U.A.E Mythical to meteoric: The rise of tech unicorns Ammar Al Malik is the managing director of Dubai Internet City The boom in tech firms either floating on stock markets or achieving... Thought Leadership • 09 May, 2021 unicorns
Regional Mena startups raised $175 million in April 2021 Growth in investment continued last month as 44 startups across the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) raised more than $175 million in... Wamda • 06 May, 2021 Investment
Regional What is growth hacking? It took Nader Sabry 139 attempts before he launched a prayer mat designed to alleviate pain using NASA technology. Once the prototype was... Wamda • 05 May, 2021 Growth hacking
U.A.E Ola Doudin: The Middle East is having its crypto moment Development in crypto regulations in the Middle East will help digital assets grow according to Ola Doudin, co-founder of UAE-based... Triska Hamid • 04 May, 2021 BitOasis
Regional The importance, potential and impact of the circular economy Earlier this year, the UAE established a federal circular economy council to generate new economic opportunities, reduce the use of natural... Thought Leadership • 02 May, 2021 re-commerce circular economy
Regional E-commerce's next wave of growth is in B2B When Sultan Alasmi co-founded Zid, an e-commerce enablement platform based in Saudi Arabia back in 2017, he was repeatedly met with... Dunya Hassanein • 29 April, 2021 E-commerce B2B ecommerce
Global Advice for startups: Key accounting KPIs to monitor Rayhan Aleem is the founder and managing partner at Alpha Pro Partners Running a small business means juggling many different things on... Thought Leadership • 27 April, 2021 accounting
Regional Has blockchain found a place in the mainstream? Amid the hype around Bitcoin and its soaring value, there is one underlying technology that is usually mentioned as an afterthought -... Nesma Abdel Azim • 25 April, 2021 Blockchain
Egypt Why is Japan's Samurai Incubate interested in Egypt? Last week, Japan-based venture capital firm Samurai Incubate closed its second $18.6 million Africa fund and for the first time, the fund... Nesma Abdel Azim • 22 April, 2021 Samurai Incubate japan
Regional The startups tackling food waste in Mena A third of all the food produced for human consumption is wasted every year around the world. That is roughly 1.3 billion tonnes of food... Nagham Al Eithan • 20 April, 2021 food waste Sustainability
Regional The future is in STEM – but only men benefit right now The KIP Index is the first Middle East and North Africa (Mena) sector-based measure of women-inclusive policies and practices in local... Thought Leadership • 18 April, 2021 STEM gender gap
Global Can a startup’s social capital affect investment? Rami Deeb is an executive at Talkwalker, a "conversational intelligence" company that delivers social media insights to help... Thought Leadership • 15 April, 2021 Social Media
Regional Chicken nuggets in Mena: A guide to market segmentation Nafez Dakkak is the managing director and CEO of the Queen Rania Foundation for Education and Development. On a recent trip to the... Thought Leadership • 13 April, 2021 Nafez Al Dakkak
Egypt What is driving Egypt's current startup boom? Last week saw the launch of two new venture capital funds in Egypt – Sawari Ventures closed its $71 million fund while Algebra... Dunya Hassanein - Nesma Abdel Azim • 11 April, 2021 Sawari Ventures Algebra Ventures
Regional Mena startups raised $170 million in March 2021 Startups in Mena raised $170 million in March, a 6 per cent rise month on month, across 43 deals. This takes the total amount raised in the... Wamda • 08 April, 2021 investments
Global How to optimise the value of data management Cenker Ozhelvaci is vice president of emerging markets, managing director of Iron Mountain UAE and Turkey The outbreak of the Covid-19... Thought Leadership • 07 April, 2021 data management
