How did Bahrain become a fintech hub?

Bahrain’s government has made vital steps to encourage entrepreneurship to stimulate its economy. In doing so, it has created a...

Wamda • 27 February, 2020

Fintech Bahrain Fintech Bay

How do we create AI in Arabic?

For millions of people across the Middle East and North Africa, interacting with a digital voice assistant like Apple’s Siri or...

Wamda • 27 January, 2020

Mawdoo3 Artificial intelligence Siri

Can footsteps power our world?

Sustainability has dominated economic and political agendas across the world this past year. Governments have recognised the need for clean...

Wamda • 23 December, 2019

Sustainability Climate change Green Energy

Pivots and Failures with Repeat's Omer Aslan Gurel

Omer Aslan Gurel could have easily followed the path that was laid out for him – go to university and eventually join his family...

Wamda • 20 November, 2019

food tech Entrepreneur podcast

Will travelling at speeds of 1000km/h change society?

The hyperloop is a new form of transport that, in theory, can travel at speeds of about 1000 kilometres per hour. Spearheading the design...

Wamda • 16 October, 2019

Hyperloop One Hyperloop Transport

Can artificial intelligence eradicate death?

Ben Goertzel is one of the most prominent artificial intelligence (AI) architects in the world. He is the founder of SingularityNET and the...

Triska Hamid • 08 September, 2019

Artificial intelligence AI robot

The bakery that finds clients on Instagram

The food and beverage sector is incredibly competitive in the Middle East, something that Rami Badawi and Amber Haque know only too well....

Triska Hamid • 18 August, 2019

Food & Beverage foodtech Social Media

How to identify the ideal startup founder

What makes a startup successful? There are many studies conducted to try to pinpoint the factors that contribute to the success of a...

Wamda • 21 July, 2019

Shopping for groceries with El Grocer

The Middle East is no stranger to online food delivery. Apps like Zomato, Deliveroo and Talabat are found on almost every smartphone in the...

Wamda • 23 June, 2019

el grocer e-grocery Dubai

How do you grow tomatoes in the desert?

In the latest edition of our Food Technology podcast series, we spoke with Sky Kurtz, co-founder and chief executive officer at...

Wamda • 09 June, 2019

Agriculture agritech podcast

Snooze notification: How LUNCH:ON copes during Ramadan

For a lunch delivery company in the UAE, Ramadan is the seasonal dip that LUNCH:ON needs to contend with. So how does the company adapt to...

Wamda • 16 May, 2019

f&b food tech Lunch:On

The growth of e-groceries in Kuwait

InstaSalla is a Kuwait-based e-grocery company launched in 2016 by Smart Mart, an e-commerce platform. Today, InstaSalla is the leading...

Wamda • 31 January, 2019

e-grocery online grocery kuwait

How to face the fear of missing out in the workplace [Podcast]

Whether we like it or not, we are constantly being affected by the ‘fear of missing out’ or ‘FoMO’, a term coined...

Tala El Issa • 20 August, 2017

Patrick McGinnis entreprenership workplace

When less is more: The 10% entrepreneur [Podcast]

We’ve all met those entrepreneurs who brag about dropping everything just to follow their dream and start their own business. You...

Tala El Issa • 13 August, 2017

Patrick McGinnis entrepreneurship job

Hiro Tamura of European fund Atomico analyzes tech ecosystems [Podcast]

During an event for Wamda Capital’s investors and partners earlier this year, Hiro Tamura gave a presentation on global emerging...

Maya Rahal • 24 July, 2017

Hiro Tamura Wamda Capital podcast

When governments embrace entrepreneurship [Podcast]

From South Korea to Finland, to the UK, to Chile, governments are engaging with startups. In Finland, the government gives loans to...

Lucy Knight • 04 July, 2017

Government Sheraa 1776