Wamda

Kuwait

What's most exciting about Kuwait's future? [Video]

This is an edited crosspost from Nuwait. Each entrepreneurship ecosystem has its own story to tell, but failures, success...

Nuwait 500 startups world bank

Maghreb

How five Tunisian startups became profitable

Has the time for Tunisian startups finally come? (Image via Disney) Several iconic and emblematic Tunisian startups are now...

monresto.tn tiklik WebRadar

Pakistan

Pakistan's return as the 'California of Asia' [Opinion]

It's no secret that Pakistan’s startup scene is heating up, but the rise of a new middle class and the fruits of a heavy security...

Advanced Micro Devices AST Research FireEye

Maghreb

4 tips for digitalizing your market

Careem, Hmizate/Hmall, Jumia, Uber, and Avito discuss digitalization. (Image via @equartey) Africa is a big continent, yet in spite...

Seedstars Africa Avito Hmizate

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

What I know about startups in MENA: Chris Schroeder

Chris Schroeder is one of the MENA entrepreneur's biggest foreign supporters. (Image via E&T Magazine) Investor and MENA-phile...

investor WIK What I Know

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

U.A.E

What I know about design thinking: Johannes Comeau Milke

Johannes Comeau Milke with workshop attendees. (Image via Better today) Having planted the initial seeds of design thinking at...

What I Know User Experience work practices

Regional

The competitive advantage of good customer service [Opinion]

It should be self-evident. Good customer service increases revenues and decreases costs. (Image via tnooz.com) Inadequate or non-existent...

competitive advantage leaky bucket customer loyalty

Regional

The framework and anatomy of shareholders’ agreements [How to]

It can take months to negotiate a shareholders' agreement. The goal is to protect the interests of all involved. (Image...

framework articles of association bylaws

Regional

Is MENA ready for the digital lawyer?

Even a human lawyer has more feelings than a robot. (Image via Manslife.com) The $400 billion dollar US legal market is beginning to see...

Company Formation Dubai Startupr Legal tools

Lebanon

How to raise funds while protecting your interests

Elie Boujaoude discusses term sheets at the UK-Lebanon Tech Hub. (Image via Antoine Abou-Diwan) Although a term sheet is not legally...

drag-along tag-along anti-dilution

Regional

Opportunities in the risk intelligence market [Opinion]

A map of countries facing the greatest risk of terrorism. (Image via The Telegraph) One basic law of economics dictates a...

Risk intelligence data analysis MEMakers

Regional

Fear of success does exist [Opinion]

Don't fear greatness, if you don't want to spend your life living among potholes! (Image via outofedenministries.com) 'Fear of Failure'...

Legal challenges Opinion Failure

Regional

Some considerations on starting a company in MENA [Opinion]

The path to the MENA market is difficult but not impossible. (Image via constructionweekonline) Entrepreneurship is not for everyone,...

billing oped Opinion

Pakistan

What I know about building an ecosystem from scratch: Khurram Zafar

Khurram Zafar. (Image via Rachel Williamson) The Pakistani media have dubbed the softly spoken Khurram Zafar an ‘entrepreneur...

Plan9 LUMS Khurram Zafar

Regional

What judges look for in pitches

Judging at the Seedstars Beirut event in November in UK Lebanon Tech Hub. (Image via Maysaa Ajjan) We already covered the exciting...

pitches judging Seedstars World

Regional

How credit card processing works

What goes on when you click that 'buy' button? (Image via Papdan.com) Credit cards are everywhere these days, but few people know what...

White Payments Payfort credit cards

Global

7 ways to protect your ecommerce site from security threats

Ecommerce sites can open up a raft of avenues for fraud and hackers.(Image via iStock) A single day doesn’t go by without hearing a...

Online shopping Cbyer security

Regional

Harnessing big data for business decision making [Opinion]

It isn't enough to collect data. Making sense of it is vital to the survival of organizations large and small. (Image...

data analysis big data Analytics

Global

What I know about networking: Igor Ovcharenko

Igor Ovcharenko organized his first startup networking event in 2012. (Image via Seedstars World) Before his first ever event with...

Matchmaking Seedstars World Igor Ovcharenko

Global

Then and now: how accelerators have evolved

This article is a crosspot with Nuwait. As Kuwait is welcoming soon one of the top five accelerators in the world, TechStars, we...

crosspost oped data growth

U.A.E

Can the UAE become a global startup hub?

A Model City. A model of the experimental 'knowledge hub', Masdar City. (Image via EfficientDesign.de) A few key challenges...

The Box Vision 2021 startup hub

U.A.E

Baring all: Dubai entrepreneurs talk failure

Organic Press Juice cofounder Daniel Vahanian talks failure with Moti Roti founder Tahir Shah. (Image via Jacqueline Sofia) The...

Organic Press Juice Digital Labs GlamBox

Thought Leadership

All the information you need to navigate Mena's startup ecosystem

Thank you