Regional Mena startups raised $160 million in February 2021 Startups in Mena raised a whopping $160 million in February this year across 43 deals, driven largely by debt financing. UAE-based startups... Wamda • 09 March, 2021 Investment
Regional Why we need to consider the financial inclusion of children The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) defines financial literacy or financial capability as a combination of... Dina Alnabulsi • 04 March, 2021 financial inclusion
Global Anghami's story is one to celebrate and emulate Anghami is now the first home grown company to go public on Nasdaq since Aramex 24 years ago. This is a fantastic story that should be... Fadi Ghandour • 03 March, 2021 anghami Fadi Ghandour
Global The basics of IP: Patents and utility models Ludwig Lindermayer is a patent and trademark attorney at PAUSTIAN & PARTNER. In a series of thought leadership pieces, he... Thought Leadership • 02 March, 2021 Patents
Global Prepaid is the future of financial inclusion Rupert Shaw is the chief commercial officer at Ding, a mobile top up and airtime transfer company based in Ireland Among all the... Thought Leadership • 28 February, 2021 financial inclusion
Global Forgetting the M in MVP: Are founders launching in a lean way? Leen Ashqar is a senior associate at Propeller, an early-stage venture capital firm based in Amman, Jordan As an active pre-seed and... Thought Leadership • 25 February, 2021
Lebanon Can Lebanon become the next global outsourcing hub? This article was written by the team at B.O.T - Bridge. Outsource. Transform All eyes have been on Lebanon over the past year, but... Thought Leadership • 23 February, 2021 Outsourcing
Global What can Mena learn from the African experience in fintech? Mahmood Ahmadu is the chairman of Innovate 1 Pay, a Nigerian financial technology (fintech) company established in 2012, providing online... Thought Leadership • 21 February, 2021 Fintech financial inclusion africa
Regional Careem’s tech drive: Going beyond mobility When Careem first launched its ride-hailing service, everything was done manually. Sourcing the drivers was done via SMS, user requests... Dunya Hassanein • 18 February, 2021 careem super app
Iraq The realities of fundraising in Iraq Ali Al Suhail is the managing director at KAPITA, a development company that invests and incubates startups in Iraq. He is also the... Thought Leadership • 16 February, 2021 fundraising KAPITA
Global Will Bitcoin valuations drop this year? Khurram Shroff is the chairman of UAE-based private equity firm IBC Group which has invested in over 4000 different Blockchain products.... Thought Leadership • 15 February, 2021 Bitcoin
Global Your next great app idea will be built by software, guided by AI and humans Sachin Dev Duggal is the co-founder and CEO of Builder.ai, a UK-based human-assisted artificial intelligence (AI) platform to... Thought Leadership • 14 February, 2021 Software AI machine learning
Regional Mena startups raised $43 million in January 2021 The year began with a rather respectable amount raised in funding at $43 million, across 37 deals. This is $11.5 million more compared to... Wamda • 11 February, 2021 Investment
Regional Why Google launched an accelerator for Mena In October 2020, Google launched its regional accelerator, a three-month virtual programme targeting startups across the Middle East and... Thought Leadership • 10 February, 2021 Google accelerator
Regional How can brands become TikTok famous? What started out as a lip-syncing and dancing platform has, in the space of just two years, become the fastest growing app in the world.... Wamda • 09 February, 2021 TikTok
Regional Will loyalty become a new form of currency? Repeat custom is the lifeblood of all commerce, selling a product or service once to a person is easy enough, getting them to buy it again... Shaimaa El Nazer • 08 February, 2021 customer loyalty
