Wamda

Regional

Take employee wellbeing seriously or watch your business suffer

Michael Trüschler is the co-founder and chief executive officer at FlexxPay a UAE-based financial technology company providing...

Fintech

Regional

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...

Jordan talent Skills

Global

Coronavirus: Not just a China problem

This week Apple warned of a global iPhone shortage due to the coronavirus outbreak in China – where its smartphones are...

china

U.A.E

NOW Money offers banking alternatives for Mena's unbanked

According to the World Bank, in the Arab world stretching from Muscat to Casablanca, only eight per cent of adults belonged to the...

Fintech

Jordan

Wamda leads $3.5 million round in mobile games publisher Tamatem

Wamda, the Middle East region's leading startup ecosystem enabler leads a $3.5 million round in Tamatem. The round also includes Saudi...

wamda tamatem tamatem games

Regional

STEP 2020: Floating pitches, 400 startups and a new VC

More than 8000 people attended, 400 startups showcased their ideas and investors with some $1 billion in their pockets were in Dubai for...

Step Conference STEP entrepreneurship

Regional

A look at the state of pre-seed startups in Mena

The UAE continues to be the leading hub for entrepreneurs according to a new report from Wamda Research Lab. More than 35 per cent of...

Wamda Research Lab wamda x

U.A.E

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...

Innovation Dubai Dubai Future Accelerators

Tunisia

The Tunisian invention bringing hope to epilepsy sufferers

Millions of epilepsy patients across the Arab world are in daily danger of suffering a potentially fatal seizure, with multiple factors...

health tech Tunis Tunisian entrepreneurs

Syria

The challenges facing Syrian entrepreneurs

Since the Syrian civil war broke out in 2011, more than 5.7 million people have fled the country mainly to Turkey, Lebanon and Iraq while...

syrian civil war Syrian entrepreneurs syrian startups

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)...

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...

Ecosystem Startup Bahrain Bahrain Economic Development Board

Lebanon

The trials of operating an e-commerce business in Lebanon

Philippe Abdeni is the chief operating officer at Bellamysworld, an e-commerce platform founded in 2003 in Lebanon for high-end luxury...

E-commerce Retail

U.A.E

Wamda X second cohort launches with 13 promising startups

Wamda, the region's leading ecosystem enabler, has announced the list of fellows and startups joining the second cohort of its...

wamda x wamda

Global

Security: Is it time for startups to grow up?

Alexander Moiseev is the chief business officer at security firm, Kaspersky Leading entrepreneurship magazines are filled with...

cyber security cybersecurity

Oman

Oman's startup opportunity

The sultanate of Oman is gearing up to turbocharge its small-to-medium-sized (SME) ecosystem. While the Gulf state has not been...

Oman Oman Technology Fund entrepreneurship

U.A.E

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...

Research R&D

Global

The science of mentorship

By Ziad Matar, president of TiE Dubai and founding partner of Meditari & Ivan Fernandes, director of mentorship at TiE Dubai The...

Mentorship Mentor

U.A.E

noon cosies up to China

There are a few areas in Dubai and Abu Dhabi where self-driving vehicles branded with the noon logo, slowly drive along a pre-determined...

china E-commerce self-driving car

Regional

Trends to expect in 2020

With each passing year, the Middle East and North Africa’s (Mena) entrepreneurship ecosystem develops and cements itself as a core...

Trends entrepreneurship MENA

Regional

Top 5 VC deals in the fourth quarter of 2019

The fourth quarter 2019 top five venture capital (VC) deals that were disclosed amounted to $78.7 million, with UAE-based Trukker...

Regional

Our top stories from 2019

The biggest story to emerge this year was Uber’s acquisition of Careem in March. The deal, worth $3.1 billion, was the largest...

entrepreneurship

Regional

Corporate Entrepreneurship: Four ways to balance performance and disruption

Joe Abi Akl is the acting chief corporate development officer at UAE-based Majid Al Futtaim, developers of shopping malls and...

Majid Al Futtaim Corporate entrepreneurship

Regional

The untapped opportunity of esports in Mena

Think of a current successful athlete from the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region. Chances are you’ll come up with a...

Gaming esports

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