Wamda

Regional

The startups 3D printing new smiles

When 3D printing technology started to become more ubiquitous around the world, many claimed that there would come a day when every...

healthtech eon dental Basma

Global

Navigating the slippery slopes of uncertainty

Rani Salman is the managing partner at Caliber Consulting, a UAE-based boutique consulting firm As the evolutionary biologist Charles...

strategy

Egypt

Fuelin: enabling fleet managers in Egypt to cut fuel costs

Increased digitisation in Egypt and the rise in smartphone adoption has pushed the demand for transportation services, whether this relates...

Logistics Last mile Fuelin

Global

The 10 pitch deck slides you need to wow investors

Dr. Mussaad M. Al-Razouki is the chief investment and business development officer of Kuwait Life Sciences Company. He has over 15 years of...

pitch deck Advice

Regional

ESCWA launches e-commerce acceleration programme for Arab SMEs

The United Nations’ ESCWA has launched an e-commerce Acceleration Programme (eCAP) to empower Arab SMEs. The eCAP programme will...

ESCWA E-commerce acceleration

Saudi Arabia

What we learned at the Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Riyadh

For the past few years, Saudi Arabia has done an exceptional job of reforming its business processes and boosting entrepreneurship in the...

GEC GEN

Saudi Arabia

Investment initiatives worth $4.2 billion announced at GEC Riyadh

Investment initiatives valued at $4.2 billion were announced at the Global Entrepreneurship Congress (GEC), held in Riyadh under the...

Saudi Arabia GEC Start-up

Libya

Presto: Building Libya’s first super app

Over the past decade, Libya has been mired in a civil war that has decimated its economy and put paid to foreign direct investment (FDI)....

super app

U.A.E

in5 launches space for investors in Dubai

Dubai incubator in5 will launch a specialised space to connect investors with startups for funding and partnership...

VC in5

Regional

UAE ranked world’s most supportive entrepreneurship environment: GEM Report

The UAE was ranked top in the world in the 2021/2022 Global Entrepreneurship Mentorship (GEM) report in terms of countries that allow for...

GEM

U.A.E

Fifteen startups graduate from Microsoft’s GrowthX Accelerator programme

Fifteen startups have graduated from the first cohort of the GrowthX Accelerator programme backed by Microsoft, in partnership with the...

GrowthX Accelerator microsoft ADIO

Lebanon

FabricAID raises $1.6 million with participation from Wamda

FabricAID, a Lebanon-based social enterpris,e has raised a $1.6 million Seed round from Wamda and Alfanar. Founded in 2017 by Omar...

circular economy Fabricaid

Iraq

TipTop's $5 million raise and Iraq's quick-commerce expansion

The continued pandemic-driven disruptions impacting the e-grocery segment have led to the emergence of q-commerce, a new vertical which has...

tiptop quick commerce q-commerce

Regional

Trends to expect in 2022

After two years of ongoing uncertainty, the investor hesitancy that defined the beginning of the pandemic has dissipated entirely, as...

Trends

Regional

Last-mile delivery startups in the GCC

Wamda has mapped 51 last-mile delivery startups based in the GCC. Of these, 22 are based in the UAE and 16 in Saudi Arabia. The majority of...

Last-mile delivery

Egypt

Flat6Labs partners with ESLSCA for student incubation programme

Flat6Labs has launched an innovation and entrepreneurship incubation programme, in partnership with ESLSCA University. The programme...

Flat6Labs ESLSCA

Egypt

Has the Egyptian startup ecosystem “made it”?

Michel Assaad is a startup mentor and the vice president of Europe, Middle East and Africa strategy at Citi Bank.The views expressed below...

fawry Swvl Vezeeta

U.A.E

UAE accedes to Madrid Protocol: What does this mean for founders in the UAE?

Bianca Gracias is a partner at ICLO, a UAE-based legal services firm The Madrid System is a convenient and cost-effective solution for...

trademarks

Egypt

RiseUp Summit concludes ninth edition by the Pyramids

It was an event intended to connect Egypt's innovative past with its thriving startup ecosystem, a bustling return to in-person events,...

RiseUp Egypt

U.A.E

How did one Dubai startup scale to 24 markets with less than $10 million?

A “real coup” is how Arrow Labs founder Rami Darwish describes the partnership he has signed with BMB, a multinational IT...

SAAS Arrow Labs Draper Associates

Saudi Arabia

OQAL launches Shari’ah-compliant OQAL Note to fund early-stage startups

OQAL, an angel investors network in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, in collaboration with the Saudi Venture Capital and Private Equity...

Oqal OQAL Note

Regional

What are the most in-demand skills among startups in Mena?

Talent remains one of the biggest challenges facing startups in the Middle East. Good talent is difficult to find and can be very costly....

recruitment talent Astrolabs

Regional

Startups in Mena raised $150 million in October 2021

Startups in Mena raised more than $150 million in October across 42 deals, a 55.5 per cent month-on-month decline in terms of value, but a...

investments VC funding

Palestine

Family businesses need to support startups in Palestine

Majd Zghyer is the strategy officer at uMake, an entrepreneurship support organisation (ESO) based in Ramallah, Palestine. In recent...

family businesses

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