Wamda

Global

Startup Watch: disruption might get you, AI making the diagnosis and so long Yahoo!

The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your...

Startup Watch yahoo! AI

Global

Startup Watch: weirdest new year countdown, food in 2050, and the ugly side of Silicon Valley

The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your...

Startup Watch Unicorn Bots

U.A.E

Jisr Venture Partners like to look outside MENA [Know your VC]

Jisr Venture Partners founder and chairman Waleed Albanawi is making another investment into the food and beverage (F&B) space by...

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Saudi Arabia

Careem now a unicorn, raising $350M

Careem has become the Middle East’s second ‘unicorn’, after investment from Japan's ecommerce giant Rakuten Inc and...

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Egypt

Egypt loosens rules on mobile money

In what will be welcome news to Egypt’s burgeoning fintech startups, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) is starting a bid to formalize...

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Global

Startup Watch: Say no to #manels and hyperloop feasibility in UAE

The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your...

Startup Watch Hyperloop Dubai

Jordan

Uber and Careem: a yellow cab's worst nightmare in Jordan

“We don’t need Uber or Careem, the yellow cab is the boss,” chanted yellow cab drivers protesting outside Jordan’s...

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Turkey

Turkish ride sharing app Volt raises over $500K

Turkish ride sharing service Volt has raised $550,000 from Lebanon-based investor Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP), with participation...

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Palestine

Mashvisor becomes first Palestinian startup accepted to Silicon Valley's 500 Startups

Real estate analytics platform Mashvisor has been chosen for the 19th round of acceleration at Silicon Valley’s 500 Startups, making...

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U.A.E

Mix N’ Mentor is returning to Dubai, MENA’s startup capital

Wamda’s flagship event, Mix N’ Mentor, is finally returning to the uncontested MENA capital for anyone with a startup and the gusto to thr...

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Regional

Jordanian innovator, once turned down by Stars of Science, is named its champion

The hottest entrepreneurship prize in the region was awarded to Jordanian innovator Sadeem Qdaisat in a narrow victory at Stars of Science...

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Regional

$1B for a new ecommerce site out of Saudi

With an initial investment of $1 billion, regionally-based real estate company Emaar is launching an ecommerce platform from Riyadh....

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U.A.E

Growth for service provider Mr Usta as they get more funding

Mr Usta secured a pre-Series A round of 2.75 million Emirati dirhams (US$750,000) this week. Investors include regional investors...

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Jordan

Health tech in MENA: How do you say measles, mumps and rubella in Arabic?

“Now is the era of systems that learn. It’s like [sending] a child to school. You teach them to read and digest information....

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Egypt

Winners and losers in Egypt’s currency crisis

Two days after this article was published, on November 3 the Central Bank of Egypt has floated the pound, allowing it to move to 13...

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Global

Hikma Ventures makes second US investment

Hikma Ventures made their second investment announcement in just over a month with their contribution to a $21.5 million series C round of...

Hikma Ventures Hikma Pharmaceutical Investment

Global

Wamda went to GITEX and met some startups

Dubai’s annual tech trade fair, GITEX Technology Week, is huge. We’re talking 15-minute walks from end-to-end...

GITEX

U.A.E

Did the world’s thinnest phone just launch at GITEX Dubai?

Carbon Works, a UAE-based startup, launched what they say is the world’s thinnest smartphone at Dubai’s GITEX Summit 2016 on...

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Global

R2-D2 and Ayah Bdeir share the spotlight at Disney Demo Day

Littlebits founder Ayah Bdeir announced a new partnership with Disney on Thursday for a children’s online video series encouraging...

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Global

Startup Watch: How to get more dates on Tinder, why Egyptian investors must unite, and VR Facebook emojis

Here’s a roundup of what we’ve been reading this week on how to get more dates on Tinder, VR spreading its Ocu-pus legs across...

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Regional

Holidayme.com secures $7M funding, a boost for regional travel industry

UAE online travel agency Holidayme.com has raised $7 million in Series A funding from Silicon Valley-based Accel Partners, Saudi...

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Global

Startup Watch: Who's reading your emails, the UAE mission to Mars and has power corrupted you yet?

Here’s a roundup of what we’ve been reading this week on those new Pixel phones that do stuff with the flick of a wrist,...

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U.A.E

Dubai attracts global tech elite to Future Accelerators program

Dubai officially launched its Future Accelerators program on Sunday, following a $275 million pledge in August to address seven global...

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Bahrain

Turn8 Pre-Accelerator Program

The Turn8 Hub Pre-accelerator Program is a free 2-week intensive program from October 9 to 18 for technology startups in...

Bahrain accelerator Funding

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