Regional How Covid-19 unlocked the adoption of e-commerce in the Mena region Wamda, in partnership with MIT Legatum Entrepreneurship Center, will be hosting an online panel to launch a report on ‘How... Wamda • 11 March, 2021
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
Bahrain Flat6Labs Bahrain distributes $250,000 among cohort winners Flat6Labs Bahrain announced that eight startups have received $250,000 investment as part of its sixth cycle, which concluded after a... News • 22 February, 2021 Flat6Labs Investment accelerator
U.A.E Sheraa launches startup studio S3 Sharjah Entrepreneurship Centre (Sheraa) has launched the Sharjah Startup Studio (S3), the first government-backed startup studio in the... News • 21 February, 2021 startups accelerator Sheraa
U.A.E Hub71 raises more than $50m for startups in two years Abu Dhabi’s global tech ecosystem, Hub71, raised Dh185 million ($50.4m) in capital for its community of startups since its launch in... News • 10 February, 2021 entrepreneurship tech hub Hub71
Egypt Sakneen raises $1.1 million seed round Egypt-based property technology (proptech) platform Sakneen, has raised a $1.1 million seed funding round led by Algebra Ventures with... News • 08 February, 2021 Sakneen seed round Proptech
U.A.E Dubai launches digital platform to simplify startup process Source: Gulf News On Tuesday, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Prime Minister and Vice President of the UAE and Ruler... News • 03 February, 2021 Dubai
Qatar What impact will the restoration of relations with Qatar have on its startups? The almost four-year blockade of Qatar was lifted last week at the GCC Summit. Now that Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE have... Thought Leadership • 12 January, 2021 qatar
Jordan Emile Cubeisy's tragic passing marks a loss for Jordan's entrepreneurship ecosystem Jordan has lost entrepreneurship pioneer Emile Cubeisy founder and managing partner of Silicon Badia, who sadly passed... Wamda • 04 January, 2021
Regional Trends to expect in 2021 Last year we outlined several trends we expected would take place in 2020 – rise in foodtech, growth of e-commerce and the year that... Wamda • 03 January, 2021 coronavirus Trends
Regional The regional tussle for startups: Is Dubai at risk of being overtaken? [part two] As outlined in the first part of this feature, startups have become a fundamental pillar of the economy, a means not only for innovation,... Triska Hamid • 30 November, 2020 Ecosystem Dubai abu dhabi
Regional RiseUp Summit 2020 : RESET RiseUp Summit is one of the largest entrepreneurial gatherings in the Middle East. This year, the RiseUp Summit 2020 is going virtual,... Annelies Docx • 25 November, 2020
Global How did a high school dropout become a billionaire? The school dropout who becomes a successful entrepreneur seems like a typical Silicon Valley success story, but where the likes of Bill... Wamda • 22 November, 2020 NikhilKamath Zerodha
Regional A glimpse into the Careem Mafia When Uber acquired Careem in March 2019 for $3.1 billion, the exit was significant not only for the size of the deal, but for its ripple... Wamda • 19 November, 2020 Careeem Careem Mafia
Regional Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival 2020 The 4th Sharjah Entrepreneaurship Festival will be held on December 6-10 2020. The event will be virtually and... Annelies Docx • 18 November, 2020
Regional The regional tussle for startups and entrepreneurs [part one] To many, startups and those operating in the digital space have been the saviours of the Middle East economy during this pandemic. With... Triska Hamid • 18 November, 2020 Innovation Ecosystem
Bahrain FinHub 973 launches to boost fintech sector in Mena The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) launched today FinHub 973, the first of its kind virtual fintech platform in the region, in collaboration... Shaimaa El Nazer • 20 October, 2020 Fintech digital transformation Regulations
Regional Yalla Fintech 2020 - Arab Hackathon for Financial Inclusion Fintech Galaxy and Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH have launched the virtual hackathon for... Annelies Docx • 19 October, 2020
Regional STEP Saudi 2020 Step Saudi 2020, Saudi's Most Happening Conference, taking place online this November 24-25, 2020. 2,000+ startup... Annelies Docx • 19 October, 2020
Regional Just #askWamda: Our new online mentorship service Today we are launching #askWamda our virtual service for startups in need of mentorship or advice from the team. Over the past decade,... Wamda • 18 October, 2020 #askWamda
Regional How do you seize a market opportunity? Disaster for many evokes a sense of fear and danger and a desire to seek out safety and stability. But there are those who manage to seek... Wamda • 18 October, 2020 podcast
Regional #askwamda #askWamda is our virtual service for startups in need of mentorship or advice from the Wamda team. Please fill in this form, and... Wamda • 26 October, 2020
Regional 14th edition of MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup Competition MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup Competition (ASC) is a yearly competition initiated by the MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab since 2006.... Wamda • 08 October, 2020
Global You are going to fail and that's OK Tarek Ghobar, founder of PointCheckout shares his experience of failing The startup world is like dancing around a huge minefield with... Thought Leadership • 08 October, 2020 Failure