Accelerators 2.0: The post-pandemic version

Yousra Diab is the head of programmes at Dubai-based social impact accelerator C3 As the world came to a standstill with the outbreak of...

Thought Leadership • 18 August, 2020

C3 Accelerators

RiseUp concludes its first virtual edition

RiseUp is one of the region's biggest startup events, attracting thousands of participants, giving visitors a glimpse into the Egyptian...

Dunya Hassanein • 16 August, 2020

RiseUp Summit Rise Up from Home

Glamera raises seed investment

Cairo-based beauty and wellness service booking platform Glamera, has raised a six-figure seed round from Saudi Arabia’s Dual Gate...

News • 10 August, 2020

Glamera Beauty and Wellness Beauty booking apps

The future of mobility: Buses on demand

This is the first part in a series of features examining the impact of Covid-19 on the region's transport and mobility startups Over...

Dunya Hassanein • 09 August, 2020

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Majid Al Futtaim: The corporate engaging with startups

Corporates are a necessity in the startup journey. They provide entrepreneurs with the work experience required to understand business and...

Triska Hamid • 05 August, 2020

Majid Al Futtaim MAF

Creating a comprehensive model for e-commerce success

Darren Hodgkin, CEO of Digital&Code E-commerce has made massive gains during the Covid-19 pandemic. Consumers were forced to...

Thought Leadership • 03 August, 2020

E-commerce

The audiobook opportunity in education

UAE-based audiobook platform Kitab Sawti was recently acquired by Storytel. In this exclusive piece for Wamda, Kitab Sawti's founder...

Thought Leadership • 30 July, 2020

Kitab Sawti Audiobooks Education

Rology raises investment from Dubai Angel Investors

Egypt-based healthtech startup Rology, has raised investment from Dubai Angel Investors. The amount raised was not...

Dunya Hassanein • 23 July, 2020

Rology Dubai Angel Investors healthtech

elGrocer: The lessons we learned in the era of Covid-19

Nader Amiri is the founder of UAE-based e-grocery startup elGrocer E-commerce is on everyone’s mind. There’s a lot being...

Thought Leadership • 23 July, 2020

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What is the future of events?

Last week, after four long months of coronavirus lockdowns, Dubai hosted its first “in-person” event. AI Everything, held at...

Shaimaa El Nazer • 21 July, 2020

STEP Step Conference eventtus

E-sports and gaming: Mena's new global frontier

Yousef Buhazza is the founder of Unreal Bahrain and vice chairman of the Bahrain Internet Society Growth in Crisis All manner of...

Thought Leadership • 20 July, 2020

Gaming E-sports

Real to virtual: Buying and selling property online

Real estate is one sector that appears to have resisted the indelible disruption that has redefined other, traditional sectors like...

Triska Hamid • 16 July, 2020

Real Estate Proptech

Aumet raises $1.25 million in seed funding

Jordan-born healthcare marketplace Aumet, has raised a $1.25 million seed round from Right Side Capital, TechStars, and Plugs and...

News • 14 July, 2020

Healthcare covid-19 Aumet

Adopting emerging technologies in a post-Covid-19 world

By Jad Hajj, partner, Imad Atwi, Jean Salamat, principals, and Riazul Raquib, senior associate, with Strategy& Middle East, part of the...

Thought Leadership • 14 July, 2020

digital transformation

Top five investment deals in the second quarter of 2020

The top five disclosed venture capital (VC) deals in the second quarter of 2020 amounted to $244.6 million, largely down to the $150...

Dunya Hassanein • 09 July, 2020

VC investment

In a world of remote work, will control replace culture?

Marilyn Zakhour, founder and chief executive officer of UAE-based Cosmic Centaurs At the height of the pandemic, I started a company...

Thought Leadership • 05 July, 2020

company culture remote work

Will cash on delivery return post Covid-19?

By Faris Fallouh, Senior Global Express Services at Aramex During this pandemic, consumers globally and in the Middle East and North...

Thought Leadership • 28 June, 2020

CoD cash-on-delivery

Edtech and its roadmap to new realities

Wamda, in partnership with Columbia Global Centers, is hosting an online panel discussion, ‘Edtech and its roadmap to...

Wamda • 25 June, 2020

The Middle East's post-pandemic future

A new reality is beginning to emerge as lockdown measures begin to ease amid the Covid-19 outbreak, imposing a dramatic restructure to...

Shaimaa El Nazer • 23 June, 2020

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Building a super app for the Middle East

Before smartphones and mobile app stores, the internet was dominated by a handful of web portals that offered their users several services...

Triska Hamid • 18 June, 2020

super app careem Halan

Careem invests $50 million in super app

Careem announced the launch of its super app, combining all of its services like ride-hailing and food delivery onto one platform. The Uber...

Triska Hamid • 15 June, 2020

careem super app

From the valley of death to the oasis wadi

It has become evident that the Covid-19 crisis is like no other. While its persistence and long-term impact on society as a whole remain...

Fadi Ghandour • 14 June, 2020

SME support sme

A deep dive into the GCC’s cloud kitchen sector [part one]

When Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick sold most of his shares in the mobility giant to launch CloudKitchens, securing a $400 million cheque...

Triska Hamid • 11 June, 2020

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Wamda X Startup Reveal: Cohort II

Over the course of the last 4 months, and through the 3 stages of the programme: XStart, XSolve, and XScale, the second cohort of the...

Wamda • 09 June, 2020