Regional Can the Mena region be a leader in inclusive capital? Regie Mauricio is the research manager at the Legatum Centre for Development and Entrepreneurship at MIT. Dina H. Sherif is the... Thought Leadership • 05 September, 2022 unicorns Careem Mafia
Egypt Why is Grubtech shifting its focus to Egypt? The foodtech space remains one of the most dynamic in the Middle East, thanks to the region’s insatiable appetite for food delivery... Dunya Hassanein • 01 September, 2022 GrubTech
U.A.E Talpods: Mentoring a new generation of software engineers Ask any entrepreneur what the most important element is to their survival and success and the answer almost always will be... Triska Hamid • 29 August, 2022 Talpods software engineering
Lebanon eFlow: The Lebanese startup teaching courses on messenger Online learning became a necessity during the lockdowns, and while many tools became readily available, the vast majority catered to those... Raymond Sename Botwe • 26 August, 2022 EdTech eFlow
Regional How are consumers shopping in the omnichannel world? Professor Paul Hopkinson is head of Edinburgh Business School at Heriot-Watt University Dubai and academic director for Heriot-Watt... Thought Leadership • 25 August, 2022 E-commerce omnichannel
Egypt Egyptian startups pull trigger on layoffs amid growing uncertainty and funding crunch The year 2022 has been nothing but a mixed bag for Egypt’s technology and startup sector. On the one hand, the local ecosystem has... Dunya Hassanein • 18 August, 2022 Egypt
U.A.E How to address the lack of engineering and tech talent in the UAE Toni Allen is director of international, strategic marketing and engagement at the Institution of Engineering and Technology The... Thought Leadership • 15 August, 2022 talent Skills
Regional Can restaurant payment startups survive the market slowdown and rise in food costs? There is a popular chain of Italian restaurants in Europe that is owned and operated by a French company that kickstarted a revolution in... Triska Hamid • 11 August, 2022 foodtech ChatFood Eat App
Global Community is king in Web3 – here’s what to know before building yours Sean Pattwell is the founder and CEO of CW8 Communications Despite the cryptocurrency market downturn, the general excitement about the... Thought Leadership • 08 August, 2022 Web 3.0
Regional Mena startups raised $105 million in July, lowest amount so far in 2022 Startups in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) raised $105 million across 44 deals in July 2022, marking a significant slowdown in... Wamda • 04 August, 2022 Investment
Regional What is the state of open banking regulations in Mena today? Abdulla Almoayed is the founder and CEO of Tarabut Gateway, an open banking startup headquartered in the UAE The tide of open banking... Thought Leadership • 01 August, 2022 Open banking Tarabut Gateway
Regional The startups 3D printing new smiles When 3D printing technology started to become more ubiquitous around the world, many claimed that there would come a day when every... Dunya Hassanein • 28 July, 2022 healthtech eon dental Basma
Palestine Can Palestine become a birthplace for impact-driven ventures? Majd Zghyer is the strategy officer at uMake, an entrepreneurship support organisation (ESO) based in Ramallah, Palestine. In a recent... Thought Leadership • 25 July, 2022 palestine Impact
Regional Has the buy now pay later slump reached Mena? The hype around buy now pay later (BNPL) around the world has waned. Sweden’s Klarna, which last year was Europe’s most... Triska Hamid • 21 July, 2022 Buy now pay later
Global Navigating the slippery slopes of uncertainty Rani Salman is the managing partner at Caliber Consulting, a UAE-based boutique consulting firm As the evolutionary biologist Charles... Thought Leadership • 18 July, 2022 strategy
Global What is yield farming in DeFi? Charlie Martin is the head of operations at Gro, a decentralised finance platform based in the UK. Prior to Gro, he started his career in... Thought Leadership • 14 July, 2022 DeFi cryptocurrency
