Regional Key exits of 2021 and what they mean for Mena's startup ecosystem The year 2021 witnessed a major fillip to the region's tech ecosystem, both in terms of the amount of money raised and the number of... Dunya Hassanein • 31 January, 2022 exits
Regional Investment in women-founded startups at 1.2 per cent of $2.87 billion raised in 2021 It was a year in which many records were broken - the largest funding round to date, the highest number of deals, and the arrival of... Wamda • 26 January, 2022 wamda Investment
Regional How can the GCC countries become digital leaders? Tarek El Zein is a partner with Strategy& Middle East, part of the PwC network The digital economies of GCC countries have... Thought Leadership • 24 January, 2022 GCC Innovation
Egypt The issue of e-pharmacy in Egypt When Amazon acquired US-based e-pharmacy startup PillPack in 2018 in a deal valued at $753 million, it sent repercussions across the... Dunya Hassanein • 20 January, 2022 e-pharmacy B2B marketplace Chefaa
Saudi Arabia Penny pushes into global e-procurement market Procurement remains a largely offline and fragmented endeavour, but over the past couple of years, digital solutions have grown... Dunya Hassanein • 18 January, 2022 B2B e-commerce Penny SAAS
Egypt Mozare3: Enabling small farmers in Egypt to become bankable The agriculture sector is the largest employer in Egypt; nearly 28 per cent of the total workforce work in agriculture, according to USAID.... Dunya Hassanein • 16 January, 2022 Agtech Mozare3
U.A.E Startups and SMEs can only grow with access to funding Ahmed Mohamed Al Naqbi is the chief executive officer of Emirates Development Bank The UAE government is steadfast in its commitment... Thought Leadership • 12 January, 2022 funding gap
Iraq TipTop's $5 million raise and Iraq's quick-commerce expansion The continued pandemic-driven disruptions impacting the e-grocery segment have led to the emergence of q-commerce, a new vertical which has... Dunya Hassanein • 11 January, 2022 tiptop quick commerce q-commerce
Regional Mena startups raised $206 million in December 2021 Startups in the Middle East and North Africa region (Mena) raised $206 million in December 2021 across 44 deals, a 27.5 per cent decrease... Wamda • 06 January, 2022 Investment
Regional Trends to expect in 2022 After two years of ongoing uncertainty, the investor hesitancy that defined the beginning of the pandemic has dissipated entirely, as... Wamda • 03 January, 2022 Trends
Regional Our top stories from 2021 This past year has been an incredibly dynamic one for the entrepreneurship ecosystem across the Middle East and North Africa. We have... Wamda • 30 December, 2021 wamda
Palestine Fintech: A force for financial inclusion in Palestine Majd Zghyer is the strategy officer at uMake, an entrepreneurship support organisation (ESO) based in Ramallah, Palestine. This year has... Thought Leadership • 27 December, 2021 Fintech financial inclusion
Jordan What is so special about Jordan? Almost a third of all the entreprenuers in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) are Jordanian, despite the country accounting for just 3... Wamda • 23 December, 2021 Xina AI
Regional Has last-mile delivery reached its saturation point? [Part two] In the first part of this feature, we charted the growth of last-mile delivery in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena). In this second... Dunya Hassanein • 22 December, 2021 Last-mile delivery Logistics Last mile
Regional Last-mile delivery startups in North Africa and the Levant Wamda has mapped 51 last-mile delivery startups in North Africa and the Levant region. Of these, 28 are based in the Egypt, the... Wamda • 21 December, 2021 Last-mile delivery Logistics
Regional Last-mile delivery startups in the GCC Wamda has mapped 51 last-mile delivery startups based in the GCC. Of these, 22 are based in the UAE and 16 in Saudi Arabia. The majority of... Wamda • 20 December, 2021 Last-mile delivery
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