020 silicon badia EBRD Healthcare
Regional Providing a purpose in remittances There are about a billion migrant workers around the world who send money to their families in remittances. This source of income is vital... Triska Hamid • 26 October, 2020 Fintech remittance now money
Regional The slow rise of neobanking in the Middle East This week’s biggest financial news came from Abu Dhabi after investment firm ADQ, the holding company for some of the biggest assets... Shaimaa El Nazer • 22 October, 2020 Fintech Open banking neo banking
Regional Yalla Fintech 2020 - Arab Hackathon for Financial Inclusion Fintech Galaxy and Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH have launched the virtual hackathon for... Annelies Docx • 19 October, 2020
Regional STEP Saudi 2020 Step Saudi 2020, Saudi's Most Happening Conference, taking place online this November 24-25, 2020. 2,000+ startup... Annelies Docx • 19 October, 2020
Regional Just #askWamda: Our new online mentorship service Today we are launching #askWamda our virtual service for startups in need of mentorship or advice from the team. Over the past decade,... Wamda • 18 October, 2020 #askWamda
Regional How do you seize a market opportunity? Disaster for many evokes a sense of fear and danger and a desire to seek out safety and stability. But there are those who manage to seek... Wamda • 18 October, 2020 podcast
Regional Google launches accelerator for startups in Mena Google is launching a new accelerator programme for startups in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena). The three month programme will... News • 14 October, 2020 Google accelerator
Regional New VC fund to invest $60 million in 120 Mena startups The former managing partners of 500 Startups Mena (500 Falcons) Sharif El-Badawi and Hasan Haider have launched a new venture capital... News • 12 October, 2020 Venture Capital Plus Venture Capital
Regional 14th edition of MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup Competition MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup Competition (ASC) is a yearly competition initiated by the MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab since 2006.... Wamda • 08 October, 2020
Regional Mena startups raised $10.9 million in September Investment in startups appears to be slowing for the first time this year with just $10.9 million* raised in fresh funding in September.... Wamda • 07 October, 2020 investments