Regional Can direct-to-consumer commerce maintain its momentum in Mena? “Swipe up”, an Instagram term that has become so synonymous with online shopping that it is hardly considered an instruction or... Shaimaa El Nazer - Triska Hamid • 03 November, 2021 direct-to-consumer D2C eyewa
U.A.E Zbooni closes $9.5 million Series A round UAE-based Zbooni, a social and conversational commerce platform, has closed a second tranche of $4.5 million to bring its total Series A... News • 28 September, 2021 Zbooni social commerce
Regional Should online retailers pay greater attention to men? Leith Mathews is the founder and CEO of UAE-based rokpool, an online platform dedicated to men’s personal care products. Safe... Thought Leadership • 27 September, 2021 E-commerce
Egypt Cartona completes $4.5 million pre-Series A round led by Global Ventures Egypt-based B2B platform Cartona has raised $4.5 million in a pre-Series A round led by Global Ventures, with participation from Kepple... News • 21 September, 2021 b2b B2B e-commerce Cartona
Iraq Iraq’s Miswag raises $1.6 million pre-Series A Iraq-based B2C marketplace Miswag, has raised $1.6 million in a pre-Series A round. This funding closely follows its six-figure... News • 19 September, 2021 Miswag E-commerce marketplace
Regional Dark stores will create more collaborators than competitors In the absence of physical shopping during last year’s lockdowns, demand for e-commerce soared, most notably in the grocery segment.... Nagham Al Eithan • 12 September, 2021 q-commerce quick commerce
Regional Beauty and the online beast: Driving online sales in the Middle East Nicolas Bruylants is the co-founder and chief visions officer of UAE-based CNNB Solutions, which helps brands to build, operate and scale... Thought Leadership • 22 August, 2021 D2C Beauty
Saudi Arabia Taffi: Democratising personal styling for women in Mena Throughout history, the most powerful tastemakers have been the wealthy, whose way of life is often portrayed as aspirational and an... Nagham Al Eithan • 19 August, 2021 Taffi Online shopping personalisation
U.A.E Opontia: Enabling e-commerce brands to go global The GCC region is one of the fastest-growing e-commerce markets in the world according to a report from Dubai’s CommerCity, with... Dunya Hassanein • 12 July, 2021 e-commerce enablement E-commerce Opontia
Regional Floral marketplaces: Does the future look rosy? The retail industry across the Middle East has undergone a sea of change, with online purchases becoming a central part of the... Dunya Hassanein • 01 July, 2021 Floranow Floward marketplace
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia’s Tamer Group acquires majority stake in Mumzworld Saudi Arabia’s Tamer Group, a healthcare distributor and logistics company has acquired a majority stake in UAE-based e-commerce... News • 28 June, 2021 acquisition news Mumzworld
U.A.E eyewa closes $21 million Series B UAE-based eyewa has closed its Series B funding round, raising $21 million. The round was co-led by Kingsway and Nuwa Capital, with... News • 27 June, 2021 eyewa series B
Global Floward raises $27.5 million in Series B Kuwait-based flowers and gifts marketplace Floward, has raised $27.5 million in a Series B funding round led by STV with participation... News • 27 June, 2021 Floward Floral markerplaces ecommerce
U.A.E The Luxury Closet raises $14 million UAE-based The Luxury Closet has raised $14 million in a round led by GMP Investments, with participation from regional and... News • 20 June, 2021 The Luxury Closet
Egypt Openner invests in tejarra.com’s Seed round US-based VC and venture builder, Openner, which last year launched its accelerator in Cairo, has invested in electronic e-commerce... News • 07 June, 2021 Openner
U.A.E Opontia raises $20 million Seed round Dubai-based e-commerce enabler Opontia, has raised $20 million in debt and equity in a Seed round from Global Founders Capital,... News • 06 June, 2021 b2b B2B e-commerce
Egypt Homzmart closes $15 million Series A round Egypt-based Homzmart, an online furniture and home goods marketplace has raised $15 million in its Series A round led by MSA... News • 18 May, 2021 Homzmart
Regional Clean disruption: The rise of clean beauty marketplaces in Mena It was personal need that pushed Amina Grimen and Ayat Toufeeq to launch an e-commerce site dedicated to skincare. The pair were struggling... Triska Hamid • 13 May, 2021 clean beauty
Saudi Arabia Sary raises $30.5 million Series B Saudi Arabia-based B2B marketplace Sary has raised $30.5 million in a Series B round led by VentureSouq with participation from new... News • 06 May, 2021 SARY B2B e-commerce b2b
Regional The importance, potential and impact of the circular economy Earlier this year, the UAE established a federal circular economy council to generate new economic opportunities, reduce the use of natural... Thought Leadership • 02 May, 2021 re-commerce circular economy
Regional E-commerce's next wave of growth is in B2B When Sultan Alasmi co-founded Zid, an e-commerce enablement platform based in Saudi Arabia back in 2017, he was repeatedly met with... Dunya Hassanein • 29 April, 2021 E-commerce B2B ecommerce
Regional Localization: The Future of E-commerce Did you know that you lose 40% of your potential global customers if you don’t communicate in their native language? If... Annelies Docx • 31 March, 2021
Regional The future of e-commerce will be hyperlocal says CEO of noon The future of e-commerce will be hyperlocal according to noon CEO Faraz Khalid, who said he spent up to 80 per cent of his time last year... Wamda • 18 March, 2021 E-commerce
Regional Wamda launches e-commerce whitepaper in partnership with MIT Wamda, in partnership with the Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at MIT, has launched a whitepaper on the e-commerce... Wamda • 17 March, 2021 E-commerce Wamda Research Lab