Wamda

Egypt

Si-Ware Systems raises $9 million

Source: Zawya Si-Ware Systems, a Cairo-based microelectronics company, has recently closed a funding deal of nearly $9 million, a...

deeptech Sawari Ventures

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...

careem super app

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...

Software AI machine learning

U.A.E

MySyara secures $650,000 in pre-Series A round

Dubai-based online automotive platform, MySyara, has secured a $650,000 pre-series A funding round. The investment was facilitated by JRC...

MySyara automotive Investment

U.A.E

Hotdesk secures seed funding from ZVC

Dubai-based workspace platform Hotdesk, has secured seed funding from Zayani Venture Capital (ZVC) - the tech and venture capital arm of...

workspace Investment seed fund

Regional

Why we need website builders in Arabic

Selina Bieber is the senior regional director for Mena and Turkey at GoDaddy Although digital transformation has been a crucial...

GoDaddy Arabic digital content

U.A.E

The state of subscription-based businesses in Mena [Survey]

Wamda's Research Lab and Microsoft for Startups have partnered with Subsbase, a subscribers lifecycle management and...

Regional

Future of mobility: Can carpooling survive?

This is the third part in a series of features examining the impact of Covid-19 on the region's transport and mobility...

mobility carpooling

Egypt

Sigma Fit's journey from sweatproof gym gear to medical PPE in Egypt

Sigma Fit, which earned international acclaim in January at the world’s largest consumer products show in Las Vegas, specialises in...

wearables covid-19

Regional

Real to virtual: Buying and selling property online

Real estate is one sector that appears to have resisted the indelible disruption that has redefined other, traditional sectors like...

Real Estate Proptech

Regional

Edtech and its roadmap to new realities

Wamda, in partnership with Columbia Global Centers, is hosting an online panel discussion, ‘Edtech and its roadmap to...

Regional

Building a super app for the Middle East

Before smartphones and mobile app stores, the internet was dominated by a handful of web portals that offered their users several services...

super app careem Halan

Egypt

Seedstars: It's Easier Online Hackathon

Digital & Financial inclusion have transformative power on the economy, community and employment. Digital transformation...

Global

Hackathons: An opportunity for Mena's tech innovators

Finding solutions for the disruption and devastation of the “new normal” caused by the Coronavirus pandemic has ignited a wave...

hackathon covid-19

Regional

How AI can help governments in a post Covid-19 world

Jad Hajj, partner, and Wissam Abdel Samad, principal, Christian Stechel, senior manager, Gustave Cordahi, senior associate, with...

Artificial intelligence

Regional

[Report Launch] The Impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the entrepreneurship ecosystem

Wamda and Arabnet have joined efforts to conduct research for a report on the impact of COVID-19 on the startup ecosystem across the...

Regional

Blitzscaling and the COVID-19 crisis

Theory, a JV with MENA media giant StarzPlay, and its partner network Nat Geo and Discovery, and Harvard affiliates that...

Regional

A conversation on mental health and the power of harnessing communities in the MENA region during uncertain times

Wamda and Microsoft for Startups are hosting 'A conversation on mental health and the power of harnessing communities in the MENA...

Regional

Instabug secures $5 million Series A round

Instabug, the in-app feedback and bug reporting software company, has raised $5 million in a Series A round. The investment round was led...

Software applications Technology

Regional

The rise of contactless payments

In a part of the world more comfortable with cash on delivery (COD) rather than online or even card payments, the notion of contactless...

MasterCard contactless

Global

Mena's 3D printing startups pivot to save lives

Every so often, a new technology grips the tech community, usually ones that are described as pioneering and disruptive. A few years ago,...

3d printing eon dental immensa

Regional

Covid-19: Ushering in a new era for healthtech

In the wake of the Covid-19 crisis and resulting lockdown, it is not just the global economy and healthcare systems that are suffering...

healthtech covid-19 coronavirus

Regional

The Impact of Covid-19 on Mena's economy with a special focus on ecommerce

In light of COVID-19 outbreak emerging as the major disruptor to the regional economy, INSEAD National Alumni Association UAE is...

Regional

Wamda X Startup Reveal: Cohort II

Over the course of the last 4 months, and through the 3 stages of the programme: XStart, XSolve, and XScale, the second cohort of the...

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