Wamda

Regional

Building a super app for the Middle East

Before smartphones and mobile app stores, the internet was dominated by a handful of web portals that offered their users several services...

super app careem Halan

Global

Fintech has come into its own

Rupert Shaw is the chief commercial officer at Ireland-based Ding, a mobile top-up transfer company As we adjust to a new-normal -...

Fintech remittance

Regional

From the valley of death to the oasis wadi

It has become evident that the Covid-19 crisis is like no other. While its persistence and long-term impact on society as a whole remain...

SME support sme

Regional

A deep dive into the GCC’s cloud kitchen sector [part one]

When Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick sold most of his shares in the mobility giant to launch CloudKitchens, securing a $400 million cheque...

cloud kitchen Kitopi ghost kitchen

Regional

What is the most important lesson we can learn from this pandemic?

Students of history will be familiar with the term “superpower”, countries that wield global influence by means of economic,...

Opinion covid-19

Regional

Beyond Incubation: Universities as agents of startup development

In the 1990s, professors Henry Etzkowitz and Loet Leydesdorff, put forward the idea of the Triple Helix framework, which highlighted...

Education Taqadam startAD

Egypt

Alex Angels: Egypt's latest angel network

Fewer than 6 per cent of pre-seed startups in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) raise investment from angel investors according...

Alex Angels Angel Investment

Global

Hackathons: An opportunity for Mena's tech innovators

Finding solutions for the disruption and devastation of the “new normal” caused by the Coronavirus pandemic has ignited a wave...

hackathon covid-19

U.A.E

How local businesses support the economic fabric of countries

By Miguel Angel Povedano, chief commercial officer at Majid Al Futtaim Retail The magnitude, complexity, and socioeconomic...

Majid Al Futtaim Holding Majid Al Futtaim

Regional

The angel network looking for halal opportunities

Muslims concluded the celebration of Eid Al Fitr this week, marking the end of Ramadan in lockdown. During this time, 64 per cent of UAE...

Islamic economy Angel Investment

Global

A public relations strategy is critical now more than ever

Sean Pattwell is the founder and chief executive officer at CW8 Communications The Covid-19 pandemic has shaken international commerce...

public relations PR strategy

Regional

The logistical developments in e-commerce

The importance of the e-commerce industry has been multiplied by 10 as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic according to Iyad Kamal, chief...

Logistics aramex

Regional

HOF Capital's take on investment post pandemic

HOF Capital is a global venture capital (VC) firm founded in 2016 by three Egyptian entrepreneurs, Fady Yacoub, Onsi Sawiris and Hisham...

HOF Capital Venture Capital covid-19

Regional

Wamda Research Lab report on Covid-19 impact

More than 70 per cent of startups based in the Middle East and North Africa have witnessed a negative impact on their business as a result...

Wamda Research Lab covid-19

Regional

How AI can help governments in a post Covid-19 world

Jad Hajj, partner, and Wissam Abdel Samad, principal, Christian Stechel, senior manager, Gustave Cordahi, senior associate, with...

Artificial intelligence

Regional

The future of SMEs after Covid-19

Rafael Lemaitre is a partner at consultancy SIA Partners and Maria Garrido is the manager of growth and innovation During...

sme covid-19

U.A.E

Mustafa Koita: Your modern-day milkman

The majority of entrepreneurs work in the corporate world for several years before something triggers their decision to leave and start...

Koita E-commerce

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...

Women Women entrepreneurship

Global

Online food delivery: The disruption heading to destruction

Uber Eats has exited the Middle East, or rather passed the baton onto its wholly-owned regional subsidiary, Careem. The publicly listed...

Food delivery Deliveroo talabat

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...

social enterprise ZoEasy

Regional

The rise of contactless payments

In a part of the world more comfortable with cash on delivery (COD) rather than online or even card payments, the notion of contactless...

MasterCard contactless

Regional

Wamda graduates second cohort of its fellowship programme Wamda X

Wamda, the Mena region’s leading entrepreneurship platform, has graduated the second cohort of Wamda X, its grant-based fellowship...

wamda x

Global

Mena's 3D printing startups pivot to save lives

Every so often, a new technology grips the tech community, usually ones that are described as pioneering and disruptive. A few years ago,...

3d printing eon dental immensa

Regional

Covid-19: Ushering in a new era for healthtech

In the wake of the Covid-19 crisis and resulting lockdown, it is not just the global economy and healthcare systems that are suffering...

healthtech covid-19 coronavirus

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