Jordan

The key to sustainable growth lies in Jordan's SMEs

Yara Asad is the project manager at Building Markets in Jordan where she focuses on assessing businesses and their investment...

Thought Leadership • 08 August, 2019

sme amman Report

Lebanon

About Beirut’s middle-stage ecosystem and its multiple opportunities [Report]

The World Bank’s Tech startup ecosystem in finding and recommendations report, analyzed the tech startup ecosystem in Beirut, in an...

Rana Freifer • 23 October, 2017

lebanon world bank Report

Saudi Arabia

Wamda reveals insights about the Saudi entrepreneurial ecosystem

“Cloning ecosystems might not necessarily work, and might not be sustainable given the different characteristics of each country....

Maya Rahal • 13 June, 2017

Saudi Arabia ksa Report

Regional

Half of Arab youth visit Youtube every day [Report]

According to the Arab Youth Survey 2017, published by ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller this week, 35 percent of young people in the Arab...

Maya Rahal • 04 May, 2017

Arab youth Report YouTube

Regional

Where does MENA really do business? [Infographic]

Even as entrepreneurs look to the Gulf to expand their sales, they look to the Levant to expand their back office operations. Wamda...

Teeb Assaf • 26 April, 2017

Wamda Research Lab WRL backoffice

Regional

Startup Investments: The evolution of the MENA ecosystem in 2016 [Report] 

Startup Investments: The evolution of the MENA ecosystem in 2016 [Report]  from Wamda Research Lab 2016 was a booming year for i...

Tarek Faycal • 01 March, 2017

investement Report WRL

Regional

Cleantech startups in MENA face many challenges but remain resilient [Report]

MENA is experiencing some of the most daunting environmental challenges on earth. Energy and water scarcity coupled with an...

Teeb Assaf • 04 October, 2016

Cleantech MEMakersGE Report

U.A.E

Payfort launches 3rd edition of the State of Payments

  The Arab world could see $69 billion in online payment transactions per year by 2020. (Image via Wamda) Saudis and Emiratis have...

Maya Rahal • 31 May, 2016

State of Payments 2016 Payfort Report

Regional

Wamda and Expo 2020 Dubai launch their first report on Collaborative Entrepreneurship [Infographic]

Almost every other corporation operating in MENA engages with startups in one way or another. This is one of the exciting findings...

Jonas Feller • 22 March, 2016

Expo 2020 Dubai Collaborative Entrepreneurship WRL

Regional

Ecommerce set to reach $13.4 billion by 2020, Payfort reports

Payfort announced today the release of its annual report: The State of Payments in the Arab World, at the Ecommerce Show Middle East 2015...

Maya Rahal • 12 May, 2015

State of Payments 2015 Payfort Report

Regional

A deeper look at the last 4 years of investments in MENA Startups [Wamda TV]

What are the key investment trends and challenges affecting MENA’s entrepreneurship ecosystem? What factors should the ecosystem consider w...

Jamil Wyne • 21 January, 2015

investement WRL Wamda Research Lab

Regional

Mobile dominates even offline shopping in MENA [Report]

Shoppers and retailers in the MENA region have long known that consumers have been spending more and more money online. What is new,...

Wamda • 21 October, 2014

smartphone penetration Mobile Report

Egyptian entrepreneurs ready for more constructive dialogue

In Egypt since the January 2011 uprising, there has been no shortage of events, meetups, conferences, and pitch sessions aimed at...

Daria Solovieva • 24 July, 2014

news Report Egypt

Regional

Wamda Research Lab debuts a groundbreaking report on the barriers to scaling

For entrepreneurs in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), scaling their companies is not easy. Challenges to finding talent and...

Wamda • 25 March, 2014

Wamda Research Lab MENA Report

Startup Maroc hits the road again with an ambitious roadshow

April is a busy month for Startup Maroc. The group of friends, who have been working for three years to help foster an entrepreneurial...

Aline Mayard • 24 April, 2014

competition Report Startup Weekend

Regional

Most workers in the Middle East would prefer to launch a business

Due to high unemployment rates in the Arab region, more people than ever are launching their own businesses, hoping to create their own...

Reine Farhat • 17 February, 2014

bayt.com entrepreneurship Report

MENA PEA Venture Capital in the Middle East and North Africa 2013 [Report]

The MENA Private Equity Association recently released their Third Venture Capital in the Middle East & North Africa Report, 2013 Update...

Wamda • 06 November, 2013

Venture Capital Report Investment

A look at Jordan's ICT sector: the 2012 int@j report [Report]

The ICT Association of Jordan just released the 2012 version of their yearly report. You can download it here (click the grey box to the...

Wamda • 30 October, 2013

Report ict

5 graphs that explain the ICT sector in Jordan

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is often lauded as one of Jordan's most promising- and fastest growing- sectors. Last year,...

Nina Curley • 30 October, 2013

Report ict Data

Bayt.com Middle East Consumer Confidence Index - September 2013

A recent report by Bayt.com details the findings of their consumer confidence index survey which is designed to understand the perceptions ...

Wamda • 26 September, 2013

Report

Gulf consumers optimistic about their economies; Levant uncertain [Report]

Despite the prevalence of intense conflict in Syria and Egypt, consumers in the Arab world are feeling more optimistic about regional...

Wamda • 26 September, 2013

Report

How to accelerate entrepreneurship in Africa [report]

From sidewalk hustlers and street vendors, to young techies and the growing number of self-made millionaires, Africa is a...

Jonathan Kalan • 25 June, 2013

Report East Africa

How digitization spurs economic growth and job creation around the world [report]

Globally, digitization is accelerating eco­nomic growth and facilitating job creation, providing a $193 billion boost to world...

Wamda • 26 June, 2013

Report Booz & Company Trends

The mobile opportunity for startups in the Middle East and Africa [report]

“Even though we have a mobile penetration rate of 109% in the Middle East, I still see room for growth,” says Amr Shady, the founder of TA ...

Glen Dalakian II • 23 June, 2013

Report Mobile Trends