Wamda

Regional

78 teams to second round, MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup Competition

During one of the mentorship sessions of last year's 8th edition of the Competition. (Image via MITEF Arab Startup Competition) The MITEF...

Semifinalists Fallound MIT Enterprise Forum Pan-Arab

Lebanon

Scriptr announces $4M Series A

Rabih Nassar during an interview with Wamda. (Image via Wamda) scriptr.io, the cloud platform for internet of things (IoT) solutions,...

Berytech Fund Scriptr.io announcement

Regional

Could MENA see a unicorn soon?

Extinct in the wild in the 1970s and reintroduced in the 1980s, the Arabian Oryx may be the animal closest to a unicorn. (Image...

CB Insights unicorns oped

Maghreb

Artists build businesses at Disrupt!/Media! Tunis

Audiovisual, tech, and culture lovers and professionals working together over the weekend. (Images via Mideast Creatives) Is three days...

Audiovisual disrupt!/Media! Cogite

Regional

6 areas of healthcare to watch in GCC

Healthcare spending in the GCC is going to grow exponentially, says a new EY report. Global professional services firm EY is predicting...

Vezeeta Gravilog MEMakers

Maghreb

Tech investor AIG to become first African unicorn

Africa Internet Group (AIG) is set to become Africa’s first unicorn, after international insurer AXA bought an 8 percent stake in the...

AXA AIG Africa Internet Group

Regional

How to build a successful growth strategy

This article is a crosspost with Nuwait. If you’re spending too much at your company and still not growing at the same rate, you s...

exponential growth burn rate growth strategies

Regional

Starting from the end — Lean Decision Development [Opinion]

Deciding on a path to take can be difficult. (Image via alittlestarlette.wordpress.com) This is an edited version of an article that...

business model canvas design sprints google ventures

Regional

Investors press 'like' on MENA's online publishers

Arabic online publishers are on investors' watchlists. (Image via Arabian Marketer) Closing a funding round very soon after launch is more...

online publishing phoenix digital publishing fustany

Regional

MENA game makers show off skills at Global Game Jam

Disclosure: the author was present at the Lebanon jam site as a participant with team Groovy Antoid, who produced the game Ugnug...

game development ggj16 global game jam

Egypt

Billionaire invests in Shaghalni's blue collar job ads

Shaghalni's pitch is not just to advertise blue collar jobs, but 'grey' collar work as well. (Images via Shaghalni) With only seven...

Omar Khalifa Omedia grey collar jobs

U.A.E

GE, MENA startups come together on common ground [Video]

During the last quarter of 2015, Wamda and General Electric (GE) kicked off a new common activity, the ‘GE MEMakers Mentorship Program’. Th...

MEMakers GE Venture Program MEMakers program

U.A.E

Scaling out of MENA

Scaling beyond the Middle East is something most startups have on their agenda. Take a quick survey of new startups in the region and...

PropSpace SAAS JRD Group

Maghreb

Turning Moroccan shops' Wi-Fi into marketing tools

Not offering free Wi-Fi is not an option anymore. (Images via Nextwi) Offering a quality internet connection is increasingly an...

wifi nextwi Marrakesh

Saudi Arabia

Mobile is winning in Saudi's internet race [Infographic]

Mobile internet use might be high in Saudi Arabia but ecommerce companies still haven’t convinced those people to shop on their...

Mobile internet penetration mobile internet internet penetration

Regional

Samih Toukan talks new Grabbd app and Jabbar’s direction in 2016

Jabbar Internet Group's CEO Samih Toukan. (Image via Wamda) Mobile apps focused on food and drinks seem to be popping up faster than...

Grabbd Jabbar Internet Group Maktoob

Regional

MENA startups are taking on women’s health

Women are vastly underserved by healthcare systems in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Limited access to high-quality and...

dieti supermama shezlong

Egypt

Wamda starts off 2016 with Mix N’ Mentor Cairo

During one of the group mentorship sessions at Mix N' Mentor Dubai in 2015. (Image via Wamda) Cairo’s 20 million-strong population has long ...

Mix N'Mentor Cairo cairo marketplace

Regional

Why we invest in online marketplaces [Opinion]

Driven by mobile penetration rates and user growth, online marketplaces present tantalizing oportunities for investors. (Image via...

Wajdi Ghoussoub Middle East Venture Partners volt

Global

Smart nations are the next smart cities

Ayesha Khanna says smart cities must become more human-centric. (Image via Bureau Insight) Smart cities are built on technology - but...

Hybrid Reality Institute Ayesha Khanna Smart Cities

Turkey

Can this app make real-time carpooling a possibility?

Lebanese entrepreneur Ali Halabi wants to make real-time carpooling with traffic navigation a possibility. His app, Volt, which has been...

volt Wamda Capital carpooling

Saudi Arabia

Uturn's edgy Youtube hits get $10M investment

The Uturn team. (Images via Uturn) In November 2015, Uturn Entertainment landed a $10 million investment from Beirut-based VC...

Uturn Saudi Arabia YouTube

Regional

Silkroad Images raises seed round

Silkroad Images, a stock photography and audio-video content library from Jordan, has secured a seed round of investment from Abu...

silk road images TwoFour54 techwadi

U.A.E

Mumzworld secures multi-million dollar investment round

Mona Ataya posing next to some of the products offered on Mumzworld. (Image via Mumzworld) Mumzworld announced yesterday it had closed...

announcement Wamda Capital series B

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