Wamda

Algeria

Green Algeria: Turning household waste into electricity

Algerians produce 13 million tonnes of household waste per year, or one kilogram per inhabitant, per day. While 45 per cent of this waste...

Green Algeria agritech Sustainability

Egypt

Nawah Scientific: Pivoting its way to expansion

Startups go through several changes within their first few years in operation as founders struggle to find and validate their product...

deeptech Nawah Scientific

Regional

Middle East investors embrace crypto the traditional way

Matthew Clapp is the head of business development and asset management at EQONEX a Nasdaq-listed digital assets financial services...

cryptocurrency

Palestine

Palestinian innovation is going global and its first stop is Dubai

Rateb H.Rabi is the managing director of Intersect Innovation Hub, a business incubator serving startups in Jerusalem, Ramallah, Nablus,...

palestine

Global

Startup advice: Creating a brand identity that resonates

Lucy Bradley is the founder of Plug Communications There are so many aspects to consider when you are building a business; not...

Branding

Regional

Behind the scenes of the POSRocket acquisition [Part 2]

In January 2022, Saudi Arabia-based fintech and foodtech startup Foodics announced it had acquired Jordan-based point of sale provider...

Foodics posrocket

Global

Flowwow pushes ahead with Mena foray as Russian ecosystem collapses

Startups in Russia have been facing a litmus test since the start of the war in Ukraine, with foreign direct investments drying up,...

Russia

Regional

Gitex: embracing a "phygital" future

Ask anyone who attended Gitex this year about their experience, you will be met with one of two responses - either an excited...

GITEX North Star

Regional

The gender gap in startup investment

Almost two thirds of female founders believe that Middle East and North Africa (Mena) based investors are less likely than global investors...

women entrepreneurs Investment

Global

Employee mental healthcare: digital tools or workplace culture?

By Professor Paul Hopkinson, head of Edinburgh Business School, and the School of Social Sciences at Heriot-Watt University There is no...

mental health

Regional

Mena startups raised $173 million in September 2022

Startups in Mena raised $173 million across 51 deals as investment levels continue to decline this year. This marks a 54 per cent drop...

Investment

Regional

An essential guide to ESOPs

A. Overview Wamda and Clara have teamed up to bring you, startup founders, this essential guide to employee share option plans (commonly...

ESOP Clara

Morocco

The Moroccan startup helping grocers improve customer loyalty

Traditional grocery stores are a regular fixture of every neighborhood in Morocco. When compared to large supermarket chains and...

WafR

Regional

Behind the scenes of the POSRocket acquisition

In January 2022, Saudi Arabia-based fintech and foodtech startup Foodics announced it had acquired Jordan-based point of sale provider...

acquisition Exit posrocket

Regional

How has Majid Al Futtaim’s approach to startups changed?

As a large corporate, Majid Al Futtaim (MAF) was ahead of the curve when it came to engaging with startups. The Mall of the Emirates...

Majid Al Futtaim Holding Majid Al Futtaim Launchpad corporates

U.A.E

Verity: Driving financial access for the region's children

It was during one of his evening jogs that Kamal Al-Samarrai wondered why he found himself in a position of financial difficulty. At the...

Verity app financial literacy Open banking

Regional

Does Mena need to pay greater attention to developments in AI?

Artificial intelligence (AI) has permeated through almost every industry and sector, changing our daily interactions with technology...

Artificial intelligence

Egypt

What are the repercussions of Capiter’s downfall?

There was a surge in startup activity during the pandemic that saw record-breaking investment channeled to some of the region’s most...

Capiter

Regional

Mena startups raised $378 million in August 2022

Startups in the Middle East and North Africa region (Mena) raised $378 million across 33 deals, a 260 per cent increase in funding value...

Investment and acquisitions

Regional

Can the Mena region be a leader in inclusive capital?

Regie Mauricio is the research manager at the Legatum Centre for Development and Entrepreneurship at MIT. Dina H. Sherif is the...

unicorns Careem Mafia

Egypt

Why is Grubtech shifting its focus to Egypt?

The foodtech space remains one of the most dynamic in the Middle East, thanks to the region’s insatiable appetite for food delivery...

GrubTech

U.A.E

Talpods: Mentoring a new generation of software engineers

Ask any entrepreneur what the most important element is to their survival and success and the answer almost always will be...

Talpods software engineering

Lebanon

eFlow: The Lebanese startup teaching courses on messenger

Online learning became a necessity during the lockdowns, and while many tools became readily available, the vast majority catered to those...

EdTech eFlow

Regional

How are consumers shopping in the omnichannel world?

Professor Paul Hopkinson is head of Edinburgh Business School at Heriot-Watt University Dubai and academic director for Heriot-Watt...

E-commerce omnichannel

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