Wamda

Egypt

Egyptian startups pull trigger on layoffs amid growing uncertainty and funding crunch

The year 2022 has been nothing but a mixed bag for Egypt’s technology and startup sector. On the one hand, the local ecosystem has...

Egypt

U.A.E

How to address the lack of engineering and tech talent in the UAE

Toni Allen is director of international, strategic marketing and engagement at the Institution of Engineering and Technology The...

talent Skills

Regional

Can restaurant payment startups survive the market slowdown and rise in food costs?

There is a popular chain of Italian restaurants in Europe that is owned and operated by a French company that kickstarted a revolution in...

foodtech ChatFood Eat App

Global

Community is king in Web3 – here’s what to know before building yours

Sean Pattwell is the founder and CEO of CW8 Communications Despite the cryptocurrency market downturn, the general excitement about the...

Web 3.0

Regional

Mena startups raised $105 million in July, lowest amount so far in 2022

Startups in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) raised $105 million across 44 deals in July 2022, marking a significant slowdown in...

Investment

Regional

What is the state of open banking regulations in Mena today?

Abdulla Almoayed is the founder and CEO of Tarabut Gateway, an open banking startup headquartered in the UAE The tide of open banking...

Open banking Tarabut Gateway

Regional

The startups 3D printing new smiles

When 3D printing technology started to become more ubiquitous around the world, many claimed that there would come a day when every...

healthtech eon dental Basma

Palestine

Can Palestine become a birthplace for impact-driven ventures?

Majd Zghyer is the strategy officer at uMake, an entrepreneurship support organisation (ESO) based in Ramallah, Palestine. In a recent...

palestine Impact

Regional

Has the buy now pay later slump reached Mena?

The hype around buy now pay later (BNPL) around the world has waned. Sweden’s Klarna, which last year was Europe’s most...

Buy now pay later

Global

Navigating the slippery slopes of uncertainty

Rani Salman is the managing partner at Caliber Consulting, a UAE-based boutique consulting firm As the evolutionary biologist Charles...

strategy

Global

What is yield farming in DeFi?

Charlie Martin is the head of operations at Gro, a decentralised finance platform based in the UK. Prior to Gro, he started his career in...

DeFi cryptocurrency

Regional

Startups in Mena raised $324 million in June 2022, propelling H1 to $1.7 billion

Startups in the Middle East and North Africa region (Mena) raised $323.7 million across 66 deals in June 2022, an 84 per cent increase in...

Investment Funding

Egypt

Fuelin: enabling fleet managers in Egypt to cut fuel costs

Increased digitisation in Egypt and the rise in smartphone adoption has pushed the demand for transportation services, whether this relates...

Logistics Last mile Fuelin

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...

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....

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...

Amazon E-commerce Logistics

Jordan

Tamatem expands to China after securing investment from MSA Novo

Jordan-based mobile games publisher Tamatem, is expanding to China after securing an investment and strategic partnership with MSA Novo,...

tamatem china MSA Novo

Egypt

Egyptian marketplace for toys Tasala shuts down due to import restrictions

The ongoing war in Ukraine and the ensuing economic fallout have sent shockwaves across the financial global markets amid rising...

E-ommerce inflation Tasala

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...

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...

Mashreq Fintech

Global

What is a DAO, and why does it matter for 2022?

Hannes Graah is the former VP of growth at Revolut, and founder of stablecoin yielding protocol, Gro. He also spent eight years at...

DAO crypto Blockchain

Egypt

The pain of selling furniture online in Egypt

Furniture is one of the oldest and the largest industries in Egypt, employing over 13 per cent of the country's industrial workforce,...

Homzmart furniture marketplace

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...

strategy

Global

Metaverse: the natural evolution to Web 3.0

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

metaverse Web 3.0

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