Regional The importance of last mile in e-commerce Lee Shepherd is the director at Amazon Logistics, Middle East and North Africa Operations “Start with the customer and work... Thought Leadership • 20 June, 2022 Amazon E-commerce Logistics
Jordan Tamatem expands to China after securing investment from MSA Novo Jordan-based mobile games publisher Tamatem, is expanding to China after securing an investment and strategic partnership with MSA Novo,... News • 15 June, 2022 tamatem china MSA Novo
Egypt Egyptian marketplace for toys Tasala shuts down due to import restrictions The ongoing war in Ukraine and the ensuing economic fallout have sent shockwaves across the financial global markets amid rising... Dunya Hassanein • 13 June, 2022 E-ommerce inflation Tasala
Regional Mena startups raised $176 million in May, lowest amount so far in 2022 Startups in the Middle East and North Africa region (Mena) raised $176 million in May 2022 across 42 deals, a decline of 40 per cent... Wamda • 09 June, 2022 investments
Regional How to create a fintech startup that will thrive Kartik Taneja is the executive vice president, head of payments at Mashreq Bank Fintech startups are becoming increasingly... Thought Leadership • 08 June, 2022 Mashreq Fintech
Global What is a DAO, and why does it matter for 2022? Hannes Graah is the former VP of growth at Revolut, and founder of stablecoin yielding protocol, Gro. He also spent eight years at... Thought Leadership • 01 June, 2022 DAO crypto Blockchain
Egypt The pain of selling furniture online in Egypt Furniture is one of the oldest and the largest industries in Egypt, employing over 13 per cent of the country's industrial workforce,... Dunya Hassanein • 26 May, 2022 Homzmart furniture marketplace
U.A.E In conversation with Alfred Chuang Wamda and the Dubai Future Foundation are excited to host Alfred Chuang, General Partner at Silicon Valley-based Race Capital in an... Wamda • 25 May, 2022 Dubai Future Foundation
Regional How to build national tech champions By Wissam Abdel Samad, Tarek El Zein, Ramzi Khoury, and Chady Smayra, partners with Strategy& Middle East, part of the PwC... Thought Leadership • 25 May, 2022 strategy
Global Metaverse: the natural evolution to Web 3.0 Professor Paul Hopkinson is the head of Edinburgh Business School at Heriot-Watt University Dubai and academic lead for Heriot-Watt... Thought Leadership • 18 May, 2022 metaverse Web 3.0
U.A.E The controversial and unsustainable nature of food delivery Over the past few weeks, delivery drivers for both Deliveroo and Talabat in Dubai have refused to turn up for their shifts, demanding... Thought Leadership • 13 May, 2022 Food delivery
Regional Mena startups raised $297 million in April 2022 Startups in the Middle East and North Africa region (Mena) raised $297 million across 29 deals in April 2022 a drop of just $2 million... Wamda • 12 May, 2022 Investment
Egypt Lucky: the startup digitising the cashback space The devaluation of the Egyptian pound back in 2016 was intended to preserve its foreign currency reserves, attract foreign direct... Dunya Hassanein • 09 May, 2022 Lucky app
Global How fintech solutions can bridge the trade financing gap Ankit Goel is the Middle East and North Africa head of MODIFI, a a global fintech company that helps small and medium-sized... Thought Leadership • 05 May, 2022 Fintech
Saudi Arabia How can Saudi Arabia unleash national success in fintech? Abdullah Al Othman is the founder and chairman of Geidea, a Saudi Arabia-based fintech specialised in payments. It works with over 150,000... Thought Leadership • 28 April, 2022 Fintech
Saudi Arabia From Resalaty to Unifonic, tracing the Saudi startup’s journey It is difficult to recall a time when messaging large numbers of people was impossible, but that was the reality for brothers Ahmed and... Triska Hamid • 25 April, 2022 Unifonic
