#AfricaVsVirus Challenge

The AfDB Innovation and Entrepreneurship Lab is organising the #AfricaVsVirus Challenge as an opportunity to create tech and non-tech...

Wamda • 15 April, 2020

Eventtus secures investment to launch a virtual events platform

UAE-based Eventtus, has secured an investment round to launch a new digital events platform in response to the Covid-19 impact on the...

Shaimaa El Nazer • 14 April, 2020

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Navigating COVID-19: Managing people and talent

Wamda is hosting an online webinar, 'Navigating COVID-19: Managing people and talent' on Wednesday, April 15th, at 4:00 PM...

Wamda • 12 April, 2020

How startups beat the supermarkets in online grocery surge

The 24-hour lockdowns that have become commonplace in several cities across the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) has resulted in such a...

Shaimaa El Nazer • 09 April, 2020

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The Impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the entrepreneurship ecosystem [Survey]

As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to impact the way we live, work and operate, very few startups in the region have managed to escape...

Wamda • 06 April, 2020

Pure Harvest secures $100 million multi-stage commitment from Wafra

UAE-based Pure Harvest Smart Farms, an agriculture tech (agritech) startup, has raised $20.6 million in its Series A round, led by...

News • 06 April, 2020

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STEP Chat: Fadi Ghandour, Wamda and Rabea Ataya of Bayt

As part of a series of online events STEP Conference is organizing, on April 14th at 6:00 PM, STEP is bringing Fadi Ghandour,...

Lara Fakih • 02 April, 2020

Global Grad Show: Open Call For University Students And Professors to mitigate COVID-19's collateral issues

Global Grad Show has launched an Open Call for solutions to the collateral issues of COVID-19. University students and professor, from...

Wamda • 30 March, 2020

Will remote working become the new normal?

The measures introduced by governments across the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) to curb the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has...

Dunya Hassanein • 29 March, 2020

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A look at Egypt's online food delivery sector

Ordering food online, has over the past few years become a daily practice for people all around the world. Longer working and commuting...

Dunya Hassanein • 24 March, 2020

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Running Remote: 3 Habits of Highly Effective Remote Teams - Growth Velocity Academy

Growth Velocity Academy run a number of workshops & boot camps on the subjects of digital marketing and growth hacking, enabling...

Lara Fakih • 17 March, 2020

The promise of 5G: Digital divide or development pathway?

Mark Roden is the founder and chief executive officer at mobile top-up company, Ding ‘Limitless connectivity’ was to be...

Thought Leadership • 15 March, 2020

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Liquid assets: Conserving Palestine’s water supplies

In the Palestinian territories, severe water shortages have become an unfortunate norm – while Israelis living in nearby Jewish...

Alicia Buller • 10 March, 2020

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Competition rising: Video streaming in Mena

If there is one pastime that people in the Middle East are unlikely to give up, it is watching television. In 2018, the daily time spent...

Shaimaa El Nazer • 05 March, 2020

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Arab Startup Competition 2020

MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup Competition (ASC) is a yearly competition initiated by the MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab since 2006....

Wamda • 27 February, 2020

Techstars Startup Weekend Ras Al Khaimah

Techstars Startup Weekend is a 54-hour event designed to provide superior experiential education for technical and non-technical...

Wamda • 26 February, 2020

Fintech Retreat 2020

Fintech Galaxy is launching the region’s first Fintech Retreat 2020, bringing the ecosystem together for a more...

Wamda • 25 February, 2020

The state of technical talent in Mena

Leen Ashqar leads value creation at Propeller, a venture capital firm based in Amman, Jordan Too often, we come across a startup founder...

Thought Leadership • 24 February, 2020

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Wamda boosts investment in automotive platform Seez

Wamda, the Middle East region’s leading startup ecosystem enabler, has boosted its investment in UAE-based startup Seez, which raised...

Wamda • 17 February, 2020

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Enabling innovation in the UAE

For the UAE government, innovation is indispensable to keep pace with technological advancements and to address the most pressing societal...

Shaimaa El Nazer • 10 February, 2020

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How do we create AI in Arabic?

For millions of people across the Middle East and North Africa, interacting with a digital voice assistant like Apple’s Siri or...

Wamda • 27 January, 2020

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TIP Summit 2020

Technology Innovation Pioneers (TIP) is an initiative launched by The UAE Ministry of Economy and The Department of Economic...

Wamda • 27 January, 2020

STEP Conference 2020

STEP Conference, the leading technology festival for emerging markets, has launched its 9th edition under the theme of “the World...

Wamda • 12 January, 2020

Could EDGE boost R&D in the UAE?

Abu Dhabi is restructuring the UAE’s blossoming defence industry, placing many state-run companies within a single organisation and...

Matt Smith • 13 January, 2020

Research R&D