Regional Growth-stage companies in Mena face $20 billion funding gap Growth-stage funding in the Middle East and North Africa region (Mena) faces a $20 billion gap, with only $4.2 billion VC dry powder... Dunya Hassanein • 31 October, 2023 STV Growth-stage funding in Mena
Regional Lending in the era of open banking Abdulla Almoayed is the founder and CEO of Tarabut Optimism about improving the ease and speed of approving retail lending abounds... Thought Leadership • 30 October, 2023 Open banking lending
Regional Navigating scale: challenges and strategies for tech startups in Mena Rashit Makhat, is the director and co-founder, Scalo Technologies, the tech venture company based in Dubai In the world of startups, the... Thought Leadership • 23 October, 2023 Scalo Technologies Scaling
Regional Starting a venture with an exit in mind Hassan Jaffar and Marwan Chaar are the co-founders of Carzaty, which was acquired in 2022 by Mexico’s Kavak, a used car platform last... Thought Leadership • 12 October, 2023 Carzaty Kavak Exit
Regional Do you need to work on your personal leadership? David Godfrey is a mentor at Peak Performance and co-founder of Chase Life Consulting Effective leadership is something many... Thought Leadership • 09 October, 2023 Leadership mental health
Regional Mena startups raised $36 million in September 2023 Startups in the Middle East and North Africa raised $36 million in September across 36 deals, a 64 per cent drop in value month-on-month... Wamda • 05 October, 2023 investments
Regional P1 Ventures completes first close of second fund at $25 million US-based and pan-African VC fund P1 Ventures has completed the first $25 million close of its second fund. Founded in 2020 by Mikael... News • 26 September, 2023 P1 Ventures VC fund
Regional The startup bundling SaaS solutions through buy now pay later UAE-based entrepreneur Amal Abdullahev wanted to build a startup to match businesses with social media influencers, but the biggest... Dunya Hassanein • 21 September, 2023 SAAS BNPL
Regional The case for universities as a pathway to entrepreneurship Professor Fiona Robson is the head of School of Social Sciences and Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University... Thought Leadership • 11 September, 2023 Education
Regional Flat6Labs launches StartMashreq Growth Track programme to nurture 24 startups Egypt-based accelerator and VC Flat6Labs, has selected 24 startups from Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq for its StartMashreq Growth Track... News • 07 September, 2023 Flat6Labs StartMashreq Growth Track
Regional Mena startups raised $101 million in August 2023 Startups in the Middle East and North Africa region (Mena) raised $101 million across 26 deals, a six per cent increase month-on-month in... Wamda • 07 September, 2023 investments
Regional Middle East’s digital economy to hit $780 billion by 2030: TechGPT report The Middle East’s digital economy is projected to grow from $180 billion in 2022 to $780 billion in 2030 or roughly 20 per cent... Nesma Abdel Azim • 05 September, 2023 TechGPT UBS middle east
Regional How our world is changing: the digital revolution in healthcare Jalil Allabadi is the co-founder and CEO of Jordan-founded and Saudi Arabia-based healthtech Altibbi As the digital revolution... Thought Leadership • 04 September, 2023 AlTibbi healthtech
Regional How are changing market conditions in Mena impacting BNPL? The momentum realised in the buy now, pay later (BNPL) e-commerce space has also carried over to brick-and-mortar sales. The shifting... Dunya Hassanein • 31 August, 2023 BNPL
Regional How do Mena merchants view buy now pay later? Buy now, pay later (BNPL) has quickly established itself as a popular go-to financing option for online shoppers as well as retailers, with... Dunya Hassanein • 28 August, 2023 BNPL Tabby Tamara
Regional Anghami receives additional $5 million investment from SRMG Ventures Lebanon-founded and UAE-based music streaming platform Anghami has raised a $5 million investment from Saudi VC firm SRMG... News • 21 August, 2023 anghami SRMG VENTURES
Regional The one mistake that costs Mena startups funding and 10 ways to fix it Olena Petrosyuk and Igor Shaversky are co-founders of Waveup, an advisory firm for startups The second quarter of 2023 was probably the... Thought Leadership • 21 August, 2023 pitch deck
Regional Singapore’s Antler launches $60 million Menap Fund Singapore-based VC firm Antler has launched a $60 million Middle East North Africa and Pakistan (Menap)-focused fund to invest in the... News • 16 August, 2023 Antler MENAP VC fund
Regional Mena startups raised $95 million in July 2023 Startups in the Middle East and North Africa region (Mena) have raised $95 million across 31 deals in July 2023, a slight dip from the $105... Wamda • 03 August, 2023 Investment
Regional Where does the next level of innovation lie in Mena’s insurtech sector? [part two] This is the second in a two-part series on the insurtech space in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena). The first part can be found... Dunya Hassanein • 27 July, 2023 Insurtech Insurance
Regional Insurtech: the interplay between insurance companies and startups [part one] This is the first in a two-part series looking at the growth of insurtech in Mena. The second part can be found here. Insurance is one... Dunya Hassanein • 24 July, 2023 Insurtech Insurance
Regional Is the slowdown in investment a good thing for Mena? Issa Aghabi is the co-founder and managing partner of UAE-based VC, Access Bridge Ventures Things over the past six to nine months have... Thought Leadership • 17 July, 2023 Access Bridge Ventures Investment
Regional Advice for investors: what to bear in mind when looking at AI startups Ayman Alashkar, is the founder of UAE-based proptech startup OVERWRITE.ai There are those who are calling AI a bubble.... Thought Leadership • 13 July, 2023 overwrite.ai generative AI AI
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