Regional UAE startups attracted $400 million of VC funding in 2017 2017 witnessed 134 funding deals of 129 startups in 12 countries across the MENA, which brought in around $475 million worth of... Rana Freifer • 14 January, 2018 MENABytes Dubai MENA
Lebanon Lebanese youth is entrepreneurship-driven, but needs more early-stage funding [Report] Editor's note: This article has been updated to include the insights of Jad Salame, managing partner of Phoenician Funds. The... Rana Freifer • 10 November, 2017 lebanon GEM UK Lebanon Tech Hub
Lebanon About Beirut’s middle-stage ecosystem and its multiple opportunities [Report] The World Bank’s Tech startup ecosystem in finding and recommendations report, analyzed the tech startup ecosystem in Beirut, in an... Rana Freifer • 23 October, 2017 lebanon world bank Report
Global Positive ICT growth in the Arab world reflects more opportunities for SMEs The 'smart' use of information and communication technology (ICT) by companies is a critical factor for success in innovation,... Rana Freifer • 02 August, 2017 ITU ict smes
Saudi Arabia Big opportunities for startups in KSA [Report] The number of entrepreneurship support organizations in the KSA, including funds, coworking spaces, incubators and accelerators, has nearly... Maya Rahal • 13 June, 2017 Saudi Arabia ksa Wamda Research Lab
Regional Ramadan strategies to help you compete with giants When people have more leisure time away from work it’s not surprising to see their online habits change. So, during the month of... Berthe El Aya • 30 May, 2017 Insider Ramadan Digital Marketing
Regional Half of Arab youth visit Youtube every day [Report] According to the Arab Youth Survey 2017, published by ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller this week, 35 percent of young people in the Arab... Maya Rahal • 04 May, 2017 Arab youth Report YouTube
Lebanon Lebanon sets sights on being R&D hub for the Middle East It’s all about sharing. That is what former Nokia Technologies president, Ramzi Haidamus, thinks when it comes to a country... Rida Mawla • 28 March, 2017 UK Lebanon Tech Hub Knowledge Economy lebanon
Saudi Arabia GEM report reveals Saudi’s startup status [Opinion] Click the 'download' button to the right to access this report. Saudi Arabia has embarked on a long-promised strategy to... Ignacio De La Vega • 23 March, 2017 GEM Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Babson Global Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership
Regional $100M invested in MENA fintech [WRL report] Fintech startups in MENA have raised over $100 million in funding in the last 10 years, and a new report indicates the number of startups... Jonas Feller • 16 March, 2017 WRL State of Fintech Payfort
Regional MENA social enterprises grow in spite of deep-rooted challenges and little support [Report] Social Entrepreneurship (SE) in the Arab world stands on a paradox: It has every reason to thrive and yet every excuse to die. This is... Dana Ballout • 14 March, 2017 social enterprise Social Entrepreneurship Jordan
Regional Instagram is the next big thing in MENA social media Video took over social media in 2016 and brands started creating, rather than just sharing. Crowd Analyzer’s State of Social Media... Berthe El Aya • 08 March, 2017 Crowd Analyzer Payfort hootsuite
Regional Cleantech startups in MENA face many challenges but remain resilient [Report] MENA is experiencing some of the most daunting environmental challenges on earth. Energy and water scarcity coupled with an... Teeb Assaf • 04 October, 2016 Cleantech MEMakersGE Report
Regional Startups are creating jobs, but that’s not enough [Report] While the majority of the surveyed workforce in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) perceive working at a startup as a good career... Teeb Assaf • 19 July, 2016 WRL Access to Talent
Regional Corporate-startup partnerships, where are we at in MENA? [Report] 89 percent of large corporations and 94 percent of startups see value in partnering together. [Tweet this] This is one of many findings... Teeb Assaf • 12 June, 2016 Expo 2020 Dubai Collaborative Entrepreneurship WRL
Regional Activate and accelerate: 14 CE tools for corporations In May of this year, British banking and financial services company Barclays partnered with Flat6Labs to open Egypt's first... Jonas Feller • 02 June, 2016 Expo 2020 Dubai Collaborative Entrepreneurship corporations
U.A.E Payfort launches 3rd edition of the State of Payments The Arab world could see $69 billion in online payment transactions per year by 2020. (Image via Wamda) Saudis and Emiratis have... Maya Rahal • 31 May, 2016 State of Payments 2016 Payfort Report
Regional MENA’s startup health movement: a MEMakers report In a new report from Wamda Research Lab (WRL) in partnership with GE, we interviewed over 120 entrepreneurs, investors,... Willam Altman • 29 May, 2016 startup health digital health MEMakersGE
Egypt Strategies to scale: TA Telecom’s expansion beyond Egypt [WRL report] Scaling is a tough challenge for startups to overcome but some, like TA Telecom offer strategies that other companies... Willam Altman • 04 May, 2016 Reports TA Telecom Wamda Research Lab
Regional Wamda and Expo 2020 Dubai launch their first report on Collaborative Entrepreneurship [Infographic] Almost every other corporation operating in MENA engages with startups in one way or another. This is one of the exciting findings... Jonas Feller • 22 March, 2016 Expo 2020 Dubai Collaborative Entrepreneurship WRL
Regional Majority of UAE residents prefer to be entrepreneurs if given the choice [Report] (Image via Startupist) More than half of the UAE’s residents say they would like to be entrepreneurs, according to a survey conducted b... Antoine Abou-Diwan • 16 November, 2015 YouGov bayt.com MENA
Regional New Wamda Research Lab report, Country Insights looks at Egypt, Lebanon Jordan and UAE Jerash, Jordan: more than 60 percent of MENA's startup support institutions are based in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and the UAE. (Images via... Antoine Abou-Diwan • 01 September, 2015 Wamda Research Lab uae lebanon
Regional Back to the old school: harnessing the power of SMS in emerging markets [Report] Palestinian startup Souktel has hacked normal mobile phone communication to once again put SMS front and centre of how people... Raed Khalil • 28 June, 2015 american university of cairo Scalability Souktel
Regional A closer look at Wizards Productions' successful gamble in the MENA gaming industry [Report] While gaming sector has ample room for growth, it remains difficult to convince investors to put money in local game startups. Indeed, the... Raed Khalil • 23 June, 2015 Wizards Production american university of cairo gaming industry