Wamda

U.A.E

Sukooni: a local approach to mental healthcare

Mental health has long been considered taboo in the culture of the Middle East, and so has seeking help. With the rise in telehealth...

mental health Sukooni

U.A.E

The evolution of Wally, from expenses tracking to personal finance AI

Resilience is often highlighted as an important skill for entrepreneurs to have and few have shown as much resilience as Saeid Hejazi and...

wally Fintech ChatGPT

Regional

Startups in Mena raised $764 million in November 2023, highest amount recorded this year

Startups in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) have raised $764 million across 42 rounds in November 2023, a jump of 390 per cent...

Investment

Palestine

Palestinian entrepreneurs are facing the disastrous repercussions of war

Monthly VC investment deals were transformed into data on the numbers killed and wounded. The number of startups being founded were...

conflict palestine Gaza

Kuwait

Why has Kuwait’s startup ecosystem fallen behind?

At one point, Kuwait was at the forefront of the startup ecosystem in the GCC, producing some of the region’s most robust companies...

kuwait

Regional

A look at GOMYCODE’s expansion strategy

Following its $8 million Series A round last year, Tunisian edtech startup GOMYCODE has been ramping up its expansion across Africa and now...

GoMyCode EdTech Expansion

Global

Lessons to learn from South Korea’s startup ecosystem

The UAE and Saudi Arabia are both courting and engaging with South Korea’s startup ecosystem in a bid to attract its startups to...

South Korea

Regional

Mena startups raised $156 million in October 2023

Funding in October 2023 saw a turnaround after exhibiting a downward trend for the past four months. Startups in the Middle East and North...

Investment

Regional

Will the Middle East's accession to BRICS impact the startup sector?

Earlier this year, the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, alongside Iran, were welcomed into the BRICS alliance, which comprises Brazil, Russia,...

BRICS Arab startup

Egypt

Egyptian startup ecosystem faces litmus test following debit and credit card use restrictions

The Egyptian startup ecosystem is facing yet more difficulty after local banks suspended the use of debit cards outside Egypt and limited...

currency devaluation

Saudi Arabia

Democrance raises investment from Wa’ed Ventures to fund Saudi expansion

Democrance, a UAE-headquartered insurtech company, has raised a funding round from Wa’ed, the venture capital arm of Saudi Aramco....

Wa’ed Ventures Democrance

U.A.E

Wamda's roundup of Expand North Star

For the first time, the startup section of Gitex, Expand North Star (ENS), was split from the main event causing confusion among some and a...

Expand North Star GITEX

U.A.E

Integra Seven and Wamda release first of its kind "State of Tech Talent in Dubai" report

Demand for specialised tech talent in Dubai will likely exceed supply. Ninety per cent of tech companies have tech talent dispersed a...

talent tech talent Wamda Research Lab

Regional

Starting a venture with an exit in mind

Hassan Jaffar and Marwan Chaar are the co-founders of Carzaty, which was acquired in 2022 by Mexico’s Kavak, a used car platform last...

Carzaty Kavak Exit

Regional

Do you need to work on your personal leadership?

David Godfrey is a mentor at Peak Performance and co-founder of Chase Life Consulting Effective leadership is something many...

Leadership mental health

Regional

The startup bundling SaaS solutions through buy now pay later

UAE-based entrepreneur Amal Abdullahev wanted to build a startup to match businesses with social media influencers, but the biggest...

SAAS BNPL

Egypt

USAID, ITIDA graduate third cohort of Startups Accelerator Programme

United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has celebrated the graduation of 23 Egyptian startups from Cohort 3 of ita...

USAID Plug and Play ITIDA

Egypt

Endeavor Egypt launches XceleRise to back local entrepreneurs

Endeavor Egypt has launched XceleRise, a scale-up programme to aid access to capital and market expansion for all startups that promote...

Endeavor Egypt XceleRise

Palestine

Google launches new initiative to support Palestinian tech entrepreneurs

US tech giant Google has launched the Palestine Launchpad programme, a Palestine-focused capacity-building programme to help Palestinian...

Google Palestine Launchpad program

U.A.E

Gingo Partners raises $350,000 from angel investors

UAE-based Gingo Partners has raised $350,000 for its investor outreach service and startup community platform. Founded earlier this...

VC Community

U.A.E

Will the world's smartest contact lenses emerge in Dubai?

In a lab in Dubai, a Russian entrepreneur and a Ukrainian material scientist are working together on a project that may very well...

deeptech XPANCEO Russia

Jordan

ISSF invests $2 million in Oryx Fund to empower Jordanian startups

Jordan's Innovative Startups and SMEs Fund (ISSF), has invested $2 million in Hambro Perks' Oryx Fund to empower the Jordanian...

ISSF Oryx Fund

Jordan

How can technology make law more accessible?

Legaltech, an intersection of law and technology, has been transforming the legal industry over the past few years, enabling lawyers to...

Legaltech Qistas CyberLaw

Regional

Mena startups raised $35.6 million in June, pushing half year total to $1.6 billion

Startups in Mena raised $35.6 million in June 2023 across 45 deals, pushing the half year funding total to $1.6 billion. While May...

Investment

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