Regional This is the year cryptocurrency will come of age in the Middle East Areije Al Shakar is the senior vice president at Bahrain Development Bank & director at Al Waha Venture Capital Fund of Funds Banks... Thought Leadership • 17 March, 2022 crypto cryptocurrency Al Waha Fund of Funds
Regional Mena startups raised $375 million in February 2022 Startups in the Middle East and North Africa region (Mena) raised $375 million across 81 deals in February 2022, a 51.6 per cent increase... Wamda • 10 March, 2022 investments
Regional Why is there a lack of investment in startups founded by women? In January and February of 2022 alone, startups in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) raised $622 million. To have broken the half a... Wamda • 08 March, 2022 women entrepreneurs Investment
Regional Mena’s startup euphoria is more fragile than it looks Tarek Sakr is a former investment banker and CEO of Kuwait’s largest classifieds company – 4Sale Market participants are now... Thought Leadership • 07 March, 2022 valuations
Regional How have NFTs impacted the Middle East’s art world? Rarely a day goes by without the announcement of a new NFT [non-fungible token] project, artwork or even a culinary digital... Triska Hamid • 03 March, 2022 NFT crypto
Egypt FreshSource raises Seed round to cut food loss in Egypt For Egypt, agriculture is one of its most critical sectors, accounting for more than 11 per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP) and 28... Dunya Hassanein • 28 February, 2022 FreshSource food waste agritech
Regional What we learned at Step's tenth show in Dubai It has been 10 years since Step held its first startup conference and festival in Dubai, a time when the entrepreneurship sector in the... Triska Hamid • 25 February, 2022 STEP
U.A.E Nabta Health raises $1.5 million as femtech gains ground worldwide Fertility rates across the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) are in decline, partly for socio-economic reasons and increasingly due to... Triska Hamid • 22 February, 2022 Nabta Health femtech
Regional A breakdown of Mena exits in 2021 Last year, 39 startups based in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) exited, through both acquisitions and mergers. Most were based... Wamda • 21 February, 2022 exits
Regional Mena startups raised $247 million in January 2022 Startups in the Middle East and North Africa region (Mena) raised $247 million across 46 deals, a 20 per cent increase month-on-month and a... Wamda • 17 February, 2022 Investment
U.A.E Can data ensure a startup's success? As the UAE went into a strict lockdown in 2020, those offering mobility solutions suffered immensely, among them car-leasing app, Invygo.... Wamda • 17 February, 2022 Invygo
Regional Anghami: Success built on localisation When Eddy Maroun was skiing in a Lebanese mountain resort back in 2011, accessing music was a cumbersome affair. Music players like the... Triska Hamid • 10 February, 2022 anghami
Regional Wamda works with The Financial Times to bring global insights in English and Arabic to Mena’s technology ecosystem Wamda’s knowledge platform integrates global publisher The Financial Times’s content into its thought leadership strategy... Wamda • 09 February, 2022 wamda FT
Iraq An investor's outlook on Iraq in 2022 Pat Cline is an investment advisor at Five One Invest in Iraq Although the past two years have been tumultuous economically, the Iraqi... Thought Leadership • 07 February, 2022 Kurdistan Region Iraq Five One Labs
Pakistan Wamda participates in Truck It In’s $13 million Seed round Wamda has participated in Pakistan-based Truck It In’s $13 million Seed round which was was co-led by Global Founders Capital and... News • 04 February, 2022 Logistics Truck It In
Global How did Cuemath expand to 50 countries? Stereotypes are often problematic if not outright racist, but there is one India-based startup that is happily embracing the stereotype of... Triska Hamid • 02 February, 2022 EdTech
