Regional Why Google launched an accelerator for Mena In October 2020, Google launched its regional accelerator, a three-month virtual programme targeting startups across the Middle East and... Thought Leadership • 10 February, 2021 Google accelerator
Regional How can brands become TikTok famous? What started out as a lip-syncing and dancing platform has, in the space of just two years, become the fastest growing app in the world.... Wamda • 09 February, 2021 TikTok
Regional Will loyalty become a new form of currency? Repeat custom is the lifeblood of all commerce, selling a product or service once to a person is easy enough, getting them to buy it again... Shaimaa El Nazer • 08 February, 2021 customer loyalty
Regional A look at Kitopi's three-year journey When Kitopi launched in January 2018 in Dubai, few were familiar with the concept of cloud kitchens. Now, three years later, cloud kitchens... Triska Hamid • 04 February, 2021 Kitopi cloud kitchen
Regional Is a competitive funding landscape good for the ecosystem? Covid-19 has been the ultimate stress test for all businesses, including startups and venture capital (VC) firms. While the pandemic has... Dunya Hassanein • 02 February, 2021 ABV Venture Capital
Global The basics of intellectual property [part one] Ludwig Lindermayer is a patent and trademark attorney at PAUSTIAN & PARTNER. In a series of thought leadership pieces, he... Thought Leadership • 31 January, 2021 Intellectual property Patents
Saudi Arabia Telgani: Partnering for profit in Saudi’s mobility sector In countries that lack a robust public transport infrastructure, car ownership and renting tend to dominate. Over the past couple of years,... Dunya Hassanein • 28 January, 2021 Telgani mobility
Egypt Why Belal El-Megharbel left Careem and shunned his family business This article originally appeared on the International Financial Corporation (IFC) website. By Gloria Mwaniga Odary In 2018, when Belal... Thought Leadership • 27 January, 2021 MaxAB B2B marketplace
U.A.E How can we stay productive in a hybrid world? Mohammed Arif is the business group director of modern workplace and security at Microsoft UAE As the pandemic has spread around the... Thought Leadership • 25 January, 2021 Workflow microsoft
Egypt Egyptian fintech in 2021: The journey ahead [Part Two] In the second part series, Michel Assaad, vice president of Europe, Middle East and Africa strategy at Citi Bank, outlines the trends... Thought Leadership • 21 January, 2021 Fintech
Egypt Egyptian fintech in 2020: A tale of crosswinds and tailwinds [Part One] In this two part series, Michel Assaad, vice president of Europe, Middle East and Africa strategy at Citi Bank, outlines the trends... Thought Leadership • 20 January, 2021 Fintech
U.A.E Wamda participates in Ziina’s seed round Wamda has invested in UAE-based peer-to-peer (P2P) payment application Ziina’s seed funding round, which was led by the Oman... Wamda • 19 January, 2021 Ziina Fintech
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
Regional Rise of angels: More money or more inexperienced investors? Angels are coming forth in the Middle East, more ready than ever to start investing in startups. Over the past year, several new angel... Dunya Hassanein • 14 January, 2021 Angel Investment
Regional Wamda and Tarjama launch translation tool to serve the regional ecosystem Wamda, the Middle East region's leading startup ecosystem enabler, has launched an English-Arabic business terminology translation... Wamda • 13 January, 2021 wamda Tarjama Arabic digital content
Qatar What impact will the restoration of relations with Qatar have on its startups? The almost four-year blockade of Qatar was lifted last week at the GCC Summit. Now that Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE have... Thought Leadership • 12 January, 2021 qatar
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