Wamda

Egypt

SWVL debuts on Nasdaq, sets initial offer price at $9.95 per share

UAE-based mobility startup SWVL, has completed its SPAC merger with Queen's Gambit Growth Capital and began trading on the US NASDAQ...

Swvl Nasdaq mobility

Egypt

BlinkApp raises six-figure pre-Seed

Egypt-based mobility road assistance startup BlinkApp has raised a six-figure pre-Seed round, led by investors located in UAE and...

blinkapp mobility Transport

Saudi Arabia

Car rental platform Telgani closes $2.5 million pre-Series A led by Impact46

Saudi Arabia-based car rental and mobility startup Teglani, has raised $2.5 million in a pre-Series A round led by Impact46 with...

Telgani mobility

U.A.E

AlgoDriven secures $2 million in Series A

UAE-based automotive data platform AlgoDriven, has raised $2 million in a Series A round led by Global Ventures. Other investors...

mobility AlgoDriven Global Ventures

U.A.E

Seez raises $5 million in pre-Series B

UAE-based automative retail platform Seez has raised $5 million in a pre-Series B round from Nuwa Capital, Crealize, BY Venture...

mobility Seez

Egypt

Ride-hailing in Egypt: A global tug-of-war

Egypt has one of the fastest-growing populations in the Middle East, growing at a rate of approximately one million every six months....

mobility ride-hailing Uber

Global

Lessons for Mena: The rise of bus-sharing in Bangladesh

Wes Schwalje is the co-founder of Tahseen Consulting, a boutique consulting, government relations and development firm based in the UAE....

mobility buses

Regional

Is Mena the next big market for micromobility?

Transportation is often described as the lifeblood of an economy. For any major city, the ability to transport goods and people along a...

mobility e-scooter micromobility

Regional

FENIX completes $5 million Seed investment

UAE-based micromobility operator FENIX has completed its $5 million Seed round, after securing a $1.2 million second close led by Saudi...

mobility Seed funding Investment

U.A.E

ONE MOTO secures seven-figure investment

Electric motorcycle and e-bike startup ONE MOTO, has raised a bridge round, via crowdfunding platform Eureeca. The investment was led by...

mobility Electric vehicles One Moto

Saudi Arabia

Telgani: Partnering for profit in Saudi’s mobility sector

In countries that lack a robust public transport infrastructure, car ownership and renting tend to dominate. Over the past couple of years,...

Telgani mobility

U.A.E

Car rental during Covid: Calculating the minutes between expansion and survival

Hasib Khan is the founder and CEO of Udrive, a UAE-based on-demand mobility startup that is now looking to raise investment...

mobility udrive car rental

Regional

Future of mobility: Rise in private vehicle demand

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

mobility car rental car share

Regional

Future of mobility: Can carpooling survive?

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

mobility carpooling

Regional

Future of mobility: The uncertainty of e-scooters

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

mobility Transportation circ

Regional

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...

mobility Swvl Buseet

Egypt

Mayday's mission to improve roadside assistance in Egypt

By Mostafa Adel In Cairo alone, it is estimated that traffic issues cost Egypt’s economy $7 billion every year. This figure...

mobility

Egypt

Mayday raises investment from angel investors

Source: MENAbytes Egypt-based roadside assistance platform Mayday has raised six-figure investment, the startup...

Car Service Egypt cairo

Tunisia

Tunisia-founded TravelCar acquired by Groupe PSA

Tunisia-founded mobility solutions platform TravelCar, now headquartered in Europe was acquired by France-based automobile...

Acqusition mobility car

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