Egypt USAID, ITIDA graduate third cohort of Startups Accelerator Programme United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has celebrated the graduation of 23 Egyptian startups from Cohort 3 of ita... News • 20 September, 2023 USAID Plug and Play ITIDA
Egypt Endeavor Egypt launches XceleRise to back local entrepreneurs Endeavor Egypt has launched XceleRise, a scale-up programme to aid access to capital and market expansion for all startups that promote... News • 24 August, 2023 Endeavor Egypt XceleRise
Palestine Google launches new initiative to support Palestinian tech entrepreneurs US tech giant Google has launched the Palestine Launchpad programme, a Palestine-focused capacity-building programme to help Palestinian... News • 23 August, 2023 Google Palestine Launchpad program
U.A.E Gingo Partners raises $350,000 from angel investors UAE-based Gingo Partners has raised $350,000 for its investor outreach service and startup community platform. Founded earlier this... News • 11 August, 2023 VC Community
U.A.E Will the world's smartest contact lenses emerge in Dubai? In a lab in Dubai, a Russian entrepreneur and a Ukrainian material scientist are working together on a project that may very well... Triska Hamid • 10 August, 2023 deeptech XPANCEO Russia
Jordan ISSF invests $2 million in Oryx Fund to empower Jordanian startups Jordan's Innovative Startups and SMEs Fund (ISSF), has invested $2 million in Hambro Perks' Oryx Fund to empower the Jordanian... News • 17 July, 2023 ISSF Oryx Fund
Jordan How can technology make law more accessible? Legaltech, an intersection of law and technology, has been transforming the legal industry over the past few years, enabling lawyers to... Triska Hamid • 10 July, 2023 Legaltech Qistas CyberLaw
Regional Mena startups raised $35.6 million in June, pushing half year total to $1.6 billion Startups in Mena raised $35.6 million in June 2023 across 45 deals, pushing the half year funding total to $1.6 billion. While May... Wamda • 02 July, 2023 Investment
Egypt Saudi Arabia's magnetic pull: should Egypt be concerned about startup migration? Last month, Egyptian business tycoon Samih Sawiris announced that he would halt all new investments in Egypt and will instead shift his... Nesma Abdel Azim • 15 June, 2023 Saudi Arabia
Iraq 1001: The Iraqi startup looking to displace Shahid and Netflix Iraq is a market that still elicits a sense of pity and fear for many, but for those operating in Iraq, the opportunities are endless. The... Triska Hamid • 12 June, 2023 Media streaming
Kuwait COFE: Digitising the coffee experience from bean to cup There has been an increased shift towards customisation and convenience over the past few years which has resulted in a rise in vertical... Dunya Hassanein • 05 June, 2023 COFE foodtech
Libya UNDP launches Deraya initiative to boost Libyan ecosystem The Libyan government and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in collaboration with the European Union and the African... News • 31 May, 2023 Deraya undp Flat6Labs
Global Running in parallel, the Russian startup ecosystem in Dubai Four years ago, several Russian diplomats landed in Dubai to open the Russian Centre of Digital Innovation and ICT, a space intended to... Triska Hamid • 29 May, 2023 Russia Dubai
Syria Is there any hope for Syria’s startups? It has been 12 years since the civil war in Syria devastated the country and its economy. What was once a promising middle income country... Nesma Abdel Azim • 18 May, 2023 syria Harbuk Gwand
Egypt The startup braving the odds in Upper Egypt Opportunities for young graduates are limited in Upper Egypt, that is in the southern governorates of the country, which account for some... Dunya Hassanein • 15 May, 2023 Upper Egypt Sal7lyy
Sudan Sudanese startups either pivot or migrate as fighting rages on On the third day of the civil war in Sudan, the team at research and data platform DataQ, launched Neda’a, which translates... Dunya Hassanein • 01 May, 2023 Sudan
U.A.E How two founders turned their frustrations into a startup For Ibrahim Abudyak and Hiba Balfaqih, it was utter frustration with the state of their lives and mental health that led to the... Triska Hamid • 27 April, 2023 Smash Room Failure
Global An essential guide to cap tables Wamda and Clara have teamed up to bring you, startup founders, this essential guide to capitalisation (cap) tables. If you are... Thought Leadership • 17 April, 2023 cap tables
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
Global How Muzz lost a battle but won market share In the quest to innovate, disrupt and offer something new, startups can often agitate and annoy incumbent players. For Muslim-focused... Triska Hamid • 30 March, 2023 Muzz
U.A.E Making a case for Abu Dhabi Ryaan Sharif is the general manager at Flat6Labs UAE “The backbone of the world economy.” Read any article about startups... Thought Leadership • 23 March, 2023 Flat6Labs abu dhabi
Egypt Egypt's economic crisis in focus at RiseUp's 10th summit For the past decade, RiseUp has been one of the most influential startup events in Egypt and the wider Middle East and North Africa region.... Dunya Hassanein • 20 March, 2023 RiseUp
Tunisia Is Tunisia poised to become a leading deeptech hub in Africa and the Middle East? Rym Baouendi is a senior advisor at the Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at MIT Tunisia, a small country located in... Thought Leadership • 13 March, 2023 deeptech
Jordan Flat6Labs launches ‘StartMashreq’ initiative to support entrepreneurs across the Levant region Seed investor and accelerator Flat6labs, in partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the government of the... News • 06 March, 2023 Flat6Labs ifc