Regional How Covid-19 unlocked the adoption of e-commerce in the Mena region Wamda, in partnership with MIT Legatum Entrepreneurship Center, will be hosting an online panel to launch a report on ‘How... Wamda • 11 March, 2021
Saudi Arabia Alhokair and ACC acquire majority stake in UK's Vogacloset Saudi Arabia-based retailer Alhokair and mall operator Arabian Centres Company (ACC) have come together to acquire a combined 51 per cent... News • 03 March, 2021 E-commerce Vogacloset
Regional Will loyalty become a new form of currency? Repeat custom is the lifeblood of all commerce, selling a product or service once to a person is easy enough, getting them to buy it again... Shaimaa El Nazer • 08 February, 2021 customer loyalty
Egypt Why Belal El-Megharbel left Careem and shunned his family business This article originally appeared on the International Financial Corporation (IFC) website. By Gloria Mwaniga Odary In 2018, when Belal... Thought Leadership • 27 January, 2021 MaxAB B2B marketplace
Egypt Opio raises $300,000 seed investment Egypt-based women’s fashionwear brand Opio has raised $300,000 in a seed round from AUC Angels, local and regional angel investors... News • 13 January, 2021 direct-to-consumer
Regional What is driving the growth of buy now pay later? Before the emergence of online shopping, there were shopping catalogues, published and distributed by retailers who offered everything from... Triska Hamid • 21 December, 2020 BNPL Tabby
Saudi Arabia Salla raises $8.5 million in Series A Saudi Arabia-based e-commerce Salla, has closed a SAR32 million ($8.5 million) Series A round led by STV, with participation from existing... News • 24 November, 2020 Salla Series A
Regional The unstoppable growth of e-grocery E-grocery remains the fastest growing segment of e-commerce in the Middle East according to new research from RedSeer Consulting, growing... Triska Hamid • 28 October, 2020 e-grocery
Regional Techne Summit Alexandria 2020 Techne Summit is coming to you this year on November 7-8-9 as a Hybrid Event! So, if you can't attend in person, you can... Annelies Docx • 26 October, 2020
Saudi Arabia Penny Software raises $1.35 million Seed with participation from Wamda Saudi Arabia-based Penny Software has raised $1.35 million in a Seed investment round from Wamda, Class 5 Global, Outliers VC, Plug and... Wamda • 21 September, 2020 b2b marketplace Penny
U.A.E Awok’s failure: Pandemic victim or cash mismanagement? Wamda cannot verify the claims that Hussein Khafagy, head of customer experience at Awok makes below Last week, Dubai-based... Shaimaa El Nazer • 07 September, 2020 awok.com failures
U.A.E eyewa raises $2.5 million pre-series B bridge round Wamda, the Middle East region's leading startup ecosystem enabler, has invested in UAE-based eyewear e-commerce player eyewa, which has... Wamda • 11 August, 2020 eyewa wamda Wamda Capital
Regional Creating a comprehensive model for e-commerce success Darren Hodgkin, CEO of Digital&Code E-commerce has made massive gains during the Covid-19 pandemic. Consumers were forced to... Thought Leadership • 03 August, 2020 E-commerce
Regional elGrocer: The lessons we learned in the era of Covid-19 Nader Amiri is the founder of UAE-based e-grocery startup elGrocer E-commerce is on everyone’s mind. There’s a lot being... Thought Leadership • 23 July, 2020 e-grocery elGrocer covid-19
Regional Will cash on delivery return post Covid-19? By Faris Fallouh, Senior Global Express Services at Aramex During this pandemic, consumers globally and in the Middle East and North... Thought Leadership • 28 June, 2020 CoD cash-on-delivery
Regional The logistical developments in e-commerce The importance of the e-commerce industry has been multiplied by 10 as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic according to Iyad Kamal, chief... Triska Hamid • 21 May, 2020 Logistics aramex
Regional The Impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the entrepreneurship ecosystem [Survey] As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to impact the way we live, work and operate, very few startups in the region have managed to escape... Wamda • 06 April, 2020
Egypt E-Commerce Summit 2019 Egypt’s E-Commerce Summit returns this year to drive the growth of the e-commerce industry in Egypt and the MENA region.... Wamda • 20 August, 2019
Global Jumia shares “pop” 75 per cent on NYSE debut Jumia, Africa’s largest e-commerce player, went public today on the New York Stock Exchange with a closing price of $25.46 per... Fares Ghandour • 12 April, 2019 africa
Egypt Egyptian online fashion rental platform raises $1M from Algebra Ventures and 500 Startups La Reina, an Egyptian online platform for rental couture, announced receiving $1 million in a Series A funding round led by Egypt’s... Staff writer • 30 April, 2018 Egypt La Reina Algebra Ventures
Regional More family businesses to engage with tech and innovation: Techstars’ Jag Singh Last month, Wamda had the chance to catch up with Jag Singh, managing director of Techstars’ METRO Accelerator for Retail, ahead of... Rana Freifer • 26 April, 2018 lebanon Jag Singh techstars
Saudi Arabia Saudi DokkanAfkar.com launches new ‘Designer Program’ DokkanAfkar.com, one of the first ecommerce websites in Saudi Arabia for creative products, announced the launch of its ‘Designer... Staff writer • 28 March, 2018 Saudi Arabia DokkanAfkar ecommerce
Saudi Arabia Niche e-grocery stores are gaining momentum and this Saudi startup is taking note A research led by Think with Google, found that millennials are very much concerned about their health. If they’re going to live... Rana Freifer • 12 March, 2018 Saudi Arabia ecommerce f&b
U.A.E Marketplace builder behind joigifts closes $1.5 M Seed Round Dubai-based Enhance, a holding company that builds online marketplaces for the Middle East and Africa, has raised a Seed Round of $1.5... Staff writer • 22 February, 2018 uae Enhance joigifts