Regional Wamda launches e-commerce whitepaper in partnership with MIT Wamda, in partnership with the Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at MIT, has launched a whitepaper on the e-commerce... Wamda • 17 March, 2021 E-commerce Wamda Research Lab
Regional Can the healthtech sector maintain its momentum? Health is typically one aspect of life that most people only consider when things go wrong, this is true on an individual level and on a... Shaimaa El Nazer • 15 March, 2021 healthtech AlTibbi Okadoc
Global Is a university education crucial for founders? Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg stand out as remarkably successful entrepreneurs who all dropped out of university. To them,... Thought Leadership • 14 March, 2021 Education
Global Predicting the future with analytics Professor Mohamed Salem is the president of the University of Wollongong in Dubai Analytics is one of the most critical tools in... Thought Leadership • 11 March, 2021 data analytics
Regional Mena startups raised $160 million in February 2021 Startups in Mena raised a whopping $160 million in February this year across 43 deals, driven largely by debt financing. UAE-based startups... Wamda • 09 March, 2021 Investment
Regional Why we need to consider the financial inclusion of children The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) defines financial literacy or financial capability as a combination of... Dina Alnabulsi • 04 March, 2021 financial inclusion
Global Anghami's story is one to celebrate and emulate Anghami is now the first home grown company to go public on Nasdaq since Aramex 24 years ago. This is a fantastic story that should be... Fadi Ghandour • 03 March, 2021 anghami Fadi Ghandour
Global The basics of IP: Patents and utility models Ludwig Lindermayer is a patent and trademark attorney at PAUSTIAN & PARTNER. In a series of thought leadership pieces, he... Thought Leadership • 02 March, 2021 Patents
Global Prepaid is the future of financial inclusion Rupert Shaw is the chief commercial officer at Ding, a mobile top up and airtime transfer company based in Ireland Among all the... Thought Leadership • 28 February, 2021 financial inclusion
Global Forgetting the M in MVP: Are founders launching in a lean way? Leen Ashqar is a senior associate at Propeller, an early-stage venture capital firm based in Amman, Jordan As an active pre-seed and... Thought Leadership • 25 February, 2021
Lebanon Can Lebanon become the next global outsourcing hub? This article was written by the team at B.O.T - Bridge. Outsource. Transform All eyes have been on Lebanon over the past year, but... Thought Leadership • 23 February, 2021 Outsourcing
Global What can Mena learn from the African experience in fintech? Mahmood Ahmadu is the chairman of Innovate 1 Pay, a Nigerian financial technology (fintech) company established in 2012, providing online... Thought Leadership • 21 February, 2021 Fintech financial inclusion africa
Regional Careem’s tech drive: Going beyond mobility When Careem first launched its ride-hailing service, everything was done manually. Sourcing the drivers was done via SMS, user requests... Dunya Hassanein • 18 February, 2021 careem super app
Iraq The realities of fundraising in Iraq Ali Al Suhail is the managing director at KAPITA, a development company that invests and incubates startups in Iraq. He is also the... Thought Leadership • 16 February, 2021 fundraising KAPITA
Global Will Bitcoin valuations drop this year? Khurram Shroff is the chairman of UAE-based private equity firm IBC Group which has invested in over 4000 different Blockchain products.... Thought Leadership • 15 February, 2021 Bitcoin
Global Your next great app idea will be built by software, guided by AI and humans Sachin Dev Duggal is the co-founder and CEO of Builder.ai, a UK-based human-assisted artificial intelligence (AI) platform to... Thought Leadership • 14 February, 2021 Software AI machine learning
