Regional Accelerators 2.0: The post-pandemic version Yousra Diab is the head of programmes at Dubai-based social impact accelerator C3 As the world came to a standstill with the outbreak of... Thought Leadership • 18 August, 2020 C3 Accelerators
Egypt RiseUp concludes its first virtual edition RiseUp is one of the region's biggest startup events, attracting thousands of participants, giving visitors a glimpse into the Egyptian... Dunya Hassanein • 16 August, 2020 RiseUp Summit Rise Up from Home
Lebanon Can Lebanon's entrepreneurship ecosystem survive? Beirut made headlines worldwide as a devastating explosion shook the Lebanese capital’s port area last week, resulting in an... Shaimaa El Nazer • 13 August, 2020 beirut
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
U.A.E Why are there so few Emirati entrepreneurs? Earlier this year Wamda published a report on the state of pre-seed startups in the Middle East and North Africa. What emerged from our... Wamda • 11 August, 2020 emiratis uae
Regional The future of mobility: Buses on demand This is the first part in a series of features examining the impact of Covid-19 on the region's transport and mobility startups Over... Dunya Hassanein • 09 August, 2020 mobility Swvl Buseet
U.A.E Putting communities first in a new decade of innovation By Rashid Al Ghurair, founder and CEO of UAE-based CAFU, a fuel on demand service Entering this new decade just several months ago,... Thought Leadership • 06 August, 2020 CAFU
Regional Majid Al Futtaim: The corporate engaging with startups Corporates are a necessity in the startup journey. They provide entrepreneurs with the work experience required to understand business and... Triska Hamid • 05 August, 2020 Majid Al Futtaim MAF
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 The audiobook opportunity in education UAE-based audiobook platform Kitab Sawti was recently acquired by Storytel. In this exclusive piece for Wamda, Kitab Sawti's founder... Thought Leadership • 30 July, 2020 Kitab Sawti Audiobooks Education
Egypt Mayday's mission to improve roadside assistance in Egypt By Mostafa Adel In Cairo alone, it is estimated that traffic issues cost Egypt’s economy $7 billion every year. This figure... Middle East Exchange • 29 July, 2020 mobility
U.A.E Has the office become a burden? Life is returning to offices in the UAE and the wider Middle East region as workers go back to their desks wearing masks and attempting to... Triska Hamid • 27 July, 2020
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 What is the future of events? Last week, after four long months of coronavirus lockdowns, Dubai hosted its first “in-person” event. AI Everything, held at... Shaimaa El Nazer • 21 July, 2020 STEP Step Conference eventtus
Bahrain E-sports and gaming: Mena's new global frontier Yousef Buhazza is the founder of Unreal Bahrain and vice chairman of the Bahrain Internet Society Growth in Crisis All manner of... Thought Leadership • 20 July, 2020 Gaming E-sports
Regional Real to virtual: Buying and selling property online Real estate is one sector that appears to have resisted the indelible disruption that has redefined other, traditional sectors like... Triska Hamid • 16 July, 2020 Real Estate Proptech
