Egypt Egypt's MaxAB merges with Africa's largest B2B e-commerce player Wasoko Egypt-based B2B e-commerce company MaxAB will merge with Kenya-based Wasoko. The terms of the deal were not... News • 22 December, 2023 MaxAB Merger
Regional How do Mena merchants view buy now pay later? Buy now, pay later (BNPL) has quickly established itself as a popular go-to financing option for online shoppers as well as retailers, with... Dunya Hassanein • 28 August, 2023 BNPL Tabby Tamara
Egypt The B2B marketplaces looking to support Egypt’s restaurants Egypt’s economic woes seem to have bypassed one particular sector - restaurants. The past few years have seen the establishment of... Dunya Hassanein • 26 June, 2023 B2B marketplace
Saudi Arabia Saudi furniture marketplace Baytonia raises Seed round Saudi Arabia-based furniture e-commerce platform Baytonia has closed an undisclosed Seed round, led by Khwarizmi Ventures (KV), with... News • 17 May, 2023 Baytonia e--commerce furniture
Qatar Qatar's Snoonu raises $12 million Series B Qatar-based super app Snoonu, has raised $12 million in a Series B round which was led by the Qatar Development Bank with... News • 04 May, 2023 Snoonu qatar
Morocco Babelmdina: Bringing life back to Morocco’s handicrafts sector It was common for Moroccan duo Anass Lamouri and Imane Radid to pay the Old Medina of Casablanca (the Old City) a weekly visit, navigating... Dunya Hassanein • 13 April, 2023 Babelmdina
Iraq Sandoog: Enabling e-commerce in Iraq For many, Iraq still conjures up visions of war, struggle and corruption. Life, admittedly is not the easiest in the country, but beyond... Triska Hamid • 02 March, 2023 Sandoog E-commerce
Saudi Arabia Ygii raises pre-Seed round led by Flat6Labs Saudi Arabia-based social commerce platform Ygii has secured a pre-Seed round from Flat6labs, with participation from a group of angel... News • 01 March, 2023 Ygii
Egypt Muqbis raises pre-Seed round from Nama Ventures Egypt-based Muqbis, an online marketplace for handicrafts, has raised an undisclosed amount in pre-Seed funding from Nama... News • 18 December, 2022 Muqbis Nama Ventures
Turkey Why the UAE’s Opontia is now focusing on Turkey For centuries, Turkey, a country known for its rich culture influenced by both the East and West, has been a melting pot for trade and... Dunya Hassanein • 14 November, 2022 Opontia E-commerce
Global Flowwow pushes ahead with Mena foray as Russian ecosystem collapses Startups in Russia have been facing a litmus test since the start of the war in Ukraine, with foreign direct investments drying up,... Dunya Hassanein • 17 October, 2022 Russia
Egypt What are the repercussions of Capiter’s downfall? There was a surge in startup activity during the pandemic that saw record-breaking investment channeled to some of the region’s most... Dunya Hassanein • 13 September, 2022 Capiter
Regional How are consumers shopping in the omnichannel world? Professor Paul Hopkinson is head of Edinburgh Business School at Heriot-Watt University Dubai and academic director for Heriot-Watt... Thought Leadership • 25 August, 2022 E-commerce omnichannel
U.A.E Emaar to sell Namshi to Noon for $335.2 million Dubai real estate developer Emaar will sell its fashion e-commerce platform Namshi to Noon for $335.2 million. Emaar, which is listed... News • 20 August, 2022 Namshi Noon Emaar
Global From nappies to cricket: China’s Alibaba targets South Asia Benjamin Parkin and Farhan Bokhari in Karachi and Ryan McMorrow in Beijing In a vast warehouse on the arid outskirts of Pakistani... Financial Times • 23 June, 2022 Daraz Alibaba
Global Digital delivery transforms trade for Africa’s stallholders By David Pilling Nancy Auma, a 35-year-old market trader, sits by a large mound of finger-sized silvery fish caught in Lake... Financial Times • 30 May, 2022 africa Logistics
Egypt The pain of selling furniture online in Egypt Furniture is one of the oldest and the largest industries in Egypt, employing over 13 per cent of the country's industrial workforce,... Dunya Hassanein • 26 May, 2022 Homzmart furniture marketplace
Global Retailers seek real-world profits in the metaverse By Dave Lee and Hannah Murphy in San Francisco The metaverse branch of the fast-fashion chain Forever 21 is an assault on the... Financial Times • 14 March, 2022 metaverse E-commerce
Egypt The issue of e-pharmacy in Egypt When Amazon acquired US-based e-pharmacy startup PillPack in 2018 in a deal valued at $753 million, it sent repercussions across the... Dunya Hassanein • 20 January, 2022 e-pharmacy B2B marketplace Chefaa
Saudi Arabia Penny pushes into global e-procurement market Procurement remains a largely offline and fragmented endeavour, but over the past couple of years, digital solutions have grown... Dunya Hassanein • 18 January, 2022 B2B e-commerce Penny SAAS
Saudi Arabia Wamda participates in Penny Software's $5 million Seed round Wamda has participated in KSA-based Penny Software's $5 million Seed round, which was led by Outliers Venture Capital, and with... News • 17 January, 2022
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... Dunya Hassanein • 11 January, 2022 tiptop quick commerce q-commerce
Regional A look at last-mile delivery in Mena [Part 1] The final leg of the product shipping journey, defined as last-mile delivery, is the least efficient and costliest part of the product... Dunya Hassanein • 15 December, 2021 Last-mile delivery Last mile Logistics
Pakistan UAE’s Tricap invests in Pakistan's Clicky UAE-based Tricap Investments has participated in the $2.3 million pre-Series A round of the Pakistan-based e-commerce Clicky. Former... News • 08 December, 2021 E-commerce Clicky