Regional India's startup expansion to Mena: A cause for concern? Since 2016, more than 50 India-based startups have expanded into the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) by making their UAE debut an entry... Nagham Al Eithan • 29 September, 2021 India Softbank Softbank Vision Fund
Regional Should online retailers pay greater attention to men? Leith Mathews is the founder and CEO of UAE-based rokpool, an online platform dedicated to men’s personal care products. Safe... Thought Leadership • 27 September, 2021 E-commerce
Regional The Abraham Accords and its impact on the 48er startup community ‘Historic’, ‘ground-breaking’ and ‘momentous’ was how the world’s media described the Abraham... Triska Hamid • 23 September, 2021 48-Palestinians 48ers
U.A.E Yanzo: Crowdfunding for expansion After winning a pitch competition that promised a cash prize of $60,000, Yanzo co-founder and chief executive Tarek Osman, thought he'd... Triska Hamid • 21 September, 2021 yanzo On-demand startups
Regional Should we care about Philosophy of AI in the Mena region? Aliah Yacoub is an AI philosopher and head of techQualia at Egypt-based Synapse Analytics, a data science and AI company The... Thought Leadership • 19 September, 2021 Artificial intelligence AI
Regional Is there hope for startups in the tourism sector? The accelerating pace of vaccination efforts worldwide has led to encouraging signs of recovery in the tourism industry, but as the virus... Dunya Hassanein • 16 September, 2021 Travel Tourism
Egypt What's next for Egypt's Trella? They are typically a nuisance on the road, imposing and rather dangerous, but lorries or trucks, are incredibly important to the global... Triska Hamid • 14 September, 2021 Trella trucking
Regional Dark stores will create more collaborators than competitors In the absence of physical shopping during last year’s lockdowns, demand for e-commerce soared, most notably in the grocery segment.... Nagham Al Eithan • 12 September, 2021 q-commerce quick commerce
Bahrain Bahrain: Enabling the Arabic esports industry This article is courtesy of Bahrain Economic Development Board The Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region’s gaming industry is... Thought Leadership • 09 September, 2021 esports
Regional Mena startups raised $160 million in August 2021 Startups in Mena raised just shy of $160 million in August across 44 deals, taking the total raised so far this year to $1.78 billion.... Wamda • 07 September, 2021 investments
Saudi Arabia Expanding to Saudi: A path paved with gold? Saudi Arabia cemented its desire to become the regional destination for the digital sector after announcing its $1.2 billion Launch... Nagham Al Eithan • 05 September, 2021 Expansion
Regional Can data regulation be Mena's competitive advantage? Khaled Lababidi is vice president and general manager of the Middle East, Africa and Turkey, for InCountry – a data... Thought Leadership • 02 September, 2021 Fintech Data regulation
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
