Regional A guide to good governance for startups Dr. Mussaad M. Al-Razouki is the chief investment and business development officer of Kuwait Life Sciences Company. He has over 15... Thought Leadership • 27 June, 2022 governance
Regional Why I launched the 2022 Female Angels Movement It was late 2021, and I had just come off a panel at GITEX where we had discussed, at length, the struggles women face when fundraising.... Thought Leadership • 22 June, 2022 Angel Investment 2022 Female Angels
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
Regional TiE Women 2022 Global Pitch Competition The mission of TiE Women is to embrace, engage and empower women entrepreneurs across the globe – irrespective of the size of the... Wamda • 09 June, 2022 Women Entrepreneur TiE
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
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
Regional Kitopi raises $300 million Series C round extension UAE-based cloud kitchen operator Kitopi, raised an additional $300 million in its Series C round late last year, extending the... News • 12 May, 2022 Kitopi
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
Regional SWVL acquires Turkish B2B mobility startup Volt Lines Dubai-based mobility startup SWVL, has acquired Turkey-based B2B mobility startup Volt Lines. Founded in 2017 by Aly Halabi, Volt... News • 26 April, 2022 Swvl
Regional Retailo acquires UAE's DXBUY Saudi Arabia-based B2B marketplace Retailo has acquired UAE-based DXBUY for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition is part of... News • 22 April, 2022 Retailo DXBUY
Regional How can Mena build a deeptech ecosystem? Amr Awadallah is an Egyptian born computer scientist and entrepreneur based in Silicon Valley. What’s particularly interesting about... Wamda • 21 April, 2022 podcast Amr Awadallah
Regional FOODICS raises $170 million Series C round for expansion FOODICS, a Saudi Arabia-based fintech and foodtech platform, has raised $170 million in a Series C round, co-led by Prosus and Sanabil... News • 20 April, 2022 Foodics
Regional Startups in Mena raised $299 million in March 2022, pushing Q1 funding to $934 million Startups in the Middle East and North Africa region (Mena) raised $299 million across 79 deals in March 2022, a 22 per cent decrease... Wamda • 14 April, 2022 Investment
Regional Footballco acquires Kooora for $25 million Footballco, a UK-based digital media company focused on football, has acquired UAE-based online sports content startup Kooora, in a deal... News • 13 April, 2022 Kooora
Regional ESCWA launches e-commerce acceleration programme for Arab SMEs The United Nations’ ESCWA has launched an e-commerce Acceleration Programme (eCAP) to empower Arab SMEs. The eCAP programme will... News • 07 April, 2022 ESCWA E-commerce acceleration
Egypt Three Egyptian banks launch $85 million MEA-focused fintech fund Three major Egyptian banks have launched a fintech fund in partnership with Global Ventures. Banque Misr, National Bank of Egypt, and... News • 20 March, 2022 Khazna Nclude Mozare3
Regional This is the year cryptocurrency will come of age in the Middle East Areije Al Shakar is the senior vice president at Bahrain Development Bank & director at Al Waha Venture Capital Fund of Funds Banks... Thought Leadership • 17 March, 2022 crypto cryptocurrency Al Waha Fund of Funds
Regional Mena startups raised $375 million in February 2022 Startups in the Middle East and North Africa region (Mena) raised $375 million across 81 deals in February 2022, a 51.6 per cent increase... Wamda • 10 March, 2022 investments
Regional Why is there a lack of investment in startups founded by women? In January and February of 2022 alone, startups in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) raised $622 million. To have broken the half a... Wamda • 08 March, 2022 women entrepreneurs Investment
Regional Mena’s startup euphoria is more fragile than it looks Tarek Sakr is a former investment banker and CEO of Kuwait’s largest classifieds company – 4Sale Market participants are now... Thought Leadership • 07 March, 2022 valuations
Regional How have NFTs impacted the Middle East’s art world? Rarely a day goes by without the announcement of a new NFT [non-fungible token] project, artwork or even a culinary digital... Triska Hamid • 03 March, 2022 NFT crypto
Regional What we learned at Step's tenth show in Dubai It has been 10 years since Step held its first startup conference and festival in Dubai, a time when the entrepreneurship sector in the... Triska Hamid • 25 February, 2022 STEP
Regional A breakdown of Mena exits in 2021 Last year, 39 startups based in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) exited, through both acquisitions and mergers. Most were based... Wamda • 21 February, 2022 exits