Qatar What is holding back Qatar's startup ecosystem? Qatar’s vast oil and natural gas reserves have served the country’s needs well. It was thanks to these fossil fuels that Qatar... Nesma Abdel Azim • 20 April, 2022 doha
Egypt The startup tackling plastic waste in Egypt through its “reverse vending machine” As the most populous country in the Middle East, Egypt produces the largest quantity of plastic waste at an average of 5.4 million tonnes... Dunya Hassanein • 17 April, 2022 plastic waste Dawarha Cleantech
Regional Startups in Mena raised $299 million in March 2022, pushing Q1 funding to $934 million Startups in the Middle East and North Africa region (Mena) raised $299 million across 79 deals in March 2022, a 22 per cent decrease... Wamda • 14 April, 2022 Investment
Egypt Shift EV to expand beyond Egypt after raising Series A round Egypt-based electric mobility startup Shift EV, has raised an undisclosed Series A round, led by the startup's existing... Dunya Hassanein • 12 April, 2022 Shift EV
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... Thought Leadership • 11 April, 2022 pitch deck Advice
U.A.E What are the implications of the UAE's tax reforms? Dr Robert Mogielnicki is a senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington The Ministry of Finance in the United... Thought Leadership • 06 April, 2022 tax
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... Thought Leadership • 04 April, 2022 metaverse
Saudi Arabia What we learned at the Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Riyadh For the past few years, Saudi Arabia has done an exceptional job of reforming its business processes and boosting entrepreneurship in the... Triska Hamid • 31 March, 2022 GEC GEN
Libya Presto: Building Libya’s first super app Over the past decade, Libya has been mired in a civil war that has decimated its economy and put paid to foreign direct investment (FDI).... Dunya Hassanein • 28 March, 2022 super app
Saudi Arabia The digital payment opportunity in Saudi Arabia When Muhannad Ebwini launched payment gateway HyperPay in Jordan back in 2014, e-commerce accounted for just 1.5 per cent of total retail... Nesma Abdel Azim • 24 March, 2022 hyperpay
Egypt Do cloud kitchens stand a chance in Egypt? The meteoric rise of cloud kitchens in the UAE is beginning to permeate through to other parts of the Middle East. Across the region, new... Dunya Hassanein • 21 March, 2022 cloud kitchen Cloud kitchens
Regional This is the year cryptocurrency will come of age in the Middle East Areije Al Shakar is the senior vice president at Bahrain Development Bank & director at Al Waha Venture Capital Fund of Funds Banks... Thought Leadership • 17 March, 2022 crypto cryptocurrency Al Waha Fund of Funds
Regional Mena startups raised $375 million in February 2022 Startups in the Middle East and North Africa region (Mena) raised $375 million across 81 deals in February 2022, a 51.6 per cent increase... Wamda • 10 March, 2022 investments
Regional Why is there a lack of investment in startups founded by women? In January and February of 2022 alone, startups in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) raised $622 million. To have broken the half a... Wamda • 08 March, 2022 women entrepreneurs Investment
Regional Mena’s startup euphoria is more fragile than it looks Tarek Sakr is a former investment banker and CEO of Kuwait’s largest classifieds company – 4Sale Market participants are now... Thought Leadership • 07 March, 2022 valuations
Regional How have NFTs impacted the Middle East’s art world? Rarely a day goes by without the announcement of a new NFT [non-fungible token] project, artwork or even a culinary digital... Triska Hamid • 03 March, 2022 NFT crypto
