Wamda

Regional

Why Ireland is taking an interest in the UAE's cleantech sector

The UAE government is determined to become a regional hub for clean energy development and production, encouraging the adoption and...

Cleantech Ireland

U.A.E

You need to focus on the problem to succeed

Ayman Alashkar, is the founder of UAE-based proptech startup OVERWRITE.ai We entered 2020 like...

Advice

Regional

A glimpse into the Careem Mafia

When Uber acquired Careem in March 2019 for $3.1 billion, the exit was significant not only for the size of the deal, but for its ripple...

Careeem Careem Mafia

Regional

The regional tussle for startups and entrepreneurs [part one]

To many, startups and those operating in the digital space have been the saviours of the Middle East economy during this pandemic. With...

Innovation Ecosystem

Lebanon

Online education in Lebanon: Cementing existing inequalities

Laura Jardine Paterson is the head of communications at Codi in Lebanon The challenges faced by Lebanon in the past year have been...

Codi EdTech remote working

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...

fustany amira azzouz Digital Media

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

Corporates in Mena: From competitors to investors

The rampant digitisation of almost every sector this year has pushed corporates, once slow-moving goliaths comfortable in their traditional...

corporates CVC

Regional

Mena startups raised $47.6 million in October

Cloud kitchens have pushed up investments in October after Kaykroo launched with a $4 million funding round and Sweetheart Kitchen...

investments

Regional

The issue of open banking [part two]

In the first part of this feature, we introduced the concept of open banking. Here, we take a closer look at the regulatory...

Fintech Open banking

Regional

The issue of open banking [part one]

Following DAPI’s open letter to the UAE Bank Federation Advisory Council penned by co-founder Mohammed Aziz over a month ago, open...

Fintech Open banking DAPI

Global

The importance of a mobile friendly website design

Selina Bieber is the senior regional director for Mena, Turkey, and South Africa at GoDaddy With more than182...

how to

Regional

The unstoppable growth of e-grocery

E-grocery remains the fastest growing segment of e-commerce in the Middle East according to new research from RedSeer Consulting, growing...

e-grocery

Regional

Providing a purpose in remittances

There are about a billion migrant workers around the world who send money to their families in remittances. This source of income is vital...

Fintech remittance now money

Regional

The slow rise of neobanking in the Middle East

This week’s biggest financial news came from Abu Dhabi after investment firm ADQ, the holding company for some of the biggest assets...

Fintech Open banking neo banking

Bahrain

FinHub 973 launches to boost fintech sector in Mena

The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) launched today FinHub 973, the first of its kind virtual fintech platform in the region, in collaboration...

Fintech digital transformation Regulations

Global

How to communicate when crisis hits

Sean Pattwell is the founder and CEO of CW8 Communications Covid-19 exposed a truth communications practitioners have long known: no...

PR PR strategy

Regional

Just #askWamda: Our new online mentorship service

Today we are launching #askWamda our virtual service for startups in need of mentorship or advice from the team. Over the past decade,...

#askWamda

Global

Should you hire a freelance workforce?

Marwan Abdelaziz is the chief executive officer of Ureed.com Dell. Amazon. Xerox. SAP. What do these companies have in...

freelance Ureed

U.A.E

Restaurant chain to cloud kitchen: Man'oushe Street's evolution to kaykroo

Cloud kitchen and virtual brands operator kaykroo has launched today with 15 locations in the UAE following a $4 million pre-Series A...

cloud kitchen kaykroo

Bahrain

Small business will be the engine of the Gulf’s post-lockdown recovery

Pakiza Abdulrahman is the manager of Startup Business Development, Bahrain Economic Development Board Across the Gulf Cooperation...

Bahrain Economic Development Board

Global

You are going to fail and that's OK

Tarek Ghobar, founder of PointCheckout shares his experience of failing The startup world is like dancing around a huge minefield with...

Failure

Regional

Mena startups raised $10.9 million in September

Investment in startups appears to be slowing for the first time this year with just $10.9 million* raised in fresh funding in September....

investments

Sudan

Flex: Delivering a technological revolution in Sudan

In less than 20 years, Sudan has experienced a civil war resulting in the cession of South Sudan, uprisings that led to the ouster of...

Last mile delivery Last mile Flex

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