Seedstars: It's Easier Online Hackathon

Digital & Financial inclusion have transformative power on the economy, community and employment. Digital transformation...

Lara Fakih • 08 June, 2020

What happens when things don't go to plan?

At the start of this year, Wamda launched the second cohort of its fellowship programme, Wamda X. The 13 startups selected embarked on a...

Wamda • 07 June, 2020

wamda x

Beyond Incubation: Universities as agents of startup development

In the 1990s, professors Henry Etzkowitz and Loet Leydesdorff, put forward the idea of the Triple Helix framework, which highlighted...

Shaimaa El Nazer • 04 June, 2020

Education Taqadam startAD

TiE Dubai offers $100,000 to winning startup

TiE Dubai, a chapter of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), announced the launch of a regional Women 2020 pitch competition as part of its...

Shaimaa El Nazer • 01 June, 2020

Women entrepreneurship competition

The angel network looking for halal opportunities

Muslims concluded the celebration of Eid Al Fitr this week, marking the end of Ramadan in lockdown. During this time, 64 per cent of UAE...

Dunya Hassanein • 27 May, 2020

Islamic economy Angel Investment

The logistical developments in e-commerce

The importance of the e-commerce industry has been multiplied by 10 as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic according to Iyad Kamal, chief...

Triska Hamid • 21 May, 2020

Logistics aramex

HOF Capital's take on investment post pandemic

HOF Capital is a global venture capital (VC) firm founded in 2016 by three Egyptian entrepreneurs, Fady Yacoub, Onsi Sawiris and Hisham...

Dunya Hassanein • 20 May, 2020

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Wamda Research Lab report on Covid-19 impact

More than 70 per cent of startups based in the Middle East and North Africa have witnessed a negative impact on their business as a result...

Wamda • 18 May, 2020

Wamda Research Lab covid-19

How AI can help governments in a post Covid-19 world

Jad Hajj, partner, and Wissam Abdel Samad, principal, Christian Stechel, senior manager, Gustave Cordahi, senior associate, with...

Thought Leadership • 17 May, 2020

Artificial intelligence

The future of SMEs after Covid-19

Rafael Lemaitre is a partner at consultancy SIA Partners and Maria Garrido is the manager of growth and innovation  During...

Thought Leadership • 14 May, 2020

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[Report Launch] The Impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the entrepreneurship ecosystem

Wamda and Arabnet have joined efforts to conduct research for a report on the impact of COVID-19 on the startup ecosystem across the...

Wamda • 13 May, 2020

Blitzscaling and the COVID-19 crisis

Theory, a JV with MENA media giant StarzPlay, and its partner network Nat Geo and Discovery, and Harvard affiliates that...

Wamda • 11 May, 2020

How can we encourage more women to pursue entrepreneurship?

Prior to the Covid-19 outbreak, Sana Afouaiz, founder of Womenpreneur, an organisation established to support women entrepreneurs, toured...

Thought Leadership • 11 May, 2020

Women Women entrepreneurship

A conversation on mental health and the power of harnessing communities in the MENA region during uncertain times

Wamda and Microsoft for Startups are hosting 'A conversation on mental health and the power of harnessing communities in the MENA...

Wamda • 10 May, 2020

How do you maintain the relevance of a brand?

Jones the Grocer is one of the UAE's longest standing restaurants, but few are aware of the legal and financial difficulties faced by...

Wamda • 07 May, 2020

jones the grocer

Instabug secures $5 million Series A round

Instabug, the in-app feedback and bug reporting software company, has raised $5 million in a Series A round. The investment round was led...

News • 05 May, 2020

Software applications Technology

Careem cuts more than 500 jobs across all markets

Source: The National Ride-hailing company Careem is shedding 31 per cent of its workforce to offset the impact of...

News • 04 May, 2020

careem

UberEats shuts down in UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt

Source: Reuters Uber (UBER.N) said on Monday it was closing down its Uber Eats operations in eight markets because they did not offer a...

News • 04 May, 2020

UberEats Egypt foodtech

World’s first Halal Angels Network aims to tap $5 trillion

Source: Trade Arabia The World’s First Halal Angels Network was launched to promote Innovation, entrepreneurship & startups to...

News • 04 May, 2020

Angel Investment India GCC

The rise of contactless payments

In a part of the world more comfortable with cash on delivery (COD) rather than online or even card payments, the notion of contactless...

Wamda • 04 May, 2020

MasterCard contactless

yallacompare secures $4.25 million funding

yallacompare, the UAE-based insurance aggregator, has secured new funding of $4.25 million from Gulf Insurance Group (GIG). The investment...

News • 03 May, 2020

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Wamda graduates second cohort of its fellowship programme Wamda X

Wamda, the Mena region’s leading entrepreneurship platform, has graduated the second cohort of Wamda X, its grant-based fellowship...

Wamda • 03 May, 2020

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Covid-19: Ushering in a new era for healthtech

In the wake of the Covid-19 crisis and resulting lockdown, it is not just the global economy and healthcare systems that are suffering...

Dunya Hassanein • 27 April, 2020

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The Impact of Covid-19 on Mena's economy with a special focus on ecommerce

In light of COVID-19 outbreak emerging as the major disruptor to the regional economy, INSEAD National Alumni Association UAE is...

Wamda • 26 April, 2020