Palestine Does Palestine have investment-ready startups? Majd Zghyer is the strategy officer at uMake, an entrepreneurship support organisation (ESO) based in Ramallah, Palestine. So far this... Thought Leadership • 18 July, 2021 palestine
Egypt What can open banking do for Egypt? Akram Abdou is the founder of Egypt-based Underlie, an open banking platform offering application programming interfaces (APIs) to... Thought Leadership • 14 July, 2021 Open banking
U.A.E Opontia: Enabling e-commerce brands to go global The GCC region is one of the fastest-growing e-commerce markets in the world according to a report from Dubai’s CommerCity, with... Dunya Hassanein • 12 July, 2021 e-commerce enablement E-commerce Opontia
Global Deepfakes: Who can we trust? Deepfake technology has rapidly developed over the past few years and while many will have experienced it through fun apps designed to edit... Wamda • 11 July, 2021 deepfakes podcast
Regional Mena startups raised $267 million in June 2021, pushing Q2 investment to $552 million Startups in Mena have raised $267 million across 44 deals in June, propelling the second quarter investments to more than $552 million, a... Wamda • 08 July, 2021 Investment
Global The basics of IP: Trademarks Ludwig Lindermayer is a patent and trademark attorney at PAUSTIAN & PARTNER. In a series of thought leadership pieces,... Thought Leadership • 07 July, 2021 startup advice trademarks Intellectual property
Tunisia GOMYCODE: The Tunisian startup upskilling Africa's youth Unemployment has long been a concern for governments across the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region, which suffers from the... Nagham Al Eithan • 05 July, 2021 GoMyCode africa Coding
Regional Floral marketplaces: Does the future look rosy? The retail industry across the Middle East has undergone a sea of change, with online purchases becoming a central part of the... Dunya Hassanein • 01 July, 2021 Floranow Floward marketplace
Saudi Arabia Why Mumzworld is a unique story for the Arab region The Mumzworld story is a triumph for e-commerce startups and the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the Arab region. The journey of the two... Fadi Ghandour • 29 June, 2021 Mumzworld
Global Tips to bear in mind if you’re expanding to the Middle East Firas Marafie is the senior partnerships lead at what3words The Middle East: the quick buck, the pot of gold, or is it? With venture... Thought Leadership • 27 June, 2021 what3words MENA
Regional Navigating a post-pandemic edtech market The inescapable need for online learning last year provided a boom for the education technology (edtech) sector that many expect to be... Nagham Al Eithan • 24 June, 2021 Education EdTech
Regional Teachers, technology and tortoises Nafez Dakkak is the managing director and CEO of the Queen Rania Foundation for Education and Development. It all seems so... Thought Leadership • 22 June, 2021 EdTech Nafez Al Dakkak
Regional Startup advice: Building an efficient sales engine for a growth-stage startup Sakshi Tulsian is the co-founder and chief revenue officer (CRO) at India-based POSist Technologies, which offers cloud-based restaurant... Thought Leadership • 20 June, 2021 POSist
Regional Is Mena the next big market for micromobility? Transportation is often described as the lifeblood of an economy. For any major city, the ability to transport goods and people along a... Dunya Hassanein • 17 June, 2021 mobility e-scooter micromobility
U.A.E The office beckons for Careem When remote working was imposed on majority of the world’s office workers last year, some embraced it with gusto, while others... Dunya Hassanein • 15 June, 2021 remote working careem
Regional An evolving landscape: The state of open banking regulations in Mena Abdulla Almoayed is the founder and CEO of open banking platform Tarabut Gateway. Here, he discusses how government regulations are shaping... Thought Leadership • 13 June, 2021 Fintech Open banking Regulations
