Wamda

Global

African growth promise tempts investors

By Joseph Cotterill A list of Africa’s fastest-growing companies that is topped by Kenyan tech disrupters, South African...

africa

Global

KBW Ventures invests in Eclipse’s $40 million Series B round

UAE-based KBW Ventures, founded by HRH Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud, has invested in US-based dessert brand...

Eclipse

Global

Fintechs face reckoning as easy money dries up

By Imani Moise, Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan and Joshua Oliver As a wave of fintechs rode successive funding rounds to ever-higher...

Fintech

Global

From nappies to cricket: China’s Alibaba targets South Asia

Benjamin Parkin and Farhan Bokhari in Karachi and Ryan McMorrow in Beijing In a vast warehouse on the arid outskirts of Pakistani...

Daraz Alibaba

Global

How bad is Big Tech’s hiring freeze?

By Dave Lee The end of the tech boom has sparked a flurry of job cuts as companies move swiftly to tighten their belts. Recruitment at...

big tech

Global

Chari acquires Ivory Coast startup Diago

Morocco-based B2B e-commerce and fintech startup Chari, has acquired Diago, an Ivorian app that connects local shops to FMCG producers...

Chari

Global

Cartier Women's Initiative

Since 2006, Cartier Women’s Initiative seeks to drive change by empowering women impact entrepreneurs, providing them with financial,...

Cartier

Global

Kuwait’s AlMuhlab leads Gamiphy’s $1.5 million pre-Series A round

Kuwait-based Al Muhalab VC has led a $1.5 million pre-Series A round for Palestine-born and US-headquartered SaaS startup Gamiphy. The...

Gamiphy

Global

Can buy now, pay later survive the cost of living crisis?

By Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan When Julie first turned to buy now, pay later schemes in January, it seemed an obvious choice to...

Buy now pay later BNPL Klarna

Global

What is a DAO, and why does it matter for 2022?

Hannes Graah is the former VP of growth at Revolut, and founder of stablecoin yielding protocol, Gro. He also spent eight years at...

DAO crypto Blockchain

Global

SWVL to lay off 32 per cent of its workforce, expects to turn profitable in 2023

Egypt-born and Dubai-headquartered mobility startup SWVL, announced plans to reduce its workforce by 32 per cent. The planned layoffs...

Swvl

Global

Digital delivery transforms trade for Africa’s stallholders

By David Pilling Nancy Auma, a 35-year-old market trader, sits by a large mound of finger-sized silvery fish caught in Lake...

africa Logistics

Egypt

Dstny acquires Egypt-founded Tactful AI

Belgium-based business communications provider Dstny, has acquired Egypt and UK-based Tactful AI for an undisclosed sum. Founded in...

Tactful AI

Global

Traditional family offices emerge as unlikely venture capitalists

By Miles Kruppa Few people would guess that Jed York, owner of the San Francisco 49ers football team, is an early investor in dozens of...

family offices

Global

Metaverse: the natural evolution to Web 3.0

Professor Paul Hopkinson is the head of Edinburgh Business School at Heriot-Watt University Dubai and academic lead for Heriot-Watt...

metaverse Web 3.0

Global

The week that shook crypto

Scott Chipolina and Katie Martin In January, Mike Novogratz — hedge fund rock star turned crypto heavy hitter —...

cryptocurrency Bitcoin

Global

How fintech solutions can bridge the trade financing gap

Ankit Goel is the Middle East and North Africa head of MODIFI, a a global fintech company that helps small and medium-sized...

Fintech

Global

SWVL acquires UK's Zeelo for $100 million

Dubai-based mobility startup SWVL, has acquired UK-based B2B smart buses operator startup Zeelo, in a deal valued at $100 million. This...

Swvl

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...

RiseUp Jack Ma Foundation African Business Heroes

Global

Clara secures investment from The LegalTech Fund as it comes out of beta

Clara, the UK-based legaltech startup and Wamda portfolio company has raised investment from US-based The LegalTech Fund, which...

Clara Legaltech

Global

The 10 pitch deck slides you need to wow investors

Dr. Mussaad M. Al-Razouki is the chief investment and business development officer of Kuwait Life Sciences Company. He has over 15 years of...

pitch deck Advice

Global

Blockchain and financial markets: will computers push out brokers?

By Gary Silverman and Philip Stafford in Boca Raton in Florida Sam Bankman-Fried cut an unlikely figure as he took the stage on the...

Blockchain crypto

Global

The realty of the metaverse

Amash Malik is director of performance marketing at Bayut & dubizzle From the moment Facebook rebranded to Meta, the concept of...

metaverse

Global

SWVL acquires German mobility software startup door2door

Dubai-based mobility startup SWVL, has acquired Berlin-based public mobility solutions provider door2door for an undisclosed...

Swvl

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