Wamda

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...

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...

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....

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....

investments

Regional

Forty per cent of Arab youth plan to start own business

Frustration with struggling economies, government corruption and lack of job opportunities is pushing young Arabs towards entrepreneurship...

Arab youth entrepreneurship E-commerce

Egypt

Flick raises $1 million pre-seed investment

Egypt-based peer-to-peer (P2P) financial technology (fintech) startup Flick, has raised a $1 million a pre-seed funding round from an angel...

Flick money transfer Fintech

Regional

Why we need website builders in Arabic

Selina Bieber is the senior regional director for Mena and Turkey at GoDaddy Although digital transformation has been a crucial...

GoDaddy Arabic digital content

Regional

How do you create customer loyalty online?

Niranjan Gidwani is a consultant and the former chief executive officer at Eros Group Dubai This topic deals with how crucial it is to...

E-commerce

Regional

GCC-based entities join forces to launch region's first conscious investor fellowship

Source: Arab News King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) has partnered with the investment platform VentureSouq,...

KAUST impact entrepreneurship Venture Souq

Regional

Future of mobility: Rise in private vehicle demand

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

mobility car rental car share

Regional

Sheraa launches $250,000 Middle East and Africa startup challenge

Source: Gulf News The Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center (Sheraa) is launching a $250,000 prize for high prospect startups in the Middle...

Sheraa investments MENA

Regional

Wiz Holding raises seed funding

UAE-based e-commerce enterprise Wiz holding, has raised $2 million in seed funding from undisclosed international investors from the US,...

ecommerce Wiz Holding

Regional

What's next for traveltech?

The travel sector was the worst-hit during the lockdown and it will likely take years before numbers reach pre-Covid levels. Yet...

Travel traveltech podcast

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

Regional

Energy-focused AFKAR ventures launches in Mena

Dubai-headquartered AFKAR Ventures has launched in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region looking to invest in startups operating...

Afkar Ventures Energytech

Regional

Saudi’s Falak to invest SAR5 million in 10 startups

Saudi Arabia-based angel accelerator Falak Investment Hub is planning to invest SAR5 million in up to 10 tech startups selected to...

Falak investment hub acceleration

Global

Fintech investments in EMEA rise to $4.6 billion in H1 2020

Investments in financial technology (fntech) in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) recorded $4.6 billion in the first half of 2020,...

Fintech EMEA

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

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

Delivery Hero acquires UAE-based InstaShop

UAE-based e-grocery startup InstaShop today announced that it has been acquired by Germany’s Delivery Hero in a deal worth $360...

Delivery Hero instashop acquisition

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

Lebanon

Geek Express raises $520,000 in pre Series-A

Geek Express, an edtech startup based in Lebanon and the UAE, has secured $520,000 in a pre-Series A round from National Talents, IM...

Geek Express EdTech

Regional

Leadership in crisis with Ronaldo Mouchawar

The uncertainty and devastation brought on by the coronavirus tested every business and their leaders around the world. For Amazon,...

Amazon souq covid-19

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

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