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Our top stories from 2021

This past year has been an incredibly dynamic one for the entrepreneurship ecosystem across the Middle East and North Africa. We have...

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Aumet acquires Egypt's Platform One

Jordan-born and US-headquartered B2B healthcare marketplace Aumet has acquired Egypt-based healthcare supply chain solutions startup...

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Has last-mile delivery reached its saturation point? [Part two]

In the first part of this feature, we charted the growth of last-mile delivery in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena). In this second...

Last-mile delivery Logistics Last mile

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Last-mile delivery startups in North Africa and the Levant

Wamda has mapped 51 last-mile delivery startups in North Africa and the Levant region. Of these, 28 are based in the Egypt, the...

Last-mile delivery Logistics

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Last-mile delivery startups in the GCC

Wamda has mapped 51 last-mile delivery startups based in the GCC. Of these, 22 are based in the UAE and 16 in Saudi Arabia. The majority of...

Last-mile delivery

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Last-mile delivery startups in numbers

Over the past couple of years, the last-mile delivery sector has witnessed a spike of new startup entrants, with most operating an...

Last-mile delivery

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A look at last-mile delivery in Mena [Part 1]

The final leg of the product shipping journey, defined as last-mile delivery, is the least efficient and costliest part of the product...

Last-mile delivery Last mile Logistics

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Mena startups raised $284 million in November 2021

Startups in the Middle East and North Africa region (Mena) raised $284 million in November 2021 across 71 deals, an 89 per cent...

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Opontia raises $42 million in Series A

UAE-based e-commerce enabler Opontia has raised $42 million in equity and debt in a Series A round led by STV. Opontia, founded by...

Opontia

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The regional race for content creators

The arrival of social media platforms has not only changed the advertising and marketing sector, but entertainment too. Combined with...

Creative Industry Summit TikTok Peace Cake

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PepsiCo launches Mena edition of Greenhouse accelerator programme

PepsiCo has launched the Mena edition of its global greentech accelerator programme in partnership with the UAE Ministry of Climate...

Pepsico

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One-third of Mena’s femtech companies are based in the UAE

Kate Batz is the director of FemTech Analytics, managing partner at Longevity Capital as well as director of strategy and business...

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What are the most in-demand skills among startups in Mena?

Talent remains one of the biggest challenges facing startups in the Middle East. Good talent is difficult to find and can be very costly....

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VentureSouq launches $50 million fund

GCC-based VC firm VentureSouq has launched the $50 million Mena FinTech Fund I, aiming to invest in early-stage fintech and SaaS...

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How open banking is changing the payments landscape in Mena

Abdulla Almoayed is the founder and CEO of open banking platform Tarabut Gateway, which recently closed a $12 million pre-Series A round...

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Startups in Mena raised $150 million in October 2021

Startups in Mena raised more than $150 million in October across 42 deals, a 55.5 per cent month-on-month decline in terms of value, but a...

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The startup fighting for open finance in Mena

Mirna Sleiman is on a mission to revolutionise the Middle East’s banking and financial sector. Having spent more than eight years...

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Can direct-to-consumer commerce maintain its momentum in Mena?

“Swipe up”, an Instagram term that has become so synonymous with online shopping that it is hardly considered an instruction or...

direct-to-consumer D2C eyewa

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Illegal data collection, financial data theft are major concerns for GCC consumers, GPI study shows

Saudi Arabia and the UAE have among the world’s largest prepaid markets according to Ding’s bi-annual Global Prepaid Index...

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Organon, Flat6Labs launch accelerator to support female-focused healthtech in Mena

Flat6Labs has partnered with Organon to launch the Femtech Accelerator Programme to help healthtech startups focused on women’s...

Organon Flat6Labs

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Shoutout platforms and the growing personalisation of celebrities

Social media platforms proved to be a powerful tool for celebrities across the world to engage directly with their fans, dictate their own...

Social Media

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Gitex Future Stars: North Stars in the making

Gitex, the Middle East’s largest technology exhibition is one of the most important events for those in the technology sector. It is...

GITEX GITEX Future Stars

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Azimut, GELLIFY launch joint $50 million VC fund to support B2B Mena startups

The Italian management group Azimut (ME) Limited ADGM, in partnership with GELLIFY Middle East is launching a VC fund targeting a fund...

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Tourist VCs and their impact on emerging market ecosystems

There is a rising number of foreign VCs investing in the Middle East. Of the 10 Egyptian startups that raised investment in September, four...

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