Regional What awaits startup exits in Mena? Looking back, the year 2021 was hard to emulate. After the pandemic-induced funding boom seen in 2021 and the first few months of 2022,... Dunya Hassanein • 31 January, 2023 M&A exits Exit
Regional Startups in Mena raised almost $4 billion in 2022 Startups in the Middle East and North Africa region (Mena) raised $3.94 billion in 2022 across 795 deals, a rise of 24 per cent in... Wamda • 29 January, 2023 Investment
Regional Why SWVL's acquisition of Volt Lines came to a halt In 2018, Lebanese entrepreneur Ali Halabi founded Volt Lines, a Turkey-based mobility startup targeting the corporate segment, enabling... Dunya Hassanein • 26 January, 2023 Swvl Volt Lines
Global How influence is increasingly breeding entrepreneurship Baha Hamadi,is a board member of the Public Relations & Communications Association You may have noticed a new breed of... Thought Leadership • 23 January, 2023 influpreneur
Regional How is fintech evolving beyond digital payments? Armin Moradi, is the co-founder and CEO at Qashio, a UAE-based spend management platform Numerous challenges faced by businesses... Thought Leadership • 19 January, 2023 Qashio
Regional What is next for Careem's mobility of money? Careem remains one of the Middle East’s biggest success stories, inspiring a legion of entrepreneurs and generating one of the... Triska Hamid • 16 January, 2023 Careem Pay careem Fintech
Jordan How a failed supermarket and a stint at Uber led to the founding of Abwaab Most graduates like to ease their way into employment, starting at an entry-level position to gain experience and work their way up. But... Triska Hamid • 12 January, 2023 EdTech Uber Failure
Regional How can the Middle East become a better hub for tech startups? Raviteja Dodda is the founder and CEO of US-based MoEngage, a customer engagement platform. Kunal Badiani, is the Middle East,... Thought Leadership • 11 January, 2023 Opinion
Regional The tech trends that will impact business this year Dr Ross Curran is an assistant professor at Edinburgh Business School at Heriot-Watt University Dubai Digital transformation will reach... Thought Leadership • 08 January, 2023 Trends
Regional Mena startups raised $125 million in December, pushing 2022 total to $3.6 billion Startups in the Middle East and North Africa region (Mena) raised $125 million in December 2022 across 38 deals, taking the total amount... Wamda • 05 January, 2023 Investment
Regional Trends to expect in 2023 When in February 2022 the war in Ukraine broke out, its impact on the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) at the time remained unclear, but... Wamda • 02 January, 2023 Trends
Jordan Meet JAZARI, the deeptech company working to improve vehicle engines Electric vehicles are becoming more commonplace in many parts of the world, but traditional, petrol-powered cars still dominate and will... Dunya Hassanein • 29 December, 2022 AlJazari mobility deeptech
U.A.E The edtech startup enabling teachers to teach Changing education is an incredibly difficult process. Upgrading curricula or changing teaching methods requires the convincing of parents,... Nesma Abdel Azim • 26 December, 2022 oktopi EdTech
U.A.E The venture builder helping female-led agritechs scale beyond the desert The female share in the agricultural workforce in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) hovers around 30 per cent, making the sector one... Dunya Hassanein • 22 December, 2022 agritech Dana Global
Oman Carzaty: The realistic exit The used car market is worth over $16 billion in the GCC alone, but it is a highly fragmented sector, with mostly small resellers and... Triska Hamid • 19 December, 2022 Carzaty Oman marketplace
Regional Startups in Mena raised $439 million in November 2022 Startups in the Middle East and North Africa region (Mena), raised $439 million in November 2022 across 39 deals. On a... Wamda • 15 December, 2022 Investment
