Global Aumet raises $1.25 million in seed funding Jordan-born healthcare marketplace Aumet, has raised a $1.25 million seed round from Right Side Capital, TechStars, and Plugs and... News • 14 July, 2020 Healthcare covid-19 Aumet
Regional Adopting emerging technologies in a post-Covid-19 world By Jad Hajj, partner, Imad Atwi, Jean Salamat, principals, and Riazul Raquib, senior associate, with Strategy& Middle East, part of the... Thought Leadership • 14 July, 2020 digital transformation
Regional Top five investment deals in the second quarter of 2020 The top five disclosed venture capital (VC) deals in the second quarter of 2020 amounted to $244.6 million, largely down to the $150... Dunya Hassanein • 09 July, 2020 VC investment
Regional In a world of remote work, will control replace culture? Marilyn Zakhour, founder and chief executive officer of UAE-based Cosmic Centaurs At the height of the pandemic, I started a company... Thought Leadership • 05 July, 2020 company culture remote work
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 Edtech and its roadmap to new realities Wamda, in partnership with Columbia Global Centers, is hosting an online panel discussion, ‘Edtech and its roadmap to... Wamda • 25 June, 2020
Regional The Middle East's post-pandemic future A new reality is beginning to emerge as lockdown measures begin to ease amid the Covid-19 outbreak, imposing a dramatic restructure to... Shaimaa El Nazer • 23 June, 2020 coronavirus sme economy
Regional Building a super app for the Middle East Before smartphones and mobile app stores, the internet was dominated by a handful of web portals that offered their users several services... Triska Hamid • 18 June, 2020 super app careem Halan
Regional Careem invests $50 million in super app Careem announced the launch of its super app, combining all of its services like ride-hailing and food delivery onto one platform. The Uber... Triska Hamid • 15 June, 2020 careem super app
Regional From the valley of death to the oasis wadi It has become evident that the Covid-19 crisis is like no other. While its persistence and long-term impact on society as a whole remain... Fadi Ghandour • 14 June, 2020 SME support sme
Regional A deep dive into the GCC’s cloud kitchen sector [part one] When Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick sold most of his shares in the mobility giant to launch CloudKitchens, securing a $400 million cheque... Triska Hamid • 11 June, 2020 cloud kitchen Kitopi ghost kitchen
Regional Wamda X Startup Reveal: Cohort II Over the course of the last 4 months, and through the 3 stages of the programme: XStart, XSolve, and XScale, the second cohort of the... Wamda • 09 June, 2020
Regional What is the most important lesson we can learn from this pandemic? Students of history will be familiar with the term “superpower”, countries that wield global influence by means of economic,... Triska Hamid • 09 June, 2020 Opinion covid-19
Egypt Seedstars: It's Easier Online Hackathon Digital & Financial inclusion have transformative power on the economy, community and employment. Digital transformation... Lara Fakih • 08 June, 2020
Regional What happens when things don't go to plan? At the start of this year, Wamda launched the second cohort of its fellowship programme, Wamda X. The 13 startups selected embarked on a... Wamda • 07 June, 2020 wamda x
Regional Beyond Incubation: Universities as agents of startup development In the 1990s, professors Henry Etzkowitz and Loet Leydesdorff, put forward the idea of the Triple Helix framework, which highlighted... Shaimaa El Nazer • 04 June, 2020 Education Taqadam startAD
Regional TiE Dubai offers $100,000 to winning startup TiE Dubai, a chapter of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), announced the launch of a regional Women 2020 pitch competition as part of its... Shaimaa El Nazer • 01 June, 2020 Women entrepreneurship competition
Regional The angel network looking for halal opportunities Muslims concluded the celebration of Eid Al Fitr this week, marking the end of Ramadan in lockdown. During this time, 64 per cent of UAE... Dunya Hassanein • 27 May, 2020 Islamic economy Angel Investment
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 HOF Capital's take on investment post pandemic HOF Capital is a global venture capital (VC) firm founded in 2016 by three Egyptian entrepreneurs, Fady Yacoub, Onsi Sawiris and Hisham... Dunya Hassanein • 20 May, 2020 HOF Capital Venture Capital covid-19
Regional Wamda Research Lab report on Covid-19 impact More than 70 per cent of startups based in the Middle East and North Africa have witnessed a negative impact on their business as a result... Wamda • 18 May, 2020 Wamda Research Lab covid-19
Regional How AI can help governments in a post Covid-19 world Jad Hajj, partner, and Wissam Abdel Samad, principal, Christian Stechel, senior manager, Gustave Cordahi, senior associate, with... Thought Leadership • 17 May, 2020 Artificial intelligence
Regional The future of SMEs after Covid-19 Rafael Lemaitre is a partner at consultancy SIA Partners and Maria Garrido is the manager of growth and innovation During... Thought Leadership • 14 May, 2020 sme covid-19
Regional [Report Launch] The Impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the entrepreneurship ecosystem Wamda and Arabnet have joined efforts to conduct research for a report on the impact of COVID-19 on the startup ecosystem across the... Wamda • 13 May, 2020