Global Traditional family offices emerge as unlikely venture capitalists By Miles Kruppa Few people would guess that Jed York, owner of the San Francisco 49ers football team, is an early investor in dozens of... Financial Times • 22 May, 2022 family offices
Global Metaverse: the natural evolution to Web 3.0 Professor Paul Hopkinson is the head of Edinburgh Business School at Heriot-Watt University Dubai and academic lead for Heriot-Watt... Thought Leadership • 18 May, 2022 metaverse Web 3.0
Global The week that shook crypto Scott Chipolina and Katie Martin In January, Mike Novogratz — hedge fund rock star turned crypto heavy hitter —... Financial Times • 15 May, 2022 cryptocurrency Bitcoin
U.A.E The controversial and unsustainable nature of food delivery Over the past few weeks, delivery drivers for both Deliveroo and Talabat in Dubai have refused to turn up for their shifts, demanding... Thought Leadership • 13 May, 2022 Food delivery
Regional Mena startups raised $297 million in April 2022 Startups in the Middle East and North Africa region (Mena) raised $297 million across 29 deals in April 2022 a drop of just $2 million... Wamda • 12 May, 2022 Investment
Egypt Lucky: the startup digitising the cashback space The devaluation of the Egyptian pound back in 2016 was intended to preserve its foreign currency reserves, attract foreign direct... Dunya Hassanein • 09 May, 2022 Lucky app
Global How fintech solutions can bridge the trade financing gap Ankit Goel is the Middle East and North Africa head of MODIFI, a a global fintech company that helps small and medium-sized... Thought Leadership • 05 May, 2022 Fintech
Saudi Arabia How can Saudi Arabia unleash national success in fintech? Abdullah Al Othman is the founder and chairman of Geidea, a Saudi Arabia-based fintech specialised in payments. It works with over 150,000... Thought Leadership • 28 April, 2022 Fintech
Saudi Arabia From Resalaty to Unifonic, tracing the Saudi startup’s journey It is difficult to recall a time when messaging large numbers of people was impossible, but that was the reality for brothers Ahmed and... Triska Hamid • 25 April, 2022 Unifonic
Regional How can Mena build a deeptech ecosystem? Amr Awadallah is an Egyptian born computer scientist and entrepreneur based in Silicon Valley. What’s particularly interesting about... Wamda • 21 April, 2022 podcast Amr Awadallah
Qatar What is holding back Qatar's startup ecosystem? Qatar’s vast oil and natural gas reserves have served the country’s needs well. It was thanks to these fossil fuels that Qatar... Nesma Abdel Azim • 20 April, 2022 doha
Egypt The startup tackling plastic waste in Egypt through its “reverse vending machine” As the most populous country in the Middle East, Egypt produces the largest quantity of plastic waste at an average of 5.4 million tonnes... Dunya Hassanein • 17 April, 2022 plastic waste Dawarha Cleantech
Regional Startups in Mena raised $299 million in March 2022, pushing Q1 funding to $934 million Startups in the Middle East and North Africa region (Mena) raised $299 million across 79 deals in March 2022, a 22 per cent decrease... Wamda • 14 April, 2022 Investment
Egypt Shift EV to expand beyond Egypt after raising Series A round Egypt-based electric mobility startup Shift EV, has raised an undisclosed Series A round, led by the startup's existing... Dunya Hassanein • 12 April, 2022 Shift EV
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... Thought Leadership • 11 April, 2022 pitch deck Advice
Global Blockchain and financial markets: will computers push out brokers? By Gary Silverman and Philip Stafford in Boca Raton in Florida Sam Bankman-Fried cut an unlikely figure as he took the stage on the... Financial Times • 07 April, 2022 Blockchain crypto
