Regional A breakdown of Mena exits in 2021 Last year, 39 startups based in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) exited, through both acquisitions and mergers. Most were based... Wamda • 21 February, 2022 exits
Regional Mena startups raised $247 million in January 2022 Startups in the Middle East and North Africa region (Mena) raised $247 million across 46 deals, a 20 per cent increase month-on-month and a... Wamda • 17 February, 2022 Investment
U.A.E Can data ensure a startup's success? As the UAE went into a strict lockdown in 2020, those offering mobility solutions suffered immensely, among them car-leasing app, Invygo.... Wamda • 17 February, 2022 Invygo
Global The Power Law — how venture capital ate the stock market By John Gapper In May 1976, a California securities regulator wrote to the venture capital fund Kleiner Perkins to deliver a warning... Financial Times • 14 February, 2022 VC FT
Regional Anghami: Success built on localisation When Eddy Maroun was skiing in a Lebanese mountain resort back in 2011, accessing music was a cumbersome affair. Music players like the... Triska Hamid • 10 February, 2022 anghami
Regional Wamda works with The Financial Times to bring global insights in English and Arabic to Mena’s technology ecosystem Wamda’s knowledge platform integrates global publisher The Financial Times’s content into its thought leadership strategy... Wamda • 09 February, 2022 wamda FT
Iraq An investor's outlook on Iraq in 2022 Pat Cline is an investment advisor at Five One Invest in Iraq Although the past two years have been tumultuous economically, the Iraqi... Thought Leadership • 07 February, 2022 Kurdistan Region Iraq Five One Labs
Pakistan Wamda participates in Truck It In’s $13 million Seed round Wamda has participated in Pakistan-based Truck It In’s $13 million Seed round which was was co-led by Global Founders Capital and... News • 04 February, 2022 Logistics Truck It In
Global How did Cuemath expand to 50 countries? Stereotypes are often problematic if not outright racist, but there is one India-based startup that is happily embracing the stereotype of... Triska Hamid • 02 February, 2022 EdTech
Regional Key exits of 2021 and what they mean for Mena's startup ecosystem The year 2021 witnessed a major fillip to the region's tech ecosystem, both in terms of the amount of money raised and the number of... Dunya Hassanein • 31 January, 2022 exits
Regional Investment in women-founded startups at 1.2 per cent of $2.87 billion raised in 2021 It was a year in which many records were broken - the largest funding round to date, the highest number of deals, and the arrival of... Wamda • 26 January, 2022 wamda Investment
Regional How can the GCC countries become digital leaders? Tarek El Zein is a partner with Strategy& Middle East, part of the PwC network The digital economies of GCC countries have... Thought Leadership • 24 January, 2022 GCC Innovation
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
Egypt Mozare3: Enabling small farmers in Egypt to become bankable The agriculture sector is the largest employer in Egypt; nearly 28 per cent of the total workforce work in agriculture, according to USAID.... Dunya Hassanein • 16 January, 2022 Agtech Mozare3
U.A.E Startups and SMEs can only grow with access to funding Ahmed Mohamed Al Naqbi is the chief executive officer of Emirates Development Bank The UAE government is steadfast in its commitment... Thought Leadership • 12 January, 2022 funding gap
