Palestine What does the future generation of Palestinian startups look like? Majd Zghyer is the strategy officer at uMake, an entrepreneurship support organisation (ESO) based in Ramallah, Palestine. Last month,... Thought Leadership • 31 August, 2021 palestine
Regional What is the main cause of stress for founders? Mental health has long been a taboo subject in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region, but attitudes are changing. Wamda recently... Wamda • 31 August, 2021 mental health EMPWR
Regional What is the state of mental health and wellbeing of entrepreneurs in Mena? Wamda and Microsoft for Startups have published a research report on the impact of Covid-19 on the state of mental health and... Wamda • 29 August, 2021 mental health
Regional The need for edtech in higher education Brendan Vyner, is the director of marketing and student recruitment at the University of Wollongong in Dubai. Covid-19 has... Thought Leadership • 26 August, 2021 Education EdTech
Egypt Ride-hailing in Egypt: A global tug-of-war Egypt has one of the fastest-growing populations in the Middle East, growing at a rate of approximately one million every six months.... Dunya Hassanein • 24 August, 2021 mobility ride-hailing Uber
Regional Beauty and the online beast: Driving online sales in the Middle East Nicolas Bruylants is the co-founder and chief visions officer of UAE-based CNNB Solutions, which helps brands to build, operate and scale... Thought Leadership • 22 August, 2021 D2C Beauty
Saudi Arabia Taffi: Democratising personal styling for women in Mena Throughout history, the most powerful tastemakers have been the wealthy, whose way of life is often portrayed as aspirational and an... Nagham Al Eithan • 19 August, 2021 Taffi Online shopping personalisation
Regional Startup advice: Six tips for early stage founders from Bayzat’s Talal Bayaa Talal Bayaa is the co-founder and CEO of Bayzat, a UAE-based startup providing businesses with smart insurance, HR, and payroll... Thought Leadership • 17 August, 2021 Bayzat startup advice
Regional Fintech is poised for consolidation in the Middle East Mahmoud Hamouda is a strategy and operations consultant at Dell Technologies. He is also the head of Dell for Entrepreneurs in Egypt. In... Thought Leadership • 15 August, 2021 Fintech
Egypt Is a virtual demo day better for pitching? Karmah El Naggar is the special projects lead at Falak Startups, an accelerator based in Egypt In February 2020, we were quickly... Thought Leadership • 12 August, 2021 Falak Startups accelerator
Regional Mena startups raised $632 million in July 2021 Startups raised almost $632 million in July across 77 deals, a record-breaking month thanks mostly to Kitopi’s $415 million Series C... Wamda • 10 August, 2021 Investment
Global When we can’t build startups from a garage, how do we create strong teams? Marilyn Zakhour is the founder and chief executive officer of UAE-based Cosmic Centaurs, a flexible work... Thought Leadership • 08 August, 2021 Cosmic Centaurs remote working
U.A.E Can AI work in oil and gas without historical data? In some countries in the Middle East, the oil and gas (O&G) sector contributes as much as 90 per cent to gross domestic product (GDP).... Dunya Hassanein • 05 August, 2021 deeptech Artificial intelligence nybl
Global Lessons for Mena: The rise of bus-sharing in Bangladesh Wes Schwalje is the co-founder of Tahseen Consulting, a boutique consulting, government relations and development firm based in the UAE.... Thought Leadership • 03 August, 2021 mobility buses
Saudi Arabia Defining Saudi Arabia's gig economy When UK-based food delivery platform Deliveroo announced it would pull out of Spain over changes to the legal status of gig economy... Nagham Al Eithan • 01 August, 2021 gig economy
Regional How the gig economy is disrupting the region’s startup ecosystem With 70 million platform workers registered globally, economists predict that by 2025, talent platforms will mediate one third of all... Nagham Al Eithan • 29 July, 2021 gig economy
