Regional Women entrepreneurs can boost Middle East economies Last week, TiE held its Women Global Competition in person in the UAE. The global initiative is dedicated to empower women... Thought Leadership • 18 January, 2021 Women entrepreneurship TiE
Saudi Arabia The Saudi accelerator removing roadblocks for women By May Rostom For reasons ranging from cultural or self-imposed barriers to age-old beliefs, sex-role stereotyping has proved one of the... Middle East Exchange • 02 December, 2020 accelerator
Pakistan Mena-based angel investors invest in Pakistan's Conatural Source: Profit Magazine Pakistan’s natural and organic skin and hair care brand, Conatural, has raised $825,000 in a Pre-Series A... News • 11 November, 2020 Beauty startups Angel Investment Conatural
Egypt Fustany’s evolution: From eyeballs to subscribers Amira Azzouz is one of the region’s long standing entrepreneurs. Back in 2009 she launched Fustany, an online publication focused on... Dunya Hassanein • 11 November, 2020 fustany amira azzouz Digital Media
Pakistan AimFit raises $1 million to scale across Pakistan Pakistan-based AimFit has raised a seed round of $1 million, becoming the first venture capital-backed fitness startup in the country. The... Triska Hamid • 21 September, 2020 Health fitness
U.A.E Play:Date raises investment from Modus Capital UAE-based Play:Date, an application that helps parents build their child’s social circle, has secured a $250,000 investment from New... News • 01 July, 2020 Play:Date Modus Capital
U.A.E Raising the bar for women’s healthcare Investment in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) healthcare sector is booming. Over $144 billion will be ploughed into Mena-wide... Alicia Buller • 22 June, 2020 healthtech
Regional TiE Dubai offers $100,000 to winning startup TiE Dubai, a chapter of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), announced the launch of a regional Women 2020 pitch competition as part of its... Shaimaa El Nazer • 01 June, 2020 Women entrepreneurship competition
Regional How can we encourage more women to pursue entrepreneurship? Prior to the Covid-19 outbreak, Sana Afouaiz, founder of Womenpreneur, an organisation established to support women entrepreneurs, toured... Thought Leadership • 11 May, 2020 Women Women entrepreneurship
U.A.E The startup finding better jobs for blue-collar workers Unscrupulous recruitment agencies often lure blue-collar staff to the Gulf with false promises about wages and working conditions, charging... Matt Smith • 05 May, 2020 social enterprise ZoEasy
Saudi Arabia In conversation with Mounira Jamjoom of Aanaab Earlier this month, Saudi Arabia-based teacher training platform Aanaab secured a $1.5 million investment round led by Wamda and Nour... Dunya Hassanein • 26 March, 2020 EdTech Aanaab jeddah
Regional The problem of women entrepreneurs The Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region has made strides towards maturity and development of its startup ecosystem, however, gender... Shaimaa El Nazer • 08 March, 2020 Women Women Entrepreneur Women empowerment
U.A.E Venture creation, the new VC Investment across the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) is becoming more sophisticated. The growth in the number of venture capital (VC)... Triska Hamid • 30 January, 2020
Bahrain Bahrain: The challenge of staying competitive As any startup will attest, agility and quick response to market demand is key to survival. The same can be applied to other stakeholders... Triska Hamid • 23 January, 2020 Ecosystem Startup Bahrain Bahrain Economic Development Board
Egypt The Pyramids and the future of innovation in Egypt The Pyramids of Giza, the only wonder of the ancient world to remain standing, is intrinsic to the Egyptian psyche. It is not only a source... Triska Hamid • 09 December, 2019 RiseUp Summit RiseUp cairo
U.A.E In conversation with Rita Huangzhen of iMile When Rita Huangzhen left China in 2008 to work for Huawei in Dubai, she had no idea that the emirate would become the place she would get... Triska Hamid • 05 December, 2019 Logistics Last mile delivery china
Palestine Overcoming barriers of women-led entrepreneurship in Palestine Ghassan Amayra is the co-founder of Palestine-based MENACatalyst and Leila Farraj is the digital content strategist at... Thought Leadership • 02 December, 2019 palestine Palestinian Diaspora gaza sky geeks
U.A.E WEEGS 2019 : 'Opportunity to Grow' session - apply before Nov 21 The Women’s Economic Empowerment Global Summit (WEEGS) is a significant collaboration between NAMA and UN Women, addressing women... Wamda • 12 November, 2019
Regional Gitex: A show dominated by Saudi Arabia and the women of the UAE Some 100,000 people attend Gitex every year in what is the region’s biggest technology exhibition. Bringing together government,... Triska Hamid • 10 October, 2019 Women Saudi Arabia uae
Regional Looking back at a decade of entrepreneurship in Mena This year marks a decade since Yahoo acquired Maktoob, in a deal worth $164 million. It was the first time that a technology company based... Triska Hamid • 30 September, 2019 entrepreneurship Yahoo! Maktoob Maktoob
Regional How do you create a good company culture? Dawn Metcalfe is a workplace culture advisor and managing director at PDSi MEA. She is also the author of Managing the Matrix and The... Thought Leadership • 26 September, 2019 culture company culture Leadership
Bahrain Women Power Summit 2019 The Women Power Summit 2019 will be held on October 13th and 14th with a focus on 'Women in Leadership: Inspiring Action and... Wamda • 05 September, 2019
Egypt The Egyptian startup encouraging pharmacies to go online By Ahmed Gabr Inconsistencies have always plagued access to healthcare services in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region. A... Middle East Exchange • 01 September, 2019 Health health tech healthtech
Pakistan Ready for investment in Pakistan Pakistan’s presence in global news is more commonly associated with tense political conflicts, the threat of nuclear war and... Triska Hamid - Ayesha Ghaffar • 25 August, 2019 pakistan entrepreneurship sme