Global Cartier Women's Initiative Since 2006, Cartier Women’s Initiative seeks to drive change by empowering women impact entrepreneurs, providing them with financial,... Wamda • 09 June, 2022 Cartier
Regional TiE Women 2022 Global Pitch Competition The mission of TiE Women is to embrace, engage and empower women entrepreneurs across the globe – irrespective of the size of the... Wamda • 09 June, 2022 Women Entrepreneur TiE
Global Jack Ma Foundation’s 2022 Africa’s Business Heroes Competition RiseUP is supporting the Jack Ma Foundation to identify promising and impactful entrepreneurs to participate in the Africa’s Business... Wamda • 12 April, 2022 RiseUp Jack Ma Foundation African Business Heroes
U.A.E STEP Match Step Match is a series of online networking events brought to you by Step, the organizers of Step Conference,... Wamda • 27 September, 2020
Regional Wamda graduates second cohort of its fellowship programme Wamda X Wamda, the Mena region’s leading entrepreneurship platform, has graduated the second cohort of Wamda X, its grant-based fellowship... Wamda • 03 May, 2020 wamda x
Regional Is the world going into hibernation? The Covid-19 pandemic has caused an economic slowdown, one that risks a global recession. For many who have been sent to work from home, it... Wamda • 02 April, 2020 podcast coronavirus covid-19
Regional Wamda X opens applications for its second cohort Wamda X, the grant-based fellowship programme for budding entrepreneurs and early-stage startups, is now accepting... Wamda • 15 September, 2019 Fellowship wamda x
U.A.E Hospitality veteran invests $4M in Dubai-based virtual hotel startup to drive its expansion plan MaisonPrive, a ‘virtual hotel’ operator that offers luxury apartments and villas to business and leisure visitors to Dubai,... Rana Freifer • 26 April, 2018 uae Funding MaisonPrive
U.A.E Mohammed bin Rashid Innovation Fund to provide a $27M financial support during 2018 “The Mohammed bin Rashid Innovation Fund (MBRIF) plans to provide financial support aggregating AED 100 million (US $27.2 million)... Rana Freifer • 21 March, 2018 uae Funding Mohammed bin Rashid Innovation Fund to provide a $27M financial support during 2018
Regional When NGO grants become a stress-less seed funding channel Prior to early stage funding rounds, or even being structured enough for VC funding, startups could go through an intermediary funding... Rana Freifer • 01 February, 2018 Unicef Grants Funding
Palestine Palestine gets their first equity crowdfunding platform Crowdpal, the first online equity crowdfunding platform purpose-built to support Palestinian entrepreneurship, launched its website today.... Wamda • 10 May, 2017 Crowdfunding statups entreprenership
Global Startup watch: a tyranny of experts, cash burns, and Algeria who? 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... Rachel Williamson • 01 September, 2016 Startup Watch Voo Goods Mart
Algeria Is Algeria finally getting a startup ecosystem? Back in January, Algeria had zero coworking spaces. Today it has two easily accessible spaces, in Algiers, where entrepreneurs can meet,... Aline Mayard • 28 August, 2016 algeria Coworking Incubator
Europe Aramex leads $8.5M Series B in UK address startup Aramex has led a $8.5 million Series B funding round in British startup What 3 Words, a company that is creating a universal postal code... Rachel Williamson • 29 June, 2016 Eddress what3words Locname
Regional When MENA investors don’t bank on women For years, Lebanese entrepreneur Rayan Zahab would get called in for job interviews, only to hear hiring managers say the same thing: they... Brooke Anderson • 27 June, 2016 Golden Seeds Snapay Women Investing in Women Digital
Egypt Egyptian selfie drone wins $26K Swiss investment Egyptian drone startup Drofie has attracted the attention of the Swiss, securing a 25,000 Swiss francs (US$26,000) investment and a spell... Rachel Williamson • 19 June, 2016 Fame monster Latvia Kickstart Accelerator
Regional MENAT accelerators invest $3.5M, lag global averages Accelerators have become a “rite of passage” for entrepreneurs around the world, and a report on the state of global programs... Rachel Williamson • 15 June, 2016 business acclerator Global Accelerator Report central bank of jordan
Egypt Instabug and the ecosystem Instabug has Egypt's tight-knit ecosystem to thank for much of its success. (Image via Instabug) This is an edited crosspost from Rise... Con O'Donnell • 09 June, 2016 AgileBm Go Ejaza Accel Venture Partners
Regional Uber’s getting cuddly with KSA - but it’s not what you think [Opinion] My initial reaction to Uber’s $3.5 billion round was: great! It is easy to frown upon the deal and question why the... Laith Zraikat • 06 June, 2016 Public Investment Fund Opinion Arzan VC
U.A.E Family offices a new addition to investment landscape Family offices are the new breed of investor in the MENA tech sector, according to Beco Capital. The UAE-based investment firm, has... Lucy Knight • 05 June, 2016 Periodic table investors BECO Capital
Saudi Arabia Saudi fund takes 5% stake in Uber for $3.5B A Saudi Arabia fund has bought a 5 percent stake in Uber for $3.5 billion. The buy-in, by the Public Investment Fund (PIF),... Rachel Williamson • 02 June, 2016 Public Investment Fund fundraising Uber
Egypt Egypt VC launches new $50M fund Algebra Capital Cairo's startup ecosystem has been crying out for money for years. This year they've been inundated. (Image via Wikipedia) Egyptian... Eduard Cousin • 02 June, 2016 Ziad Mokhtar Algebra Fund EAEF
Palestine Palestine's $12M Ibtikar fund launches, announces 8 investments The Ibtikar Fund's management team, investors and startups. (Image via Christina Ghanim) Palestinian pride is providing the fuel for... Christina Ganim • 31 May, 2016 5QHQH Tasameem ArabiAuto
Egypt US-based Affectiva raises $14M Series D Affectiva's software can differentiate between a smirk, a happy smile, and a polite smile. (Images via Affectiva) Emotion... Rachel Williamson • 27 May, 2016 emotion recognition Rana el Kaliouby Affectiva